Does anyone read classical literature any more?

[ems1schafer]

I love classic literature! I used to be the only person I knew who actually still read classic books, but we've read some for class this year that my friends actually read and enjoyed. I enjoy the wordiness and complex phrases these authors used -- every sentence makes you think.

[Karlee_Fenn]

I love classic literature! My favorite author would be Charles Dickens. I have read The Tale of Two Cities multiple times and it just keeps getting better. I also really like Wilkie Collins.

[-Tinuthien-]

I read a lot of classics because I think it is important to know the foundations upon which contemporary literature is built, and because there is so much to discuss about classics.
I am currently starting on Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, because I want to know more about Woolf and her writings, also because of her feminism and the way she writes female characters.

[Kaylee Elmer]

I haven't read any classics in a while, but there was a summer a few years ago I decided to only read classics. I love Pride and Prejudice and A Room with a View.

[Verna Coy]

I love the language of classic literature. One of my favorite Dickens stories is Martin Chuzzlewit. I also love the writings of Charlotte Bronte and Jane Austen. I have a special attachment to Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), as he brought so much of America's history alive in his work.

[magnoparisi]

Of course I do. Classical literature is the best. Sometimes i read the same book over and over.

[luz0928]

The classics also depend on where are you from, now I have the personal challenge of reading Spanish classics (in Spanish) to know more about where I am from. But here we don't usually read classics in English.

[Corina Elena]

Yes! No matter how much I try and read modern work, I always end up picking out the classical literature. I don't know why, but I feel like it is way more cultural, like you can't go wrong with choosing a classical book. Unfortunately, they publish a lot of garbage these days...

[KCWolf]

I love the classics. Some I can read over and over.

I always say the classics are considered classics for a reason. And where would we be without them?

My favorites are The Lord of the Rings, A Christmas Carol, and the Hound of the Baskervilles.

[Mrunal Tikekar]

I used to like reading Jane Austen. But not its pretty much contemporary fiction for me.

[TopaAzul062]

I've read some classics of late some which were spurred from a reading selection while the rest surfaced from the local summer reading program. There was an attempt to read Ayn Rand but that didn't go so well.

[SpiritPhoenix]

I've read a few, but I'll confess, reading those have been mandatory academic tasks. It's not my cup of tea just for the pace of the books. The messages indeed are important but the pace!!

[heena abdul majeed]

The works of art are the books that come down to us bearing upon them the hints of readings past ... As it were, we are altogether used to perusing works of art in some structure or another. ... Related Questions (More Answers Below) ... For what reason do individuals read present day books when there are sufficient works of art to endure forever?

[cosmic_juno]

I still read the classics from time to time and I’ve got many still I want to read. And Poe is definitely my favorite.

[cdhundley]

I did as an English major in college, and periodically return to it. Dostoevsky was a favorite, as was Faulkner, Eliot, and Poe.