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!

Hunger by Knut Hamsun

I'm still in the process of reading this book. It is a bit tough for me to get through. It is interesting... however, the main character tends to go off on wild fantasies and does things like makes up a word and wonders what it actually means all while sitting on a park bench at night about to dose off while he hasn't eaten in 3 days.

Has anyone else out there read this book?

In your opinion, does it get better?

Lets hear your thoughts!