Suggest a classic

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PinotAndPlaydough · 12/03/2022 12:58

I’m an avid reader, I usually just browse and choose whatever I fancy. I would really like to read some of the classics, I think in the past I’ve been put off because I think they’ll be hard to read or the language might be confusing.
However they are classics for a reason and I want to give it a go, what do you suggest?

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FleeceNavidadFromTheSheep · 12/03/2022 13:36

Moll Flanders

Anything by Daphne du Maurier, maybe The House on the Strand (and Rebecca obvs)

Patricia Highsmith - Talented Mr Ripley and the rest.

Sherlock Holmes

Polkadotties · 12/03/2022 13:33

Pride and prejudice.

LadyMacduff · 12/03/2022 13:32

@ICouldHaveCheckedFirst

A Tale of Two Cities.

Beat me to it!

ICouldHaveCheckedFirst · 12/03/2022 13:28

A Tale of Two Cities.

iloveewanthedreamsheep · 12/03/2022 13:23

Count of monte cristo and Rebecca are faves of mine

Palavah · 12/03/2022 13:12

A Town Like Alice. A 20th century classic.

JodieFoster1 · 12/03/2022 13:10

I love Dickens, big cast of characters, great stories, some humour.

Austen and the Brontes.

Junes Verne -sci fi and adventure, language a bit archaic.

Moyny · 12/03/2022 13:03

Have you read Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre? Or Austen’s Pride and Prejudice? Either of those are great places to start. I agree with the Eliot suggestion, too — just don’t start with Romola.

JanglyBeads · 12/03/2022 13:00

Anything by George Eliot, especially Mill on the Floss. An amazing Victorian woman who defied conventions and understood the human condition.

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