Back to the Classics Challenge 2013 - It's a Wrap!

I am happy to announce that I also completed the Back to the Classics Challenge 2013, hosted by Sarah Reads Too Much.

The Required Categories:

19th Century Classic:

• A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens  
• Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson 
• Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley 

20th Century Classic:

• Across the River and Into the Trees, by Ernest Hemingway 
• The Virginian, by Owen Wister 

Pre-18th or 18th Century Classic:

• The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith

Classic that relates to the African-American Experience: 

• Beloved, by Toni Morrison

Classic Adventure: 

• Captains Courageous, by Rudyard Kipling

Classic that prominently features an Animal (in title or story): 

• Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck 

Optional Categories

  Re-read a Classic:

• Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (annotated) - I never ended up blogging about there so no link.

A Russian Classic - didn't do this one!

Classic Non-Fiction- didn't do this one!

Classic Children's/Young Adult: 

• The Blue Castle, by L.M. Montgomery

Classic Short Stories:

•  The Beggar Maid, by Alice Munroe

My  favorites turned out to be A Tale of Two Cities and Of Mice and Men.

I'm planning on doing this challenge again in 2014 and it is being hosted by Karen of Books and Chocolate.