Thursday, July 9, 2020

Round Two: Back to the Classics 2020

I will read these books for the Back to the Classics Challenge 2020.

1.       Classic with Nature in the Title. The Eustace Diamonds - Anthony Trollope (1873)
2.       Classic Adaptation. La Vérité sur Bébé Donge (The Truth About Bebe Donge) – George Simenon (1942)
3.       Classic with a Person's Name in the Title. Phineas Redux - Anthony Trollope (1874)
4.       Classic in Translation. Big Bob - Georges Simenon (1954)
5.       Classic by a Person of Color. The Heroic Slave - Frederick Douglass (1852)
6.       19th Century Classic. The Prime Minister - Anthony Trollope (1876)
7.       A Genre Classic. Maigret and the Wine Merchant - Georges Simenon (1970)
8.       Classic About a Family. The Duke’s Children - Anthony Trollope (1879)
9.       20th Century Classic. Sunday - Georges Simenon (1959)
10.   Classic by a Woman Author. Persuasion – Jane Austen (1818)
11.   Classic with a Place in the Title. The House on Quai Notre Dame - Georges Simenon (1962)
12.   Abandoned Classic. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker - Tobias Smollett (1771)

Yeh, I know, not a lot of variety but with the cancellation of at least a half-dozen book sales, I have to read the books I’ve got.


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