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The more I read Rebecca, the more I'm liking it. I've read just about 30% as of now, and I agree with Anam, the pace is very slow and there's nothing much happening. But it's not bothering me much anymore. I guess it helps that I already knew it was a character driven story, and written in the first person too. Books written in the first person tend to be more like monologues more than a real story.

Are classics never fast-paced?🤓

I actually enjoy books more which are written in first person, but when they are written in present tense instead of past tense its annoying.😆

Rebecca reading update:

Halfway through the book, finally things start moving on, and now at 70% I'm loving this more than ever.❤️

I finished reading Rebecca. Those first few slow chapters were absolutely worth it for the ending it gives.😃

I can't wait to know what all of you thought about it.

I finished the book a while ago and I thought it was amazing. Not a 5 star read, but close. I don’t think I have finished reading a classic this quickly. The descriptions were necessary and helped create an atmosphere for the reader to imagine Manderley vividly.

Originally posted by: Unique.Sheep

Was the shining a classic too?😲 No wonder I found it so long and difficult to read.

I am almost halfway through Rebecca, I like the story. My only annoyance is that the chapters are too long.

The Shining was published over 40 years ago so I guess it can be considered a classic. Stephen King is one author who likes building up the atmosphere for the reader to really immerse themselves. His earlier novels tended to be long. Nowadays, I don’t think he writes anything that goes beyond 400-450 pages.

@Diya: Same. Even I don’t really like descriptions of nature all that much. Descriptions in thrillers like the evidence and the mind games and the unravelling of the truth, that I like 😛

Not all classics are long. Animal Farm, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, The Great Gatsby are amongst the shorter classics. I guess it depends on the author and what she/he is writing about.

Originally posted by: Anam...

The Shining was published over 40 years ago so I guess it can be considered a classic. Stephen King is one author who likes building up the atmosphere for the reader to really immerse themselves. His earlier novels tended to be long. Nowadays, I don’t think he writes anything that goes beyond 400-450 pages.

so it was written around the same period as sidney sheldon novels

for me, classic is anything before 1950😆

Originally posted by: Unique.Sheep

I actually enjoy books more which are written in first person, but when they are written in present tense instead of past tense its annoying.😆

Same. I can relate to the character more in that way. But I am also beginning to like appeal of reading books in third person, especially historical fiction. One is transported back in time.

Originally posted by: Anam...

@Diya: Same. Even I don’t really like descriptions of nature all that much. Descriptions in thrillers like the evidence and the mind games and the unravelling of the truth, that I like 😛

Not all classics are long. Animal Farm, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, The Great Gatsby are amongst the shorter classics. I guess it depends on the author and what she/he is writing about.

To add in the list, the picture of dorian gray was 250 pages. The old man and the sea is mere 128 pages.

I want to know what you all think about what should be the appropriate length of a novel

I think 250-270 pages are enough.