Classics

[in_the_attic]

Hello!

I have a rather odd question: Does anyone else find reading classics easier to read than reading contemporary fiction, young-adult, or anything modern? I can relate to the characters better in a classics, the stories seem more realistic, and every time I try to read something new, I end up throwing the book away, especially young-adult books. The situations just don't seem real.

It'd be nice to know if anyone else is like this! :)

-In_the_Attic

Comments

[wrabbit]

I don't think so, but I'm not sure what you mean by classics.

[in_the_attic]

By classics, I mean by something written before 1950, I guess. Things like Austen, Alcott, Dumas, people like that. They're just sometimes easier for me to read... O__o I really don't understand it.

[paceisthetrick]

I've just been reading Camus and all I can think is "sociopath???" LOL

Jean Genet is also a headache altho' I love Sartre's theories (infinitely more readable than Notre Dame des Fleurs).