📚 Help me choose the next Katy Reads the Classics (So You Don’t Have To)!
POLL CLOSED! REBECCA IT IS!
In this Patreon series, I read a classic novel, break down what actually happens, talk about the historical context, and try to figure out what on earth the author was thinking. If you’ve ever wondered whether these “great books” are actually great (or just weird) you’re in the right place.
Here are the contenders for the next series:
🏰 We Have Always Lived in the Castle — We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
A deeply weird and deliciously unsettling novel about two sisters living in isolation after most of their family mysteriously died from arsenic poisoning.
🌫️ Rebecca — Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
A young woman marries a wealthy widower and moves to his grand estate, Manderley. But the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, hangs over everything.
🎨 The Picture of Dorian Gray — The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A beautiful young man makes a terrible bargain: his portrait will age while he remains forever young.
🔴 The Scarlet Letter — by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Set in strict Puritan New England, a woman named Hester Prynne is forced to wear a scarlet “A” for adultery after having a child out of wedlock.
The full deep-dive episode will be available to $7+ patrons, so if you want to hear the breakdown you know where to go 👀
Comments (14)
This is so hard to choose!! 😍 We Have Always Lived in the Castle and Rebecca are two of my favorite books but the other two would also make for interesting discussion. It's a win no matter which wins the poll!
I always hear references to Dorian Grey but I really have no desire to read the book myself. But I would enjoy your version 😄
I wouldn’t wish the Scarlet letter on my worst enemy. 😂
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Rebecca would be soo good!
Carmilla would be amazing as well!
We Have Always Lived in a Castle is the only one I haven't read!
The only one I have read is Scarlet Letter. I have never even heard of the other ones, they all sound good! I added them all to my to be read list.
Rebecca is really good but I do love Picture of Dorian Grey. Scarlet letter probably lends to more content/discussion with current world-on-fire-happenings but I just feel like it's so done.
I've always meant to read Rebecca so I'm kind of hoping it wins! I chose SL on there because I think it's really interesting to re-read things from high school with more lived experience and I agree it might vibe with what is going on now!
Picked the 1 I haven't read. Such good options!
The only one I've read is The Scarlet Letter, but it was so long ago and I'm sure there were things I didn't pick up on back then
I actually enjoyed Rebecca and I think you would too!
That's what my best friend told me too