Classics at Christmas

I don’t know about you, but for some reason the holidays always make me want to get stuck into the classics. So this festive season I’ll be reading some I’ve had on my ‘To Read’ list for a while, and re-reading a few I’ve been dying to revisit.

Among the former are Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, of which I have, erm, great expectations. I loved Dickens’ Oliver Twist, and am already enjoying Dickens’ lovely tongue-in-cheek writing style in this book.

And speaking of tongue-in-cheek, it’s been far too long since I’ve read Jane Austen’s much-praised Pride & Prejudice, so I’ll be re-reading that over the silly season too.

I’ve also just finished Austen’s Northanger Abbey, which until recently was the only one of her books I hadn’t actually read. I’ll post a review on that shortly. Not her best work, in my humble opinion, but still an enjoyable read if (like me) you’re an Austen fan.

Oh and while I’m on the subject of classics, I was thrilled to have my first article published this month in Newswrite – the NSW Writer’s Centre’s magazine. (You can find out more about the mag, just here.)

Mine’s a quirky little piece envisaging how 10 characters from classic literature (including Elizabeth Bennet from Pride & Prejudice, Fagin from Oliver Twist, Gollum from The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, and Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in The Rye) would fare if they had their very own blogs.

If you’re a Newswrite subscriber (or about to become one), don’t forget to check it out on page 16.

Till next time!

~DF

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