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Do You Think Its' Important To Read Classics Simply Because They're Classics?
Topic Started: Jan 10 2016, 03:55 AM (27 Views)
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(Reddit) Do You Think Its' Important To Read Classics Simply Because They're Classics?
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There are several "classics" that I have read and loved. I'm a huge Hemingway fan, love Twain and Thoreau. I've tried to make an effort, just to be an informed reader, to read the works deemed classics. I recently attempted to read a list of books in a high school English class, all of which were classics in the vein of the Bronte's, Austin, Dickens...Dickens was the only thing I could generally "get into" or be interested in at all. Wuthering Heights felt like walking through drying cement and I couldn't bring myself to finish that or Jane Eyre.

So I guess my question is...should I push myself through books of this nature that I just don't like, for the sake of their classic status? I'm not someone who enjoys solely pop-literature, although I don't see anything wrong with that. But am I just missing what makes these books great? (Reddit user thatonegirlfrommath)
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