Sunday, November 1, 2020

Wrap-up Post for Back to the Classics Challenge 2020

I read these books for the Back to the Classics Challenge 2020. Click on the title to go to the review

Category

Round 1

Classic by a POC Author

Behind the Scenes - Elizabeth Keckly (1868)

Abandoned Classic

Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War - Edmund Wilson (1962)

19th Century Classic

The Book of Snobs - William Makepeace Thackeray (1848)

Classic in Translation

Across the Street -  Georges Simenon (1945)

Classic by a Woman

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon - Rebecca West (1941

Classic about a Family

Dondidieu's Will - Georges Simenon (1937)

Classic with a Name in the Title

 Phineas Finn - Anthony Trollope (1868)

Adapted Classic

Can You Forgive Her? - Anthony Trollope (1865)

20th Century Classic

The Girl with a Squint - Georges Simenon (1951

Classic with a Place in the Title

The Little Man from Archangel - Georges Simenon (1956)

Genre Classic

Maigret Enjoys Himself - Georges Simenon (1957)

Classic with Nature in the Title

 Those Barren Leaves - Aldous Huxley (1925)

 

Category

Round 2

Classic by a POC Author

The Heroic Slave - Frederick Douglass (1852)

Abandoned Classic

 The Expedition of Humphry Clinker - Tobias Smollett (1771)

19th Century Classic

The Prime Minister - Anthony Trollope (1876)

Classic in Translation

Big Bob - Georges Simenon (1954)

Classic by a Woman

Persuasion – Jane Austen (1818)

Classic about a Family

The Duke’s Children - Anthony Trollope (1879)

Classic with a Name in the Title

Phineas Redux - Anthony Trollope (1874)

Adapted Classic

The Truth About Bebe Donge – George Simenon (1942)

20th Century Classic

Sunday - Georges Simenon (1959)

Classic with a Place in the Title

The House on Quai Notre Dame - Georges Simenon (1962)

Genre Classic

Maigret and the Wine Merchant - Georges Simenon (1970)

Classic with Nature in the Title

The Eustace Diamonds - Anthony Trollope (1873)

 


2 comments:

  1. You have such a wonderfully esoteric list...several I can add to my TBR here.

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  2. Two rounds, impressive! Well done!

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