Which Classic Novel?

[drmorgans]

I normally read contemporary fiction (my last two novels were Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes and The Drowning Lesson by Jane Shemilt) but like to read the odd "classic". I was thinking about The Call of the Wild by Jack London or A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe. I prefer books that are readable and not too long (say 300-400 pages). Any suggestions?

[calmck]

Any of the Brontes. The Thirty Nine Steps. A Catcher in The Rye. Any Hemingway.

[Barmaid]

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte, I loved.

And old favourite is a Tale of Two Cities, by Dickens.

[Lie-in King]

To Kill A Mockingbird

[jno]

the Defoe book is fiction, strictly speaking, since he was only about five at the time; all the same it reads more like journalism and readers were supposed to think it was,

[drmorgans]

I read Wuthering Heights a few months ago and enjoyed it. Not what I was expecting, very atmospheric, almost like a psychological thriller. I might give The Tenant of Wildfell Hall a go.

Thanks

[sandyRoe]

Sword of Honour by Waugh.
It's a bit long but there are laugh out loud passages in it.

[mallyh]

Rebecca by daphne du maurier

[mallyh]

the moons a balloon by david niven ...very funny

[Zacs-Master]

A picture of Dorian Grey.

[Tilly2]

The Woodlanders. Thomas Hardy

[Prudie]

Far from the Madding Crowd, several other Hardy novels worth a read too.

[Bobbisox1]

I enjoy autobiography’s and have read many,LIK,I think I will try, To kill a Mocking bird , it sounds interesting

[ubasses]

I've said this before - Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens, the only book I have laughed out loud reading.

[tiggerblue10]

I loved Tess of the D'Urbervilles, another great Thomas Hardy classic.

My favourite though is Pride & Prejudice.

[shoota]

Any book by J P Donleavy...
'Blessed are they who in this sea of frailty,
climb aboard a piece of ass as it floats by.'

[Mozz71]

Lucky Jim (Amis)
On The Road (Karouac)
The Confidence Man (Melville)
Any Mark Twain.

[ichkeria]

Pickwick Papers is not exactly short.
Rebecca I would endorse if you’ve not read it.
Compulsive

[douglas9401]

If the Balloon and Mockingbird qualify then any Tom Sharpe.

Any! :-)

[hellywelly4]

Frenchman’s Creek - Daphne du Maurier

[alavahalf]

"The Extra Ordinary Life of Frank Derrick, Age 81"
by J.B. Morrison

A story of a pensioner who gets run over by a milkfloat !
I shall say no more .. apart from it's free on Amazon Unlimited at the moment.