I’m so glad Karen at Books and Chocolate decided to do this challenge again! Here’s what I’m thinking of reading for each of the categories in 2019.
- 19th Century Classic: Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace, as my 11-year-old will be reading it, and I really should!
- 20th Century Classic: hoping to re-read (or listen to) To Kill a Mockingbird when Miss A reads it this spring/summer.
- Classic by a Female Author: perhaps a re-read of Emma? Or maybe one of the Edith Hamilton books I’m planning to read…
- Classic in Translation: hoping this will be the year I finally get through The Odyssey. 😉
- Classic Comedy: I think another Wodehouse is in order – Leave it to Psmith is in my Audible wishlist.
- Classic Tragedy: I think Paradise Lost would qualify – a re-listen as Mr. D will be tackling it over the next two terms.
- Very Long Classic: Well, I wanted to count God’s Graves and Scholars, but my copy isn’t quite 500 pages without intros, and the average I got from the English editions on Goodreads (not including the 900-page outlier) is about 480 pages. 🙁 I could listen to The Count of Monte Cristo but I’m not really interested right now…I keep pulling Kristin Lavransdatter off the shelf and thinking I’d like to read it in 2019, but I’m wondering if it counts as one book or three?
- Classic Novella: I think The Chestry Oak would count – it’s listed as 254 pages on Amazon, but according to my copy, the actual story starts on page 9, and there’s several full page illustrations. It will be our lunch-time read-aloud starting in January.
- Classic from the Americas: Perhaps Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather, set in 17th century Quebec.
- Classic from Africa, Asia, or Oceania: Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton, along with Miss A next term.
- Classic from a Place You’ve Lived: We’re planning to read Anne of Avonlea, and perhaps another Anne book, next year. 🙂 An American classic would also work here, as well.
- Classic Play: Julius Caesar – our next Shakespeare play.
