Does anyone read classical literature any more?
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Re: Does anyone read classical literature any more?
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I still very much love classical literature and as an adult have gone back to re-read books I read in college or high school and continue to find new authors. One of my favorite adult discoveries is Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White just completely sucked me in from the moment I picked it up. I think Collins is often overlooked because he was writing at the same time as Dickens. I actually enjoy Collins even more. I love discovering what I consider "hidden gems". I took many literature classes in college and not one professor mentioned him.
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Sharlene
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Charlotte Brontë
George Eliot
Flaubert
Emile Zola
Joseph Conrad
Thomas Hardy
Virginia Woolf
Graham Greene
Take Conrad; his work is so dense; his descriptions are hard work sometimes but he builds the most amazing iconic characters, heroes.
I have this argument that any complex thought requires a long deep conversation or it deserves a long written explanation. It takes a while to explain. Classic authors are capable of holding a very complex idea in their heads whilst they explain it on the page. It’s an extraordinary quality; it can be daunting and dull even at times but the result is very rewarding.