It's Classics Club Spin #42!

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 My favorite thing is still happening; it's time for the 42nd Spin!  You know the rules, so let's get to the list:

  1. The Leopard, by di Lampedusa
  2.  Phineas Finn, by Anthony Trollope
  3. The Well at the End of the World, by William Morris
  4. The Tale of Sinhue (ancient Egyptian poetry)
  5.  Eichmann in Jerusalem, by Hannah Arendt
  6. Lives, by Plutarch (vol I)
  7. Sybil, by Disraeli
  8. Polyhistor Solinus 
  9.  Folktales collected by Afanas'ev (vol I of 3)
  10.  Sagas of Icelanders (aiming for 50% by the due date)
  11. Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana
  12.  Amerika, by Kafka
  13.  Complete tales of Hans Christian Andersen
  14.  The Law and the Lady, by Wilkie Collins
  15. It is Acceptable (Det Gaar An), C. J. L. Almqvist
  16.  The Obedience of a Christian Man, by William Tyndale
  17. No Name, by Wilkie Collins
  18. Peter the Great's African, by Pushkin
  19. Stories of Washington Irving
  20. Life and Fate, by Vasily Grossman (this would be quite a feat!)

 My preference would be Polyhistor, Plutarch, or Morris (darn, I should really put Pushkin there but honestly it's Morris).  Or the fairy tales -- HCA or Afanas'ev.  So, best of luck to us all!  The due date for finishing and posting about the book is December 21st.


 

Comments

  1. TinaOctober 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM

    Nice list and I wondered if you had hopes for a particular title. I see a few of yours I need to add for my next Classics List of 50 books.

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  2. reeseOctober 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM

    I'm hoping for Polyhistor, too! I want to hear about him.

    I thought The Leopard was awfully good. I've got a Wilkie Collins on mine, but different from yours.

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  3. KarenOctober 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM

    I've not read any of these except that I have read a few tales from Hans Christian Anderson and I've also read a couple of short stories by Washington Irving. Good luck with the spin! :)

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