Long Summer

It's been a very long summer for me... not much time for reading. However while I am unable to read I know that there are those out there who are enjoying classics. So, while you are reading your classic please post what you are reading and what (so far) is your favorite part? What do you plan on reading next?

Favorite summer classic

Now that we are getting close to summer, does anyone have a favorite "summer classic"?  If so, what is it?  If not, are you planning on reading a classic this summer?

Your favorite classic?

For the few who read this blog, please tell me what your favorite classic is and why!  I would love to hear your response.

Thanks,

Mat

Ethan Frome and now Flatland

Since my last post I was able to read "Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton.  What an excellent book!  If you have time please read this book.  It is extremely sad but very well written.  I can now say that I really enjoy reading Edith Wharton.

On the flip side, now that I am done with Ethan Frome, I am next going to tackle "Flatland - A Romance of many dimensions" by Edwin A. Abbott.

Has anyone out there read this classic?  What did you think?

What did you think of Ethan Frome?  I absolutely loved it.

Hunger turned out to be good

Although "Hunger" by Knut Hamsun was kind of hard to digest early on, I found the book to be very good overall.  The ending to me happened abruptly but as it should.  I would not know how to end that type of book any other way.  

I would recommend this book to a lover of classics.

Recently purchased Classics

It has been awhile... but Classics live on. I guess that's what makes them classic. Since the last post I was able to get some more classics from Barnes & Nobles thanks to some wonderful gift cards acquired over Christmas and New Years (my birthday).




I absolutely love these editions.  Have you read any of these books?  What are your thoughts about them?  Any recommendation on which I should start first?  (I won't have any time but one can dream...)

They are (from top to bottom, left to right):

The Return of the Soldier - Rebecca West

The Collected Stories of Guy De Maupassant - Guy De Maupassant

At Fault - Kate Chopin

The Professor - Charlotte Bronte

The Writing of Fiction - Edith Wharton

I wish that the Edith Wharton and Kate Chopin didn't cost so much (over $10 each) but at least the Penguin edition is one of my favorite types of paperbacks ever made.  I don't like paying $10+ per book but if I am going to do it, it might as well be a very nice Penguin.

What are your thoughts?  I'd really like to hear from you!