Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion
Catching up on Classics (and lots more!)
Books mentioned in this topic
Sturmhöhe (other topics)Die Elixiere des Teufels (other topics)
Odyssee (other topics)
Ilias (other topics)
Anna Karenina (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
E.T.A. Hoffmann (other topics)Emily Brontë (other topics)
Homer (other topics)
Leo Tolstoy (other topics)
Daniel Defoe (other topics)
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Completed in 2021: 16/25
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★B1: Book From the Group’s Shelf Prior to 2021
★B2: Classic Made into a Film ✔
Title: Die Elixiere des Teufels
Author: E.T.A. Hoffmann
Rating: ★★✩✩✩
★B3: Booker Prize Winner
★B4: Classic Romance ✔
Title: Am grünen Rand der Welt
Author: Thomas Hardy
Rating: ★★★★★
★B5: Classic of Europe ✔
Title: Max und Moritz
Author: Wilhelm Busch
Rating: ★★★★✩
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★I1: Classic Action or Adventure
★I2: Book Written 1700 or earlier ✔
Title: Romeo und Julia
Author: William Shakespeare
Rating: ★★★★★
★I3: Short Story Collection ✔
Title: Grusel- und Schauergeschichten
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Rating: ★★★★✩
★I4: Book Published in the 19th Century ✔
Title: Die Blumen des Bösen
Author: Charles Baudelaire
Rating: ★★★★✩
★I5: New to Me Classic Author ✔
Title: Schuld und Sühne
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Rating: ★★★★✩
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★N1: Written by Nobel Laureate.
★N2: History or Historical Fiction ✔
Title: Ilias
Author: Homer
Rating: ★★★★✩
★N3: Reader’s Choice ✔
Title: Sturmhöhe
Author: Emily Brontë
Rating: ★★★★★
★N4: Classic Satire or Comedy ✔
Title: Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung
Author: William Shakespeare
Rating: ★★★✩✩
★N5: Newberry Medal Winner
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★G1: Classic Female Author ✔
Title: Mrs.Dalloway
Author: Virginia Woolf
Rating: ★★✩✩✩
★G2: Book Published in the 18th Century ✔
Title: Moll Flanders
Author: Daniel Defoe
Rating: ★★★✩✩
★G3: Nonfiction
★G4: Book Published in the 20th Century
★G5: Book From Another Book Club or Library List ✔
Title: Die Pickwickier
Author: Charles Dickens
Rating: ★★★★✩
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★O1: Classic of Africa
★O2: Classic Mystery ✔
Title: Der Verdacht
Author: Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Rating: ★★★★✩
★O3: Pulitzer Prize Winner
★O4: 100 Must-Read Classics in Translation ✔
Title: Odyssee
Author: Homer
Rating: ★★★★✩
★O5: Book From Our Group’s 2021 Bookshelf ✔
Title: Anna Karenina
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Rating: ★★★★✩