Sign Up: Back to the Classics Challenge 2021

Round #2: I will read these books for the Back to the Classics Challenge 2021.

1. 20th Century Classic: The Varieties of Religious Experience – William James 
2. Classic by a Favorite Author: The Doors of Perception - Aldous Huxley
3. Travel or Adventure Classic: The Road to Wigan Pier - George Orwell
4. Children's Classic: The Brass Bottle - J. Anstey
5. Classic Humor or Satire: Diary of a Nobody - George & Weedon Grossmith
6. 19th Century Classic: The Red and the Black - Stendhal
7. Classic by a New-to-You Author: Howards End - E.F. Foster
8. Classic by a Woman: Friends and Heroes - Olivia Manning
9. Classic Play: Prometheus Bound - Aeschylus
10. Classic in Translation: Lieh-tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living - tr. by Eva Wong  
11. Classic with Animal in the Title: The Case of the Mythical Monkeys - Erle Stanley Gardner
12. Classic by a BIPOC Author: Dream of the Red Chamber - Cao Xueqin in 4 volumes

Updated June 30: I have read these books for the Back to the Classics Challenge 2021. Click on the title to go to the review

1. A 19th century classic: The EnglishHumorists of the Eighteenth Century - W.M.Thackeray (1853)

2. A 20th century classic: The Great Fortune - Olivia Manning (1960)

3. A classic by a woman author: The Spoilt City  - Olivia Manning (1962)

4. A classic in translation: The  Mahé Circle - Le cercle des Mahé - Georges Simenon (1968)

5. A classic by BIPOC author: Dream of the RedChamber -  Cao Xueqin (1791) Abridgement

6. A classic by a new-to-you author: The Forsyte Saga -  John Galsworthy (1922)

7. New-to-you classic by a favorite author: The Newcomes - W.M. Thackeray (1855)

8. A classic about an animal, or with an animal in the title: Ape and Essence - Aldous Huxley (1948)

9. A children's classic: The Five Children and It - E. Nesbit (1902)

10. A humorous or satirical classic: Much in Evidence - Henry Decil (1957)

11. A travel or adventure classic: A Record of BuddhisticKingdoms circa A.D. 399-414 - Fa-Hsien

 12. A classic play: Richard II - William Shakespeare (Gielgud or All-female cast)