LMS

I hope it's ok that I start a new thread. I just noticed that there were very few threads about books written by British authors and certainly none that I could find on the so-called "classics." Rather than starting a thread for different authors in this genre, I thought it may be easiest to have one thread for all of them.

So anyone have opinions on Austen or Dickens or Wilde etc..?

Personally I love classics. I first got into them by watching the BBC mini-series. And having enjoyed them on TV, I decided to read them for myself. Pride and Prejudice is so more appealing to read when you can picture Colin Firth as Mr Darcy

Crossbow

That's an awfully big topic.
And I'm on a total Shakespeare bender right now.

ami_07

jane austen books are sooo good.. i love emma..especially the movie..they picked mr. knightly wonderfully in it..

Crossbow

I don't care so much for Jane Austen. I read "Emma" and "Pride and Prejudice." They're cute, but nothing you can really sink your teeth into.

Profaine Angel

Love Dickens especially Oliver Twist. I think that's the only book of his I've actually finished though! Must work on it.

Thief Of Love

Jane Eyre is probably my favorite classic British novel, although I am also fond of Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, and P&P. However, my heart really belongs to British poetry, particularly the works of Shakespeare, Eliot (if he counts; if not, well, I'm still mad about him), Tennyson, Browning (Robert), and assorted 16th-17th century pieces (To Althea from Prison, Song to Celia, etc.).

TheAngel

I have read some Dickens, Great Expectations, and a lot of Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Caesar, but I'm taking British Lit. next year for my english class so I should get to read a lot more.

StellaSlight

There's a thread about Shakespeare if my memory isn't too messed up.

I love the British Classics! I used to love to wander in the Penguin Classics section in the library.
I probably have all the Shakespeare comedies in that collection, and some of his dramas too.
The Jane Austen books are also some must-have, especially Pride and Prejudice and Emma.
The Bronte sisters, Dickens, Andersen, Wilde, Wharton... to name a few, are other favourite British classic authors of mine.

ami_07

shakespeare is so good i bought henry the 8 or w/e and i need to start reading it!

SeekerOfTruth

I loved Jane Eyre.

Crossbow

I liked Jane Eyre too. Which Bronte was that, Charlotte? I get them mixed up. I just know I liked Jane Eyre, but I HATED Wuthering Heights. I think I wanted to strangle every singlce character in tha book.

Thief Of Love

Have you ever read the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde? There is a hilarious scene in the latest book, The Well of Lost Plots, in which the Wuthering Heights characters must undergo group therapy. Really funny stuff, you should check it out if you haven't already done so.

Crossbow

Now THAT sounds like my kind of book. Actually, it sounds like a stage play. No, wait, that's the one about nine characters in search of an author.

ami_07

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MiSSSarah

For some reason my all-time favorite Brittish Classic is Dicken's David Copperfield. I love how it mixes comedic characters with some really dark, complex ones.

Theif Of Love: Those books are HILARIOUS! Miss Hannigan was awesome in the third one. She was my favorite character.

There's a new one coming out in August. I'm so excited.