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The Classics Club
2019-2024
The Classics Spin #22
Time for a new spin!
At your blog, before Sunday, December 22, create a post to list your choice of any twenty books that remain “to be read” on your Classics Club list.
On Sunday 22nd December, we’ll post a number from 1 through 20. The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin List by 31st January, 2020.
Here are 20 titles I have selected from my 2nd list of 50 classics.
I hope to get a Japanese title, as I already have a lot on my TBR for December and January (that’s also why I only have rather short books here), plus that would fit perfectly with the Japanese Literature Challenge.
| 1 | Jun’ichiro Tanizaki | A Cat, a Man, and Two Women (1936) |
| 2 | Xavier de Maistre | Voyage Autour de Ma Chambre (1794) |
| 3 | A. A. Milne | The Red House Mystery (1922) |
| 4 | Henry David Thoreau | Civil Disobedience (1849) |
| 5 | Freeman Wills Crofts | Inspector French’s Greatest Case (1924) |
| 6 | Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky | The Letter Killers Club (1926) |
| 7 | Stefan Zweig | Confusion (1927) |
| 8 | Edmond Rostand | Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) = reread |
| 9 | Machado de Assi | Dom Casmurro (1899) |
| 10 | Marcel Proust | Days of Reading (1905) |
| 11 | Natsume Soseki | Kusamakura (1906) |
| 12 | Kakuzo Okakura | The Book of Tea (1906) |
| 13 | Natsume Soseki | Sanshirō (1908) |
| 14 | Natsume Soseki | The Miner (1908) |
| 15 | Robert Walser | Jakob von Gunten (1909) |
| 16 | Natsume Soseki | To the Spring Equinox and Beyond (1910) |
| 17 | Natsume Soseki | The Gate (1910) |
| 18 | George Orwell | Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) |
| 19 | Christopher Morley | Parnassus on Wheels (1917) |
| 20 | Jun’ichiro Tanizaki | Devils in Daylight (1918) |
COME BACK ON MONDAY 23
TO SEE WHICH BOOK I HAVE TO READ SOON.
HOW MANY HAVE YOU READ?
WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVORITE?
Words And Peace 
Wow, what a great list! So much great Japanese literature, so little time. I just found Parnassus on Wheels a short time ago and it was delightful. 🙂 And, pro tip for the Orwell title: do not read it over lunch.
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Interesting, second nice reaction to Parnassus on Wheels. For Orwell, you mean it’s going to make me very hungry??
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No — I mean Orwell puts in a lot of disgusting detail to really drive home his point. If it weren’t for modern health codes, you’d never eat out again. Here’s my review if you want to read it, but maybe save it for afterwards: https://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2017/12/down-and-out-in-paris-and-london.html
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Oh how off my interpretation was, lol!!
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The only ones I’ve read on your list are #8 & #18, both of which I liked. But I always like it when someone gets spun something I haven’t read, so really that’s what I’m hoping!
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Sweet, thanks. I read #8 such a long time ago, I actually wouldn’t mind
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You have several on your list that I am quite interested in reading one day. Down and Out in Paris and London is one of these, as is the Christopher Morley. You have several on your list that are new-to-me authors. Interesting. Good luck!
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I’m honored to have new to you authors. That’s a feat, lol!
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I will come back on Monday to see what you got.
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sweet
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I read A Cat a Man and Two Women during the year, it’s a slow burn that has stayed with me.
I didn’t now that Milne wrote stuff besides Pooh! Learn something new every day!
Happy spinning 🙂
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now you intrigue me about A Cat a Man and Two Women
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Parnassus on Wheels is such a delight. It’s short too. You will like it if/when you read it.
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Thanks Silvia. I’ll definitely read it, it’s on my Classics List. Always taking your opinion seriously, so looking forward to it
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Same here, I love my friends recommendations.
It’s a sweet book.
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Great company!
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What a fascinating list, Emma. Many I haven’t heard of. I have read Parnassus on Wheels for a book club some years ago and really enjoyed it.
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I hope I get this one, I think 3 of you have mentioned it! Thanks for sharing
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I’ve not read any of these, though I’ve read a few of the authors. Hopefully you enjoy whatever you get.
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I think I will, Japanese authors rarely disappoint me
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