Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In which I celebrate Tag Tuesday--belatedly on Thursday--by responding to the prompts of the What Makes a Classic a Classic tag.
This tag was created by @booktimewithelvis: youtu.be/4VgQHafSJkw?si=U0G90m-yGlUTXOwX
He was inspired by this post: panmacmillan.com/blogs/classics/what-are-classic-books
I was tagged by the lovely @AaronFacer: youtu.be/_Yud9Mlvirc?si=29JJyTYvtotVN_eu
Prompts:
1) The one with a gripping plot and universal themes
2) The subversive one
3) The one which defines a time and a place
4) The complex, ground-breaking one
5) The ones with the archetypal characters
6) The one that’s a complete one-off
7) The one we quote from all the time
8) A rediscovered classic, or a book you believe will be considered a classic in the future
I chose to focus on classics written by American women.
Books and Authors Mentioned:
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
*Uncle Tom’s Cabin by white author Harriet Beecher Stowe
*Passing by Nella Larsen
*My Antonia by Willa Cather
*Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty
*The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
Beloved by Toni Morrison
*The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
*Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Hamlet by Shakespeare
*“A Good Man is Hard to Find” and “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor
*Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Booktubers mentioned:
Brian at @bookish mentioned Uncle Tom’s Cabin today: youtube.com/watch?v=_o6ZCju_OGM
Support my channel: ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
Voxer: hannahsbooks
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com
Instagram: instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Goodreads: goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1 (currently inactive)
In which I celebrate Tag Tuesday--belatedly on Thursday--by responding to the prompts of the What Makes a Classic a Classic tag.
This tag was created by @booktimewithelvis: youtu.be/4VgQHafSJkw?si=U0G90m-yGlUTXOwX
He was inspired by this post: panmacmillan.com/blogs/classics/what-are-classic-books
I was tagged by the lovely @AaronFacer: youtu.be/_Yud9Mlvirc?si=29JJyTYvtotVN_eu
Prompts:
1) The one with a gripping plot and universal themes
2) The subversive one
3) The one which defines a time and a place
4) The complex, ground-breaking one
5) The ones with the archetypal characters
6) The one that’s a complete one-off
7) The one we quote from all the time
8) A rediscovered classic, or a book you believe will be considered a classic in the future
I chose to focus on classics written by American women.
Books and Authors Mentioned:
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
*Uncle Tom’s Cabin by white author Harriet Beecher Stowe
*Passing by Nella Larsen
*My Antonia by Willa Cather
*Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty
*The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
Beloved by Toni Morrison
*The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
*To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
*Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Hamlet by Shakespeare
*“A Good Man is Hard to Find” and “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor
*Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Richard Wright
Ralph Ellison
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Booktubers mentioned:
Brian at @bookish mentioned Uncle Tom’s Cabin today: youtube.com/watch?v=_o6ZCju_OGM
Support my channel: ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
Voxer: hannahsbooks
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com
Instagram: instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Goodreads: goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1 (currently inactive)
