Must Read Classics Novels & Stories

It’s effortless, easy and unlike everyone else in the class, our experiment worked perfectly. In Literature, I’m behind again, but I plan to catch up. If Calista is going to come to the packhouse to study with Lily, Anders and I will be joining in. That will not only give us more time with them, but it will also give me a chance to spar with her mentally about some of this crap we’re reading. Okay, maybe it’s not crap, someone somewhere decided that these books were good enough to be considered classics. It’s just never been important to me. But it is to Lily, she seems to really like what we’re reading, so now, it’s important to me too.

Alana let go of our hands, darting toward the children’s section at the end of the hall. Suddenly, it was just the two of us. Standing side by side in the narrow aisle of classic literature. Gareth tucked his hands into his pockets, scanning the spines of the books with a quiet, respectful interest. "What do you usually go for, Claire?" he asked softly. His voice seemed to blend into the hum of the air conditioning. I ran my fingers along the worn spines of the hardcovers. "The classics. Jane Austen, the Brontës... anything with beautiful prose and a happy ending. I suppose I like the escape."

I must be the only person in my class that will read a classic novel for anything other than requirement. I couldn’t think of anyone I knew that would pick up Jane Eyre, Little Women, or Tess of the D’Urbervilles for pleasure. In fact, they were not even my first choice. Little Women came in a close second, but Pride and Prejudice will always win out. There was something beautiful about a couple from two different backgrounds traveling along the bumpy road of love until it was undeniable, and there was something even more beautiful about watching that journey happen. Flicking through the pages anxiously waiting for that sweet first kiss, the passion filled argument, the final declaration. Th

"W-What kind of books?" "What kind I like to read?", he asked with an amused tone, trying his hardest not to laugh. "I'm a classics kinda guy. I'm surrounded by so much technology I need a break and avoid futuristic books. My favourites are the Trial by Franz Kafka, 1984 by George Orwell, Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes. I should stop here or else I'll talk day and night about my favourite titles. I love any classical literature I pick up." Michael leaned forward. "Weren't it to the high expectations my parents left behind, I would have studied literature."

It’s effortless, easy and unlike everyone else in the class, our experiment worked perfectly. In Literature, I’m behind again, but I plan to catch up. If Calista is going to come to the packhouse to study with Lily, Anders and I will be joining in. That will not only give us more time with them, but it will also give me a chance to spar with her mentally about some of this crap we’re reading. Okay, maybe it’s not crap, someone somewhere decided that these books were good enough to be considered classics. It’s just never been important to me. But it is to Lily, she seems to really like what we’re reading, so now, it’s important to me too.