BACK TO THE CLASSICS 2015


This challenge is hosted by Karen at Books and Chocolates.
Challenge period: 1st January to 31st December, 2015
Sign up: before 31st March, 2015

The aim of this challenge is to encourage bloggers to read more classics. Reading and posting a review for a minimum of six books will get you an entry into the prize draw for a $30.00 gift from Amazon or The Book Depository. Reading and reviewing more books will get you more entries into the prize draw. More details and how to sign up can be found here. If you want to participate, sign up before 31st March 2015.

There are 12 categories, but you don't have to do them all. You can select which ones appeal to you and still qualify for the draw. If you complete six categories, you get one entry; complete nine categories, you get two entries and if you complete all twelve categories, you get three entries!

Here are the categories and the books I've chosen to read. The titles will be linked to my reviews once read.

01. A 19th Century Classic:  AGNES GREY by Anne Brontë
02. A 20th Century Classic:  CAKES AND ALE by W. Somerset Maugham
03. A Classic by a Woman:  DEERBROOK by Harriet Martineau
04. A Classic in Translation:  COUSIN BETTE  by Honoré de Balzac
05. A Very Long Classic Novel:  WAR AND PEACE by Leo Tolstoy
06. A Classic Novella:  ETHAN FROME by Edith Wharton
07. A Classic with a Person's Name in the Title:  BARRY LYNDON by William Makepeace      Thackeray or SIR HARRY HOTSPUR OF HUMBLETHWAITE by Anthony Trollope    
08. A Humourous or Satirical Classic:  THREE MEN IN A BOAT by Jerome K. Jerome
09. A Forgotten Classic:   NO NAME by Wilkie Collins
10. A Non-fiction Classic:  TRAVELLING SKETCHES by Anthony Trollope
11. A Classic Children's Book:  THE TRUMPETER OF KRAKOW by Eric P. Kelly or MOONFLEET by John Meade Falkner
12. A Classic Play:  RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hasberry

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