Uplifting book?

[pauliwauli2]

I've just finished reading wuthering heights which, although it was really good, was quite depressing!

Does anyone know of any good books, preferably modern ones for a change but maybe classics, that are uplifting but not too 'chic flic' style?

Cheers!

[Sir Alec]

' Sorting out Billy' Jo Brand. Funny, believable characters and a great ending!

[illya7]

"Cold Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons is a classic novel but funny and uplifting. or try anything by Jerome K Jerome especially "Three Men In A Boat"

[spudqueen]

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Father Frank by Paul Burke

[Senga 2]

Try anything by Louis de Bernier or Isabelle Allende definetely not chic-lit but modern and not hard going.

[pauliwauli2]

Sorry redhead! I haven't given anything away though. I'm sure by now you know it is a very dark book though!

How are you enjoying it?

[Abdulmajid]

Anything by Mike Gayle has an uplifting romantic edge to them.

Read the review on amazon etc and they all seem to be excellent.

[lajohn]

White Oleander by Janet Fitch
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen
Cane River Cane River by Lalita Tademy

[Peter Pedant]

You shouldnt believe everything you read
Heathcliff and Cathy were really quite nice.

what about the Old Curiosity SHop ? Dickens
Only a man with a heart of stone could not laugh at the account of the death of Little Nell (oscar wilde)
seems like a must read

[Peter Pedant]

Oh and Billy Liar