Classics you know you should have read but probably haven't

Descripción: I know I feel guilt at the number of works I feel I ought to have read, but haven't quite managed to get round to yet... Well, let's try to prioritise!

Divina Comedia

por Dante Alighieri

21,816 miembros

187 reseñas

4.1

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Explicaciones: aulsmith : Got halfway through hell and gave up.
sturlington : Read Inferno in college. Not sure of the point of reading the rest.
Arrashid7: I plan to read it this summer.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read, loved.
MyFathersDragon: I didn’t finish. I read some in Italian, but I am not very good with Italian. I read more in English translation, but I wanted to go back to the Italian, and never finished.

Ana Karenina

por Leo Tolstoy

38,541 miembros

630 reseñas

4.1

Ranking Global 3

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Explicaciones: electrice : read in 2013, excellent

Ulises

por James Joyce

24,132 miembros

379 reseñas

Ranking Global 11

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Explicaciones: : Stream of consciousness writing is a gimmick, a way of vomiting out words that sometime sound interesting but are hollow of meaning and intent.
nlgeorge : needs editing
Arrashid7: Retrying this modern classic this summer.

Odisea

por Homer

53,235 miembros

475 reseñas

Ranking Global 17

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Explicaciones: amanda4242: Read it in college. Long, but a breeze to get through.
sturlington : Read in college
electrice : read in college
MyFathersDragon: I’ve loved this since grade school.

Ilíada

por Homer

40,068 miembros

386 reseñas

Ranking Global 26

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Explicaciones: sturlington : Read in college
electrice : read in college
MyFathersDragon: I loved this since I was in grade school.

Madame Bovary

por Gustave Flaubert

26,249 miembros

389 reseñas

½ 3.7

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Explicaciones: aulsmith : The first page was so boring I never returned.
ahef1963: Read in university. Hated it.

1984

por George Orwell

82,129 miembros

1,274 reseñas

4.2

Ranking Global 10

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Explicaciones: amanda4242: An important book, but I'll probably never read it again.
sturlington: Everyone should read at least once.
electrice : read
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
MyFathersDragon: It is a classic so I thought I should read it.

Las uvas de la ira

por John Steinbeck

34,367 miembros

475 reseñas

4.1

Ranking Global 19

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Explicaciones: amanda4242: Read it and loathed it.
sturlington: Important book but kind of a slog.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read, enjoyed.
MyFathersDragon: It was one of the classics to choose from to read in a high school class. I read lots of the choices, so I had options to choose from when it was time to write a book report.

Juicio y sentimiento

por Jane Austen

38,192 miembros

529 reseñas

4.1

Ranking Global 47

63 Members: Aquila, benfulton, wordswordswords, kerry1897, pamelad, lahochstetler, SilentInAWay, booksinbed, smcwl, almigwin, varielle, .Monkey., antqueen, pmdean, jefbra, otterlake, sjmccreary, amanda4242, WSB7, redsox0407, artturnerjr, SylviaC, sturlington, cathyta, brenzi, BekkaJo, perennialreader, nik61, canantopaloglu, Cindy1954, Bici47, Dunord, eclecticdodo, nlgeorge, BlueSkies305, JalenV, gypsysmom, Shutzie27, ahef1963, StefanieGeeks, NinieB, EElsen, linlef, LesleyAshton, FlorianKarpfinger, Laura1124, daisy_jane, nicolaskowsk, linnzsue, December7, nedhyu, JohnMB, mmseiple, kierstens, TwinDaddy, RachelKirk, Sisif, TaraJohnson, KrystalSheppard, gerggerggerg, MyFathersDragon, MaureenONeill, valeriepatton,gilroy , ,eromsted ,cpg ,aulsmith , ,peterdj ,auntSteelbreaker ,Simone2 ,CVido ,ManWithAnAgenda ,CharlesTheB
Explicaciones: amanda4242: Liked it.
auntSteelbreaker : I think Austen is boring.
JalenV: Don't love it as much as Pride and Prejudice, but I've read it a few times.
ahef1963: I love Austen. This may be my favourite of her works.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.

Cien años de soledad

por Gabriel Garcia Marquez

44,485 miembros

697 reseñas

4.2

Ranking Global 30

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Explicaciones: sturlington : I don't really like his style.
Aprill: It's on my tbr shelf.
ahef1963: Read via audiobook. Terriby confusing. Can't say I liked it.

Robaiyyat

por Omar Khayyám

2,929 miembros

34 reseñas

Ranking Global 112

27 Members: hailelib, gennyt, hipdeep, wordswordswords, staffordcastle, eromsted, kageeh, jamesabg, almigwin, varielle, WSB7, SylviaC, cathyta, cc9, canantopaloglu, Cindy1954, Beorn_se_Bacaire, rretzler, BlueSkies305, pewterbreath, linlef, james.proffitt, ryaSilvia, Arrashid7, hudzilla55, ManWithAnAgenda, MyFathersDragon,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith , ,sturlington ,CVido ,Bici47 ,lsah
Explicaciones: sturlington : Read at least partly.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking [Volume 1]

por Julia Child

3,378 miembros

27 reseñas

½ 4.5

Ranking Global 299

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Explicaciones: aulsmith : I see no need to read this. I read Joy of Cooking instead.
sturlington : A classic cookbook, but you don't really read those. You cook from them. Agree that Joy of Cooking is more useful, though.
aekd: Cooking? No, thanks. French cooking? No way!