romanajo123: Belle from the episode The Outsider, Text says "I do love books" (Belle books)
romanajo123 ([personal profile] romanajo123) wrote2024-07-13 04:21 pm
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Books!

 This might come across as a vague question,  but can anyone on here recommend any classic books that are interesting but wouldn't be extremely difficult? 


*this comes from trying to read Henry James and having to look up a lot of the words. Yes, I know Context Rules but even in context , I didn't know words like "prodigious," "beatific," or "fortitude" if I'm being honest. :/ 
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[personal profile] john_amend_all 2024-07-16 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
A lot of them were parodies of the sort of moralistic poems Victorian children had to learn. For instance, "You are old, Father William" is a parody of "The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them".
Edited 2024-07-16 13:52 (UTC)