Feb 27, 2025
Most people pick up and read classics only because of how much they have been hyped in literary circles. There is a certain peer pressure in finishing the most monotonous stories that makes people dislike classics after a while.
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If this sounds similar, here we mention 10 timeless classics that are actually beginner friendly and enjoyable.
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One of the most famous gothic novels of all time, Frankenstein is not just a horror story but a tale about what goes wrong when humans try to play God and ‘create’ another being. From isolation of the monster to eventual death, this classic keeps people hooked.
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If rants and rambles interest you, Dostoevsky’s ‘White Nights’ is the book you need to read. It is about an unnamed narrator, his problems with life, a brief love encounter, and then the same life again.
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A Hindi classic, Premchand’s ‘Godan’ is about the life of a poor farmer, living and dying in debt, but briefly fulfilling his dream of owning a cow.
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Another novel that interests people is ‘Animal Farm’, the story of animals who drive away oppressive humans, but with the passage of time, corruption, and power, become the same oppressive creatures.
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Although a sad story by the end, ‘Of Mice and Men’ is actually a good read. It features George and Lennie, two friends (and workers) who own the dream to have a piece of land in their name, but eventually fail.
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A short novel with a psychological thriller inside is ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’. It features one person donning the hat of his alter ego, and what happens next grips people to the book.
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Kafka’s ‘The Metamorphosis’ is a book that people genuinely enjoy and is worth all the hype. To wake up one day and realise that you are no longer ‘wanted’ by your family and are lonely to the core is a feeling well explained in the book.
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A classic tale of love that explains the importance of keeping away both ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is this one. Through the (love) story of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy readers see two completely opposite worlds blending together.
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A brilliant book that is perfect as a holiday story is this one. It is about Ebenezer Scrooge, a rather miserly and moody man, who is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve, and with their encounter his views on life, festival, and happiness change.
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A book about the partition between India and Pakistan, ‘Tamas’ explains and goes deep into the struggles, the violence, the fear, and the unacceptance that people had to deal with at the time. And although this isn’t a book people ‘enjoy’ but is a must-read eye-opener.
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