What are some easy classics to read? Which ones should I avoid?
What are some easy classics to read? Which ones should I avoid?
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What are some easy classics to read? Which ones should I avoid?
I couldn’t get into Grapes of Wrath. I like Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, and Of Mice and Men.
I realise this isn’t helpful to the OP but I’m the opposite – loved Grapes of Wrath and couldn’t get into the others you mentioned
I read Travels with Charley first, then enjoyed the writing and moved onto Of Mice and Men.
I agree about Of Mice and Men. But the other Steinbeck – East of Eden – is very easy and a good one
Travels With Charley was interesting to me because his trip across the US took place while my mom was pregnant with me..it provided a unique picture of American Life just before I was born.
Little Women, Alice in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
These have been there of my favourites since early primary school ?
Rebecca is an easy one
I feel that you should define ‘easy classics’ because my definition of easy might not be easy for you? The Three Musketeers is a good read. However, I suggest Oxford Classics with translations done by David Coward. Wordsworth is really good if you find that Oxford is too difficult to find or you have to order it in, but I do not suggest Penguin for any French classics. The Hunchback of Notre Dame is an easy read as well. It doesn’t contain many confusing scenes, but Victor Hugo does have a tendency to go overboard with description. Especially in terms of Gothic architecture. Toilers of the Sea (also by Victor Hugo) is pretty good. The Marie Antoinette series by Alexandre Dumas is easy. However since I am not entirely certain what you mean by ‘easy classics’, I can’t really recommend. Unless you get children’s version of classics?
I’ve enjoyed quite a few children’s classics as an adult
Pride and prejudice!
I enjoyed Frankenstein..the book brings up ethical issues that seem fresh off the latest medical headlines. A Christmas Carol is an easy and familiar introduction to Dickens. Same with Oliver Twist..
Great Expectations
I agree – along with Dombey and son – the best and easiest of Dickens.
Yes, define easy classics and I may can help you. I have a collection of classics, but non I would say are easy, except possibly Tom Sawyer or Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Little women maybe. I need more info for what you are looking for and I KNOW I can help you then.
I loved Frankenstein and Dracula. I found Lord of the Flies difficult to read xx
Tolstoy is hard going as are some Dickens. Try the shorter Dickens novels like A Christmas Carol, Jane Austen Persuasion is a good one to start with as well as are the Bronte sisters novels.
Definitely A Christmas Carol….such a lovely book
My favourite. I own about 18 copies ??
One of the few I re-read every year
I read it every year too. ?
It makes a wonderful read aloud..specially nice when done by lantern light in the evening.
My husband and I (oooh, I sound like the Queen…! ???) are going to London the weekend before Christmas, so we’re going to listen to it in the car! ?)
I would probably avoid starting with the Illiad and the Aneid. Easy classics I’d say anything by Robert Louis Stevenson and most of HG Wells
Brave New World is a good read and easy too. It’s a book ahead of its time.
All Hemingway and Steinbeck easy.
Doctor Jivago
To Kill a Mockingbird. A must read, very thought provoking and not difficult.
Absolutely. Loved it in highschool, loved the film..waited til last year to read again..and fell in love all over again.
One of my absolute favourites, Vicki. Love the film too. Atticus is my hero!
The Great Gatsby
Just finished The Awakening by Chopin. Had to read it for class, but absolutely loved it. About to start The Great Gatsby tonight (also for school but one of my fav American novels).
I loved The Awakening!