Which of the Canons have You Read?

[ÉPONINE THÉNARDIER]

I was curious which of the canons people have read AFTER finding out about them on RC. Tell why you decided to read it, whether or not you liked it, etc. I'll begin.

I read "The Outsiders" this week after I decided that I really wanted to know what the whole story was behind Sodapop and Dallas and everything. I really, really enjoyed it. I was very sad at the end with what happened to Dally, but I still loved the book. I also watched the movie, and I believe that THAT is how you're supposed to make a movie out of a book.

So, anyone else?

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[sodapop]

Sherlock Holmes

The Outsiders movie was win! These days directors know they can make shitty movies out of books and still get money because all the fans of the books will go see it. Sad but true.

Then Sherlock Holmes (can't remember exactly which but I'm pretty sure it was the one with Irene in it, Scandal something) I wound up reading purely out of boredom and I must admit it hasn't grown on me D: Go ahead Tichy behead me XD

[cuervo]

While conceiving this site with Yolanda, I was already an Outsiders freak. I did suggest it to be added to our canon selection. Welcome to the family

I'm almost done reading Hamlet after joining this site. I loooove it. It's fantastic. What can I say?

[meaghan]

Technically I read Hamlet after finding RC because we read it in English class near the end of the semester. I liked it, but I liked Romeo & Juliet better. xD

[renthead]

Romeo & Juliet (Although really, I had to read it anyway, but yeah. ) and...

The Outsiders.

Turned me into a fan girl. Dun dun dunnn.

[MONA LISA DRAGOTI]

wow this list will be long, I was raised on Classics

~Romeo and Juliet
~Much Ado About Nothing
~Hamlet
~Twelfth Night
~A Midsummer Night’s Dream
~Sense and Sensibility (My favorite Austen Book)
~Pride and Prejudice
~Emma
~Wuthering Heights (didn't like it but still read it )
~Jane Eyre
~Phantom of the Opera (LOVE IT!!!!!)
~Les Misérables (Great Book)
~Sherlock Holmes(Can't go wrong with Holmes)
~The Portrait of Dorian Gray
~The Time Machine
~Alice in Wonderland (Absolutely love it!)
~To Kill a Mockingbird (A book that shall never die!)

When I say that I grew up with these books I mean literally, they were the stories read to me so I would sleep.

[||ADMIN GABBY||]

Hey guys! I never posted in this because of my embarrassing lack of knowledge, but here it is - I'm just listing all of them, pre-RC or not:

• Macbeth
  
• Hamlet
  
• The Outsiders, though I skimmed parts
  
• A Christmas Carol
  
• Oliver, a little
  
• Sherlock Holmes stories, though not nearly half of them...
  
• Some of The Three Musketeers
  
• Sleep Hollow, though I never finished the last few chapters
  
• Frankenstein
  
• Some of The Time Machine
  
• The Cather in the Rye
  
• To Kill A Mockingbird
  
• LesMis - an abridged version, not the 1500 page monstrosity

Sigh. Feel free to shake me now.

[DETECTIVE PETER ARAMIS]

Ok, so these are definitely in no order. I just typed as I went

The Outsiders – I am a diehard Buck fan.
MacBeth – Note that I hate Shakespeare, but my honors English class went through a lot of plays
Twelfth Night
Othello
Romeo & Juliet
Hamlet
The Three Musketeers – It clearly left an impact on me
The Count of Monte Cristo – A very LONG and DULL read...did I say that?
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Pride and Prejudice – Not a favorite, but Lady C rescued it!
A Christmas Carol
War and Peace – I had a long summer in the back of a car when I was fifteen
My Childhood (Maxim Gorky – a Russian classic that is highly underrated)
Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Portrait of Dorian Gray
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Lord of the Flies
The Time Machine
A Sound of Thunder
War of the Worlds
The Socratic Dialogues (ancient Greek – does it count? Eh, I read it.)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Treasure Island
The Mysterious Island
Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Strange and Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (which has many different names, but it’s all the same Sunny muse!)