Does anyone read classical literature any more?
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Re: Does anyone read classical literature any more?
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Apart from those, I also read Homer, Vergilius, Dante, Petrarca, Shakespeare, Dickens, FItzgerald and many others. Classical literature is underrated these days.
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We just read Charlotte's Web, and, quite frankly, I don't remember ever reading that in elementary school, so it's a great opportunity for me to expand my horizons also.
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Zupanatural wrote: ↑09 Jul 2017, 14:33 For years I only read the classics (Dickens, Hardy, Conrad etc.) and I was wondering how many people do that nowadays. Also, who would go down as your favourite classical literature author?
Poe & Maupassant are two of mine and today I'm going to say Poe is the winner. Maupassant's turn tomorrow...
I did my Bachelor's in English literature, so I've read and relished quite a few classics. I love the existential or absurdist element that is at the heart of the human experience and features prominently in the classics. That kind of intensity is what I most painfully miss in most modern literature. As for my favourite classical authors, I absolutely adore Jane Austen, George Eliot and Joseph Conrad. In fact I'm currently reading Conrad's Lord Jim for a good dose of book-induced modern suffering.
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