I
love the Back to the Classics Challenge. There are always great categories that
make me get a bit creative when I choose my books. For the second year in a row
the challenge is being hosted by Karen of Books and Chocolate. Below are all of
the categories along with my selections. You can see the complete list of
details in Karen's post here.
Here's my list:
1. A 19th Century Classic: The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
2. A 20th Century Classic: The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (1940)
3. A Classic by a Woman
Author: The Song of the Lark
by Willa Cather (1915)
4. A Classic in Translation: Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan (1954)
5. A Very Long Classic Novel:
Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (1891)
6. A Classic
Novella: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (1951)
7. A Classic with
a Person's Name in the Title: Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis (1955)
8. A Humorous or
Satirical Classic: Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift (1726)
9. A Forgotten
Classic: A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter (1909)
10. A
Nonfiction Classic: A
Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (1880)
11. A Classic Children's Book: Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter (1913)
