Classics Booktag

To begin, I was not tagged by anybody BUTTTT you guys all know I love books, so lets jump in shall we?

1. An overhyped classic you really didn't like:
Animal Farm by George Orwell and The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway. I felt that Animal Farm was absolutely boring; however,  I do appreciate Orwell's work and standing up for his political opinions in a time that was hard to do so. As far as The Old Man and The Sea, that was probably the most boring, mundane, and dull book I've ever read in my life. I totally love Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms is actually one of my favorite novels. I just HATED that book.
  


2. Favorite time period to read about:
I utterly love reading novels written or set in Victorian and Romantic times. Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters (Emily, Anne, and Charlotte), Charles Dickens,  Lewis Carroll, George Eliot, Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G. Wells, and Oscar Wilde... Just to name a few. From the mid 1700s-1800s, was just a wonderful time for musicians, writers, and artists, in my opinion. <3 



3. Favorite fairy-tale:
Beauty and the Beast, 100%.


4. What is the most embarrassing classic you haven't read yet:
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Considering he's one of my favorite authors (due to Great Expectations), I feel that I should read more of his novels. 


5. Top 5 classics you would like to read soon:
Ha, well "soon" is a very relative term for me but....
*Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
*The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
*Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
*Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf



6. Favorite modern book/series based on a classic:
Honestly, I've never read a modern book or series based on a classic but I have read several fairy-tale retellings such as Beastly by Alex Flinn!



7. Favorite movie version/tv - series based on a classic: 
Phantom of the Opera musical 2004 version. 

8. Worst classic to movie adaptation:
I really don't watch enough tv/movies/series to have an opinion on this.

9. Favorite edition(s) you'd like to collect more classics from:




10. An underhyped classic you'd recommend to everyone:
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
I know the 2nd one is more known and disliked but I seriously enjoyed it, so I'd recommend checking these two amazing novels out! 



Comments

  1. Amy25 July, 2015 12:34

    I take it you like Jane Austen?

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    1. Unknown25 July, 2015 12:35

      Oh yes, very much! She's one of my top favorite authors along with Emily Bronte and Charles Dickens! <3

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