Gem - good choices and nice to have a modern classic for a change. I haven't read either, but seem to be stuck in a bit of a rut with reading at the moment.
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I appear to have read 13 books in my personal one a month classics challenge. I don't want to leave it at 13, so Great Expectations is my next read! I will start this after reading a couple of none classic reads, then that will be my challenge finished
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Gem - you've done so well. Great Expectations is a good read (I'm sure you must have read it previously) so a nice one to end on.
"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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I don't think I'll have read it Daisy. I have seen film and TV serialised versions but not read the book.
I'm looking forward to it 😊“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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I first read it for O Level Eng Lit, but have read it again since. I always visualise it as the David Lean film version.
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I remember the TV version with Francesca Annis.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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I have completed my personal classics challenge.
I aimed for one unread classic a month during the year, and I have read fourteen.
Mostly I enjoyed this. I read many classics I had meant to read for years . There were couple I really didn't enjoy, but I was glad to be able to say that I had read them, so have an opinion!
I gave up on Middlemarch!
As I enjoy Dickens and there are many I haven't read, I plan to read several more next year.
This is my list.
(my marks out of 5)
1. REBECCA - by Daphne Du Maurier (5)
2. WUTHERING HEIGHTS - by Emily Bronte (2)
3. OLIVER TWIST - by Charles Dickens(5)
4. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE - by Jane Austen (3)
5. ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - by Lucy Maude Montgomery (5)
6. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE - by JD Salinger (2)
7. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - by Harper Lee (5)
8. HOWARDS END - by EM Forster(3.5)
9. SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS - by Arthur Ransome(4)
10 . A CHRISTMAS CAROL - by Charles Dickens(5)
11. FRANKENSTEIN - by Mary Shelley(4)
12. TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN - by Philippa Pearce (5)
13. WIDE SARGASSO SEA - by Jean Rhys (3.5)
14. GREAT EXPECTATIONS - By Charles Dickens (4.5)“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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Congratulations, Gem
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