Pride and Prejudice discussion

I want to read more classic literature - does anyone know anything they could recommend? I love Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre and the work of the Bronte sisters, and all of Jane Austen's novels...
Any recommendations would be much appreciated.
Thank you :)

If you like the Bronte's and Austen you'd probably really like Elizabeth Gaskell too. North and South is great.
I also really like Alexandre Dumas- The Three Musketeers series and The Count of Monte Cristo. You can also try Dickens, Great Expectations was enjoyable as well.

Keri wrote: "If you like the Bronte's and Austen you'd probably really like Elizabeth Gaskell too. North and South is great.
I also really like Alexandre Dumas- The Three Musketeers series and The Count of Mo..."

Thank you - I will definitely check those out :)

After checking to see what you have read, I would recommend The Painted Veil and Villette.

Since you read Northanger Abbey, check out also The Italian and The Mysteries of Udolpho. Udolpho was mentioned in Northanger.

Middlemarch and The Mill On The Floss, maybe?

Charlene wrote: "After checking to see what you have read, I would recommend The Painted Veil and Villette.

Since you read Northanger Abbey, check out also The Italian and ..."

These look good, I'll certainly try them; thank you :)

The Picture of Dorian Gray. :)

You might also like Bleak House (Dickens) or Silas Marner (Eliot). If you are not opposed to foreign-language writers, maybe Anna Karenina? I loved it.

I was looking for more classics myself and I'll check these out.
You can also check out Georgette Heyer books if you want to though they might not come under Classics.

Sheila wrote: "Middlemarch and The Mill On The Floss, maybe?"

Thank you, I'll have a look at those :)

Florian wrote: "You might also like Bleak House (Dickens) or Silas Marner (Eliot). If you are not opposed to foreign-language writers, maybe Anna Karenina? I loved it."

I was going to read Anna Karenina - are there any other Russian classics you would recommend?

I couldn't get into the Russian classics though I tried but I hear Doctor Zhivago is recommended as much as Anna Karenina. I a movie for Doctor Zhivago and enjoyed the story but could only get a couple hundred pages in before giving up, I just found it slow, hard to follow (not being a Russian history scholar) and rather boring.

Gene Stratton Porter and Edith Wharton are fantastic. They've written many classic novels.

I'm also trying to read more classics. I'd also recommend North & South, and The Three Musketeers, but also works by Wilkie Collins such as The Woman In White.

Ella wrote: "I was going to read Anna Karenina - are there any other Russian classics you would recommend? "

I have not read much of the Russian classics. Apart from Anna Karenina, I read War and Peace, and Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy and The Brothers Karamazov and half of Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. I didn't like Dostoevsky's writing very much.

I am planning on reading The Master and Margarita soon, but I don't think that is a classic.

I akways try to read several classics each year. I suggest reading some Thomas Hardy. The Mayor of Casterbridge and Jude the Obscure are two of my favorites! I also read Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters over the summer and really enjoyed it.

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Jane Eyre is my go to book for recommendations for classics. Also, The Great Gatsby.

Rebecca and the Picture of Dorian Gray are two good ones!

Everyone, thank you for all the recommendations, I really appreciate it :) I certainly will have a lot of classics to choose from now, and a lot of these sound very interesting - thank you :)

Based on what you like, I'd also recommend you The Scarlet Letter, Moll Flanders, Mrs. Dalloway and Anna Karennina.

Enjoy

Also, slightly off topic, but if you'd consider plays as well as novels, Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and 'An Ideal Husband', are a witty fun take on some of the same themes explored in the already mentioned classics.

I seriously recommend 'Jane Eyre': a kind of darker romance, that gothic setting you know? It's a cracker.

I commend your aspiration. It sounds as if you have broad tastes, since you like the darker, romantic "Wuthering Heights" as well as "Jane Eyre"--and the hilarious "Northanger Abbey." "Age of Innocence" is less dark than "House of Mirth" (Wharton). The only Henry James I like (of the ones I read) was "Ambassador." As for something funny, you might try "Pickwick Papers," and "Tristram Shandy" (for something off the wall). I find Thomas Hardy's novels terribly depressing.

I don't know if you would count them as classics, but Agatha Christie novels, especially the Marple ones, remind me a touch of Austen, I suppose, at least in mood.

As for plays, I liked "St. Joan" the best of George Bernard Shaw's works.

If you love wordplay, James Joyce's "Ulysses" is a hoot (though I had a professor to lead me through the work).

Happy Reading!

As others have mentioned, you can consider Alexandre Dumas, but also victor hugo's Les Miserables is worth a try.

The Important of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde is phenomenal. It's a very short play, but highly enjoyable.

Keri wrote: "I couldn't get into the Russian classics though I tried but I hear Doctor Zhivago is recommended as much as Anna Karenina. I a movie for Doctor Zhivago and enjoyed the story but could only get a co..."

I did attempt Doctor Zhivago, and found it to be exactly as you described. You just get lost if you don't have an in-depth knowledge of Russian history, but I may try the film.

The Lit Lover wrote: "Gene Stratton Porter and Edith Wharton are fantastic. They've written many classic novels."

Thank you :) I'm planning on reading The Age of Innocence - is it good? :)

Judy wrote: "I akways try to read several classics each year. I suggest reading some Thomas Hardy. The Mayor of Casterbridge and Jude the Obscure are two of my favorites! I also read Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives a..."

Thank you - I will definitely read these :)

obsessivebookdevourer wrote: "I seriously recommend 'Jane Eyre': a kind of darker romance, that gothic setting you know? It's a cracker."

I adore Jane Eyre - is there anything similar to it you could recommend, if you happen to know? :)

Libby wrote: "I commend your aspiration. It sounds as if you have broad tastes, since you like the darker, romantic "Wuthering Heights" as well as "Jane Eyre"--and the hilarious "Northanger Abbey." "Age of Inno..."

Thank you so much, I'll definitely give as many as I can a go :)

Try Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy. I'm going to be reading that soon.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo was the first classic I read in my own free time outside of school and I loved it. If you like anything French and..well kind of depressing like any good Frenchman, I suggest Dame. Plus, its a lot shorter than Les Mis.

The Hidden Hand by E.D.E.N Southworth is similar to Bronte:) A thriller/mystery and one of my favorite books!

Calenmarwen wrote: "I'm also trying to read more classics. I'd also recommend North & South, and The Three Musketeers, but also works by Wilkie Collins such as The Woman In White."

I loved The Woman in White - also the Moonstone.

I would recommend some of Dickens less known works. My personal favorite is Barnaby Rudge . I've read it many times and it never grows old. Elizabeth Gaskell's Ruth is really good as well. Ivanhoe is a fun read as well.

Keri wrote: "If you like the Bronte's and Austen you'd probably really like Elizabeth Gaskell too. North and South is great.
I also really like Alexandre Dumas- The Three Musketeers series and The Count of Mon..."
thank u for recommending North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. i really liked it, only the end was a bit abrupt.

thank u.