Classic or modern?
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Classic or modern?
By classic I mean authors like Austen, Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Twain, Lewis, Tolkien, Brontë, etc.
By modern I essentially mean books written in the past twenty years.
Personally, I would go classic all the way. I think that classic book are often written better, more thought provoking, well planned, and more intriguing. Not to mention, better for your mind and vocabulary.
Now, I would say that each one has their great books and their poor ones and there are certainly some gems to be found in the world of modern writing but I think that they are few and far between.
That is my opinion, but I would really like to hear yours
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I feel the same way and I’m not a writer.
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I totally agree with you! I have never found modern books to compare to the greats of the past!cookiedough wrote: ↑20 Jun 2020, 14:15 I would choose the classics over the modern books any day. The classics transcend time and have morals that bring value to any generation. The moderns are fun to read, but never left a lasting impression like the classics did.
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Yeah I see your point but I would like to add that often we can find the answers to our issues in the classics because they didn't have the same biases and prejudices that we do simply because they lived in a different time. Often their age is right where ours is wrong (and vice versa). So they correct each other.HanElizabeth397 wrote: ↑13 May 2020, 12:23 I love some of the classic books however I feel that I relate more to the modern ones and many of the issues and attitudes in the classics have become outdated.
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