three easy classics anyone can read

📚book: agnes grey

✍🏼author: anne brontë

🌟average goodreads rating: 3.7

🌙my rating: 4.5/5

📜themes: social class, religion, feminism, women’s rights

💭my thoughts: this is one of the easiest classics to read. the language isn’t so terribly disconnected from present times and the main character was so amusing—snarky, self-aware, and incredibly funny. if you’re looking for an engaging classic, this is for you!

📚book: the secret garden

✍🏼author: frances hodgson burnett

🌟average goodreads rating: 4.15

🌙my rating: 5/5

📜themes: family, faith, hope, and identity

💭my thoughts: sometimes, the easiest way to start on classics is via the “children’s classics” genre. the secret garden is a simple, but it is filled with so much magic. i reread this every few years because it’s one of those stories that you come back to because the meaning changes with every read.

📚book: the picture of dorian gray

✍🏼author: oscar wilde

🌟average goodreads rating: 4.12

🌙my rating: 4.75/5

📜themes: the pursuit of beauty, hedonism, narcissism, the price of vanity

💭my thoughts: this book is the predecessor of dark academia. think if we were villains and the secret history—but set in the past. wilde’s prose is beautiful—incredibly thought provoking and engaging.

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