5 books that you must read if you have not yet:
A well-known American bookbub.com site has asked its visitors to discover what are the best books they have ever read.
Even though we stepped well into the 21st century, it seems that works from the past and even the last century are still the most popular.
Most of us have read some of these works in the olden days, during high school days, as a mandatory part of the proofreading.
However, certainly not all works from this list.
So, in fifth place is the famous 1938 Gothic novella “Rebecca”, signed by British writer Dame Daphne du Maurier.
Tonight, in my sleep, I was in Menderley again. With these words, Mr. De Winter's second wife introduces us to the mysterious world of the sinister and ominous Menderley estate, which is located on the windy Cornwall cliffs.
The other Mrs. De Winter was a companion of a rich old lady when she met Maxim de Winter on one of their travels, in Monte Carlo. The gentleman of impeccable manners and melancholic nature very quickly gained her affection and completely unexpectedly begged her.
Upon arriving in Menderley, the new Mrs. De Winter will discover a completely different nature of her husband. And not only that. She does not belong to his world. She can't be compared to Rebecca, Maxim's first wife. Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper in particular, will remind her of that every day. But who was Rebecca? Her ominous presence is noticed in Menderley even after her death. What happened to the wonderful Rebecca?
Based on this book, the equally famous film by Alfred Hitchcock, which received an Oscar, was produced.
In fourth place is the legendary novel, which comes from the Department of American Literature, dating back to 1868. Interestingly, the topic it deals with in a certain way is still popular today, the reason why a new film adaptation of the novel was shown at the end of last year. of course “Little Women,” by Louisa May Alcott.
Little Women (1868) is the author's favorite and longest-running novel about the growing up of four March sisters, surrounded by the warmth and love of their parents' home. We meet them close and together: the gifted Jo, the future writer, the fragile and tragic Beth, the beautiful Meg, and the spoiled and romantic Amy. Each of them in their own way faces the difficulties of life and the responsibility that comes with maturing, fights for personal independence and for the right to love. Family for all of them remains a fundamental ethical and emotional value. We follow them as they struggle with the hardships and uncertainties that accompany growing up in New England, during the American Civil War.
It’s no secret that Louisa May Alcott wrote the novel based on events from her own life. It is a novel that explores timeless themes: love and death, war and peace, the conflict of personal ambition and responsibility towards the family, and the clash of America and Europe.
The novel is characterized as one of the most important women’s books of all time, and Alcott as one of the few 19th-century writers who created powerful and independent female characters who dared to think for themselves.
The book, of course, unlike the movie (both the one from 1994 and the one from 2019) still has richer content.
Third place went to the unrivaled “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë.
Immediately after its publication (1847) recognized as a masterpiece, Charlotte Brontë’s novel “Jane Eyre” is an impressive story about one of the most independent and self-possessed heroines of world literature.
Poor and physically not very attractive Jane Eyre starts life as a lonely orphan in the house of an aunt who hates her. When she grows up, she becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with her employer, the Byron dark and passionate Mr. Rochester, who falls madly in love with Jane because of her simplicity, openness, and intellectual curiosity. (“With women I like only because of their appearance, I can be the devil myself when I discover that they have neither soul nor heart - when they reveal to me a picture of monotony, insignificance, maybe even stupidity, rudeness and quarrelsomeness: but when a woman has a clear eye, when she is eloquent , when he has a fiery soul ... then I am always gentle and faithful. ”) But revealing a terrible, painful secret separates passionately in love heroes ..
Interestingly, the novel, since there were almost no female authors at the time (and those who did, would publish works under their father’s or husband’s name), she published it under the pseudonym Currer Bell. Bell was one of the surnames of her future husband. The novel became quite successful immediately after its publication, but it is also interesting that, after it was discovered that it was actually written by a woman, it became even better-selling. His popularity grew even more because he began to be considered "inappropriate." It was inappropriate for a woman to write such a passionate novel, which not only did not prevent people from reading it, but made them interested in reading it even more.
One of the most famous, influential and popular novels in world literature (with the most film adaptations, and the BBC is currently preparing another one), "Jane Eyre", undoubtedly leaves no reader indifferent, but it is especially loved by women. The novel was recently named the most powerful love story of all time and was included in the list of 10 books that readers like to return to.
In second place is the novel by American writer Harper Lee, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in the first place, of course, “Kill a Mockingbird.”
The novel has sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 50 languages.
“Shoot the jays as much as you want if you manage to hit them, but remember, it’s a shame to kill a mockingbird… they do nothing but sing to us. They don’t destroy people’s gardens, they don’t nest in the corn, they just sing. That is why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. ”
Killing a mockingbird is a wonderful story about love, morality, upbringing, friendship, life wisdom, but also about tolerance and understanding of something different - understanding people of a different skin color, a different way of life. It is a story about growing up and discrimination against blacks in the American South in the 1930s, and it is told by a girl named Scout who watches with wide eyes and experiences life in her hometown, a sleepy town in Alabama.
From the perspective of Scout Finch, a six-year-old girl who grew up in a small town in the south of the country, Harper Lee in a witty and authentic way criticizes racial and class prejudices in American society in the 1930s. In a drowsy environment steeped in violence and hypocrisy, the moral strength of one man, lawyer Atticus Finch, will remind the residents of Make-up County, but also the reader himself, how difficult and important it is to persevere in being human. Defending a black man accused of raping a white woman, Atticus stands in defense of human dignity and faith in the correctness of the legislative system. Thanks to the strength of his character, he thus ranks among those rare heroes who, going beyond the framework of a literary work, become a symbol of universal justice.
"Are you defending niggers, Atticus?" I asked him that evening.
"Of course, I defend. Don't say 'nigger', Scout. That's rude. "
"That's what everyone at school says."
"From now on, there will be everyone except one…"
Two years after its release, a cult film was made with Gregory Peck, which won its Oscar.
First place (it seems forever) belongs to Jane Austen and the cult novel “Pride and Prejudice.”
An unforgettable classic by Jane Austen, tells the story of a free-spirited girl Elizabeth Bennett who, like her four sisters, must marry a rich husband. Faced with the arrogant, wealthy Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth engages in insightful reflections on life, family and tradition, in one of the most beautiful love novels of all time.
Love, misunderstandings, the search for the perfect man as well as avoiding the imperfect, are the themes of the novel Pride and Prejudice, and are relevant today as they always have been.
It is a magical and eternal story about Lizzy Bennet, one of the most sympathetic literary heroines, and the proud Mr. Darcy, about true love, families, cheaters and heroes and, of course, pride and prejudice.
A classic story of love and misunderstanding that takes place in class-conscious England in the late 18th century. The plot is set in aristocratic circles of rural England at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. The Bennetts are a noble family who have gradually become impoverished and whose Mrs. Mother Bennett is desperately trying to marry her five daughters to as rich a son-in-law as possible.
The opportunity for this is the local balls, and at one of them the eldest daughter Jane will stare at the rich aristocrat Mr. Bingley. The meeting between Jane's younger sister Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy will not go so well - Jane, who prides herself on her ability to assess character, keeps Darcy cold and unworthy of her feelings. But after a series of romantic, marital and economic complications, Elizabeth and Darcy will realize how they were created for each other after all.
Fully faithful to the era portrayed by the adored novel and shot entirely at locations in the UK, this is the first film version of this novel in 65 years.
Fully faithful to the era portrayed by the adored novel and shot entirely at locations in the UK, this is the first film version of this novel in 65 years. Top acting team.
Bennett's five sisters - Elizabeth or Lizzie (Keira Knightley), Jane (Rosamund Pike), Lydia (Jenna Malone), Mary Talula Riley and Kitty (Carrie Mulligan) - were raised fully conscious of their mother's fixations (twice Oscar nominee Brenda Blettin). ) to find them husbands and secure a secure future. Hearty and intelligent, Elizabeth, however, longs to live her life with broader horizons, in which her benevolent father (the two-time winner of the Golden Globe, Donald Sutherland) is brave. When the rich bachelor Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods) moved into a nearby villa, and everything in the Bennett's house stirred. As for Lizzie, she meets the handsome Mr. Darcy (Matthew McFadden).
Heartwarming, beautifully shot, one of my favorite film of all time !