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A reader recalls a classics phase of Mansfield, Chekhov and Austen

Original: In my early 20s I had a classic English lit phase. I adored short stories most, so Katherine Mansfield, Chekov and Rudya

A reader has been recalling an early-twenties devotion to classic English literature, naming Katherine Mansfield, Chekhov and Rudyard Kipling as favourite short story writers. They say reading Middlemarch took a full year, joking that its characters are deeply flawed, and single out Jane Austen's Emma as the Austen novel they loved most.

Why now: People are sharing nostalgic reading histories and favourite classic authors, prompting others to compare their own literary phases.

Katherine MansfieldAnton ChekhovRudyard KiplingJane AustenGeorge Eliot

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• In my early 20s I had a classic English lit phase. I adored short stories most, so Katherine Mansfield, Chekov and Rudyard Kipling were my favs. I took a year to read Middlemarch (and thought the people in there are so effed up lol). I adored Austen of course, but I loved Emma… · liztai@hachyderm.io · 4

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