Armchair BEA ~ Classic Literature

Sharon Lathan

Sharon Lathan is the best-selling author of The Darcy Saga, a ten-volume sequel series to Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice.

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CJ Fosdick

Love the classics like Gone With the Wind, Pride and Prejudice, To Kill a Mockingbird, Captains & Kings, Green Darkness, Centennial come to mind. I did read a lot of Kathleen Woodiwiss and Rosemary Rogers when younger.
They were called “bodice rippers,” then but would compare to some of the romance novels today. Maybe they might even be considered pretty tame by today’s standards?

Current classics will be the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, I’m sure. On your recommendation, Sharon, I started them and finished all 8 in less than a year. All my “downtime” from writing was devoted to reading her hard-to-put-down books. She makes you care about the characters. I’ve read three of your books, and also enjoyed Linda Berdoll’s 2 books about Darcy and Elizabeth.

Tanya @ Mom's Small Victories

I’ve joined the Classics Club as a way to read some of those classics I missed appreciating as a kid. I loved Little Women more now as a parent than I did when I tried to read it as a young girl of a bookworm mother. Little Women, To Kill a Mockingbird and Persuasion were my favorites. While I liked the end of Pride and Prejuidice, Elizabeth’s mother was annoying and the first 3/4 of the book just moved too slowly for me.

Susanne

Dear Sharon!

Great choices! I´ve read of course Jane Austen, Tolkien and Laura Ingalls Wilder, too. I´ve read Mark Twain, but I read the book about his travels to Europe. Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are on my long,long list of books, that I want to read. I don´t care if a book is “classic” or not.
For me Classic Books are the books, that have been written a long time ago, but are still read by many people. Right now I love Romance, historical and present, Fantasy, Steampunk and great novels. Right now I am reading the second book of the “All Souls Trilogy” by Devorah Harkness and I absolutely love it!

Susanne

Meg @ A Bookish Affair

So far, I have only read Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice when it comes to Ms. Austen’s books. I really need to read more!

Tanya

Funny, you’re the second person to mention Little House one the Prairie as a classic. I never really thought of those books as classics per se, but when I think about it they do fit my definition of classic. Thanks for bringing it up.
Have a great ArmchairBEA!

Sharon

My intro to classics posted HERE
Looking forward to your visit !

A.B. Shepherd

I’ve read some of the Jane Austen books, but as a rule I don’t read many classics. Glad you enjoy them though. 😎

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