By A couple months ago, I did a post describing 10 classic books using stereotypes about their readers. And now, I’m doing a part 2!
Read Part 1 here!
(Obligatory disclaimer for the Internet: this is not a serious post)
Without further ado: here are 10 more classic novels, described in stereotypes of their readers.
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Feminists who unironically say “herstory” and think it’s sexist for a man to hold open the door for you
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley-
Moral-panic conservatives who will talk your ear off about how Western civilization is going to decline into degeneracy
The Stranger by Albert Camus-
College students who read Nietzsche in public places and would smoke a fake cigarette for the aesthetic
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
14-year-old Redditors who think everything’s CIA propaganda and simp for Stalin but don’t realize that they literally are part of the bourgeoisie
The Alchemist by Paul Coelho-
People who have a Live Laugh Love sign in their house
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde-
People who would write a painfully dramatic entry in their diary at the slightest inconvenience, then forget about it the next day.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath-
Girls who listen to Mitski and write novels
The Odyssey by Homer-
People who definitely had a Rick Riordan phase when they were 9
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque-
The subset of history buffs who are also pacifists
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
People who would, too, write a self-insert fanfic about everyone they don’t like burning in hell
What’s your favorite classic novel? Do you think there is a stereotype associated with it? Let me know in the comments!
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I’m crying bc the Odyssey one is so accurate for me—
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As a fan of Dorian gray… this is true 😂
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🤣🤣🤣 These might be even more hilarious than the first batch! I snorted at The Alchemist one, because even though I haven’t read it yet myself, many people I know who love it do have Live Laugh Love signs in their house! 🤔😂
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LOL thanks for reading!!
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I subscribed to your blog after reading this post and the previous one on the same topic. The post was fun to read and the stereotypes are accurate =)
The Divine Comedy – or rather the Inferno- is one of my favourite books but I wouldn’t write that kind of self insert fanfiction, alas. I think my favourite classical novels are Crime and Punishment, Brothers Karamazov and the Plague by Albert Camus. I don’t know whether there might be stereotypes associated with them.
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Thank you! Lol, I haven’t read Crime & Punishment or Brothers Karamazov bc tbh I’m intimidated by them! But I really need to read them soon
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That was so much fun! “College students who read Nietzsche in public places and would smoke a fake cigarette for the aesthetic”. That was me a long time ago…or maybe is?
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Lol, don’t worry, it is also me to a degree
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