Back to the Classics 2021 Wrap-up

Back to the Classics 2021 Wrap-up Post: I read these books for this challenge.

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Round 1

1.       19th Century Classic: English Humourists of the 18th C - William Makepeace Thackeray

2.       20th Century Classic: The Great Fortune - Olivia Manning

3.       Classic by a Woman: The Spoilt City - Olivia Manning

4.       Classic in Translation: The Mahe Circle - Georges Simenon

5.       Classic by a BIPOC Author: Dream of the Red Chamber - Cao Xueqin (one-volume abridgement)

6.       Classic by a New-to-You Author: The Forsyte Saga - John Galsworthy

7.       Classic by a Favorite Author: The Newcomes - William Makepeace Thackeray

8.       Classic with Animal in the Title: Ape and Essence - Aldous Huxley

9.       Children's Classic: The Five Children and It – E. Nesbit

10.   Classic Humor or Satire: Much in Evidence – Henry Cecil

11.   Travel or Adventure Classic: A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms – Fa Hsien

12.   Classic Play: Richard II – William Shakespeare

Round 2

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)