Sadly, I didn't read a lot of the classics while in school. So now I'm trying to catch up and read as many as I can. So my question to all of you is what your favorite classics are and why?
I'm partial to the Russian classics, like Crime and Punishment; can be a thick read (though I recommend the Pevear/Volokonsky translation), but worth it.
I agree with recommending that translation, though I haven't read Crime and Punishment myself.
I'm reading Anna Karenina, or will be in a few days. I own the Pevear/Volokonsky translation, which I've started reading multiple times but school always got in the way. They bring the text alive in a way that is rather meaningful. I also own War and Peace in their translation and will then move on to Dostoevsky. I really want to read The Brothers Karamazov.
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I'm reading Anna Karenina, or will be in a few days. I own the Pevear/Volokonsky translation, which I've started reading multiple times but school always got in the way. They bring the text alive in a way that is rather meaningful. I also own War and Peace in their translation and will then move on to Dostoevsky. I really want to read The Brothers Karamazov.