I’ve been wanting to read some classics but I would get overwhelmed with the numbers of pages and the old timey dialogue. Can anyone suggest a classic book that is not too long and preferably under 200 pages? by QuietFoundation5464 Related: Best books on Native American history? Looking for an autumn feeling/spooky book. I’m looking for books with truly omniscient narrators, does anyone have any favourites they could share? sapphic SFF! Non-Fiction about Vlad the Impaler
wineANDpretzel on October 14, 2023 5:41 am [The Picture of Dorian Gray](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7912816) by Oscar Wilde [The Awakening](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58345) by Kate Chopin [The Metamorphosis](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1058052) by Franz Kafka
neigh102 on October 14, 2023 6:00 am “Siddhartha,” by Hermann Hesse “Of Mice and Men,” by John Steinbeck “Franny and Zooey,” by J.D. Salinger
Hatherence on October 14, 2023 6:25 am John Wyndham wrote very short books. The Chrysalids inspired the much longer The Handmaid’s Tale. My favourite is Trouble with Lichen.
Smegmatron3030 on October 14, 2023 6:35 am It’s October, read Frankenstein. ~150 pages or so. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes clocks in a little longer, I think 250 pages, but it breezes by.
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Siddhartha – Herman Hesse
The Great Gatsby is 208 pages. Kinda worth it.
[The Picture of Dorian Gray](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7912816) by Oscar Wilde
[The Awakening](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58345) by Kate Chopin
[The Metamorphosis](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1058052) by Franz Kafka
The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
“Siddhartha,” by Hermann Hesse
“Of Mice and Men,” by John Steinbeck
“Franny and Zooey,” by J.D. Salinger
Daisy Miller by Henry James
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Animal Farm
John Wyndham wrote very short books. The Chrysalids inspired the much longer The Handmaid’s Tale. My favourite is Trouble with Lichen.
It’s October, read Frankenstein. ~150 pages or so.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes clocks in a little longer, I think 250 pages, but it breezes by.