Great classic novels?

Classics and Modern Classics are books that stand the test of time, and remain popular despite being decades old. They either are popular when they are released or become popular during later generations; however, they must be popular during a time period other than the one they are written in. Modern Classics tend to be 2 to 5 decades old (though I've seen both 1 decade and 6 decades be classified as modern classic), and are distinct from the classics because they carry newer themes and have not held the test of time quite as long. Thus the reason why any book is a classic is because it is timeless.

Some classics/modern classics

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Invisible Man by HG Wells

Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore (a modern classic graphic novel it's a good read along with George Orwell's 1984)

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Hound of Baskerville by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

My Antonia by Willa Cather

Stewart Little by E. B. White

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin

Nancy Drew and the Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene

Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery

Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder

Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis

Hobbit by TRR Tolkien

"Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen. It's not as famous as "Pride and Prejudice," but I think it's just as good, if not better.

"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott. It's such a sweet book!

"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It's a little dry, and very slow, but it is a "classic"... and it is good.

"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This is a classic America novel. It's short, easy to read, and one of my personal favorites.

"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. See above.

I hope these help!

Start with "Vicar of the Wakefield"! Go on to a few of Charles Dickens, and Thomas Hardy:: LloydBDouglas for Biblical books! By then, you would be on track for real classics of which there are quite a few in my "short" list! Happy reading!

Great Gatsby

Catcher in the Rye

In Cold Blood

Anything by Jane Austen... East of Eden by John Steinbeck... The Catcher and the Rye....The Bell Jar....The Great Gatsby.

those are my classic favorites.

Frankenstein

Pride and Prejudice

The Great Gatsby

To Kill a Mocking Bird

Of Mice and Men

Grapes of Wrath

To name several :B

If your looking for a great love story you have to read "The Princess Bride" I've read it like six times and underlined all my favorite parts:)

1984

Animal Farm

Fahrenheit 451

an amazing book would have to be alice in wonderland. it has alot of deep meanings to it so even after you finish reading it, you are still thinking it over

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