Some More Favourite Classics (Mostly American)

i've also read and this little collection of stories a pair of stockings which i read last year i love katrina pam i really love the way she writes and the way she explores the position of women in late 19th century america

i read this just earlier this month and really enjoyed it i enjoyed it sort of almost more than i was expecting to it really surprised me by how much i loved it

dandelion wine is like a kind of coming-of-age tale lots of interlinked little stories about a young boy growing up in small town america in the early 20th century which sort of reminded me of like the earlier bits of to kill a mockingbird in that kind of like nostalgic tone about people growing up ... absolutely loved this

ethan throne and from 1911 is a novella about a mag with ethan throne who feels sort of quite trapped in his marriage and what happens when a young woman comes to live with him and his wife who changes their lives forever it is another really fantastic book edith horton just writes amazingly

fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel about a world where books do not exist and have been burnt and are burnt and people aren't allowed to read books 451 degrees fahrenheit is the burning point of paper but it's a truly amazing novel that i just thought was incredible and that has really stayed with me

the only thing i've read by him is flowers for al john which is a science fiction book from 1966 and this is one that i really enjoyed ... just a really fascinating novel and exploration of kind of science and the possibility of science and the limitations of science

i have read little women the good wives and little men and joe's boys all of which i enjoyed ... they're definitely books i would recommend especially little women and good wives

i have read little women the good wives and little men and joe's boys all of which i enjoyed ... they're definitely books i would recommend especially little women and good wives

little women is obviously incredibly famous i read it when i was about 15 16 and i really enjoyed it but i would really like to reread it and rediscover the story of these four sisters

i have read little women the good wives and little men and joe's boys all of which i enjoyed ... they're definitely books i would recommend especially little women and good wives

the first is mavis gallant who is a french canadian 20th century short story writer who i just absolutely love i studied some of her short stories at university ... particularly a collection called paris stories

this is another one that i read earlier this month that just completely fell in love with ... it is so good it is truly amazing the ending just yeah so good this is definitely one of my favorite books of this year so far

the awakening is just this like a wonderful novel about this married woman who has kind of lived a very conventional life and one day realizes that maybe this life is not what she wants ... yes this was fantastic highly recommend kate chopin

catherine mansfield is an early 20th century short story writer from new zealand who is absolutely amazing i have loved everything i've read by her short stories are just amazing

this is a novel from 1925 and one that i've really enjoyed ... it's a really interesting story and a really interesting look and like upperclass socialites in 1920s america so definitely a book that i recommend

i really love the hunter gave hill house it's a really interesting book for being like one that could be a horror book but also sort of isn't ... it sort of wasn't what i was expecting but i absolutely loved it

the house of math is a book from 1905 which tells the story of a young and kind of upper class socialite who is in the upper classes that doesn't have very much money and kind of feels very trapped by her options in life

this is a science fiction story set on another planet and a human character goes to stay on this planet and where there is no gender they have no concept of gender ... i really love it and i highly recommend it's such an interesting novel such an interesting exploration of gender

so rare day collection of hers the love of a good woman a little while ago and just really loved it i really love her writing and i love the way she looks at character relationships

the book is absolutely hilarious ... what i like about the princess bride is that it is completely and utterly hilarious it's completely ridiculous and just incredibly funny

this is a collection of interconnected short stories set in this small town ... i also love the writing in the golden apples i think it's really beautiful and lyrical ... just really fell in love with this collection so i highly recommend eudora welty

this is a truly amazing book that i really love that explores gender in early 20th century america in all the most amazing ways ... i did find the ending like a little bit rushed and i feel like there's more i want in the ending but i love the rest of it so much that i don't mind

i absolutely fell in love with zora neil hudson's writing style i genuinely think her writing must be some of the most beautiful writing i've ever read ... it's just an amazing novel really beautiful really fascinating themes and one i highly recommend

we have always lived in the castle has to be one of my favorite american classics it is truly amazing ... it is a truly amazing novel it's just fantastic like it's just so good