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message 1: by Shannon, the founder of fun (back from sabbatical) (last edited Jan 03, 2013 09:38AM) (new)

Shannon | 254 comments Mod
Please vote here for six classics from the list below. Voting will stay open until January 10th.

• An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
• Cousin Bette by Honore De Balzac
• Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
• Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton+
• Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
• Hamlet by William Shakespeare
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
• Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
• Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia De Burgos by Julia De Burgos
• Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
• Sybil by Flora Schreiber
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
• The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
• The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
• Time and Again by Jack Finney
• Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe


message 2: by Rebecca, the princess of prose (new)

Rebecca Curtis | 70 comments Mod
Classics

1. Sybil by Flora Schreiber
2. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
3. Time and Again by Jack Finney
4. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
5. Cousin Bette by Honore De Balzac
6. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser


message 3: by Michelle, the leader of literature (new)

Michelle (mnishi) | 34 comments Mod
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The Jungle
Of Mice and Men
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Flowers for Algernon
Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe


message 4: by [deleted user] (new)

1. Flowers for Algernon
2. Speak, Memory
3. The Jungle
4. The Metamorphosis
5. The Story of My Life
6. The Scarlet Letter


message 5: by Gitte (new)

Gitte (gittetofte) The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe


message 6: by Andreea Oxi (new)

Andreea Oxi (oxolicious) | 5 comments 1. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
2. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
4. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
6. Cousin Bette by Honore de Balzac


message 7: by Alison (new)

Alison 1). Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
2). The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
3). The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
4). The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
5). An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
6). The Story of My Life by Helen Keller


message 8: by Floriana (new)

Floriana (__dunja_) | 3 comments Cousin Bette by H. Balzac
Hamlet by W. Shakespeare
Siddharta by H. Hesse
The Great Gatsby by F.S.Fitzgerald
The master and Margarita by M. Bulgakov
The metamorphosis by F. Kafka


message 9: by Kristen (new)

Kristen (keekscarlson) | 12 comments Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey


message 10: by Diana (new)

Diana Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne


message 11: by Marie-pier (new)

Marie-pier | 51 comments The list is up! YEAHH!

Classic:

Death of a salesman by Arthur Miller
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Story of my Life by Hellen Keller


message 12: by Jenna (new)

Jenna | 5 comments 1) The Great Gatsby
2) The Jungle
3) Hamlet
4) One Flew over the Cuckoo's nest
5) Of mice and men
6) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn


message 13: by Jasmine (new)

Jasmine | 14 comments 1. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
2. Cousin Bette- Honore De Balzac
3. Flowers for Algernon- Daniel Keyes
4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Mark Twain
5. The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. The Master and Margarita- Mikhail Bulgakov


message 14: by amber (new)

amber (thelittlematchgirl) | 25 comments 1 the great gatsby
2 the scarlet letter
3 death of a salesman
4 siddhartha
5 cousin bette
6 uncle tom's cabin


Literary Multitudes (literary_multitudes) • Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
• The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
• Hamlet by William Shakespeare
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov


message 16: by Jackie (new)

Jackie | 6 comments Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Story of my Life
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Sybil
The Great Gatsby
The Scarlett Letter


message 17: by Alissa (new)

Alissa | 6 comments The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Anne Frank
The Story of My Life
Death of a Salesman


message 18: by Doreen (new)

Doreen | 11 comments Thanks for putting up the list :)

my votes:

• Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne


message 19: by Sam (new)

Sam (aramsamsam) • Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
• Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
• The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne


message 20: by [deleted user] (new)

1. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
3. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
4. Time and Again by Jack Finney
5. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
6. Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov


message 21: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca (buchananbec) | 10 comments 1. Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
2. Sybil by Flora Schreiber
3. Siddharta by Hermann Hesse
4. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Fran
5. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
6. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes


message 22: by Taryn (new)

Taryn (anotherdesperatehousewife) | 78 comments • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe


message 23: by Alyson (new)

Alyson | 3 comments One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Sybil by Flora Schreiber


message 24: by Dini, the master of meaning (new)

Dini | 691 comments Mod
1. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
2. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
3. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
4. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
5. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
6. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov


message 25: by Maud (new)

Maud (MaudJ) | 1 comments 1.An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
2.Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
3.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
4.The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5.The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
6.Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe


message 26: by Ryna (new)

Ryna (ryna_h) | 0 comments 1. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
2. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
3. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
4. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
5. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
6. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton


message 27: by Kelly (new)

Kelly | 2 comments • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
• Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
• Time and Again by Jack Finney


message 28: by Bernadette (new)

Bernadette (bmochachino) • Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
• Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Story of My Life by Helen Keller


message 29: by julie (new)

julie | 6 comments 1. Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
2. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
3. Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
(request/suggestion: please assign this for the mo.
of October! Great Halloween reading!!)
4. Cousin Bette by Honore de Balzac
5. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
6. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller


message 30: by Lauren (new)

Lauren 1. Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
2. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
3. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
4. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
6. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair


message 31: by Adele (new)

Adele | 3 comments 1). The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
2). Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
3). Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
4). The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
5). Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
6). The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald


message 32: by Lara (new)

Lara Glory (laraestelle) | 3 comments 1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
2.Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
3.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
4.Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
5. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
6. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald


message 33: by Pamela (new)

Pamela Almeida (pamdealmeida) | 12 comments 1) Hamlet by William Shakespeare
2) Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
3) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
4) Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
5) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
6) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain


message 34: by Devin (new)

Devin | 15 comments 1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
4. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe


message 35: by Kayla (new)

Kayla | 130 comments 1. The Master and Margarita
2. Speak, Memory
3. Anne Frank
4. Sybil
5. Death of a Salesman
6. Ethan Frome


message 36: by Mari (new)

Mari Kros | 1 comments 1.Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
2.Hamlet by William Shakespeare
3.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
4.The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
5.The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
6.Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe


message 37: by Shannon, the founder of fun (back from sabbatical) (new)

Shannon | 254 comments Mod
It's the last day to get your vote in, if you haven't. We'll have the selections up tomorrow!


message 38: by Samantha (new)

Samantha | 4 comments The Jungle
Of Mice and Men
Flowers for Algernon
Edgar Allen Poe
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Death of a Salesman


message 39: by [deleted user] (new)

I'm a little bit late, but here it goes!

1. The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
3. Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
4. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
5. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov


message 40: by Michelle, the leader of literature (new)

Michelle (mnishi) | 34 comments Mod
I've tallied up all the votes and here are our 2013 Classics:

The Great Gatsby
Flowers for Algernon
The Aventures of Huckleberry Finn
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Death of a Salesman

Great picks everyone!


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