#53 Is It Worth Reading Classics?

Send us a Text Message.Sarah K and Alice chat about how they feel about classics. They talk about some of their favourites and discuss what they had to read at school and whether they think classics are worth reading. The episode transcript should be accessible from within your podcasting app or directly from Buzzsprout.Support The Bookcast ClubYou can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at just $2 a month and rewards include, early access, bonus episodes and tailored book recommendations.  If you are happy to donate for no reward you can do so on our website.  A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media or review us on iTunes. You can also buy your books through the Bookshop.org links below, where we earn a small commission.NewsletterSign up to our monthly newsletter for more book recommendations, reviews, new releases, podcast recommendations and the latest podcast news.Get in touchWe love hearing from our listeners. If you have any questions, ideas or book recommendations then we would love to hear from you. You can get in touch on both Instagram or Twitter, by email or you can now leave us a voice message. Please note that we may read your messages out or play voice messages on the podcast.Books mentioned:The Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane HowardThe Pull of the Stars by Emma DonoghueAmnesty by Aravind Adiga The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich The Yield by Tara June Winch (discussed in episode 50!) I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harper Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier1984 by George OrwellMiddlemarch by George EliotEmma by Jane AustenMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyJane Eyre by Charlotte BronteGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFrankenstein by Mary ShelleyMacbeth by William Shakespeare The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini The Giver by Lois LowryLord of the Flies by William GoldingBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Endless Steppe by Esther HautzigNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Noughts and Crosses by Malorie BlackmanPassing by Nella Larsen The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osmon The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Márquez The Secret History by Donna TarttGirl Woman Other by Bernadine Evaristo Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 1984 by Goerge Orwell The Code of the Woosters by PG Wodehouse The Transit of Venus by Shirly Hazzard The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard FlanaganBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksWe encourage you to support independent bookshops or libraries. You can find a list of independent bookshops to support on our website, many of which do home delivery.Support the Show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.