I see a lot of posts about Classic books here and I'm just curious, have you always been a classic reader or did you get into them as an adult? Are classics better as an adult or did you always appreciate them?
I had to read a lot of classics for school but they never resonated with me. I just figured I wasn't a classic kind of person but I'm starting to think I just read them too young. I remember reading Pride and Prejudice in high school and it was okay. I had to read it again a few years later and it was a completely different experience, couldn't put it down. So much to talk about! I had to read Beloved in high school, it was whatever, kind of weird. I had to read Song of Solomon in college and Toni Morrison is a genius. Read The Bluest Eyes a decade later and Toni Morrison is a literary goddess. There's a difference between reading Metamorphosis in high school and being told that it's about capitalism and reading it as a working adult and feeling that it's about capitalism. I had to read the Scarlet Letter in 9th grade and was told that it's about ostracization and bullying. Knowing what I know now about the Puritanical culture, misogyny, patriarchy, etc, I'm sure my reading experience would be a lot different.