Tess of the d'Urbervilles

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Nov 14, 2017
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What is the best work of renowned classic literature?

Geldir

11/14/17 5:42am

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

mobomanjoe

11/14/17 5:44am

Injun Joe? Really? Pre-Jr High, maybe.

mantis mutu

11/14/17 7:04am

I honestly haven't read many classics that I really liked.

JuicyJam

11/14/17 5:50am

I also agree withe Monte Cristo as best. The Moonstone is high up there for me

Murray

11/14/17 8:01am

The Wendy's menu, before the Big Bacon Classic was discontinued.

kunarcougar

11/14/17 5:52am

That was a dark day.

buffgato

11/14/17 6:33am

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Avery

11/14/17 6:08am

I just finished The Mayor of Casterbridge. I'll have to read that next.

Freddie Cougar

11/14/17 6:42am

Did you like the book...my favorite by him

Nat Gas Man

11/14/17 10:39am

It was very good. Kind of a reverse Les Mis.

Freddie Cougar

11/14/17 11:09am

Les Miserables

bennerc

11/14/17 6:10am

Currently working through Brothers Karamazov.

Deputy Zip

11/14/17 6:11am

Same here...

TheKing

11/14/17 6:22am

Demons by Dostoevsky is also very good.

Freddie Cougar

11/14/17 6:39am

I like Crime and Punishment a lot more than Brothers Karamazov.

displacedute

11/14/17 11:18am

Great Expectations

CBaass

11/14/17 6:18am

Charles Dickens is amazing. I love Oliver Twist, Bleak House, Little Dorrit

Freddie Cougar

11/14/17 6:37am

The Count of Monte Cristo is the best.

byujacob

11/14/17 6:23am

Definitely.

Loon to the Moon

11/14/17 6:29am

This and Dracula are my favorites.

benny1982

11/14/17 6:40am

Ive enjoyed count of monte cristo and three musketeers the most.

sgriff

11/14/17 6:28am

The Count of Monte Cristo is my all time favorite. The Three Musketeers is very

Loon to the Moon

11/14/17 6:31am

Dumas is probably the closest to a modern writer in terms of high concept action and excitement.

byujacob

11/14/17 6:32am

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cvd6262

11/14/17 8:56am

My thoughts exactly.

dilbert

11/14/17 9:02am

I'd go with either Crime and Punishment or Lord of the Flies

jbcoug

11/14/17 6:34am

Lord of the Flies is great.

byujacob

11/14/17 6:35am

Anna Karenina or Brothers Karamazov

Iman23

11/14/17 6:37am

All the King's Men, Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory, King Lear, Macbeth

84 Grad

11/14/17 6:49am

I think Absalom, Absalom is better than The Sound and the Fury

Coop

11/14/17 6:56am

I like Absalom, Absalom as well but decided to mention only one Faulkner book.

84 Grad

11/14/17 7:07am

My favorites are probably Dubliners and War and Peace

Gustav

11/14/17 6:52am

The Book of Mormon will see its day. I'm serious.

mantis mutu

11/14/17 7:05am

Harry Potter followed closely by The Hunger Games. All volumes.

The Board Genius

11/14/17 7:07am

Also, the Twilight series is fantastic.

cougarmeister

11/14/17 10:24am

I we're talkin Amer fiction, I'm w ya on Steinbeck. Grapes of Wrath for me.

mantis mutu

11/14/17 7:21am

The Puppy Who Lost His Way by Chrissy Taylor

LeftOfNormal

11/14/17 7:24am

You go out and find that bleeping dog!!!

COUGZ

11/14/17 7:27am

RE: You go out and find that bleeping dog!!!

Pete

11/14/17 8:56am

Pretty much anything written by grapevine.

Sandstone Cougar

11/14/17 7:57am

Here's my top 10 (Roughly in order, but they're all fantastic).......

BoiseBlue

11/14/17 8:26am

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cvd6262

11/14/17 8:28am

I really don't get Jane Austen. I read both those books and I can't remember

cujo22

11/14/17 8:41am

Just read Uncle Tom's Cabin. Loved it. I was moved.

cujo22

11/14/17 8:39am

Anna Karenina and Les Miserables

hutch11

11/14/17 9:08am

I could never get past the first 150 ish pages of les mis. Where could I skip

sgriff

11/14/17 9:10am

Read the abridged version

dilbert

11/14/17 9:11am

I was gratified to hear that Hugo was paid by the word to write that book. Surely he didn't think it needed all those

Pete

11/14/17 11:06am

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cvd6262

11/14/17 11:20am

There are definitely some slow-going stretches in there.

hutch11

11/14/17 9:53am

To Kill a Mockingbird

Florwood

11/14/17 9:12am

A Tale of Two Cities is my favorite

Nat Gas Man

11/14/17 9:20am

Scarlet Letter, Tale of Two Cities, and The Once and Future King

NorthernLight

11/14/17 10:15am

Does 'The Giver' count?

Misteak

11/14/17 10:47am

Absolutely!

Geldir

11/14/17 11:20am

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