Monday, January 11, 2016

Back to the Classics Challenge 2016


I have attempted this one a couple of times, but I am going to see where this one goes this coming year.

Here are the categories:

1.  A 19th Century Classic - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
2.  A 20th Century Classic - The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
3.  A classic by a woman author. - 
4.  A classic in translation.  - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
5.  A classic by a non-white author. - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
6.  An adventure classic - Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
7.  A fantasy, science fiction, or dystopian classic. Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
8.  A classic detective novel.  - The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
9.  A classic which includes the name of a place in the title. - Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
10. A classic which has been banned or censored. - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
11. Re-read a classic you read in school (high school or college).  - Petersburg by Andrei Bely
12. A volume of classic short stories. - Lady with the Little Dog and other stories by Anton Chekov




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