I Need A Classic!

So, this summer, I have been challenged to read ONE classic because I have never read one before. Like an actual classic. Like Pride and Prejudice, Little Women, etc. I really need a GOOD classic book that I can read! I've been looking but I really don't know!

So, do you recommend any? I have no idea what I am going to read! What's your favorite classic?

Also, I would rather not have one that is 1000 pages because I'm a good, but really SLOW reader. Took me 2 months to finish a Nicholas Sparks book. ;l

Thanks!

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Any genres or particular types of plot/characters in mind? I can't personally stand any of the bronte classics or jane austen or virginia woolf or many female writers of the period cos their writing is so pretentious.

Perhaps looking at some of your favourite books so far might better inform a decision on what to read next but for me, the all time favourite classic would have to be lolita.

The bible... xD

I love Pride and Prejudice but I do find that they can be quite difficult to read if you're not used to it. That book is really really big too! You could try a smaller book (Persuasion is a shorter Austen book that's JUST as good as P&P) or Animal Farm, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?

I've got a bunch more shorter classic novels (that's what I live off lately) if you want any more genre-specific recommendations :)

There's a book called Little Women x it's good. Very good. Sad at some parts but it's very good book. You should try it.

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Go for the Gothics! Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde are good places to start (Frankenstein is probably the shortest/easiest of the three) but you could try something like The Bloody Chamber for a series of short stories published much more recently. I know the problem a lot of people have with the "stereotypical" classics (Jane Austen and whatnot) is that they just have no way to connect with them at all and nothing of modern day importance really seems to happen, but most of the Gothic genre is packed with action so give them a go!!

If you really want to go down the Jane Austen-style route I'd suggest Emma to start with. I loved that book but couldn't get through all of it until I was 16.

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Doing done it for A level - the first volume is great, the second not so much, but it's a lovely book, so you could always give it a try!

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I love Pride and Prejudice but I do find that they can be quite difficult to read if you're not used to it. That book is really really big too! You could try a smaller book (Persuasion is a shorter Austen book that's JUST as good as P&P) or Animal Farm, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?

I've got a bunch more shorter classic novels (that's what I live off lately) if you want any more genre-specific recommendations :)

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Is Animal Farm like really sad..? I feel like it would be about like animals getting slaughtered and gruesome stuff. Just by the title. aha.

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Go for the Gothics! Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde are good places to start (Frankenstein is probably the shortest/easiest of the three) but you could try something like The Bloody Chamber for a series of short stories published much more recently. I know the problem a lot of people have with the "stereotypical" classics (Jane Austen and whatnot) is that they just have no way to connect with them at all and nothing of modern day importance really seems to happen, but most of the Gothic genre is packed with action so give them a go!!

If you really want to go down the Jane Austen-style route I'd suggest Emma to start with. I loved that book but couldn't get through all of it until I was 16.

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What time period does Jane Austen write in? I heard some people talk about Emma. But I have heard off and on opinions.

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Is Animal Farm like really sad..? I feel like it would be about like animals getting slaughtered and gruesome stuff. Just by the title. aha.

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What time period does Jane Austen write in? I heard some people talk about Emma. But I have heard off and on opinions.

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Early 1800s, Emma was published in 1815 :)

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Is Animal Farm like really sad..? I feel like it would be about like animals getting slaughtered and gruesome stuff. Just by the title. aha.

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What time period does Jane Austen write in? I heard some people talk about Emma. But I have heard off and on opinions.

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Not as far as I can remember! The animals are anthropomorphised (have human characteristics) and its a comment on the politics of the time, but it doesn't like, rely on that. But it's not about literally raising animals on a farm and going to the slaughterhouse, no haha


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