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Reader revisits the classics, stopped cold by Jude the Obscure
Original: I was on a "read the classics" kick years ago. Call of the Wild, Candide, The Good Earth, The Grapes of Wrath. That kind
A reader describes a past effort to work through classic literature, including Jack London's The Call of the Wild, Voltaire's Candide, Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth and John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. The plan was to move on to Dickens after Thomas Hardy, but Hardy's Jude the Obscure proved so bleak and emotionally draining that the classics project ended there.
Why now: Jude the Obscure's reputation for bleakness resonates with readers who have had a classic novel derail their reading plans.
Thomas HardyJude the ObscureCharles DickensJohn SteinbeckPearl S. Buck
Evidence
- I was on a "read the classics" kick years ago. Call of the Wild, Candide, The Good Earth, The Grapes of Wrath. That kind of thing. I was gonna start on Dickens as soon an I finished Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure. That book fucked me up so bad, that's where I ended my "read… · pronounshe@lgbtqia.space · 3
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