hello! im currently a junior in high school and was given a task to read a novel (preferably classics) that has 300+ pages 😞 funny thing is that i am an avid reader… but i only really ever read fanfiction. ive consumed my fair share of dark and complex content that im not proud of and have handled them pretty well (i do not romanticize any of the stuff ive read or anything)
ive heard of authors like dostoevsky, murakami, franz kafka, austen, and many others and some of their works interest me. like "kafka on the shore" by murakami which i have heard both good and bad reviews of, dostoevsky's "the brothers karamazov" in which i've seen a few chapters of and was a REALLY heavy read for me, blah blah blah
i just want take advantage of this opportunity to get into reading actual books and hone my reading comprehension skills as brainrot has been killing hundreds of my brain cells everyday 🫡. and to start, i think i want something that will have me completely hooked within the first page..? something political maybe or something about social sciences. that's all, i'm excited to hear of your recommendations! thank you all in advance
(crazy yap session 😭 ik im barely making any sense. i apologize for tgat)
by byubugaura
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It sounds like you’d enjoy Jane Eyre
For this time of year I love *Something Wicked This Way Comes* by Ray Bradbury. Depending on the edition it can range from 240-320ish pages.
Another great fall favorite is *Dracula* by Bram Stoker. Easily over 300 pages. One of my faves. For extra credit check out *Carmilla* by Sheridan le Fanu. It was published about 20 years before *Dracula* and is short but so good.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, it’s a great read.
As a fellow fanfic reader, I read and enjoyed these dystopian classic books when I was 16(20 years ago):
Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Parable of The Sower by Octavia E Butler
1984 by George Orwell
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is fantastic.
Lord of the Barnyard by Tristan Egolf
I vote for Dracula – it REALLY scared me.
Dostoevsky was inspired by Victor Hugo so if you are considering the works of the former then I’d recommend Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, as well as Les Miserables.
Hunchback also includes a famous parable, a literary device which Dostoevsky routinely used in his own works.