Books, Books and more Books

[mrstotten]

For the next unit of my degree we are moving onto Approaching Literature, a study of different forms of Literature throughout the ages.  I have just purchased my Set Books and I have already read Pride and Prejudice, Great Expectations  and the three Shakespeare plays but have never even glanced at the others

Caryl Churchill's Top Girls
Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House
Mary Shelley's, Frankenstein
IS Turgenev, Fathers and Sons and
Alice Walkers, A Colour Purple

I was just curious if anyone on my friends list has read these and if so what your thoughts on them were?

Comments

[darksilvercat.livejournal.com]

I've read Frankenstein and Colour Purple.

Now Frankenstein isn't all that bad for a horror story, especially an old horror story, very neatly told and suspenseful, although the ending is a bit strange. Perhaps it's just because I'm pretty unmoved by horror but it did seem a bit predictable at places, but if you actually enjoy sympathetic monster stories then it's a fine read.

A Colour Purple, well, it's kinda outside of my usual area of expertise, but DAMN!!! It's an incredible book, heartbreaking, inspiring (and more that a little confusing. You think the way Shakespeare writes is tricky, you ain't seen nothing yet lol!) Not my usual thing, but a damn good read.

[fromward.livejournal.com]

I like Ibsen's and Turgenev's. I'm not familiar with Top Girls and I'd love to hear more about it! All the best this term!