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?
"Classics" is a very broad spectrum... can you be more specific?
I've always loved Dickens, for the description and characters. I recommend Bleak House, Great Expectations and Oliver Twist as good starting points.
Although they're technically children's novels, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett are both books I read in childhood and have held up to adult rereads, bringing me new things to look at when I go back to them.
I second The Secret Garden! I've read it as a child and as an adult (numerous times) and loved it equally well every time. Sure wish I knew what happened to my copy!
Another amazing children's story is Watership Down. I never read it as a child, but there is a lot of depth in it, and the characters are extremely well-written. The inclusion of the lapine language is also a fun treat, although not one of the more meaningful parts of the book except in that it gives you a greater understanding of the character's thought process.
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I've always loved Dickens, for the description and characters. I recommend Bleak House, Great Expectations and Oliver Twist as good starting points.
Although they're technically children's novels, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett are both books I read in childhood and have held up to adult rereads, bringing me new things to look at when I go back to them.
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Also seconding The Wind in the Willows and would further suggest The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland as good children's literature to start with.
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Another amazing children's story is Watership Down. I never read it as a child, but there is a lot of depth in it, and the characters are extremely well-written. The inclusion of the lapine language is also a fun treat, although not one of the more meaningful parts of the book except in that it gives you a greater understanding of the character's thought process.