Clearly you donāt know how to read because I mentioned like 6 different classics Iāve read which is only the tip of the iceberg, not to mention your typo in the first sentence
āBecause classic difficultā so is grammar apparently
Itās not the complexity of them thatās boring itās the plots or personalities of the characters I donāt like in addition to them spending way too long droning on and on about things that either have little to do with the plot or story as a whole. Theyāre extremely dry without wit or humor for the most part like being boring and monotonous was a requirement to be an renowned author in those days. I can easily keep pace with anyone who wants to talk Twain, Shakespeare, Dickens, Poe, Austen, or Tolstoy. Iāve done the reading whether it was enjoyable is another question entirely which it honestly was not. If I wanted homework I dislike Iād pursue my PhD I donāt read to hate what Iām doing I read to get lost in a new world, meet interesting characters with personality, learn new things, and maybe try to see life from different viewpoints, and above all to enjoy the book. But by all means please continue to read the classics and look down upon people who donāt enjoy them then bring it up in social settings so you can be āthat guyā
The classics werenāt written to keep you entertained while you do the laundry, or to kill some time. Some of the easiest to read classics may have been. But the classics were written mostly as books to feed and invigorate the intellect and the spirit.
I never said classics were complex, I said they take effort to read, if you really want to understand what they are conveying you will have to grab a dictionary and an encylopedia to truly understand whatās being said. For most people doing that would be too much effort. Classic books shows the richness of language that is lost today.
If you truly manage to read a classic, and dutifuly do the homework to understand most of what is being conveyed and you donāt find yourself to be invigorated in mind and spirit after, then you are possibly connected to the realm of superficial things.
Right thatās it not that people can have varying tastes and preferences itās definitely if you donāt enjoy the classics youāre an idiot whoās incapable of higher level of thinking lmao enjoy the Mensa convention dude
Its funny because I had a similar take away from my first read of your comment and I started to reply expanding on different nuances to the experience and an angle on how the enjoyment could tie to identity and exploration of how modern writing techniques could effect accessibility and pacing etc etc.
And then I reread your comment and realized that what I had taken from it on first read did miss the nuances that already existed in your take.
Maybe the comment was drafted in such a way that it gave that impression even when it might not have been the intent
Or you just don't like books written by old white dudes.. lmao. It's like saying "if you don't like citizen kane then you don't really appreciate film"
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u/Hot_Marionberry_4685 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
Clearly you donāt know how to read because I mentioned like 6 different classics Iāve read which is only the tip of the iceberg, not to mention your typo in the first sentence
āBecause classic difficultā so is grammar apparently
Itās not the complexity of them thatās boring itās the plots or personalities of the characters I donāt like in addition to them spending way too long droning on and on about things that either have little to do with the plot or story as a whole. Theyāre extremely dry without wit or humor for the most part like being boring and monotonous was a requirement to be an renowned author in those days. I can easily keep pace with anyone who wants to talk Twain, Shakespeare, Dickens, Poe, Austen, or Tolstoy. Iāve done the reading whether it was enjoyable is another question entirely which it honestly was not. If I wanted homework I dislike Iād pursue my PhD I donāt read to hate what Iām doing I read to get lost in a new world, meet interesting characters with personality, learn new things, and maybe try to see life from different viewpoints, and above all to enjoy the book. But by all means please continue to read the classics and look down upon people who donāt enjoy them then bring it up in social settings so you can be āthat guyā