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Friday, July 25, 2008

Books by the Season

I finished up reading Charlotte Bronte's classic novel Jane Eyre. You may know Charlotte by her sister, Emily Bronte who wrote Wuthering Heights.

I was sitting at home talking to my husband and pondering upon my next "classic" book to read. I mentioned that I was thinking of reading a Charles Dickens book since I've never read his work before. "NO!" my husband stated. I looked at him stunned. "Why not?" I asked. "You CAN'T read Dickens in the summer." This seemed logical.

So I am reading Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte, sister of said Charlotte and Emily.

So do you read books according to the season? If you do...what books/authors can you only read in certain seasons? And why?

UPDATE: I decided that Agnes Grey felt a little to, well, grey for me for a sunny summer day. So I took some fellow book lovers advice and have switched to reading Summer by Edith Wharton. Now this seems like a book I have to read during the summer :)

Thanks to Chris and Lisa!! And thanks to Heather, Steinbeck will probably be next on my list.

8 comments:

  1. I never thought about "reading by the season" but I totally agree with your hubby - you absolutely CANNOT read Dickens in the summertime! Maybe some Jane Austen instead? Or my recent (and very short) classic, Cannery Row?

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    I agree with your husband- Dickens isn't for summer. Heather has it with Austen and Steinbeck. I'd also suggest maybe the classics of your youth (assuming the same youth)- Little Women, The Secret Garden. Or Wharton maybe? I am reading Persuasion right now, it's pretty good for summer.

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  3. That's very funny but I can see his point. Dickens seems wintery to me too. I also only read Wuthering Heights in the fall or around Christmas. Weird. Edith Wharton is a summer author.

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  4. Books are definitely seasonal! (And I haven't read any Dickens myself.) A lot of Austen's novels I want to read in the Spring or Wind in the Willows I always want to pick up in the Fall. I wonder why that is? Of course for some books the seasonal theme reflects the season I want to read them in, but not always. Best of luck on your next selection!

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  5. that is hilarious!! Did your husband say what it was about Dickens that apparently makes him a winter read? Which Dickens do you think you're gonna go for once it is in season?

    I *love* Wuthering Heights, but Jane Eyre was a good one, too.

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  7. Hmm... now that you got me thinking about it, I think I do. For example, classics and chunky books work better for me in the autumn and winter. Spring and fantasy go together wonderfully. And around Christmas time I tend to have a shorter attention span, so I normally read children's books and comics then.

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