FabSwingers.com forum: What is your favourite "classic" book?

By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

Abelard and Helouise for me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Discworld..Terry Pratchett.

Gimp

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I recently re read Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and really enjoyed that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

To Kill a Mocking Bird

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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

"I recently re read Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and really enjoyed that. "
I love the Dark kind of stuff, its a fabulous read, good choice.

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By *picyspiregirlCouple
over a year ago

chesterfield

"To Kill a Mocking Bird

Good call. Of mice and men too.

P.s. That is not the sequel.

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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

"To Kill a Mocking Bird

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I haven't read that since I was at school, may revisit that one.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The ragged trousered philanthropist

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

"To Kill a Mocking Bird

This

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By *uttyjonnMan
over a year ago

SEA

I did like the great gatsby - thanks I must root that out again

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

Count of Monte Cristo, although its very, very long!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A Pilgrim's Progress- John Bunyan

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Jane Eyre

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Swiss Family Robinson

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Papillon by Henri Charrière

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tess of the D'Urbervilles "

Good choice . Not read that for years, might have to dig it out again.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shane

Much better than the film

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By *ibbyhunterCouple
over a year ago

keighley

Orwell's nineteen eighty four.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"To Kill a Mocking Bird

Yes indeed - I gained so much from reading that book aged 15 - lessons that have stayed with me ever since

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By *oddyWoman
over a year ago

between havant and chichester

Childern of the new forest

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Good choice . Not read that for years, might have to dig it out again.

Do it! I've ended up with multiple copies over the years

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Silver Sword- John Serraillier

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

The Oxford English Dickshunry, must reread that sometime

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And all the Moomin books

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

Mister Meddles Muddles and another vote for The Count of Monte Christo.

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By *ibbyhunterCouple
over a year ago

keighley

"The Silver Sword- John Serraillier "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Weathermonger. Can't remember who wrote it

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By *luezuluMan
over a year ago

Suffolk

"The Silver Sword- John Serraillier "

Great shout. first read that when I was 29, a former girlfriend brought it me for a birthday present.

She told me its really a children's book and I should read it as a teenager would.

Going to Waterstones tomorrow!!!

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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

" The Count of Monte Christo. "
Excellent book.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Down and out in Paris and London; George Orwell

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The reluctant Messiah; Richard Bach

I have so many

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

I only read comics, oh and magazines from the top shelf in newsagents.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Silver Sword- John Serraillier

Great shout. first read that when I was 29, a former girlfriend brought it me for a birthday present.

She told me its really a children's book and I should read it as a teenager would.

Going to Waterstones tomorrow!!!"

It's one of the books I read in school that stayed with me. I had a fantastic English teacher who was so inspiring and you could tell he loved literature

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Pride and Prejudice. It's my go to book when I am poorly.

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By *bony in IvoryCouple
over a year ago

Black&White Utopia

"The Premature Burial"

Edgar Allan Poe

Always loved his short stories...

fired up my imagination loads .

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By *nvictusMan
over a year ago

Beeston

Burnt Njals saga.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Janet and John go dogging (a ladybird classic)

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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

""The Premature Burial"

Edgar Allan Poe

Always loved his short stories...

fired up my imagination loads . "
Love his stuff!!!

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By *antasyhelperMan
over a year ago

hednesford

The hardy boys

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By *D40Couple
over a year ago

Wolverhampton

George Orwell's Animal Farm - studied it at secondary school & once i got the meaning it always stuck with me...

Mrs Dolph x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apart from a couple of autobiographies I haven't read a book for over 40yrs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Little Women

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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

"Apart from a couple of autobiographies I haven't read a book for over 40yrs"
Some good ones here Jack pick one and try it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The complete chronicles of Narnia!

Takes ages to get through but it's always a pleasure to read

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

20,000 leagues under the sea for being so visionary and The Black Arrow for a good old adventure

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rebecca....Daphne du Maurier

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Pride and Prejudice. It's my go to book when I am poorly.

I prefer the film version of this. It's one of my favourite films

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A day in the life of Ivan denisovitch

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A day in the life of Ivan denisovitch"

I was just trying to remember this one. I could recall the front cover with the face on it. I kept getting Ivanisovitch come to my mind

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bonfire of the vanities.

Took a while to get through but a very good read.

And Lord of the Rings. When set against the time it was written and by whom it has some very strong messages.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rebecca....Daphne du Maurier "

Oh I love this book too and have read it a few times

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Pride and Prejudice. It's my go to book when I am poorly.

I prefer the film version of this. It's one of my favourite films "

Which film version though? So many have been made.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

"A day in the life of Ivan denisovitch"

That is a cracking book.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Pride and Prejudice. It's my go to book when I am poorly.

I prefer the film version of this. It's one of my favourite films

Which film version though? So many have been made.

The Keira Knightly one. Great performances ,beautiful scenery and lovely music. I like the understated costuming in it too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Madame Bovary

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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

"Pride and Prejudice. It's my go to book when I am poorly.

I prefer the film version of this. It's one of my favourite films

Which film version though? So many have been made.

The Keira Knightly one. Great performances ,beautiful scenery and lovely music. I like the understated costuming in it too "
Nooooo, has to be the BBC Adaptation with Collin " sexy as fuck in my britches" Firth in.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A day in the life of Ivan denisovitch

I was just trying to remember this one. I could recall the front cover with the face on it. I kept getting Ivanisovitch come to my mind "

It confuses people when they hear I like Solzhenitsyn

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Pride and Prejudice. It's my go to book when I am poorly.

I prefer the film version of this. It's one of my favourite films

Which film version though? So many have been made.

The Keira Knightly one. Great performances ,beautiful scenery and lovely music. I like the understated costuming in it too Nooooo, has to be the BBC Adaptation with Collin " sexy as fuck in my britches" Firth in.

I prefer him in Love Actually. The tv version of P&P was more theatrical and stiff. He is sexy though lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Animal farm

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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

"Pride and Prejudice. It's my go to book when I am poorly.

I prefer the film version of this. It's one of my favourite films

Which film version though? So many have been made.

I prefer him in Love Actually. The tv version of P&P was more theatrical and stiff. He is sexy though lol "
Oh noooooo....he is smouldering in P and P.....he sets the screen alight...oooh a slight hot flush now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Magic Faraway Tree

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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago

Bristol

I am an avid reader so I shall try and edit my list as I go but there are a few definite favourites I go back to once a year or so. Anne of Green Gables novels, Lord Of The Rings, The Handmaid's Tale (a modern classic I reckon), Fanny Hill; Lovecraft, Poe and MR James for short stories and novellas, the occasional nostalgia wallow in Dickens, Austen, Blyton or Alcott and finally the Sherlock Holmes stories (I even have some of the collected Strand editions). I know it's more modern but if I ever need perking up then it's The Crow Road by Iain Banks.

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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

"I am an avid reader so I shall try and edit my list as I go but there are a few definite favourites I go back to once a year or so. Anne of Green Gables novels, Lord Of The Rings, The Handmaid's Tale (a modern classic I reckon), Fanny Hill; Lovecraft, Poe and MR James for short stories and novellas, the occasional nostalgia wallow in Dickens, Austen, Blyton or Alcott and finally the Sherlock Holmes stories (I even have some of the collected Strand editions). I know it's more modern but if I ever need perking up then it's The Crow Road by Iain Banks."
Anne of Green Gables is definitely totally brilliant as is The Crow Road, and I now have to say that out loud in a Scottish accent.."he's away down the Crow Road"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Shane

Much better than the film"

Totally, read it when I was quite young and it had quite a big impact.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i hate novels...so I must say Oor Wullie

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Weathermonger. Can't remember who wrote it "

Peter Dickinson.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Constants on my bookshelf are the complete works of Oscar Wilde and Shakespeare, and the poetry of Pablo Neruda, Maya Angelou, Carol Ann Duffy and Robert Burns.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

John Steinbeck of mice and men

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

"Rebecca....Daphne du Maurier

Oh I love this book too and have read it a few times "

I love this one too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's the bible for me, it provides me with hours of laughter!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lovely Bones

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Magic Faraway Tree "

aka the enchanted wood!!! Love love love this book!!!

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By *john121Man
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lord of the rings. Can't beat it as a classic

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Abelard and Helouise for me

I need to read this.

Dickens is my favourite

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By *its_n_piecesCouple
over a year ago

not sure ... maybe Naked Lunch ... but there's just too many really

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dantes inferno is on the shelf, I intend to read that soon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"John Steinbeck of mice and men"

This book makes me cry

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By *john121Man
over a year ago

staffs

"Shane

Much better than the film

Totally, read it when I was quite young and it had quite a big impact. "

Ah!but as he rides off into the distance was he dead?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

dont know if it qualifies as a classic(but I think it is) but Joseph Hellers Catch 22 is amazing and hilarious.

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By *mmie2014Man
over a year ago

London

"Abelard and Helouise for me

The memories of Hadrian by Marguerite youcenar. Not so long but each sentence is a meal in itself. Of as much value as the book is extra at the end where she explains the journey she took to write the book. I do want to give a shout out for Ernest Hemingway's 'A moveable feast' centred on his time in Paris in the 20's.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Count of Monte Cristo... well it has to be.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Count of Monte Cristo... well it has to be.

Thought so

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Orwell's nineteen eighty four."

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By *ampWithABrainWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

Another vote for pride and prejudice here. BBC adaptation was closest to the book I've seen plus love Colin firth.

'Modern classics' 'waterland' by Graham Swift, 'behind the scenes at the museum' by Kate Atkinson, also love her other books but this is the best.

I'm currently re reading the 39 steps and want to read the count of monte cristo before revenge back on tv

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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

"Another vote for pride and prejudice here. BBC adaptation was closest to the book I've seen plus love Colin firth.

'Modern classics' 'waterland' by Graham Swift, 'behind the scenes at the museum' by Kate Atkinson, also love her other books but this is the best.

I'm currently re reading the 39 steps and want to read the count of monte cristo before revenge back on tv"
I was looking at your response on the other thread, I loved Little Women, and Enid Blytons "The Famous Five"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A bit modern (50 years)

Slaughterhouse Five. By Kurt Vonnegut

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

To kill a Mockingbird

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Satanic Verses. Very jolly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Magdalene sisters

Her

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Of mice and men

Lord of the flies

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By *he tactile technicianMan
over a year ago

the good lands, the bad lands, the any where you may want me lands

Lord of the Flies by William Golding ; reminds me of a independent school education,

Empire of the Sun;by J G Ballard reminds me of childhood in the Far East,

I am David by Anne Holm ; escapism,

Blindness by Jose Saramago; a wake up call for everyone

Poppy shakespeare by Clare Allan; but for the will of God go us

And so many many more, you should all pop around and browse my bookshelves

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria

"Dantes inferno is on the shelf, I intend to read that soon"

I've got that on my Kindle but haven't started it yet...for an avid reader, I don't really go for the classics, but I'll plump for To Kill a Mockingbird...Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is pretty good too

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

I have a few faves.

To Kill a Mockingbird

Brave New World

1984

Oliver Twist

Pride and Prejudice

Shirley

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

"A bit modern (50 years)

Slaughterhouse Five. By Kurt Vonnegut

Ooh forgot that one! Love it.

So it goes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I read most of the political classics in my early teens, it's good to see so many others have enjoyed them too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dante the divine comedy

Of mice and men-

Paradise lost - Milton

D-day - ambrose

And various poetry books

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By *adyGardenWoman
over a year ago

LONDON (se)

"George Orwell's Animal Farm - studied it at secondary school & once i got the meaning it always stuck with me...

Mrs Dolph x"

4 legs good 2 legs bad

I did that at school too

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By *adyGardenWoman
over a year ago

LONDON (se)

Wuthering heights

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

wind in the willows .. piper at the gates of dawn is the best single chapter ive ever read

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wuthering Heights. I've lost count of the amount of times I've read it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Magic Faraway Tree

aka the enchanted wood!!! Love love love this book!!!

This enchanted me as a child. Once I reached about twelve though, Bram Stoker's "Dracula". Also not sure if they're considered classic yet, but anything by John Wyndham.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

120 days of sodom

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"120 days of sodom

An edge of your "seat" book ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"120 days of sodom

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Have you seen the cinematic version of this? Salo... made in 1976 - banned. Unbelievably graphic

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (collected works)

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

Things I have read repeatedly and act as a comfort blanket are;

Conan Doyle's various Holmes tales

Orwell's 1984

HG Well's The Time Machine (of course)

James Herbert's The Fog

They all remind me of being a kid.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lestat, Anne Rice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"George Orwell's Animal Farm - studied it at secondary school & once i got the meaning it always stuck with me...

Mrs Dolph x"

Saw the movie.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Little grey men.

Treasure island.

And too many modern classics to mention.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"120 days of sodom

Have you seen the cinematic version of this? Salo... made in 1976 - banned. Unbelievably graphic"

The young actors made me uncomfortable...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Id also add:-

The Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy

Lord of the Rings

The Hobbit

Asimov's Foundation Series

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

Stranger in a Strange Land

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Dandy. Poor old Dennis the menace- stuck in that jersey for life. It's heartbreaking

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not a novel, a wonderful but sad book...

I buried my heart on Wounded Knee by Dee Brown

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The last of the really great whangdoodles by Julie Andrews (aka Mary poppins) or magician by Raymond feist. Not in the classics but full of memories.

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By *adyGardenWoman
over a year ago

LONDON (se)

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By *adyGardenWoman
over a year ago

LONDON (se)

"Lestat, Anne Rice"

I think if the author is still alive and writing it can't be considered a classic. Plus that is one of her newer books so definitely not a classic

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By *ugbythighs82Man
over a year ago

Gloucester

The Gunslinger by Stephen king

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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

"120 days of sodom

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Thats my second choice, not an easy read though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Confession - never finished a "classic". Was forced to read Of Mice and Men for GCSE English....put me off Steinbeck for life.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

John Irving's The World According to Garp.

But I suppose from the widely described classics, I go for The Great Gatsby and to Kill a Mockingbird.

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By *igerandKittenCouple
over a year ago

London

"120 days of sodom

Thats my second choice, not an easy read though."

I found it so badly written it put me off. Though to be fair it's not completed. It's just one of those things that seems obscene for the sake of obscenity.

At the risk of sounding pretentious, anything by Shakespeare is fantastic.

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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

"120 days of sodom

Thats my second choice, not an easy read though.

I found it so badly written it put me off. Though to be fair it's not completed. It's just one of those things that seems obscene for the sake of obscenity.

At the risk of sounding pretentious, anything by Shakespeare is fantastic.

K"
I disagree, I really enjoyed it, I like Shakespeare too, which is your favourite?

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over a year ago

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Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte

20,000 leagues under the Sea, Around the World in 80 days, Jules Verne

Sense and Sensibility

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen

The Iliad Homer

Dracula Bram Stoker

The Picture of Dorian Grey Oscar Wilde

Animal Farm, 1984 George Orwell

Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck

The Invisible Man, The Time Machine H G Wells

*The Haunting of Hill House* Shirley Jackson, you know when films are good but the movie even better! well this is an amazing Horror!

The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway After my visit to Cuba and visiting the bar he used to frequent a couple of years back I found myself

picking this book up again and in a somewhat a reversal of my

previous Statement I remembered just how much I enjoyed the Spencer Tracy movie 1958

so many classics so little time!!!

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By *igerandKittenCouple
over a year ago

London

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Thats my second choice, not an easy read though.

I found it so badly written it put me off. Though to be fair it's not completed. It's just one of those things that seems obscene for the sake of obscenity.

At the risk of sounding pretentious, anything by Shakespeare is fantastic.

KI disagree, I really enjoyed it, I like Shakespeare too, which is your favourite?"

Fair enough! :D

Measure for Measure, Tempest, also a soft spot for R&J

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By *emmefatale OP Woman
over a year ago

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"120 days of sodom

Thats my second choice, not an easy read though.

I found it so badly written it put me off. Though to be fair it's not completed. It's just one of those things that seems obscene for the sake of obscenity.

At the risk of sounding pretentious, anything by Shakespeare is fantastic.

KI disagree, I really enjoyed it, I like Shakespeare too, which is your favourite?

Fair enough! :D

Measure for Measure, Tempest, also a soft spot for R&J "
Much ado about nothing and Othello are my two favourite.

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over a year ago

The Count Of Monte Christo - much better than any film adaptation

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over a year ago

Spot the dog

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over a year ago

The count of monte cristo - Dumas

first time I'd read a book where my heart broke for a character - still feel it today

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By *andACouple
over a year ago

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Like a lot of people 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and I'd also add 'On the Road' by Jack Kerouac.

Both different, but wonderful, books that set me on the road (no pun intended) to spending a ton of money on Amazon over the years. All worth it though.

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over a year ago

I am legend by Richard Matheson (forget about the film completely)

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over a year ago

Lord of the flies.

The diary of Ann frank.

Flowers in the attic.

To name a few.... Also the series books that started with a boy called it.

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"Lord of the flies.

The diary of Ann frank.

Flowers in the attic.

To name a few.... Also the series books that started with a boy called it."

Is "a boy called it" a classic??

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over a year ago

The Bible if you take away the religion it's a damn good read and most hotels have one for free!

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"Lord of the flies.

The diary of Ann frank.

Flowers in the attic.

To name a few.... Also the series books that started with a boy called it.

Is "a boy called it" a classic??"

Always one isn't there.

I don't really give a hoot whether its a classic or not...

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over a year ago

Paradise lost is excellent did you find the Devil the best character?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Good book! Strange how blokes pick different styles of books to the ladies!

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"Lord of the flies.

The diary of Ann frank.

Flowers in the attic.

To name a few.... Also the series books that started with a boy called it.

Is "a boy called it" a classic??

Always one isn't there.

I don't really give a hoot whether its a classic or not...

Hey...if it's a classic then I'm claiming it as the ONE that I've read.

Very sad book though. Not nice, brought back some bad memories.

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By *unkydesignCouple
over a year ago

Manchester

To Kill A Mockingbird

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I almost forgot Lord of the Flies

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By *john121Man
over a year ago

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"Good book! Strange how blokes pick different styles of books to the ladies!

Really?! you haven't checked out my immediate favs have you?!

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By *igerandKittenCouple
over a year ago

London

"The Bible if you take away the religion it's a damn good read and most hotels have one for free!

I've been reading "God is disapointed in you" it distills each book within the Bible, old and new testements, to it's core message. But it does it in a really humourous way. Fantastic reading.

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"The Bible if you take away the religion it's a damn good read and most hotels have one for free!

I've been reading "God is disapointed in you" it distills each book within the Bible, old and new testements, to it's core message. But it does it in a really humourous way. Fantastic reading.

That sounds really good! Christmas pressie for L is sorted then

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By *igerandKittenCouple
over a year ago

London

"I am legend by Richard Matheson (forget about the film completely)"

A fantastic book and it is one that had agreed really well.

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"Like a lot of people 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and I'd also add 'On the Road' by Jack Kerouac.

Both different, but wonderful, books that set me on the road (no pun intended) to spending a ton of money on Amazon over the years. All worth it though."

I hated "on the road", was really looking forward to reading it too. To many "blow man blow" in it. Xx

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over a year ago

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"The Bible if you take away the religion it's a damn good read and most hotels have one for free!

I've been reading "God is disapointed in you" it distills each book within the Bible, old and new testements, to it's core message. But it does it in a really humourous way. Fantastic reading.

That sounds really good! Christmas pressie for L is sorted then

It's published by Top Shelf productions and I believe they have a sale on at the moment.

The book is written by Mark Russell.

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"The Bible if you take away the religion it's a damn good read and most hotels have one for free!

I've been reading "God is disapointed in you" it distills each book within the Bible, old and new testements, to it's core message. But it does it in a really humourous way. Fantastic reading.

That sounds really good! Christmas pressie for L is sorted then

It's published by Top Shelf productions and I believe they have a sale on at the moment.

The book is written by Mark Russell."

The same top shelf that publish graphic novels? Totally persuaded now

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over a year ago

"120 days of sodom

Have you seen the cinematic version of this? Salo... made in 1976 - banned. Unbelievably graphic"
I havnt but I will try and get a copy from somewhere,thanks

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By *rtemisiaWoman
over a year ago

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"Abelard and Helouise for me

Theirs is a fantastic story! Love that they named their kid Astralabe.

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By *rtemisiaWoman
over a year ago

Norwich

"And all the Moomin books

My favourite characters are the Groke and the Hattifateners.

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over a year ago

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over a year ago

London

"The Bible if you take away the religion it's a damn good read and most hotels have one for free!

I've been reading "God is disapointed in you" it distills each book within the Bible, old and new testements, to it's core message. But it does it in a really humourous way. Fantastic reading.

That sounds really good! Christmas pressie for L is sorted then

It's published by Top Shelf productions and I believe they have a sale on at the moment.

The book is written by Mark Russell.

The same top shelf that publish graphic novels? Totally persuaded now

Yeah that's them! I bought a bucket load last time they had a sale.

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By *exymatcplMan
over a year ago

doncaster

Far From the Madding Crowd

Also The Silver Sword as mentioned by one or two on here loved it at school, also Swallows and Amazons such a great kids adventure story

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over a year ago

Fear + loathing in Las Vegas-

Some cocktail of booze,drugs + guns.

Don't remember much sex in it

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over a year ago

Patrick Süskind, Perfume

Great book - slightly wacky - orgy bit fun too!

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