Editor and literary executor John F. Callahan with Ralph Ellison (courtesy of the Estate of Ralph Ellison)
If you’ve ever read Invisible Man, or you’re interested in American literary history, today is a huge day.
Sixteen years after Ralph Ellison’s death, and 58 years after the publication of Invisible Man, editors John F. Callahan and Adam Bradley are publishing the author’s long-awaited second novel: Three Days Before the Shooting. . .
These literary detectives sifted through and interpreted boxes and boxes of Ellison’s handwritten notes and pages, typewritten pages and information saved on floppy discs to create this extraordinary book. The finished product is 1,136 pages.
Read a BookPage Q&A with Callahan and Bradley to learn about Ellison’s shift in writing style; the second novel’s plot and characters; and what comes next for the editors after devoting so many years to a single project.
And enter to win a FREE copy of the book (which has a $50 price tag). Tell us in the comments: What is your favorite classic novel? Deadline: Friday at 10 a.m.
My favorite classic novel is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It is simply perfect.
My favorite classic novel is My Antonia by Willa Cather
This is in reference to the contest to win a free copy of Three Days before the Shooting. My favorite classic novel is Catch 22.
My favourite classic novel is probably Catch-22 or Crime & Punishment.
My fav is Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell.
One of my favorite classic novels is Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, with Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita a very close second.
My favourite classic novel is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Her stream-of-conciousness style is impeccable, and the plot enthralling.
my favourite classic novel is w .somerset maugham’s of human bondage a great tale full of humaan emmotions a true rollercoaster of a novel from one of englands best writers
My favorite (NB spelling) classic novel is Lermontov’s A Hero Of Our Time. Fate vs. Free Will; gunslinging in the Caucasus. Topical!
My favorite classic novel is Emma by Jane Austen.
I have to say that To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite classic novel with Lord of the Flies coming in second! Thanks
I have so many favorites, it’s hard to choose, but I guess I would say Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying”, but also Sinclair’s “The Jungle” and Betty Smith’s “A Tree Grows In Brooklyn”.
My favorite classic novel is Jane Eyre. Her prose was just perfect. I read a modern novel right afterwards and was jarred by the difference in quality.
My favorite classic novel is Dostoevsky’s “Brothers Karamazov”. A powerful and mind-blowing masterpiece.
My favorite classic novel is Faulkner’s ‘Intruder in the Dust.’
My favorite classic novel is Gogol’s The Overcoat.
My favorite classic is Emma by Jane Austin.
No question, Gone With the Wind.
To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite classic.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
A loooong time ago back in high school I was required to read ‘Of Mice & Men’ by John Steinbeck & I never forgot it!
My favorite classic novel is Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. Unforgettable.
I would have to say “Gone With The Wind”!
One of my favorite classic novels is To Kill a Mockingbird. Wonder if Harper Lee will ever publish a second novel?
My favorite classic novel (well in my mind it is a classic) is A Confederacy of Dunces – that book is so clever and interesting that one cannot help but become immersed in the life of Ignatius Reilly. However, if I were to choose a classic (classic) it would be something by Joseph Conrad (whose work I actually found to be misogynistic and racist at first read, but after taking a course that consisted of reading several of his books, I found myself fully appreciating his genius). So, I suppose, Heart of Darkness or Under Western Eyes – both are such great reads.
My favorite classic is To Kill a Mockingbird – I so enjoy talking to my students about the book (which is typically a favorite of theirs!)
My favorite classic is Fahrenheit 451 – I love Ray Bradbury.
My favorite classic is The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.
Has to be: Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”. I love it more each time I read it.
The Dune series by Frank Herbert and the follow on’s by his son.
I also love Ann McCafferty.
realize these aren;t consodered Classics as such
Has to be “Of Mice and Men.”
I love Huxley’s Brave New World
My favorite classic is The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. I can’t describe how much love I have for this book.
I’m excited for the new Ellison novel…after reading Invisible Man (for the 2nd time), I realized a new theme in American literature — the search for identity and making oneself important amongst a (relatively) young nation of contradicting individuality and unwritten social structure. It’s a very important novel.
Wuthering Heights. I’ve loved this novel for most of my life. I root for the characters even though they’re all flawed.
Dostevsky’s Brothers Karamazov and The Tale of Two Cities
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my favorite classic is ‘And Then There Were None’ by Agatha Christie
the scarlet letter is a good one too
My favorite classic novel (if I have to pick) is East of Eden.
Cement by Fyodor Gladkov
To Kill a Mockingbird, definitely
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