Greetings, allies and archenemies! I'm actually guilty of this one. Sometimes I just read a classic so I can say that I did. It's not that I expect them to be bad or to dislike them, but rather that I'm not precisely exited to read them. Other times is because I find a copy with a beautiful cover so I need to have it.
One of example is Crime and Punishment. I read it because it's the kind of book that appears in those lists of "Books you need to read before you die" and stuff. Now I can say that I have read it, if someone asks. And its actually really good. Crime and Punishment is not a book for everyone, but still good.
On the other hand there is Love in Time of Cholera. I got it because the edition was really pretty but the book was actually bad. But people kept recommending it, so I can finally said that I didnt liked it and stop the recomendations.
Of course that there are cases in which I read a classic because the premise really sounds interesting and I would read it if it wasn't a classic anyway. One example of this is Frankestein. A mad doctor that uses science to create a human-like creature? That sounds great.
Now it's your turn. What classic did you read just because it's a classic? Did you liked it? Or not? Do you like classics in general? Let me know in the comments below.
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I only read classics if its a non fiction. Im the nerdy type of reader. I can even read really old textbooks of a subject I particularly like. The last book I read was the Diary of Ann Frank.
Pride and prejudice, withering heights and crime and punishment.
I love classics!!!
I read Slaughterhouse-Five and To the Lighthouse because they’re classics and I ended up hating them. There are instances where I end up loving classics though—Emma,
1984 (so far), etc.
Nowadays, I usually read classics simply because they’re classics & I’m curious. There’s some I’ve really enjoyed, like Jane Eyre, Pride & Prejudice, A Christmas Carol. And some that I thought were okay or didn’t enjoy that much, like The Dubliners, A Wrinkle in Time, The Hobbit.
There’s also some classics that I just simply had to read for school, like Romeo and Juliet, A Raisin in the Sun, Anthem, To Kill a Mockingbird, etc...
Lastly, there’s classics I read as a kid or middle schooler simply because I wanted to, and it had nothing to do with them being classics. Such as Dr. Seuss books, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Where the Red Fern Grows.