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i am currently reading the classics:

The Tale of Genji by lady murasaki
&&
Emma by jane austen.


classics i plan to read (and already purchased):
The Castle of Otranto
The Castle of Wolfenbach: A German Story
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne: A Highland Story
A Sicilian Romance
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Scarlet Letter
Treasure Island
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Lolita
The Orphan of the Rhine
&&
Wuthering Heights

there are many more classics i plan to read, but these are all i have bought so far. i like to own the books i read :] i once took 2 years to read a book, i don't want to have to worry about return dates and what not.

so what do you think of my list?
is there a book i need to own and throw on the top?

i have more classics listed in my "to read" section.<3

Marlene, I am unfamiliar with a number of your books. I'm from the US. I have noticed some differences in selected classics based on country of residence, which only makes sense. I always like to see suggestions of books that I haven't been exposed to before. (Isn't the internet wonderful!)

One I've never heard of is "The Tale of the Genji" you'll have to let us know what you think of it. Live many I love Jane Austen!

neither had i until i met my boyfriend, his grandma had an edition which the cover intrigued me so i asked to borrow it after i looked it up. ...turns out it's the world's first novel! :]

so far it is quite delightful, in the pages i have read so far it is the telling of a boy's conquest into manhood by the pursuit of love and romance. i look forward to more plots and themes though, it's quite a long book. and i will definitely have to let you know what i thought of it.

Marlene wrote: "neither had i until i met my boyfriend, his grandma had an edition which the cover intrigued me so i asked to borrow it after i looked it up. ...turns out it's the world's first novel! :]

so far ..."

World's first novel? That sounds really interesting.

right? lol world's first novel written by a woman, somehow, i'm not surprised :p it is definitely interesting. i read somewhere she was trying to captivate the "ideal man" of that time and era in her story about genji.

just added to my bookshelf these classics:

the moon and sixpence
Othello
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Pericles by Shakespeare
love's labour's lost by shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (Wordsworth Classics)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (a different translated version)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The Happy Prince
the Odyssey by homer
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
beowulf translated by burton raffel
four short novels: the fox, love among the haystacks, the ladybird, the captain's doll by d. h. lawrence

and one Memoirs of a Geisha

:3 used book stores are my new heaven.

just bought The Empty Canvas by Alberto Moravia, i must say, i'm rather excited to read it.

and i finished reading The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde...i was completely surprised that such a book could ever be written by oscar wilde. i read he wrote it for his children to read to them at night, which, if you read the stories, would make a great deal of sense. it has a lot of morals embedded into each story, which is ideal for a children's book.

You are really adding to your self! I've heard of/have at least half the books you've listed so far. Emma is my least favorite Austen, and I have tried - unsuccessfully - to get through Wuthering Heights twice.

There are some on your shelf I have but have not yet read, but a few books on your list that I liked include: The Scarlet Letter, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Romeo and Juliet and The French Lieutenant's Woman.

Heather L wrote: "You are really adding to your self! I've heard of/have at least half the books you've listed so far. Emma is my least favorite Austen, and I have tried - unsuccessfully - to get through..."

i just finished Emma. not my particular favorite, but, compared to northanger abbey (which i found to be a total disappointment) it isn't half bad. i was only bothered that it took so long to finalize everything, such a drag to build up such suspension which the end promised to be. the ending was quite nice, but the beginning! not so great. too long without much of anything happening, in my opinion. and miss bates, such an annoying character! she was my least favorite throughout the whole book and detesting any particular pages in which she was bound to be in.

i am currently reading The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne: A Highland Story and so far so good. starting out strong as to encompass the reader and invite them to read on is always a good way to start a book lol ann radcliffe has always been a great favorite since reading The Mysteries of Udolpho. i'm also reading a book that jane austen's nephews wrote about her, they included her letters in them, which i'm excited to read. :]

what is your favorite read of jane austen's?