Please link your reviews for your 19th Century Classic here. This is only for the 19th Century Classic category. All books in this category must have been published from 1800 to 1899. If you do not have a blog, or somewhere public on the internet where you post book reviews, please write your mini-review/thoughts in the comments section. If you like, you can include the name of your blog and/or the title of the book in your link, like this: "Karen K. @ Books and Chocolate (Oliver Twist)."
My 19th century entry is "North and South" by Elizabeth Gaskell. BookingIt.
ReplyDeleteMy 19th century book is Bleak House by Charles Dickens. I've linked to my post about it (you can find it here), but it's unfortunately in Norwegian (if you want me to add a translation, just let me know.) :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know if others can see my link on Goodreads, please let me know! Am I doing this right? Read The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and loved it!
ReplyDeleteMy 19th century link is The Pickwick Papers. A really long read, but lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteI've never read Ruth and only read it for this challenge. I'm So glad I did! A beautiful book to add to my list of favorites!
ReplyDeleteI read an abridged version of Little Women as a child, and I'm happy now to have read the real thing. There was so much more to it than I expected.
ReplyDeleteI read The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave for this challenge. I was just amazed by this man's life and character. Truly a great man! - stampartiste
ReplyDeleteAnd a genius at writing - to think that he could write so powerfully, totally self-educated, reading completely on his own. Boggles the mind/
DeleteI read the Importance of Being Earnest. It was my first book by Oscar Wilde and I loved it.
ReplyDeleteIvanhoe!
ReplyDeleteI read the Awakrning: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1856590847
ReplyDeleteAt first, I was afraid that Gaskell's Cranford would be boring, but it turned out to be beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI read it about 20 years ago and found it charming, suffused with a genial sunniness that I didn't expect. Of course, the "protecting the new rug" scene was hilarious.
DeleteThe Portrait of a Lady - best Henry James novel I've read, also one of his earlier novels, much more accessible than later works. http://100greatestnovelsofalltimequest.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-portrait-of-lady-by-henry-james-83.html
ReplyDeleteI read The Prisoner of Zenda and sadly wasn't a fan.
ReplyDelete'Treasure Island' by Robert Louis Stevenson-This one was a lot of fun and look forward to reading 'Silver' by Andrew Motion later this year!
ReplyDeleteJust linked to an educational classic I read for this category, Home Education by Charlotte Mason.
ReplyDeleteAdded my goodreads review for The Mill on the Floss.
ReplyDeleteI read "A Study in Scarlet" and was actually surprised at how much I liked it. I think more Sherlock Holmes books are in my future. :)
ReplyDeleteWhen I was studying the Victorian novel I bought Sybil, but never read it. Thank you Books and Chocolate for once again prompting me to read a book I had passed by many times. It is long and at times I had to reread passages several times to get the meeting. However, I learned a lot and the book definitely has resonance today here in the USA.It was a rewarding experience.
ReplyDeleteMy 19th century classic is "The Wonder Clock" by Howard Pyle (1887). :)
ReplyDeleteI read Pride and Prejudice for the first time!
ReplyDeleteI finally read Little Women and loved it!
ReplyDeleteFinished The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens. Quite the slog.
ReplyDeletesorry, I goofed, I pasted my link to The Screwtape Letters on the wrong page!!
ReplyDeleteI read three of Jane Austen's books for this challenge: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion. I know that most people prefer one of the first two or Emma. I actually prefer Persuasion! I also read Oliver Twist and Tale of Two Cities. Oliver twist was an easy read, but The Tale of Two Cities was a very slow difficult read. Finally, I had vague memories that I might have read Wuthering Heights in high school. When I got to the part about the man seeing Catherine's ghost outside his window, I knew I had indeed read it before!
ReplyDeletePersuasion is my favorite Jane Austen also -- I might read it for the favorite classic category next year.
DeleteI read Miss Marjoribanks by Margaret Oliphant. I didn't love it as much as my favorite Eliot or Gaskell or Austen novels, but it was still really funny. The first couple chapters felt slow to start, but Lucilla and the other characters were a delight. The ending was just kind of a letdown. But the journey is fun.
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