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

[drunkwriter]

I find I can immerse myself a lot more in classics. I have a blistering reading speed for most contemporary fiction, but I'll take hours over a chapter of Dickens or Eliot. Not because the language is difficult or anything of that nature, I just enjoy the experience of reading them more.

Realism, though, is a very 19th Century concept. There's plenty of classic literature that makes no pretension to being realistic in any way.

[in_the_attic]

Not because the language is difficult or anything of that nature, I just enjoy the experience of reading them more.

I know what you mean. I'm also one to go and pick up a book, skip to my favorite part and reread it over and over again.