Recommend me a 'must read' book 1900

[dibbers006]

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[icetea]

dibbers006 said:

I'm open to any suggestions.

If you have zero budget then you're not depriving any author of anything by downloading a modern book from a more dubious source... so use amazon to find something modern you want then get it on pirate bay, thats my suggestion

[Cool Mart]

I enjoyed the first two Tarzan books as freebies, some of the later ones just seemed to be the author extracting additional money from the readers.

[theironduke]

Crime and Punishment

Great Expectations

Anna Karenina

All genuinely stunning books. GE is one of my favourite reads ever.

[davepoth]

The Count of Monte Cristo
Eugene Onegin

[mike80]

The War of the Worlds. Don't know if it's available as an audiobook, but you can get it free on the Kindle.

[Harrytsg]

dibbers006 said:

Recommend me a classic book from (preferably) before 1900.
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How on earth were we supposed to meet that criteria?

You didn't put your original post up until 1911!

[timbob]

Beaten to the War of the Worlds suggestion.

What about all the Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories? I have them in a big compendium, and they make for great bedtime reading as most of them are short stories you can rattle through in 30-45 mins.

[Dusty964]

Moby Dick .

Loads of free classics on ibooks

[silverthorn2151]

Pickwick Papers is always good to revisit from time to time.

Or try Three Men in a Boat, one of the funniest books ever written.

Edited by silverthorn2151 on Wednesday 12th December 20:16

[john2443]

Don' know if you can get it free, it's not pre 7pm, To kill a Mockingbird.

[vladcjelli]

Harrytsg said:

dibbers006 said:

Recommend me a classic book from (preferably) before 1900.
..

How on earth were we supposed to meet that criteria?

You didn't put your original post up until 1911!

The Time Machine - H.G. Wells

[HOGEPH]

Diary of a nobody is quite amusing.

Treasure Island is a good read.

[Skodaku]

dibbers006 said:

Thanks. But we don't condone that sort of thing around here

I'm considering 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea or Frankenstein next.

Dracula.

[FlossyThePig]

I don't know where you live but Suffolk libraries have both ebooks and audiobooks available to borrow online. Ebooks are not Kindle compatible and are DRM protected with a three week timeout. The audiobooks are MP3 and it is up to your personal honesty to delete the files when you have finished them.

The audiobooks are commercial copies with professional readers. The copy of Dracula I borrowed was excellent.

[Tango13]

silverthorn2151 said:

Pickwick Papers is always good to revisit from time to time.

Or try Three Men in a Boat, one of the funniest books ever written.

Edited by silverthorn2151 on Wednesday 12th December 20:16

The lesser known sequel to Three men in a Boat, Three men on the Bummel is also well worth a read.

[Catweazle]

The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy.

[silverthorn2151]

Tango13 said:

silverthorn2151 said:

Pickwick Papers is always good to revisit from time to time.

Or try Three Men in a Boat, one of the funniest books ever written.

Edited by silverthorn2151 on Wednesday 12th December 20:16

The lesser known sequel to Three men in a Boat, Three men on the Bummel is also well worth a read.

Quite right and a good call.

[Sparta VAG]

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conran, superb book that was used as the basis for Apocalypse Now.