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Jane Austen's novels.
I haven't read them all. But this is very true of P&P, for me. It's now one of my favourite novels; 20 year-old me would have utterly mystified by this. (It's difficult for me to conceive how Austen achieved what she did, when I look at contemporary works; it's just staggering)
Nabokov's lecture about Jane Austen in his Lectures on Western Literature is fantastic. He explains exactly what makes her so amazing - it's a master explaining another master.
"Nabokov on Austen" is a pretty great pitch.
Northanger Abbey is the most skillful of her works. Highly recommend.
I was assigned P&P in high school. After the first few pages it felt suffocating but I thought future me might love it -- so I stopped and accepted the failing grade. (Similar for Moby-Dick. It seems to have been a good choice both times.)
I don’t know, I think I’ve read three Austen novels so far they’re beautifully written and I’d read more. But I think her novels are kind of similar. Just different settings and different characters, but the whole outline is kind of same. That makes them a bit boring sometimes.
Reading "How Fiction Works" by James Wood taught me how to read Austen. Before that, I was mystified by why anyone would read Austen. HFW is highly recommended.
I have tried reading Austen but couldn't go past the first two pages. I wonder what is it I am missing that has fascinated so many people?
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