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20 Classic Books That are Actually Good

What classic books are actually worth reading

By Muhiuddin AlamPublished 2 years ago 11 min read
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20 Classic Books That are Actually Good
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Now all kinds of electronic products are all around us. Few people can calm down and read a book, but books are the ladder of human progress. If you want to make progress, how can you do without books!

The editor will introduce 20 books to you. Classic books, I hope everyone likes them, calm down and read them carefully.

I am a person who loves to read. When I go to college, I have a small goal, which is to read famous novels. However, as I read more and more books, I find more and more that classics really attract my attention.

The following 20 classic books all have one thing in common for readers. When they first read, they will have a confused feeling of "is this book really a masterpiece? Why don't you know what the author is talking about".

After reading it, you will be shocked by the ideas expressed in the book. They are like spirits that have been hidden for a long time and have a slightly mellow aroma, and they always find their stamina after drinking.

Books are the way for us to acquire knowledge. We can accumulate more knowledge by reading one more classic book in our life. The following are the 20 classic books recommended by the editor for everyone to read in life, welcome to refer to them!

After reading these 20 classic books, you will have endless aftertastes that are worth reading again and again.

Table Of Contents

1. Pride and Prejudice

2. Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories

3. Nine Stories

4. Cathedral

5. The Outsider

6. The Moon and Sixpence

7. One Hundred Years of Solitude

8. Little Women

9. Tess of the D'Urbervilles

10. I Capture the Castle

11. Crime and Punishment

12. The Secret Garden

13. Wuthering Heights

14. Anne of Green Gables

15. The Lord of the Rings

16. The Wind in the Willows

17. The Catcher in the Rye

18. Invisible Man

19. To Kill a Mockingbird

20. Emma

1. Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

It is the masterpiece of the famous British realist female novelist Austen. Her works are narrow in subject matter, basically describing love stories of the class she lives in.

However, she observes carefully and writes delicately, vividly, and profoundly describing many aspects of life in that era, with a distinct epochal character.

2. Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories

Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa

The book "Rashomon" can be said to be the author's representative work. The author created the whole book in a romantic style. The storyline created by the author is very novel and wonderful.

The author is particularly good at using simple words to show us the ugly phenomenon in society. It is the author's precise vision of society that makes readers like Akutagawa Ryunosuke's works very much. The book "Rashomon" contains 13 excellent short stories.

This book conveys to us the author's understanding of people and his helplessness in life. After reading this book, you will have endless aftertastes. I think this book Books can be read over and over again to find your true self.

3. Nine Stories

Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger

The book "Nine Stories" is the author's representative work. The book created by Salinger has no specific background, but the story of the book is very exciting. The story structure of the book is completed by the dialogue between the two people.

After reading this book, it will convey to you how to do things better. There are 9 articles in this book, each of which tells us that even the people closest to you know nothing about you, so don't lose hope in life. The author believes that the world of children is the real world, and the world of adults is something the author does not want to mention.

He thinks that the world of adults is like a humble and terrible world. This book makes us think about our own life through the characterization and description of 9 stories. I think this book is worth collecting. After reading it, you will have endless aftertastes and find your true self.

4. Cathedral

Cathedral by Raymond Carver

The book "Cathedral" mainly describes the attitude of the common people towards life. The anger and deterioration of the common people's life, it shows us that the common people have to get up again after the suppression of life. They are silent and peaceful towards life. Lonely.

The book earned a Pulitzer nomination for its accurate portrayal of civilians. This book depicts many stories of civilian life. Although they are suppressed by life, they will not be defeated, and civilians will only become stronger in the face of life.

This book makes us start to think about our own life through the description of civilians. We should have a strong heart to struggle with life. This book is worth reading again and again. After reading it, it is very memorable and finds the true self.

5. The Outsider

The Outsider by Albert Camus

The full text of this novel by Camus is about 100,000 words and can be read in a day. More than seventy years after the original edition, this book is still timeless.

In every advancing era, there will be social impetuousness, and every seemingly quiet person has the shackles that they want to break free of. Just like the title of this book, break free from social standards and become an outsider. So this book is enduring.

Camus' writing and narration are inherently sharp, and there are also many classic views and golden sentences in the book, which are worth reading many times.

6. The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham

There is a vague sense of similarity with "The Outsider". The protagonist abandons his social identity and resolutely follows his soul on the thorny artistic path. He was tortured by the longings of the soul during his lifetime, and his fame after death had nothing to do with him.

Even though the book has been on the bestseller lists for centuries, it has had mixed reviews. A lot of people don't understand what the protagonist does and don't like the way Maugham writes. Reading this book is like asking your soul: Are you willing to give up everything for your dreams? everything.

7. One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

A magical story, of a simple family willing to explore, exiled to the outside world, and enduring the mental torture brought by time and space along the way. The ups and downs of several generations are reflected in the development of human beings and looking at the struggles of individual human beings, loneliness is everywhere.

This book is very unfriendly to readers who don't read a lot. It's not that it contains a lot of knowledge, but one-third of the book's content is almost boring. What can be clearly perceived is Professor Fan Ye's vigorous translation. As the editor said, this book is also a glass of strong stamina.

8. Little Women

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The book Little Women was a book that had a huge impact on my life. Until now, I will recommend this book to little girls, it can be said to be a must-read classic for girls. I started reading this book when I was in elementary school. In the long time that followed, I read it countless times, and in the late nights of disappointment, depression, and insomnia, rereading this book, I felt that life is very beautiful, and everything is possible.

Until now, those sentences in the book can be twisted at will:

the wise thing to do is to be prepared so that when the moment of happiness comes, you will feel ready to take responsibility and worthy of that happiness.

"Well said, Jo, I'd rather be a happy old maid than a sad wife or a rambunctious girl, running around looking for a husband,"

Laurie lay on the rug, pretending to rest, staring at Huo Miao thought about his thoughts, and his thoughtful expression made his dark eyes appear clear and tender, and very beautiful. (By the way, I really like Laurie)

I lost sleep last night and read half of it in the early hours of the morning. In those years, the simple and simple outlook on life in the book still warms me. But I still don't dare to watch the ending. For so many years, I hated that ending so much that I was only willing to read half of it when I reread it.

9. Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

After listening to the teacher's suggestion, he read this book. He said in class that he had a daughter and would often let her read it. In fact, the book contained an outlook on life, values, and love. Read Pride and Prejudice when you don't know what to choose, Jane Eyre when you're uncertain about love, and Tess of the d'Urbervilles when you're lost in love. These books teach us to fall in love with a correct view of love, to respect ourselves, and to love ourselves.

After reading this book, I can't help but sigh, if I don't have a correct view of love, what will be the consequences. I often hear that today's girls are crazy about love, commit suicide by jumping off a building, and don't cherish life. It's a pity to think about it. In fact, the same is true for the heroine in this book. In this tragic fate, she, like a reed, has no ability to protect herself and is bullied and hurt. The author emphasizes fatalism.

The book has a subtitle: A Pure Women There is always a lot of talk about whether Tess is a pure woman. I think she is a pure woman, not physically, but spiritually. She's loyal to Angel, she's sincere, loves him the best she can, and she's honest enough to face up to her tragic past.

This book is Hardy's most famous work, and seeing the tragic life experiences of the heroine, I wonder, whose fault is this, that Tess was blinded by hate? Is it Alec's fault? Or was Angie unreasonable with his wife? In fact, in love, no one is right or wrong, how much you pay, there may not be an equal return. Some people are unlovable, and some people are shaken by the eyes of the world.

A pure girl is destroyed by two men who symbolize the power of destruction, and Tess's misfortune provokes accusations against society. At the end of the story, the author sarcastically wrote: "...justice, served, the Immortal President ended his game with Tess.

10. I Capture the Castle

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

I have a soft spot for British "castle (manor)" literature, from Jane Austen's "Mansfield Manor" to Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights", to Sarah Waugh Tess's "City of Thorns", British female writers showed infinite nostalgia for the ruined city, the gray brick walls, the deteriorating aristocratic life, and the emotional secrets hidden inside, as if they were the ones who wrote the castle story. The supreme patent, only they can write well, these castles (manor) have become a bunch of wonderful flowers in British women's literature.

"I Capture the Castle" is Dodi Smith's debut novel, written in 1948. She is not only a household name in the UK but also a charismatic screenwriter in Hollywood, best known for Disney's 101 Dalmatians. Dodi grew up in a family full of theatrical atmosphere.

His grandfather loved Shakespeare's plays, his uncle was an actor, and his mother almost acted. She believes that the family environment is the driving force behind her work in theatre.

This book was listed on the BBC's "100 Britons' Favorite Books List" in 2003 and on the Guardian's "1,000 Must-Read Books in a Lifetime", which shows that this book has grown up with generations of British people. reading.

Compared with the above castle (manor) story, Dodi's "I Capture the Castle" is extraordinarily quiet, like a big boring movie. However, what I love is this "stuffy" feeling, which is enough to show the elegance of English literature, the whole novel is like a ripple on the surface of a tranquil lake, and reading is a secret pleasure.

"At this moment, I'm writing, and I'm sitting in the kitchen. It's like this: I have my feet in the pool and my body on the drip board." The novel begins with the narrative of seventeen-year-old Cassandra, who is writing Notes and dreams of becoming a writer.

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Muhiuddin Alam

I'm Muhiuddin Alam, a blogger and content writer. Explore book recommendations and reviews of fiction, novels, and nonfiction on your trusted site ReadingAndThinking.com. & Geek Book Reviews.com

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