Seven Works of Fiction
Mar 16, 2008
Posted by Kimmy Sophia Brown
There are almost too many books to name but these are seven books that I have shared with my 18 year old daughter. It’s been wonderful to share the friends from these stories with her. These books have beauty, insight, depth, pathos and spiritual nourishment.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin – full of insight and humor, and as pertinent today as when it was written. |
Middlemarch by George Eliot – About an English village and its inhabitants. Dorothea Brooke is one of the most deep hearted heroines in all of fiction. I wish I knew her. |
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My Antonia by Willa Cather – told from the point of view of a young man in America’s prairie years. The story of a Bohemian girl and the effect of her friendship on him. Sad, gorgeous, profound. |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith – recommended to me by my own mother, Iris Korman. The story of a girl growing up in ethnic Brooklyn among Irish, German and Jewish immigrants. Vivid story and characters. |
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Mrs. Mike by Benedict and Nancy Freedman – see my column, Mrs. Mike and Growing Up. |
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith – recommended to me by my good friend Ann Peabody when we were 19. A wonderfully written book about a British family who move to a castle. Sweet story. |
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The Red Tent by Anita Diamant – What is the real story of Jewish women in the Old Testament? This book explores the possible story of Jacob’s daughter, Dinah. Beautiful. | |