I guess there’s not really one definition of “classic,” but let’s say a book most people have probably heard of that was published before the year 2000.
My favorite classic is Hamlet and I reread it usually every year.
I also find myself thinking about The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin quite often.
As a bonus entry, the newer Emily Wilson translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey are excellent.
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Once again, “The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov. It’s abstract, modern, transgressive and extremely different from any classic. The critique and representation of Soviet Life is authentic while still entertaining the reader with references to “Faust” and other histories. And the plot itself is just… “The Devil himself comes to Moscow during a spring day to spread havoc helped by two demons, a vodka drinking giant cat and a naked witch.” Do I have to say more?
MorriganJade on
Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen and If this is a man by Primo Levi
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My favorite classic is Hamlet and I reread it usually every year.
I also find myself thinking about The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin quite often.
As a bonus entry, the newer Emily Wilson translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey are excellent.
Once again, “The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov. It’s abstract, modern, transgressive and extremely different from any classic. The critique and representation of Soviet Life is authentic while still entertaining the reader with references to “Faust” and other histories. And the plot itself is just… “The Devil himself comes to Moscow during a spring day to spread havoc helped by two demons, a vodka drinking giant cat and a naked witch.” Do I have to say more?
Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen and If this is a man by Primo Levi
Pale Fire,
King Lear
Eugene Onegin
Great Expectations
Wuthering Heights
The Hearing Trumpet
Lolita
Roadside Picnic
Left Hand of Darkness