Classics for Beginners discussion

Hi to both Laura and Kristen, I hope you will both join in with our group read!

Hello to all the newbies.

Hi Everyone - I'm KatLynne. While I have read many, many classics, it has been awhile. I need to re-read many of them. Being a romantic at heart, Jane Eyre is one of my favorites. I love Dickens and Great Expectations is a favorite. I have read Homer's Iliad, but it has been so long that I need to re-read. I loved Little Women. I always considered Christy by Catherine Marshall as a modern classic:) I loved it! I have read Wuthering Heights, but again it has been awhile. I actually have a love/hate relationship with that book:) At the urging of my daughter, I am presently reading book:Frankenstein|7131284]. I am so very excited to be a part of this group.

Welcome, KatLynne. I love Jane Eyre and Little Women!!!

Hi, new to the group! I found that this might be a good way for me to start reading classics as I've always leaned towards contemporary ever since I was little. Hopefully this will motivate me, haha... Looking forward to your book-thoughts!

Welcome Laraine!

Welcome aboard, Laraine.

Now is a good time to get into classics, since so many are available for free as ebooks and online reads.

Hi, I'm Carol from Bristol, Connecticut. I like reading a variety of literature. I have read some classics (Les Miserables and Jane Eyre are my favorites so far.) I look forward to reading and discussing classics with the group.

Hi! I'm Jen from the desert about 150 miles east of Seattle. The Classics are my favorite, but I feel like I have read so few of them. Apparently I missed all the literature classes where students were actually required to read these. I am slowly getting "caught up" so to speak. My favorites right now are Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and Pride and Prejudice.

Welcome Carol and Jen! Jane Eyre is one of my all time favorites. I think it's fantastic.

Hi I'm Sarah and I'm new to reading classics. I've seen a lot of film and TV adaptations of them which i have enjoyed but never got round to reading them. I am awaiting the arrival of Wuthering Heights throught the post as I type! My first one. I'm also interested in reading Jane Eyre. I'd also like to read some of Jane Austens books as I went to the Jane Uasten Museum in Bath last year and it inspired me.

Hi Sarah. Welcome! Jane Eyre is one of the best classics I've read. It's a good starting point.

Hi, I'm Nance from East Fishkill, NY - USA, and I've always been trying to read the classics, but when thinking of all that old-English wording and long-winded vocabulary, I got so turned off by them...fortunately, at the end of last year, a few friends told me that The Count of Monte Cristo was so great,so I had to just give it a shot, and to my surprise, I actually liked it. So, I vowed that this year, I would read one a month. With that being said, I just happened to stumble onto your group for beginners, and here I am! I'm almost done with Jane Eyre, and I haven't been able to put the book down. Looking forward to read Pride and Prejudice for the next group read:)

Welcome, Nance!

Hi I'm Nick. I'm from New Mexico, USA. (Yes, New Mexico is not part of Mexico)
I am new to classics (at least the teen/adult classics) I look forward to reading and understanding more of the classics!!!

Hi to all new members I hope you enjoy the group!

(sorry for not being online I have been revising for my exams which start in two weeks so will not be on so much till after June.)

Hello all! I can't believe I'm joining another group, but your bookshelf looks so wonderful AND I happen to be starting Emma right now, about 40 pages in.

I recognize a couple of you :::::waving:::::: I'm Kristine, I live in Utah and I am taking baby steps into the classics. I read Pride and Prejudice for the first time this year. I guess I have read a few others that would be considered classics but a favorite, hard to say.

Hi Everyone! I'm Amber, 24 from San Francisco, CA. I have not read any classics at all but would love to get into them. I never felt interested but I know that once I dive in, I will enjoy them!

Hi Kristine and Amber. Many of us are beginners here so you should feel at ease! Hope you will join in with our group read. Feel free to make your own Personal Classics page.

Hi all I am Harsha from India... I am not exactly a beginner in classics, but i am not an expert either... I absolutely loved Pride and Prejudice,Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Anna Karenina etc... I am planning to read more of Jane Austen this year... And I would love suggestions regarding any other good authors I should read...

Hello Harsha, I hope you enjoy being part of this group and that you get some great suggestions. Feel free to make your personal classics page.

Notice: We now have 100 members! Thanks to all who have joined and I hope you all stay active. I'm thinking of getting another moderator soon.

Hi - I'm Jayne,and was turned away from the classics due to a surfeit of Thomas Hardy many years ago at school, however have decided this year to try again and so far have enjoyed War of the Worlds, Tale of Two Cities, The Canterville Ghost and The Count of Monte Cristo. Have plans for Dracula and Frankenstein next.

Hiya Jayne, Frankenstein is a really great book, and I am with you for reading Dracula.

Hi everyone, my name's Robert and I'm from London. I'm currently in the final year of a PhD in classics. I study Ancient Greek literature, so I suppose it's a different kind of classics, but there's a bit of overlap!

My favourite book that falls under both classics (as in books) and classics (as in Greek) is The Iliad.

Hello! My name is Kaitlyn and I live in Florida, USA. I love reading but sadly, the only part of the year I am able to read for pleasure (all thanks to college) is in the 4 short months of summer (which is now!). I'm very new to classic literature and I haven't even really dipped my foot into it. I had started "Pride and Prejudice" last December, but because of school, I had to stop. But from what I read, that will be my favorite book ever. I'm so glad we're reading it for May!

Welcome! Robert and Kaitlyn I hope you will both have positive contributions to the group.

Hello. =) My name is Alicia, 20, and I'm from Missouri. My favorite classics are Wuthering Heights, Scaramouche, and Lolita. I haven't read too many classics, to be honest. It's not that I don't enjoy them, but I tend to have a lack of focus, and we all know classics usually have a lot of build up. (I figure my horrible focus is related to all the video games I play. I depend on books to get my attention from the get-go.) I'm hoping to build up my focus and find some new classics to love.

Hi Alicia, I hope that you will feel more comfortable reading classics with us!

Hi

I am a homeschool mom from Alaska and an avid reader. This next year my # 2 daughter will be in 9th grade and will start working on some of the classics in literature. I am hoping for some good ideas on her first attempt at classic literature. The last thing I want is for her to attempt a really boring or off-putting classic and have her turned off by this genre. So, her and I will read or listen to them together.

We both have eReaders and iPods. When we travel in the truck we will listen to a book and other times we will read our eBooks.

We may even do fun things like read Pride and Prejudice and then read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

So any suggestions or pointers on good teen first classic reads are definitely welcome. If this is not the right club for this ... you all can point me in the right direction for that too!

Thanks

Hiya Dorothy, I think this group could help you with suggestions. I am a teenager myself and first picked up Jane Eyre and loved it! Also Murder on the Orient Express is a gripping novel with language which isn't too challenging.

Nicolle wrote: "Also Murder on the Orient Express is a gripping novel with langu..."

Great! Thanks for the tip I will suggest adding

Murder on the Orient Express to our list of to-reads for the classics.

No problem, it is an excellent book, and I think there is also a movie version (which my dad tells me is good but I haven't watched).

Welcome to the new members. I apologize for my lack of presence. My online time has been curtailed, so I don't get to come on Goodreads as much. I look forward to chatting about classic with everyone.

Hey, I'm Madison. I'm not super new to classics, but it's been a while since I really read any, so here I am. I'm really looking forward to reading them with others!

Welcome, Madison. Glad you joined.

well, hello everyone.
I m Tania, from Luxembourg (not the canadien or American one but the european one) and I am book addicted.

(now it s your turn to nod please ;))


I m glad I found you guys!
I got this whole bunch of classics books, becoz I always wanted and still want to read them, but never get to it. So now, I hope you all do a lot of pressure on me to get me start.
But I saw you were reading wurthering heights and Emma, both I ve read already, so I think I m not that bad ;)

Hi Tania. Welcome. I haven't read either Wuthering Heights or Emma, so you are doing very good!

Hi I'm Christine :0) I have a few classics I've picked up but haven't read. I thought if I joined this group I would get motivated to read some classics.

@Lady Danielle,

You re too nice ;)
Look what you already read and then my two books...
But be prepared, I intend on catching up with you ;D

Welcome, Christine!

Gackelchen, I expect you will outpace me!

Hi there!

My name is Verena, originally from Germany, now living in WA. Two kids, two pets, one husband. The kids and I go to the library about once a week where we check out as many books as will fit into our special 'library bag'. I am always looking for new books to read - particularly when I am #342/350 on the wait list. I have many favorite books but I love classics and historical fiction (especially Hispanic). Don't care for romance novels ... at all. So no Nora Roberts or Nicholas sparks here ;-)

Hi Verena. Welcome to the group.

Welcome all new members! Sorry I haven't been on in a while I've had exams, finished now though.

I'm glad you finished up your exams, Nicolle!

Me too! Now I have a break till september.

Hi, I'm Anna. I'm not a beginner classic reader, but I need people to talk to books about!

Well we're the right people!

Hi everyone, I join maybe a week ago but forgot to introduce myself. I am Trang from london, I have been reading classic for sometime but I am still a beginner. Sometime it takes me a while to get into a classics and there are some I love and some that make me think in completely different ways,as it bring up a lot of uncomfortable subject and it is very intriguing. I also love to dicuss about classic books and looking forward to it here.

Hi Anna and Trang.