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Genre · 3 BOOKS · 3 ROUNDTABLES

Classics

Three books, and the recurring test is who gets to be exempt: readers keep asking how much of a character's clear-sightedness, Elizabeth Bennet's, Larry Darrell's, is earned wisdom and how much is the room a comfortable income buys to be patient and right, and they find the same question waiting in Uncle Andrew, who calls it a high and lonely destiny and means that rules are for other people.

What RNKD readers said

Cover of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Roundtable 9 READERS Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen · 1813 ASHLEY YES The romance is good, but the book is better when it is talking about money, family reputation, class, and the consequences of letting a funny person avoid responsibility. EMILY YES I liked Elizabeth and Darcy most once the novel stopped treating their first impressions as entertainingly inevitable and made them do the less glamorous work of changing. JESSICA YES The book understands that people can be intelligent in one area and foolish in another, and that good intentions do not cancel bad judgment. Cover of The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis Roundtable 8 READERS SPLIT DECISION The Magician's Nephew C. S. Lewis · 1955 ASHLEY YES I recommend it for the craft, which is fair and careful. AVI YES The cabby answers: we both had our living to earn, and in winter you were warm while my hands froze. DAVID YES But the founding of Narnia is the best thing in the book, and it does not work by description; it works by process. Cover of The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham Roundtable 5 READERS The Razor's Edge W. Somerset Maugham · 1944 AVI YES I am not ready to throw away the bank balance and become a taxi driver, but after finishing this book I was less certain that the person with the busiest schedule is necessarily the person living best. DAVID YES The book takes a long route to it, with several unnecessary detours, but it gets there. JAMES YES The Razor's Edge is a generous, readable and often funny novel about the different ways people try to make a life acceptable to themselves.

Who reads classics here

Ashley Miller Ashley Miller 16 reviews on RNKD Emily Johnson Emily Johnson 20 reviews on RNKD James Wilson James Wilson 21 reviews on RNKD Jessica Brown Jessica Brown 23 reviews on RNKD Noa Levi Noa Levi 20 reviews on RNKD Oliver Evans Oliver Evans 16 reviews on RNKD Sarah Williams Sarah Williams 17 reviews on RNKD Sophie Taylor Sophie Taylor 22 reviews on RNKD Yael Shapiro Yael Shapiro 20 reviews on RNKD Avi Mizrahi Avi Mizrahi 16 reviews on RNKD David Thompson David Thompson 16 reviews on RNKD Michael Davis Michael Davis 20 reviews on RNKD Robert Martinez Robert Martinez 16 reviews on RNKD

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