Pick a victorian age novel

[b etor]

for me to read plz.

I'm not sure which to read.

We, my english class and myself, are given 10 choices. We have to read one then most likely we'll write about it. I'm tempted to just go for one I am already familiar with, but I want to read a new story. So please, tell me which you enjoyed reading.

[Cort Haus]

Definitely not Thomas Hardy.

[b etor]

Why not?

[snoopy369]

For me i'd choose Stevenson any day, I love his writing. For you, I'd have to know your tastes... some people quite enjoy Silas Marner, and others love one or the other of the Brontes (not Anne).

You might also consider what most people are going to read... probably Wuthering Heights and Jekyll and Hyde, i'd guess. Silas Marner might be a good choice based on that (it's always better to write the 'different' report so your teacher is more interested when he/she grades it, and also you end up with a higher score if you write fairly well as you're less compared to others in the class but more judged on your own merits).

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by b etor
Why not?

Dull, tedious, depressing.

[DanS]

Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights are both good books.

I couldn't get into Tess of the D'Urbervilles, unfortunately. Maybe I'll try again.

[b etor]

Oh, I should have said which stories I was familiar with. I've read Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and Jkyll and Hyde already in grade school.

I've never read anything I really didn't enjoy. None that I can think of at least.

What is Silas Marner about?

[Riesstiu IV]

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. You're sure to get an A.

[DinoDoc]

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle fits into the timeline of the Victorian Age if you wanna change of pace.

[b etor]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle fits into the timeline of the Victorian Age if you wanna change of pace.

Hmm... perhaps I will read that as well, but I have to choose one of the ones listed by my teacher to read for class.

[Zkribbler]

I haven't read any of them, but if I had to read one, I'd choose Dorian Gray. According to Wikipedia, it's abount decadence, which sounds interesting.

[DinoDoc]

Tell her she has horrible tastes in literature. There's only 2 books there I could bring myself to read and possibly enjoy.

[snoopy369]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_Marner is a good explanation of the plot/concepts in Silas Marner.

I think of it as a different telling of The Count of Monte Cristo, with a very different outcome from a relatively similar starting point (guy accused of a crime and his accuser goes after his wife/fiancee). However, instead of the madness of revenge, he finds meaning in life through an orphan girl who he raises as his own.

[b etor]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Tell her she has horrible tastes in literature. There's only 2 books there I could bring myself to read and possibly enjoy.

which are......?

[Ben Kenobi]

That is a sad, sad list of books.

I've read Tess, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Dorian Gray.

Tess was ok.