character novels

[equalibra]

I recently watched the film "the libertine", i have read books such as 'the count of monte cristo', scaramouche, a portrait of dorian gray, i was wondering if anyone new of any other similar writings that are a good read?

[JustSia]

All brilliant books. I love Victor Hugo. Try and find an English translation of 'Le Roi s'amuse', the novel on which Rigoletto was based. Otherwise 'The Man Who Laughs' is by far one of his best.

S.

[dodgeramus]

umm... have read scaramouche and dorian gray.. not sure exactly which aspects of these you wanna read more of - you could try some of huxley's early stuff: Point Counter Point has lots of 'characters' and Oscar Wildeish razor-sharp wit.. same sort of period too.. any more details?

[Cetti]

A few more titles:

• Man in the Iron Mask - Alexandre Dumas


• Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope


• The Four Feathers - A.E.W. Mason


• Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens


• Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens

[Litchick]

The Mayor of Canterbury by Thomas Hardy....EXCELLENT story...

[Cetti]

Would that be 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' Litchick? If so, I agree it is a terrific read.

[Litchick]

Yes Cetti, thank you! Funny thing is, as I was typing it I KNEW it was incorrect but didn't know why! LOL! Thank you! Loved it! Loved the television version too!

[Litchick]

I should be stripped of my Litchick nickname....lol!

[Cetti]

Ooh Yes, the TV dramatisation was wonderful.....especially the very delicious Ciaran Hinds ;-)

[mike b]

Agreeably surprised to hear of folks reading 'Scaramouche' (great fun movie, by the way - Granger v Ferrer duel is a classic) - didn't realise Sabbatini was still in print; his other stuff is enjoyable too (Captain Blood, Sea Hawk both famous films again). Apart from the "classics", there have been generations of authors who were great story-tellers but are not considered by current publishers to be sufficiently trendy/violent/sexy/politically correct/profitable etc. Check out old (cheap!!) paperbacks in charity shops, jumble sales, fetes etc & if you find authors you enjoy, keep your eyes open for more of their stuff.

For what it's worth, and without going into specialist fields, I always used to find Frank Yerby's historical stuff cracking reads, not to mention the other authors I am going to think of immediately I hit the subm

[Litchick]

Cetti, how about the equally delicious James Purefoy? :)

Have you been catching Ciaran Hinds as Julius Ceasar?