Yup! Most of Orwell's works are worryingly topical in today's day and age (even the lesser-known, more subtle ones such as Coming Up for Air and not just 1984 and Animal Farm)
Classics relevant today?
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Re: Classics relevant today?
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I mean, Lizzie Bennett from Pride and Prejudice is still an amazing female character in literature even all these years later and she plays off of a lot of cultural norms from her time. The image of poor people desperately drinking red wine from the streets of Paris before the revolution in A Tale of Two Cities is still such a vivid scene that can be translated to more contemporary events.
Classic novels can tell us a lot about what the past was like but it can also help us to look at our current world from a different angle.
Plus, the writing can be incredibly beautiful if you're just a word-nerd like me.
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The story I think will always remain relevant because of all of the very real social dynamics it displays. Also the idea that there is always something going on with a person behind closed doors. Beauty doesn't not equate to goodness or greatness. People are selfish etc .
I think everyone should dive into this book once or twice in your lifetime.
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