Hello, Book Nerds! Welcome back to Reading Has Ruined My Life or welcome if you are new. As always, my name is Hannah and I am your captain on this journey into my bookcases.
Every once in a while I remind myself that I’ve not read many pieces of classic literature since I was in college. During Spooky Season I may read some old Gothic Lit, and I love me some Edgar Allan Poe, but rarely do I think to pick up Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, or Shakespeare. That’s why I’ve created today’s post. I’ve picked five pieces of classic lit that I want to read. I’ve never read these titles, save for one, and I will ideally finish them all by this time next year. So let’s crack in.
5. Kicking off our list is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. What can I say, I love Gothic Lit, and Jane Eyre is often regarded as a Gothic masterpiece. Perhaps next Spooky Season I’ll pour myself a cup of hot apple cider and enjoy this read on a cold autumn night.
4. In ye olden days, AKA when I was in college, the University’s library held a book sale. At said sale, I picked up a few books. One of those books was The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. It’s been a good five years since I picked this book up, it’s high time I read it.
3. If you know me then you know I’m not a huge fan of Shakespeare. I really hate his comedies, I have a whole post on why I hate his comedies. His tragedies are a different story though. Shakespeare’s Othello is a play I want to sit back, enjoy, and give it the time and love it deserves. I know this is a good play, it’s heart wrenching, it has multifaceted characters every actor wishes to play, the plot is phenomenal; it deserves a read! I own a Shakespeare collection so it’s time I stop putting it off.
2. Bringing us in at number two is Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. I have read the tiniest bit of Les Miserables, like not even a full chapter, I think I read the first half of chapter one or something to that extent my senior year of college. Les Miserables is a beast! I think the main reason, and honestly the only reason, I have not read it is because of how thick it is. Les Miserable can be used as a weapon if need be, that's how thick it is. It may take me a full year to read, but I will do it, I'll read the whole thing one day. Thankfully I am a theatre kid so I know a good bit of the story already.
1. Dante’s The Divine Comedy comes in at number. Now, I have read Inferno because I had to read it in college, but I’ve never read Purgatorio or Paradiso. I know the basics, I did a whole post on how The Divine Comedy is self-insert fanfic quite a few years ago and made mentions of Purgatorio and Paradiso in said post, but I pretty much only know the basics. Thankfully I have a big book that contains all three parts of The Divine Comedy and I will read all three parts; hopefully soon.
Thus endeth our list! Thank you for joining me today. Tell me, what classic pieces have you been meaning to read but haven’t. Drop those titles in the comments below.
With that, I shall bid you all adieu. I will see you all again next week with another great post. If you can’t wait that long then you can always check out my podcast Nothing to See Hear. My two co-hosts and I have talked everything from Scooby-Doo to Disney to ghosts to bad 90s wrestling and glitches in the matrix; you’ll find something you like, I promise.
Until next time, stay safe, wash your hands, and read some good books for me.
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