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[Book Blogger Hop] The Oldest Book I’ve Read

June 7, 2019      Erica Robyn      18 Comments

Book Blogger Hop Meme

Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer, where you answer a question and join a “hop”. The purpose is to help bloggers discover and get to know one another.

For this week’s Book Blogger Hop, Nicki @ Nicki J. Markus/Asta Idonea asked:

What’s the oldest work (by publication date) you’ve read?

BBH My Answer

As far as I’ve tracked on Goodreads, the oldest book I’ve read is Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. This book was published in October of 1726.

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What is the oldest book that you’ve read?

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  1. Erica Watkins says

    June 7, 2019 at 7:38 pm

    1726! Wow. The oldest book I could remember was Our Nig by Harriet Wilson.

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    • Erica Robyn says

      June 7, 2019 at 9:50 pm

      😀

      Reply
  2. Angela says

    June 7, 2019 at 8:26 pm

    Whoa, that’s old! I think mine is Pride and Prejudice from 1813.

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    • Erica Robyn says

      June 7, 2019 at 9:50 pm

      😀

      Reply
  3. Greg says

    June 7, 2019 at 9:15 pm

    Wow, hard to believe Gulliver’s Travels is that old! That’s kind of amazing really.

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    • Erica Robyn says

      June 7, 2019 at 9:50 pm

      😀

      Reply
  4. Nicki J. Markus says

    June 8, 2019 at 12:47 am

    Great choice. There were some awesome works in the eighteenth century.

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    • Erica Robyn says

      June 9, 2019 at 5:46 pm

      😀

      Reply
  5. ireadthatinabook says

    June 8, 2019 at 12:31 pm

    The voyage of Argo, third century. More readable than I had thought but I mostly prefer 19th century and younger…

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    • Erica Robyn says

      June 9, 2019 at 5:47 pm

      😀

      Reply
  6. chucklesthescot says

    June 10, 2019 at 5:27 am

    I’ve only read a handful of classics as they aren’t really my thing so I think the oldest one I recall was Little Women from 1868. I didn’t like it though but didn’t DNF as I needed it for a book challenge!

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    • Erica Robyn says

      June 10, 2019 at 4:21 pm

      😀

      Reply
  7. Laura says

    June 11, 2019 at 7:11 am

    I go back to Ancient Greece with Theogony by Hesiod. We had to study Latin in high school (I know, he’s a Greek author but we read it in Latin) so my oldest reading comes from that time. Then I have the Divine Comedy, Utopia and Tom Jones as oldest. Have a nice week!!

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    • Erica Robyn says

      June 11, 2019 at 7:44 am

      That’s awesome!! Have a nice week as well!

      Reply
  8. Lauren @ Always Me says

    June 14, 2019 at 12:45 pm

    The Divine Comedy by Dante – 1320

    😁

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    • Erica Robyn says

      June 15, 2019 at 9:43 am

      Whoa! That’s an old one!

      Reply
  9. Olivia Roach says

    June 16, 2019 at 2:20 am

    I remember reading this book in primary school for literature circle section of the class timetable. I enjoyed it back then and the movie adaption was so funny with Jack Black!

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      June 16, 2019 at 6:52 am

      Oh!! I don’t think I’ve see that! I need to check it out!

      Reply

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