Books!

[romanajo123]

 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. :/ 

Comments

[liadt]

I don't know what you mean by interesting, but The Raffles books are easy and except for one are all short story collections. Warning for old views and probably not much good for English Lit courses. 'Treasure Island' was quite easy I think. There's someone on DW who is a fan of Stevenson's 'Kidnapped' too. 'Dracula' is short and there's a yearly reading thing centered around it.

[romanajo123]

I think I've heard of Raffles.

lurking_latinist was doing (I think she might still be? I subscribed but didn't keep up) one of those "Daily/Weekly" things on substack with Kidnapped. Like how a couple years ago the big thing was Dracula Daily.

(From what I can tell, basically you get an email each day or week with a chapter to read)

[liadt]

Raffles was inspired by Sherlock Holmes except he's a master thief, being a gentleman he couldn't possibly work for a living;p

I don't think Kidnapped is long so you could catch up or not. I'd be rubbish at a daily/weekly readalong, lol.