Thoughts on the Classics

In the continuing pursuit of knowledge (and because it's fun), I have been trying to increase the number of books that I read as well as the number of words that I write. I found an excellent resource of fiction to read for writers, and I was surprised by how many of the classics on the list I had not read during my time in school. Given the number of classics available for free in e-book versions, I find this inexcusable. So, I combed through the list and downloaded a few classics to add to my current queue, all free (note my links take you to bookshop.org, and online collab with indie bookstores), including:

• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce

• The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas

• Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

• Dracula, Bram Stoker

• Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy

• The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

• Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

• Tess of the d'Ubervilles, Thomas Hardy

• The Call of the Wild, Jack London

• The Jungle, Upton Sinclair

• The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane

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