Have you ever read the classics?

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

By which I mean, Shakespeare, Frankenstein, Dracula, and so on? They were my bread and butter when studying for my A Levels and whilst many were slow to start with, they fast became compulsive reading!

 

[lynxstch]

Yes, I was a reader when I was young, and read all of the classics.

 

[NannyBeBe]

Yes I have read many of the classics. In fact, I am re-reading Treasure Island right now.

 

[TCRAIG]

Yes - in school (Jr High and High) and in college.

 

[China Expat]

Absolutely!

 

[DodgerGirl]

My father collects classic books and he has an illustrated version of The Canterbury Tales but when my father was in high school he used to read Shakespeare for his homework assignments and he also read Charles Dickens books too in high school and he thought they were neat. Did you ever read The Canterbury Tales too in high school?

 

[loves to dive]

Yep. Some I read as a child/teenager. Some I read for school, some for pleasure. I worked in the Comparative Literature Dept. at UGA when I was in my early 20s and read everything they taught as well. It just made sense to read them since they were available. I love to read.

 

[Wood Nymph]

There are some classic novels that I am not interested in reading. Books like The Iliad, Crime and Punishment, and Ulysses are in that group. But I have read many of the novels considered classic. Some of them are really good and well worth reading. There have been books that we had to read in school that I read for a second time as an adult. Jane Eyre is an example. I had to read that in grade school. When I reread that book as an adult I enjoyed it a lot.

 

[kanerf]

Of course. I was a voracious reader and read everything I could get my hands on. Including 'The Monk' by Matthew Gregory Lewis. Gothic horror written in 1796, so predates all of the 19th century stuff. Check it out sometime.