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Ideas for classic books to put on a wedding list?

What favourite books would you recommend? I'm thinking obvious classics like Pride and Prejudice but also quirky classics like Wind in the Willows.

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1. For a true fan of classic literature, Charles Dickens is always a good choice. Also Victor Hugo. Avoid Ernest Hemingway. I can't speak for anyone whose opinion I have not heard but I can say that a great many agree with me that his work is BORING! John Steinbeck is also a good choice. "The Grapes of Wrath"
2. Hmmm, on a purely practical level, cookbooks like The Moosewood Cookbook by Molly Katzen, and The Joy of Cooking would be good. Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelssohn (sp?) provides loads of information about how to organize and run a household. If they have a garden, Square-foot Gardening would be good (Mel Bartholomew). As for other classics . . . gosh, it really depends on the couple's taste in literature. You wouldn't want to choose something like "War of the Roses" or other divorce literature. A complete set of Shakespeare. Some lovely Jeeves books by P.G. Wodehouse (keep them laughing!). Children's classics like The House on Pooh Corner, Mary Poppins, The Borrowers, and A Secret Garden. Very famous romances like P&P, would be good. Georgette Heyer has a lot of classic regencies, and the new covers are very lovely. (-: The complete works of Erma Bombeck. Hmmm. Good question!