{"id":2992,"date":"2017-04-11T19:46:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T14:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=2992"},"modified":"2020-03-11T16:09:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T10:39:41","slug":"the-classics-club-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/the-classics-club-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Sneak Peek into My Reading List for the Next Five Years – The Classics Club oath"},"content":{"rendered":"
Love classics? Modern classics? Books by forgotten authors? I sure do! Here is a sneak peak into my Classics Club list of novels that I ‘propose to read and presume will count’ (in Italo Calvino’s words).<\/p>\n
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\u201cThere is nothing for it but for all of us to invent our own ideal libraries of classics. I would say that such a library ought to be composed half of books we have read and that have really counted for us, and half of books we propose to read and presume will come to count\u2014leaving a section of empty shelves for surprises and occasional discoveries.<\/em>\u201d – Why Read the Classics<\/em> by Italo Calvino<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I make lists, a lot of lists; but I am such a forgetful person that I often lose my lists or sometimes end up with many versions of the same list, each one very different from the other. So, inspired by the recent Classics spinoff by many bloggers (which was a part of an event by Classics Club<\/a><\/span>), I thought of coming up with a bullet list of classics to read in the next five years.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The rules are simple – make a list of fifty classics to read in the next five years; read them and review them. I am not sure if I will be able to read and review all of them, but I hope I will at least read them all, if not review them (Hey! Goodreads reviews count, right?).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I had a few classics I really wanted to read on my list (the scrap paper list) such as North and South<\/em> and Ruth by Gaskell,<\/em>\u00a0both of which I read this year. So I have deleted them from the list and added new ones. The list has\u00a0a mixture of classics and modern classics that I am very eager about. Without further ado, here is the list revealed in all its glory:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Is there anything ore joyful than re-reading your favourites? If I am forced to pick two, my favourite classics would be Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen<\/em> and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte<\/em>, both of which I have re-read many times. I wanted to re-read Austen’s all works last year, but ended up reading only Emma<\/em>, Pride and Prejudice<\/em> and Sense and Sensibility<\/em>. Want to know a novel that I have read more number of times than Pride and Prejudice<\/em> (my\u00a0absolute favourite comfort read)? It is Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy<\/em>. I am sure I will be reading it at least once in the next five years (or maybe six?).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Phew! That was a long one. I hereby pledge that I will work my way through these classics over the next five years. There are so many more classics (eg: Howard’s end, Tender is the Night<\/em>), modern classics (eg: Angel by Elizabeth Taylor, Voyage Out<\/em>) and re-reads (eg: Les Miserables<\/em>) that I really want to squeeze in. I might add them in and remove a few from this list. So this list will remain a flexible one.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Don’t forget to follow me\u00a0on my Instagram<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>blog where I will be updating my progress.<\/p>\n Start date : 11th April, 2017<\/p>\n End date : 11th April, 2022 (2023 for all the re-reads)<\/p>\n\n
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