After finishing yesterday's post, I started thinking on all the "classics" that I've always wanted to, and meant to read, but for various reasons, have never gotten around to. I may have a degree in Literature, but there are a finite amount of books that one can read over eight semesters. So while taking an informal inventory of the various bookcases spread out throughout my home, I've decided that I'm going to finally get through all of these books that, as the saying goes "everyone wants to have read, but no one wants to read".
I know that I'm likely leaving many worthy books out, but I'm going off of what is currently on my bookshelves, most of which I purchased while in college, and haven't gotten to in the years since. Feel free to leave any suggestions...
1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
2. Nicholas Nickelby by Charles Dickens
3. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
4. Shirley by Charlotte Bronte
5. Villette by Charlotte Bronte
6. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
7. Far From the Maddening Crowd by Thomas Hardy
8. Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy
9. Bleak House by Charles Dickens
10. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Or I wonder if I shouldn't just read the copy of How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read that I received for Christmas, and save myself hundreds of reading hours? Hmmmmm..... :)
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