Madame Bovary is incredibly shit.
See also Anna Karenina and Effi Briest, which are the Russian and German versions of the story respectively.

I'm trying to think of an English version of the story, but there's none coming to mind... Anyone think of any?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 22 Jul 2011, 20:56, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Anna Karenina is pretty good
I like Tolstoy
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:01, Reply)

I read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago many many years ago.
I might have another bash at it. I seem to remember enjoying it.
( girlinthehole, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:03, Reply)

One day in the life of Ivan Denisovitch can be read in one sitting if that helps.
1914, on the other hand, took me all year.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:06, Reply)

I enjoyed it but I wasn't that fond of Karenina herself as a character
Levin on the other hand was a good egg, even if he did go on a bit about novel farming methods.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:07, Reply)

See I'd disagree
Anna was okay. Levin was a freak.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:11, Reply)

she was a demented harpy

(Zoz prayed for twink on, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:24, Reply)

I've never read any
but that's true of many many classics

I'm better on obscure sci fi classics. I had a thing for feminist sci fi for a little while
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:08, Reply)

I tried to read the sci fi stories of Edgar Alen Poe, I gave up after a couple of stories.
Absolute crap, not a patch on Jules Verne.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:11, Reply)

I think I've only read his horror
short stories.

I've got a big pile of John Wyndam books at the mo. I like that one overuses the word Vibrator
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:15, Reply)