@Jamie Wuthering Heights is my favorite book. The writing styles are different and the stories are not really the same. No kids locked in the attic and fed poisoned cookies or incest in WH’s,
@Rebecca I know! 🙂 I just couldn’t think of any other classic that might be even a tiny bit similar. I was just thinking about the hard background of Heathcliff! 🙂 Wuthering Heights is so good!!
Flowers in the Attic was so popular because it dealt with the taboo subject of incest. I read it to see what all the fuss was about and hated it. Wuthering Heights is probably the greatest love story written and revolves around incest also. But Wuthering Heights drops hints rather than throw it in the face. Also the love affair in Wuthering Heights was a tortured and doomed love affair from the beginning.
Not being silly, but was it ever? I read the full serious and loved it in my adolescence and I love a book series whether it a classic or not that keeps young minds engaged with reading.
It was published in 1979, so I would say it simply isn;t old enough. I would define a classic as a book that remains relevant to multiple generations. This hasn’t been around long enough to fit my definition.
“Classic literature” is what lasts. Dickens, Shakespeare, Austen, Conan Doyle, Stoker and nearly every author we regard as classic these days was once considered “junk food.” FitA is doing better than a lot of the most highly-regarded books of its time.
Not by me, I’d have to say. Didn’t stop me enjoying the books when they came out, but I suspect if I tried to read them again now they wouldn’t have the same impact.
It is Young Adult pulp, and some books in the series are rather salacious … and a little dated, so I doubt it will stand the generational test-of-time to qualify as a true classic
I read it as a teen, too. I think a lot of its popularity is due to the open incest, which was still pretty scandalous in the late 70s when this came out. I think it’s more at home in the company of James Patterson and Dean Koontz than Dickens and Dostoevsky. Just my opinion!
The Outsiders is a classic and S.E. Hinton was 16 when she wrote it. Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein is a classic and she was 19 when she wrote it. A classic is an outstanding example of a particular style. Something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality. Flowers in the Attic will die along with a lot of other books like 50 Shades of Gray. Eventually the popularity fades with the times. They don’t have the high quality to maintain popularity.
Books are like music. Different types of music with different song writers and different singers. We look for the greatest hits to get a good album or CD. We also look for the greatest hits of authors. Each author has their own style same as music. Grisham writes legal thrillers. Stephen King writes horror. I’m a classic rock person but I also love the blues The reason we read so many books is to find that Masterpiece or greatest hit and when we find it, we sing it’s praises so other people lean toward it. Sometimes we find an author that we enjoy so much we read all their books. It’s all art. music, creative writing, movies, paintings etc. Art can make life extremely enjoyable.
When reading. No matter what it is, I complete what I read if the author is any good, a good authour can make anything enjoyable to read. Daniele Steel is one dimentional, bland, a rotten story teller, for that reason her works cannot be classic
I wouldn’t consider it a classic.
No
Didn’t think so. I’m at the age where I think everything I had or read as a kid is vintage or classic lol
Have you read “Wuthering Heights?” Aren’t they similar? 🙂 Anything by Eyre is a classic.
@Jamie Wuthering Heights is my favorite book. The writing styles are different and the stories are not really the same. No kids locked in the attic and fed poisoned cookies or incest in WH’s,
@Rebecca I know! 🙂 I just couldn’t think of any other classic that might be even a tiny bit similar. I was just thinking about the hard background of Heathcliff! 🙂 Wuthering Heights is so good!!
@Jamie Yes, it is. I read it when I was 9 and it has always been my favorite. I also love Jane Eyre, but it just wasn’t as special to as WH’s.
That’s a tough one, loved it though
No.
No…. I wouldn’t consider it a classic
Edited to add – cult classic maybe
No
No. Not exactly. It’s well-known, but not necessarily well-written.
maybe a cult classic… impressive following!
In a B-rated sense it is
Nope
No it is not.
hope not :\
That would be a big no from me. Not a literary classic anyway.
Literary junk food ☹️
Not
No
Nope
No
Flowers in the Attic was so popular because it dealt with the taboo subject of incest. I read it to see what all the fuss was about and hated it. Wuthering Heights is probably the greatest love story written and revolves around incest also. But Wuthering Heights drops hints rather than throw it in the face. Also the love affair in Wuthering Heights was a tortured and doomed love affair from the beginning.
No.
No…
Not being silly, but was it ever? I read the full serious and loved it in my adolescence and I love a book series whether it a classic or not that keeps young minds engaged with reading.
of course!
Nope!
Not at all.
Why isn’t it? I always considered it one, although I haven’t read it..
It was published in 1979, so I would say it simply isn;t old enough.
I would define a classic as a book that remains relevant to multiple generations. This hasn’t been around long enough to fit my definition.
no
It’s a “classic” example of a good story marred by weak writing.
“Classic literature” is what lasts. Dickens, Shakespeare, Austen, Conan Doyle, Stoker and nearly every author we regard as classic these days was once considered “junk food.” FitA is doing better than a lot of the most highly-regarded books of its time.
No.
cannot be!
Not by me, I’d have to say. Didn’t stop me enjoying the books when they came out, but I suspect if I tried to read them again now they wouldn’t have the same impact.
LOL No. I did read all of her books as a kid, though. That one being the first.
It is Young Adult pulp, and some books in the series are rather salacious … and a little dated, so I doubt it will stand the generational test-of-time to qualify as a true classic
I read it as a teen, too. I think a lot of its popularity is due to the open incest, which was still pretty scandalous in the late 70s when this came out. I think it’s more at home in the company of James Patterson and Dean Koontz than Dickens and Dostoevsky. Just my opinion!
The Outsiders is a classic and S.E. Hinton was 16 when she wrote it. Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein is a classic and she was 19 when she wrote it. A classic is an outstanding example of a particular style. Something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality. Flowers in the Attic will die along with a lot of other books like 50 Shades of Gray. Eventually the popularity fades with the times. They don’t have the high quality to maintain popularity.
Books are like music. Different types of music with different song writers and different singers. We look for the greatest hits to get a good album or CD. We also look for the greatest hits of authors. Each author has their own style same as music. Grisham writes legal thrillers. Stephen King writes horror. I’m a classic rock person but I also love the blues The reason we read so many books is to find that Masterpiece or greatest hit and when we find it, we sing it’s praises so other people lean toward it. Sometimes we find an author that we enjoy so much we read all their books. It’s all art. music, creative writing, movies, paintings etc. Art can make life extremely enjoyable.
When reading. No matter what it is, I complete what I read if the author is any good, a good authour can make anything enjoyable to read. Daniele Steel is one dimentional, bland, a rotten story teller, for that reason her works cannot be classic