hot girl classics

Hosted by booksofgayle

14 participants, 154 books added

You can start and finish this challenge whenever you like!

what, like it's hard?

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requirements

- generally well known classics (or at least a well-known classic author)
- not non-fiction
- not childrens/middle grade
- written before 1950
- >100 pages

exceptions may be made of the above if too iconic to exclude :))

All books added
Bakkhai by Euripides

Bakkhai

Euripides

100 pages • first pub -405 (editions) user-added

fiction classics play dark reflective fast-paced
The Witch by Shirley Jackson

The Witch

Shirley Jackson

11 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious fast-paced
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

Revolutionary Road

Richard Yates

338 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Medea by Euripides

Medea

Euripides

64 pages • first pub -431 (editions)

fiction classics play dark emotional tense fast-paced
The Day of the Locust and Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West

The Day of the Locust and Miss Lonelyhearts

Nathanael West

256 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction classics short stories reflective medium-paced
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

205 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Orlando

Virginia Woolf

272 pages • first pub 1928 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary magical realism challenging reflective slow-paced
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tender Is the Night

F. Scott Fitzgerald

352 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

273 pages • first pub 1818 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Candide, ou l'Optimisme by Voltaire

Candide, ou l'Optimisme

Voltaire

Voltaire

155 pages • first pub 1759 (editions) user-added

fiction classics philosophy adventurous funny reflective fast-paced