I got tagged
by Joseph from The Once Lost Wanderer last year to post this, have
prepared the draft, but then forgot it in the year-end frenzy at work. I have
found the draft again when rummaging my notes. It's too nice not to post, so
here it is:
What is one classic that hasn't been made
into a movie yet, but really needs to?
Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas. We have seen several adaptations of The Three Musketeers, but none of its sequel - though it's a much better story
than Musketeers!
What draws you to classics?
Its
relevance with our struggles in life today, for one. The way it opens our eyes
to things (humanity, social, cultures, religions, etc) which would otherwise
been only a vague theory for us. Classics have layers of stuffs that we can
keep digging in every read (and reread), and it tends to mature together with
the readers. And most importantly classics shape us to be better persons.
What is an underrated classic?
Karl May's Winnetou
What is one classic that you didn't expect
to love, but ended up loving anyway?
Austen's Persuasion
What is your most favorite and least
favorite classic?
Most
favorite: Zola's Germinal
Least
favorite: can’t decide between Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind or
Emily Brontë’s
Wuthering Heights
What is your favorite character from a
classic?
Helen Graham
from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Who is your favorite classic author?
That's easy:
Émile Zola
Relating to newer books, what attributes
does a book need to have in order to be worthy of the title
"classic"?
Same as my
answer for no. 2: the relevance with our struggles of life today, and the
layers to dig deeper from.
Thank you,
Joseph, for the tag! And for you who haven't done this thing and feel inclined
to, you are welcomed to tag yourself.
Nice!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joseph :)
DeleteI came back to this, because wanted your opinion on Zola. I have not yet read Zola - I know, I'm so ashamed - and I was going to ask where to start. I was thinking probably Germinal, but wanted your opinion nonetheless. So, would that indeed be your recommendation?
ReplyDeleteHi Joseph, I always think that reading a masterpiece from a new-to-you author is the best start. If that doenn't make you love him/her, you don't need wasting time reading the rest of his/her books. So, I would recommend Germinal as your Zola starting point too.
DeleteI hope it means you'd join Zoladdiction in April? :)