Classic Book Recommendations Inspired by Star Wars | Happy May the Fourth! 🌌
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May the fourth be with you. 🌌
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Les Misérables - Victor Hugo
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
The Odyssey - Homer
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
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@leafsonata Жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness you're a Star Wars fan!!! This is sooooo good!!!
@lisainbookland Жыл бұрын
Happy belayed Star Wars Day Valerie! I absolutely loved your Heathcliff/Anakin call - that is so true. I too really like the prequels (at least most of them) although I probably do love Empire Strikes Back more and I have a soft spot for The Force Awakens as its the first one I saw. Hmm I can’t think of a chosen one trope in a classic novel either; that’s a hard one!
@ThornfieldBooks Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Lisa! Happy belated Star Wars day to you as well! I also really love Empire Strikes Back. And it is a hard one! It’s such a common trope now but I think it was a lot less common in the past
@larrymilliken288 Жыл бұрын
A Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis might qualify as a chosen one classic trope novel. If you’re unfamiliar with it here’s a quote from Wikipedia: “The Space Trilogy or Cosmic Trilogy is a series of science fiction novels by C.S. Lewis. The trilogy consists of Out of the Silent Planet (1938), Perelandra (1943), and That Hideous Strength (1945). A philogist named Elwin Ransom is the protagonist of the first two novels and an important character in the third. The third novel was my favorite. Thanks for bringing this topic to the table, Valerie, I enjoyed it!
@ThornfieldBooks Жыл бұрын
I haven’t read those but it sounds like it might work!
@covergirlbooks Жыл бұрын
The Count of Monte Cristo gives me Anakin vibes ✨
@ThornfieldBooks Жыл бұрын
That’s another great one!
@parlabaneisback Жыл бұрын
Fascinating choices! I'm not a massive Star Wars fan; but I do like the Star War prequels at least as much as the original films. Would 'Le Morte d'Arthur' count for a classic 'chosen one' story?
@ThornfieldBooks Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I think that one would count!
@ArtBookshelfOdyssey Жыл бұрын
Speaking of Star Wars being Shakespearean, have you read the Shakespeare versions of the Star Wars movies? They are called "William Shakespeare's Star Wars" and their written by Ian Doescher. I think he's done all 9 movies, I know he's done at least 6 of them. I think they are very well done.
@ThornfieldBooks Жыл бұрын
I actually received a boxed set of the original trilogy for Christmas last year! I’m definitely excited to read them I just haven’t gotten around to it yet. Glad to hear they’re well done!
@ArtBookshelfOdyssey Жыл бұрын
@@ThornfieldBooks My boys read them when they were in Junior High or so and thought they were pretty funny. I thought it was a fun way to introduce them to Shakespeare. I definitely would have enjoyed Shakespeare more if I had had these books as an introduction!
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