Read a Classic Challenge discussion

Great group! Here you have my first book:

Nineteen Eighty-four
George Orwell
1950
328 pages

Ouch, and I forgot:

Country: Spain

Vidal, Gore (1974). Burr, 430 pages. I live in the Netherlands. Finished the book last summer.

Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
1847
507 pages
(2003 Penguin edition)

The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
published in 1868
667 pages
(2003 by Modern Library edition)

Mrs Miniver
Jan Struther
1942
298 pages

Hiroshima
John Hersey
Published 1946
Paperback, 152 pages
Read 11/27/16

I know it's non-fiction, but it's still a classic

Christmas Eve at Swamp's End
Norman Duncan
Published 1915
Kindle Edition, 32 pages +-
Read 11/30/16

I usually look for Christmas stories this time of the year.

Death Squad
Don Pendleton
Published 1969
Paperback, 185 pages
Read 12/1/16

I was addicted to these about 40 years ago, found this one a garage sale. It's not a traditional classic, but it was still fun to reread.

The Pearl
John Steinbeck
Published 1947
Paperback, 126 pages
Read 12/5/16

Steinbeck need I say more?

An Ideal Husband
Oscar Wilde
Published 1893
Kindle Edition, 78 pages
Read 12/17/16

Excellent play, my third this year.

The Machine Stops
E.M. Forster
Published 1909
Internet PDF, 48 pages +-
Read 12/18/16

Outstanding Sci-Fi, highly recommended

Classics of the Macabre
Daphne du Maurier
Published 1987
Library Hardback, 284 pages
Read 12/20/16

Six good short stories, written by a classic author. the three best for me were The Birds, The Alibi, and The Apple Tree

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Published 1909
Kindle Edition, 225 pages
Read 12/3/16
Washington State

The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath
Published 1960
Kindle Edition, 101 pages
Read 12/4/16
Washington State.

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Published 1678
Kindle Edition, 300 pages
Read 12/6/16
Washington State.

Way Station by [author:Clifford D. Simak|23012
1963, 210 pages. Buffalo, NY

I really liked City by Clifford Simak and decided to branch out. This story was equally good and doesn't feel dated at all. Simple thoughtful storytelling.

This book is on sale for Kindle today at $1.99.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
Published, 1926
Paperback edition, 368 pages
Read 12/25/16

Excellent!!

The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
Published 1766
Kindle Edition, 128 pages
Read 12/22/16
Washington State.

The Upanishads: Translations from the Sanskrit by Anonymous
Published -500
Kindle Edition, 382 pages
Read 12/26/16
Washington State.

The Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyre
Published 1981
Kindle Edition, 224 pages
Read 12/26/16
Washington State.

Title: Wuthering Heights: Graphic Novel
Author: Emily Bronte
Publication: (1847) 2011
Number of Pages: 151

Title: Moby Dick
Author: Herman Melville
Publication: 1851
Number of Pages: 589

Title: Captain Blood
Author: Rafael Sabatini
Publication: 1922
Number of Pages: 236

Title: Middlemarch
Author: George Eliot
Publication: 1872
Number of Pages: 890

From Sterling Heights, MI, USA

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Published 1897
ebook version, 488 pages

This was a 2nd reading and just as wonderful! Now that's a vampire!!

Still in central Illinois.

Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
Pages: 313
Publ. 1956
paperback

Did I mention that sometime earlier this year I've read
Philip Roth's debut Goodbye Columbus and five short stories from 1959. It has 320 pages, and I'm from The Netherlands.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Classics of the Macabre by Daphne du Maurier
Published 1987
Kindle Edition, 284 pages
Read 12/27/16
Washington State.

Canterbury Tales III: The Summoner's Tale, the Friar's Tale, the Squire's Tale, the Manciple's Tale, the Doctor's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer
Published 1478
Audio Edition, 0 pages (no pages found)
Read 12/28/16
Washington State.

Thanks for all the submissions this year, if you forgot any feel free to post them below. I will start a new thread for 2017.

I don't think that I added this:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig, 1974, 418 pages, read December 2016.
Tennessee