Geeks who love the Classics

For those of us who like reading and discussing the classics.

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2023 What classics are you reading?141 unread / 141Majel-Susan, Sunday 1:14pm
Jo in Little Women2 unread / 2EGBERTINA, September 6
January-March Group Read - Faust by Goethe5 unread / 5L.Bloom, March 20
2023 Q1 and Q2 Group Reads Planning27 unread / 27raton-liseur, March 20
2022 What Classics are you reading?79 unread / 79raton-liseur, January 14
Balzac translations4 unread / 4LeoRapier, January 13
2022 Q3 and Q4 Group Reads Planning25 unread / 25raton-liseur, January 8
The Death of Ivan Ilyich: Oct-Dec '22 Group Read13 unread / 13raton-liseur, January 8
July-September Group Read - Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare7 unread / 7cpg, September 2022
Faust Translations Into English2 unread / 2Waldstein, July 2022
21st century classics?31 unread / 31nx74defiant, July 2022
Q2 2022 Group Read – Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier26 unread / 26Cecrow, July 2022
2022 Q1 and Q2 Group Reads Planning37 unread / 37raton-liseur, June 2022
Anyone interested in a group read?58 unread / 58raton-liseur, June 2022
What is your favorite translation of a classic?4 unread / 4jroger1, May 2022
Suggestions for old literature or poetry on medieval fantasy/romance?5 unread / 5Ken.Jones, May 2022
Most beautiful poetic translations of the Greek Mythology classics?2 unread / 2L.Bloom, April 2022
Opinions on older translations of The Divine Comedy?4 unread / 4VoicelessTorment, April 2022
Henry Boyd's translation of Dante's Divine Comedy.8 unread / 8mnleona, February 2022
The black experience5 unread / 5Cecrow, February 2022
Things Fall Apart Chapters 18-25/END12 unread / 12librorumamans, February 2022
Things Fall Apart Chapters 9-1728 unread / 28raton-liseur, February 2022
Things Fall Apart Chapters 1-827 unread / 27Majel-Susan, January 2022
Metamorphoses translation4 unread / 4woollymasters, January 2022
Hello & questions3 unread / 3EGBERTINA, January 2022
2021 - What classics are you reading?121 unread / 121varielle, January 2022
Things Fall Apart Jan-March 2022 Housekeeping Items2 unread / 2Tess_W, January 2022
Oct-Nov 2021 Group Read61 unread / 61Majel-Susan, December 2021
Art for Dante5 unread / 5L.Bloom, December 2021
James Joyce18 unread / 18L.Bloom, December 2021
Classics you'll never read (so we can talk you into it)126 unread / 126booksaplenty1949, November 2021
What are your top ten favourite novels?60 unread / 60Cecrow, November 2021
September 2021 Group Read - O! Pioneers by Willa Cather34 unread / 34raton-liseur, October 2021
Reading the World12 unread / 12Tess_W, October 2021
Shakespeare anyone?2 unread / 2lilithcat, September 2021
Top ten TBR classics?68 unread / 68Tess_W, August 2021
Are Classics getting lost?8 unread / 8Cecrow, August 2021
Just finished Ivanhoe9 unread / 9-pilgrim-, July 2021
[Great Books] by [David Denby]3 unread / 3varielle, May 2021
Seeking The Library by Apollodorus1 unread / 1markandsandy, March 2021
Maugham26 unread / 26LesMiserables, March 2021
2020 - What classics are you reading?115 unread / 115Betelgeuse, December 2020
'Les miserables' by Victor Hugo5 unread / 5cweller, October 2020
Which English version of [The Master and Margarita] is the best?8 unread / 8vkhanin, July 2020
Latin-English Dictionary for Intermediate Students1 unread / 1Stephen257, June 2020
Best translation of the Iliad?34 unread / 34ElentarriLT, May 2020
Harper Perennial Deluxe ed have endnotes?1 unread / 1ane237, April 2020
English Translations of Classics18 unread / 18leslie.98, January 2020
Which is better - Penguin Classics or Modern Library Classics?18 unread / 18ironjaw, January 2020
The Classics We're Reading in 2019104 unread / 104leslie.98, December 2019
2018 - The Classics We're Reading71 unread / 71bjbookman, October 2018
2017 - What classic are you reading?63 unread / 63leslie.98, January 2018
Things I didn't know in English class1 unread / 1Cecrow, September 2017
What today constitutes--or ought to constitute--the Western literary canon?29 unread / 29proximity1, June 2017
Dante's "The Divine Comedy" translations: Which is better?11 unread / 11tungsten_peerts, June 2017
2016 - What classic are you reading?140 unread / 140leslie.98, January 2017
piers ploughman3 unread / 3madpoet, July 2016
2015 - What classic are you reading now?225 unread / 225kac522, December 2015
binding your own book1 unread / 1cs80, October 2015
Why are Penguin classics so ugly?35 unread / 35PawsforThought, August 2015
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin1 unread / 1CorinneT, August 2015
Where are the authors like Baldwin and Victor Hugo today?8 unread / 8bjbookman, May 2015
Which fine press publisher produces the best-quality fine press book and facsimile?6 unread / 6BINDINGSTHATLAST, April 2015
Which edition of "Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel" should I buy? Male or female?2 unread / 2elenchus, April 2015
Defining Classics30 unread / 30rocketjk, April 2015
2014 - What classic are you reading now?202 unread / 202leslie.98, January 2015
Christmas/Hannukah Classics4 unread / 4Cecrow, January 2015
The Catcher in the Rye3 unread / 3Cecrow, November 2014
If you are going to make up a famous writer-based pseudonym, what would it be?11 unread / 11Gail.C.Bull, September 2014
One-hit wonder authors10 unread / 10Sandydog1, August 2014
Readathing1 unread / 1Tess_W, August 2014
The right age to read a classic8 unread / 8literarybuff, August 2014
Banned Books Week--reading any banned classics?11 unread / 11Sandydog1, July 2014
Classics I am half-way through... and always will be.27 unread / 27rolandperkins, July 2014
The arid decades6 unread / 6agorelik, June 2014
Ulysses20 unread / 20bibliopolitan, February 2014
Happy Birthday, Robert Burns2 unread / 2Sandydog1, January 2014
2013 - What classic are you reading now?269 unread / 269Sandydog1, January 2014
Jorge Borges3 unread / 3Cecrow, January 2014
Six Degrees of Classics10 unread / 10Sandydog1, December 2013
Ten classics people claim to read but haven't73 unread / 73.Monkey., December 2013
A Literature Lover's Tour of Europe2 unread / 2Cecrow, December 2013
Transcribe Mary Shelley's Frankenstein!1 unread / 1madpoet, November 2013
Great Expectations7 unread / 7DanMat, September 2013
Number of times you have read your favourite?22 unread / 22HolmesGirl221b, June 2013
The Scarlet Pimpernel7 unread / 7leslie.98, June 2013
Authors Out of Favour35 unread / 35thorold, June 2013
The Great Gatsby10 unread / 10rfb, June 2013
Bigotry in older novels42 unread / 42rocketjk, April 2013
Daniel Deronda2 unread / 2kac522, April 2013
Classics: Feminist or No?43 unread / 43thorold, April 2013
Need help with classic themes12 unread / 12rocketjk, February 2013
Moby Dick10 unread / 10barney67, January 2013
Seasons for Classics17 unread / 17HarryMacDonald, January 2013
Which Work from this Classic Author is the Best Place to Start?8 unread / 8Sandydog1, January 2013
Which contemporary books will/should become classics?46 unread / 46rocketjk, January 2013
2012 - What classic are you reading now? Part- II129 unread / 129jfetting, December 2012
Is Anyone Else Enjoying Any Horror/Thriller Classics this Hallowe'en?34 unread / 34Fred_R, November 2012
Literature & Music11 unread / 11thorold, October 2012
Recommended translations of Odyssey & Illiad?6 unread / 6barney67, September 2012
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