A recent email from The Classics Club https://theclassicsclubblog.wordpress.com/ reminded me that when I joined and posted a list of 50 titles in 2016, I never advised the Club formally when I finished, nor posted lists for the next 100 titles either. In the meantime, I was understandably moved to the Member Archive.
So starting afresh, here is a list of the next 50 titles covering over 1000 years of literature, which I hope will all be read by the end of 2019 (let’s say June 2020 just in case)
| √ Chattering Courtesans | Lucian |
| √ Meditations | Marcus Aurelius |
| √ Kama Sutra | |
| √ Aethiopica | Heliodorus |
| √ The Loom of Time (Recognition of Sakuntula) | Kalidasa |
| √ Confessions | St Augustine |
| √ Secret History | Procopius |
| √ Consolation of Philosophy | Boethius |
| √ The Koran | |
| √ Dream of the Rood | Anonymous |
| √ Ecclesiastical History, including Caedmon’s Hymn | Venerable Bede |
| √ Beowulf | |
| Eusebius | |
| √ Juliana | Cynewulf |
| √ Fates of the Apostles | Cynewulf |
| √Elene | Cynewulf |
| √ The Ascension | Cynewulf |
| √ Life of St Brendan | |
| √ Life of King Alfred | Asser |
| √ The Phoenix | |
| √ Book of 1001 nights | anonymous |
| The Battle of Maldon | |
| √ Exeter Book (incl The Ruin, The Wanderer, The Seafarer…) | |
| Wulf and Eadwacer | |
| √Tale of the Bamboo Cutter | |
| √ Diary of Lady Murasaki | |
| √ The Tale of Genji | |
| √ The Song of Roland | |
| √ Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam | |
| √ History of the Kings of England | Geoffrey of Monmouth |
| Nibelungenlied | |
| √ Mabinogion | |
| Brut | Layamon |
| Praise of God’s creation | St Francis of Assisi |
| Njal’s saga | |
| Ancrene Riwle or Ancrene Wisse | |
| The Owl and the Nightingale | |
| Havelok the Dane | |
| Travels of Marco Polo | da Pisa |
| Sir Orfeo | |
| Morte Arthure (alliterative) | |
| Divine Comedy | Dante Aligheri |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms | |
| The Decameron | Boccaccio |
| The Book of the Duchess | Chaucer |
Trying to think of something really intellectual to say about your list, but since I’ve read none of them I’m failing badly. So I’ll just go with – Have Fun! 😀
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Not intellectual is where I live. Have fun and beware the grendhalbeast sit me just fine
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Excepting the Kama Sutra. Expecting lots of intellectual comments for that
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Hahaha! Perhaps you should host a readalong – could lead to interesting conversations… 😉
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Mr Books always says that deadlines are meant to be broken – I just think they should be flexible – so having two dates like you’ve done above works just fine for me 🙂
Good luck with list 2.
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Wow, ambitious list! Though maybe not by your high standards. I think there are only three or four that I have in mind to read one day, but for many I will be waiting to see what you think before I decide if I’m going to read myself. Only one have I read – The Arabian Nights, though not the full 1,001, frankly even the selection that I read of the most popular stories was repetitive enough, I don’t think I could have managed a 7-8 volume complete collection!
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I know now I won’t be tackling 8 volumes! Probably a selection like your good self. Then again many of the titles are short poems so we’ll see
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Marco Polo, Mabinogion and Beowulf — some day I shall read them…I hope!
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Never put off until tomorrow what you can ignore indefinitely 😁. Seriously nothing I’ve read so far with exception of Plato has been too hard
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I’m speechless! Fifty classics in a year? Reading down an entire list based on a spin? Wow!
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Well, of course, when you say it fast like that … 😁
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Really inspiring, thank you
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