Back to the Classics Challenge

 

I didn't sign up for the Back to the Classics Challenge last year and I wasn't sure about this year. But I've put together a list using quite a few books planned for other 2021 challenges...so here we go again! At the most basic level, challengers must complete six categories (for one entry in the year-end drawing). Nine categories will equal two entries and all twelve categories will equal three entries. I'm going to officially enter for six categories. I'll probably finish nine and might manage all twelve, but once I have six I will be able to claim the challenge for my Challenge Addict tally. If you'd like to see the full details and/or join in, please click the link above.

My tentative list:

1. 19th C Classic: Wylder's Hand by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (1864)

2. 20th C Classic: Death of a Busybody by George Bellairs (1942)

3. Classic by a woman: The Convenient Marriage (1934) OR The Talisman Ring (1936) by Georgette Heyer

4. Classic in translation: The Song of Roland  (1100) trans. by Dorothy L. Sayers (1957--this edition)

5. Classic BIPOC Author: The Conjure-Man Dies by Rudolph Fisher (1932)

6. Classic by new-to-me Author: The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper (1963)

7. Classic I haven't read by a favorite Author: The Watsons by Jane Austen (1805)

8. Classic about an animal or with animal in title: One Lady, Two Cats by Richard Lockridge (1967)

9. Children's Classic: The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot by Robert Arthur (1964)

10. Humorous/Satirical Classic: The Bishop's Jaegers by Thorne Smith (1932)

11. Travel/Adventure Classic: Journey Into Fear by Eric Ambler (1940)

12. Classic Play: Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde (1893)