Best Classic Novels of All Time to Read and Reread

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• The Trial: The original Classic by Franz Kafka - Unabridged Classics

  The story of The Trial by Franz Kafka revolves around the protagonist Josef K. who has been accused of a crime he does not remember committing, the interesting part is that the crime itself is undefined. He knows not what he has done, he is in fact never even told about the nature of the crime till the end. The writer admits that the protagonist is the citizen of a just country where law prevails and there is peace within the society, but what the story he paints with the protagonist tells a different tale. This classic novel is not for the faint of heart as its absurdity is highly confusing but reading it is a journey of exploration given the brilliant writing style of Kafka who takes immense liberty with how he feels he should write. It almost feels like it is not written for any audience at all but it is considered a gem in the rich history of world literature. 

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• Crime and Punishment ( Unabridged Classics)

  A Russian writer and novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky introduced the world to its brilliant story of Crime and Punishment that delves in the concepts of psychological and moral impacts an individual goes through when he or she challenges the norms and decides on bigger concepts along with trying to assert some control over self awareness. Crime and Punishment tells the story of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov who is dirt poor and lives the life of destitution, he decides to commit a crime in order to find out what an extraordinary person as opposed to a common and ordinary individual can do. The story follows with him committing a murder, and how he fails to reconcile with himself because he feels he needs redemption, he admits that he has committed a sin. Guilt takes over and he struggles to find peace within himself as he gets emotionally involved with Sonia Marmeladov. Dostoyevsky paves the way for writing with subjects related to both psychological and philosophical tussle in Crime and Punishment.

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• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

  The overarching political upheaval of the 18th century and beginning of the French Revolution sets the stage for this classic novel named A Tale of Two Cities. The story revolves around multiple characters and different stories that come to merge in the final act. Complex human emotions of Love, Sacrifice, and Duality takes over and show in different forms from time to time. Central and supporting characters involved are Sydney Carton, Dr. Manette, Lucie Manette and Charles Darnay play pivotal roles in developing the story. Divided in three different sections that introduce each character one by one in proper order of sequence culminates into the final plot that is marred with the horrors of revolution. It ends with liberation for one and peace for others. Dickens writes with a flair of drama and heavy characterization coupled with vivid description of a setting and the complex parallel drawings of two contrasting cities. 

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• Pride and Prejudice ( Unabridged Classics)

  Jane Austen as an author has garnered major popularity because of how relatable yet complicated situations in her story have simpler meanings which mirrors almost everyone’s own condition to some extent. Pride and Prejudice is about how most people take things for their initial face value rather than taking the initiative to give people the benefit of doubt. The protagonists of the story Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet misjudge each other, initially growing a strong sense of dislike towards each other, which eventually changes when circumstances unfold to show what lies beneath the surface for each of them. While many would consider Pride and Prejudice to be a romantic novel solely based on the attraction and understanding that Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth begin to feel for each other, but there are other dimensions to the novel that portrays the early 19th century social structure of England. The notion of socioeconomic mobility with getting married into an affluent family was prevalent back in the day, where marriage was only based on the aspect of getting more wealthy rather than on the foundational grounds of mutual respect, love and understanding of two people. Pride and Prejudice challenges social norms and shows the possible ways of emancipation from the dominant culture. 

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• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

  Steeped in the intensity of what misguided and obsessive behaviour may result in, the story of Wuthering Heights tells the story of two characters that are driven by strong motivations of revenge and how destructive obsessive love can be. Narrated by Mr. Lockwood, who gets curious about the nature of the house Wuthering Heights, that looks too gloomy and dark for inhabiting, unfolds the story of Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, two individuals who are in love but fail to legitimize it throughout the novel. Heathcliff being an orphan having humble beginnings comes to the house of Wuthering Heights when he was a child, Catherine Earnshaw was the heiress of affluent means, and the resident of Wuthering Heights. They fall in love with each other but Earnshaw later on goes for the marriage that would sustain her wealth leaving Heathcliff heartbroken on the road to exact revenge from the person he loves the most. Emily Bronte has intended the story to pierce and induce feelings of disbelief with how harmful love can be if not intended with unconditional means. 

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