Readable Classics

Descrição
These are classics that you actually enjoyed reading.
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Breakfast of Champions
de Kurt Vonnegut
16,252 membros
167 resenhas
4
Global Rank 45
2 Members
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2
The Age of Innocence
de Edith Wharton
13,911 membros
300 resenhas
4
Global Rank 30
3 Members
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3
Their Eyes Were Watching God
de Zora Neale Hurston
19,100 membros
345 resenhas
4
Global Rank 13
4 Members
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4
Cold Comfort Farm
de Stella Gibbons
5,768 membros
221 resenhas
4
Global Rank 20
4 Members
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5
The Bell Jar
de Sylvia Plath
28,083 membros
501 resenhas
4
Global Rank 25
4 Members
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6
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
de Ken Kesey
24,194 membros
298 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 58
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
7
A Room with a View
de E. M. Forster
11,164 membros
223 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 35
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
8
Madame Bovary
de Gustave Flaubert
26,208 membros
390 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 31
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, jeffza
9
Pride and Prejudice
de Jane Austen
80,568 membros
1,367 resenhas
½ 4.4
Global Rank 1
10 Members
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Explicações
aulsmith : I just don't like the Bennetts.
10
O grande Gatsby
de F. Scott Fitzgerald
72,093 membros
1,168 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 8
6 Members
Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, jeffza, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : It's readable, but I find the end disappointing every time I read it.
11
East of Eden
de John Steinbeck
23,379 membros
423 resenhas
½ 4.4
Global Rank 93
2 Members
sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : I read this at age 18 and found it confusing and irritatingly misogynist (though I didn't know the word at the time).
12
O Sol é para Todos
de Harper Lee
78,421 membros
1,433 resenhas
½ 4.4
Global Rank 3
8 Members
hipdeep, cpg, Euryale, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, TeriAndersonNeedham
13
Catch-22
de Joseph Heller
39,986 membros
525 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 6
6 Members
hipdeep, Euryale, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
14
A Revolução dos Bichos
de George Orwell
59,968 membros
882 resenhas
4
Global Rank 9
6 Members
hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
15
Of Mice and Men
de John Steinbeck
39,026 membros
662 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 26
4 Members
hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963
16
Howards End
de E. M. Forster
8,769 membros
131 resenhas
4
Global Rank 42
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
17
Sense and Sensibility
de Jane Austen
38,084 membros
525 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 24
4 Members
jain, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
18
Emma
de Jane Austen
37,935 membros
505 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 4
8 Members
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19
Jane Eyre
de Charlotte Brontë
58,935 membros
916 resenhas
4.2
Global Rank 5
7 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, jeffza, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
20
Mansfield Park
de Jane Austen
22,473 membros
357 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 51
3 Members
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21
Persuasion
de Jane Austen
28,683 membros
532 resenhas
4.2
Global Rank 2
9 Members
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22
O Retrato de Dorian Gray
de Oscar Wilde
39,468 membros
633 resenhas
4
Global Rank 12
5 Members
Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda
23
The Haunting of Hill House
de Shirley Jackson
9,723 membros
431 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 7
7 Members
Euryale, jain, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
24
O Senhor das Moscas
de William Golding
49,561 membros
745 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 33
3 Members
ghilbrae, sturlington, ahef1963
25
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
de Shirley Jackson
8,128 membros
423 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 22
4 Members
Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
26
Rebecca
de Daphne Du Maurier
20,699 membros
610 resenhas
4.2
Global Rank 10
5 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, TeriAndersonNeedham
27
1984
de George Orwell
81,902 membros
1,270 resenhas
4.2
Global Rank 19
4 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
28
Fahrenheit 451
de Ray Bradbury
53,866 membros
995 resenhas
4
Global Rank 14
5 Members
hipdeep, Euryale, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
29
Treasure Island
de Robert Louis Stevenson
34,018 membros
430 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 27
4 Members
Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
30
O Cão dos Baskerville
de Arthur Conan Doyle
15,324 membros
299 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 17
5 Members
Euryale, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
31
Frankenstein
de Mary Shelley
42,601 membros
709 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 11
6 Members
hipdeep, Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
32
The Grapes of Wrath
de John Steinbeck
34,272 membros
471 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 70
2 Members
aulsmith, sturlington
Explicações
sturlington: Can be a slog but worth reading
33
The Awakening
de Kate Chopin
9,183 membros
179 resenhas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 100
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda
34
Gaudy Night
de Dorothy L. Sayers
5,455 membros
150 resenhas
½ 4.3
Global Rank 37
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
35
The Talented Mr. Ripley
de Patricia Highsmith
6,186 membros
196 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 74
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
36
Drácula
de Bram Stoker
35,390 membros
624 resenhas
4
Global Rank 41
4 Members
Euryale, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : I found pacing lose and disjointed. Had to start it a couple of times before I got through it.
37
Flowers for Algernon
de Daniel Keyes
15,779 membros
381 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 105
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,jain ,aulsmith ,merrystar
Explicações
jain : Definitely read the short story, but skip the novel.
aulsmith : I think the novel is very over-written compared to the original story.
38
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (with Alice's Adventures Under Ground)
de Lewis Carroll
2,006 membros
18 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 48
4 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : I've never found these very readable as novels. They don't make sense, and the chess game in Looking Glass makes it even worse. But each chapter is fun and the poetry is great.
39
Northanger Abbey
de Jane Austen
21,616 membros
418 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 44
3 Members
jain, sturlington, ahef1963
40
Breakfast at Tiffany's
de Truman Capote
2,772 membros
81 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 56
3 Members
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41
Brave New World
de Aldous Huxley
53,871 membros
772 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 52
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
42
A Christmas Carol
de Charles Dickens
24,655 membros
525 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 15
5 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
43
Something Wicked This Way Comes
de Ray Bradbury
11,369 membros
296 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 21
5 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
44
The Left Hand of Darkness
de Ursula K. Le Guin
15,948 membros
385 resenhas
4
Global Rank 28
4 Members
hipdeep, jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
45
A Wrinkle in Time
de Madeleine L'Engle
39,438 membros
958 resenhas
4
Global Rank 32
4 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
46
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
de Philip K. Dick
19,259 membros
473 resenhas
4
Global Rank 72
2 Members
hipdeep, sturlington
47
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
de Edgar Allan Poe
1,927 membros
18 resenhas
4
Global Rank 97
3 Members
hipdeep, ghilbrae, sturlington,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
aulsmith : Poe is very readable, but he gives me nightmares.
48
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
de Hunter S. Thompson
14,396 membros
192 resenhas
4
Global Rank 101
2 Members
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49
Grendel
de John Gardner
6,047 membros
107 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 81
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
Explicações
aulsmith : I found the prose dense and the story odd.
50
The Dispossessed
de Ursula K. Le Guin
10,696 membros
268 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 36
3 Members
jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
51
As Aventuras de Huckleberry Finn
de Mark Twain
42,938 membros
518 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 29
5 Members
hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,merrystar
52
O Velho e O Mar
de Ernest Hemingway
30,714 membros
505 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 57
3 Members
jain, sturlington, ahef1963
Explicações
jain: I'm not usually a fan of Hemingway, but this I liked.
53
Babel-17
de Samuel R. Delany
2,642 membros
84 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 78
2 Members
jain, sturlington
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The Tempest
de William Shakespeare
13,765 membros
175 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 18
4 Members
cpg, aulsmith, ahef1963, jeffza,sturlington
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A Tale of Two Cities
de Charles Dickens
36,621 membros
456 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 16
5 Members
cpg, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,sturlington
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Little Women
de Louisa May Alcott
26,423 membros
399 resenhas
4
Global Rank 23
5 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, kerrygiven, TeriAndersonNeedham,sturlington
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The Count of Monte Cristo
de Alexandre Dumas
25,480 membros
433 resenhas
½ 4.3
Global Rank 102
Member
Euryale,sturlington
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The Last of the Mohicans
de James Fenimore Cooper
13,209 membros
125 resenhas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 107
Member
aulsmith,merrystar ,sturlington
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The Scarlet Letter
de Nathaniel Hawthorne
36,531 membros
373 resenhas
½ 3.4
Global Rank 106
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
aulsmith: The descriptive narration was a little much for me, but I wanted to know what happened and kept reading.
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O Apanhador no Campo de Centeio
de J. D. Salinger
69,511 membros
1,078 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 110
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith ,merrystar ,sturlington
Explicações
aulsmith : If you can stand to be in the same room with Holden Caufield for more than 10 minutes at a time, I guess it's pretty readable. When I read it in high school I counted the profanities per page and averaged them to keep myself reading ...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
de William Shakespeare
31,745 membros
171 resenhas
½ 4.6
Global Rank 109
Member
ahef1963,aulsmith ,sturlington
Explicações
aulsmith : Some of these are great and pretty readable. Some of these need notes to be understood well. Some of these aren't that good to begin with and some of them are downright terrible.
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Middlemarch
de George Eliot
17,703 membros
330 resenhas
4.2
Global Rank 76
2 Members
jain, ahef1963,sturlington
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Wuthering Heights
de Emily Brontë
51,937 membros
702 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 60
3 Members
jain, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
Explicações
jain: Shows a perceptive and nuanced understanding of generational abuse. Accordingly, the beginning and middle of the book can be painful (though compelling) reading, but I find the eventual happy ending extremely catharctic.
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Moby Dick
de Herman Melville
35,552 membros
541 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 108
Member
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Explicações
jain: Surprisingly funny, both intentionally (see: the fart joke in Chap. 1) and unintentionally (see: Melville's very earnest argument that whales are fish and not mammals). Also intensely homoerotic--always a plus for me.
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Beloved
de Toni Morrison
22,815 membros
405 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 79
3 Members
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Ilíada
de Homer
39,929 membros
386 resenhas
4
Global Rank 103
Member
jain,sturlington
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The Aeneid
de Virgil
22,892 membros
198 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 104
Member
jain,sturlington