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Yeah the title says it all. You readers let me know what's worth my time first. For some strange reason I haven't read a lot of these. I've stuck with modern books most of my life. Now I can play catchup. Here's the list of books:

List of books included

Title   Author  
Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Mansfield Park Jane Austen
Emma Jane Austen
Persuasion Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey Jane Austen
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
Shirley Charlotte Bronte
Villette Charlotte Bronte
The Professor Charlotte Bronte
Dombey and Son Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens
Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott
Rob Roy Sir Walter Scott
Waverley Sir Walter Scott
Othello William Shakespeare
Hamlet William Shakespeare
The Tempest William Shakespeare
Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare
What Katy Did Susan Coolidge
What Katy Did At School Susan Coolidge
Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson
The Black Arrow Robert Louis Stevenson
The Call of the Wild Jack London
White Fang Jack London
The Water Babies Charles Kingsley
Westward Ho! Charles Kingsley
Lord Jim Joseph Conrad
Moby Dick Herman Melville
Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens
Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper
Far From The Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy
Under the Greenwood Tree Thomas Hardy
Tess of the d'Ubervilles Thomas Hardy
The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare
Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare
Macbeth William Shakespeare
Winter's Tale William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare
Henry V William Shakespeare
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
Lorna Doone R D Blackmore
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Anne Bronte
Agnes Grey Anne Bronte
Sons And Lovers D.H. Lawrence
Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe
King Solomon's Mines Rider Haggard
Tales Of Mystery And Imagination Edgar Allan Poe
Adam Bede George Eliot
Mill on the Floss George Eliot
Silas Marner George Eliot
Middlemarch George Eliot
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde
Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
The Woman in White William 'Wilkie' Collins
The Moonstone William 'Wilkie' Collins
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle
The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens
The Old Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens
Great Expectations Charles Dickens
Bleak House Charles Dickens
Hard Times Charles Dickens
Barnaby Rudge Charles Dickens
David Copperfield Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens
The Turn Of The Screw Henry James
The Aspern Papers Henry James
Cranford Elizabeth Gaskell
Titus Andronicus William Shakespeare
The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare
Midsummer Nights Dream William Shakespeare
Anthony and Cleopatra William Shakespeare
Alls Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare
Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare
Richard III William Shakespeare
Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift
Vanity Fair William Thackery
Barchester Towers Anthony Trollop
Black Beauty Anna Sewell
Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Caroll
Through The Looking Glass Lewis Caroll
Loves Labour Lost William Shakespeare
Timon of Athens William Shakespeare
King Lear William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar William Shakespeare
As You Like It William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare


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I started off with "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".......but I think the Tom Sawyer one came first, because it seemed to reference past events that possibly transpired in a prequel, so I stopped reading that.

I started reading Romeo and Juliet then, since I enjoyed reading and acting that out in high school. I got too involved reading while I was reading it though..........I started reading it allowed on a bus, which embarrassed me a tad.



izaaz101 said:
I started off with "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".......but I think the Tom Sawyer one came first, because it seemed to reference past events that possibly transpired in a prequel, so I stopped reading that.

I started reading Romeo and Juliet then, since I enjoyed reading and acting that out in high school. I got too involved reading while I was reading it though..........I started reading it allowed on a bus, which embarrassed me a tad.

I appreciate the life story izaaz. When are you going to suggest me a book though?

 



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Alice in Wonderland.


I vote for The Picture of Dorian Gray.

And thanks so much for posting that list. I searched Google for it, and came up dry. Not sure why the Wikipedia entry didn't pop up.



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I enjoyed reading Julius Ceasar and Macbeth back in High School, read those. It's a shame that they don't have Othello.



Onyxmeth said:
izaaz101 said:
I started off with "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".......but I think the Tom Sawyer one came first, because it seemed to reference past events that possibly transpired in a prequel, so I stopped reading that.

I started reading Romeo and Juliet then, since I enjoyed reading and acting that out in high school. I got too involved reading while I was reading it though..........I started reading it allowed on a bus, which embarrassed me a tad.

I appreciate the life story izaaz. When are you going to suggest me a book though?

 

Oh dammit, I went off on a tangent again, lol.

I reccomend "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."

And with that, I bid you a good night!



Little Women is actually pretty good. No kidding.

And also, I wish that the collection had more Charles Dickens books.



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Wow.. I just arranged the list by author... there are a lot of Charles Dickens books!

Read David Copperfield... amazing book.