12 SHORT CLASSIC BOOKS - 200 pages or less.

Here are 12 Short classic books which are around 200 pages or less.

If you are planning to read more books in 2023 then you may want some classic book recommendations that are not too big. One of the problems we have when we create a new resolution to read is that we pick lots of large books with 800 pages or more. This can cause us to burn out our resolutions.

There are many many classic books that are relatively short which are very profound or elevating. Put some of these on your Classics reading list.

0:00 intro
1:06 A Room With A View
3:30 A Month In The Country
5:50 Under The Greenwood Tree
7:31 Agnes Grey
9:46 The 39 Steps
11:50 Eugenie Grandet
14:34 Mrs Dalloway
17:18 The Warden
20:54 Persuasion
24:14 Epitaph Of A Small Winner
27:27 Fahrenheit 451
30:11 Fathers and Children

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[tristanandtheclassics]

What classic book of around 200 pages or less would you recommend?

[rebandy]

I love your genuine excitement and love for books; it is contagious!

[smyoung]

I’ve always loved literature but in my old age, I’d stopped reading. Your excitement has encouraged me to start again. Thank you!

[TwomorzZ]

I always love when a new Tristan and the Classic drops. Long live the classics!

[mariecloutier]

I'm going to add A Month in the Country to my pile. Persuasion and A Room with a View are two of my favorites.

[nuitarik]

“ lightness of touch that is so singular to her” this is how you can tell. The guy actually reads these books. Having read a few Jane Austin books at this point that was a beautiful moment.

[patriciatolliver]

Patty- I am so glad you expounded more on Agnes Grey. I love that story. People who skim over this book in favor of TWH don't realize what they are missing in this book. I confess that Anne is my favorite of the sisters. Thank you for giving "Agnes" her due. ❤️

[sabinelipinska]

1. Room with a View - read, great novel, outstanding film adaption (Ivory)
2. A Month in the Country - read, worth reading, very subtle
3. Under the Greenwood Tree - sounds interesting, never read Hardy, only the Woodlanders are sitting on my shelf
4. Agnes Grey
5. The 39 Steps - not my taste - but next year I'm going to Scotland, perhaps I will reread it
6. Eugene Grandet - good idea for a start with Balzac
7. Mrs Dalloway - read, fantastic - even more so, because I am at the same age as the protagonist
8. The Warden - very, very readable, at times very funny, very modern in way
9. Persuasion - read, a great book, very fine film adaptation (with Ciaran Hinds starring)
10. Epitaph of a Small Winner - never heard of, sounds absolutely intriguing!
11. Fahrenheit 451 - would like to get to it next year
12. Fathers and children - would like to know to which character I'm drawn 😃

Great, inspiring video, Tristan! Looking forward to your next video! Merry Christmas to you!

[AnnaMariaAnia]

Oh No, Tristan! what have you done! Now I have 12 more books on my 'want to read' list. I will definitely read them all. I'm starting with Mrs Dalloway. Thank you for another fantastic video!!👏👏👏

[michellegleave]

Tristan, I’m not naturally drawn to classics. Also, I tend to skip parts of videos and just watch for the books I want to know more about. I watched this video from the beginning to the end (except for Persuasion because I’m a Jane Austen tragic and I love that book) and now I want to check all of these out! You should be in sales! Thanks for the inspiration to pick up the ones I do have in my collection.

[dpakholly]

Tristan, I just came here to say your channel brings me immense pleasure and knowledge! Thank you!

[verytalldude]

So glad I found thus as I need to crunch and knock out three books in the next 11 days to meet my yearly reading goal lol.

[debcan]

Another great video! Thank you Tristan. Have just searched my bookshelves and have six of these titles and now have an excuse to visit my favourite secondhand book shops to collect the rest ... much to the consternation of my son!! 'Don't you have enough books? ... Have you read what you already have?'. He just doesn't understand! Wishing you a Blessed Christmas and, as always, look forward to more wonderful content in 2023. I hail from Adelaide, Australia.

[nicolasrumpf]

A month in the country is one of my absolute favourite books...was so glad to see it on your list....thank you for the great video

[philnasmith]

Great video - thank you. I have read most of these but really enjoyed your enthusiasm. “Epitaph…” has been on my TBR for a while now but you have convinced me to get a copy ASAP.

[cometteu]

Yeah! There's a nice mix of classics for me! I've only read Persuasion on this list, but most of the others are on my TBR, with only a few that I will now add! Thank you Tristan! Happy Holidays!

[sumathi]

Have put Agnes Grey on my TBR especially since I enjoyed Tenant of Wildfell Hall very much.

Made several attempts at Mrs Dalloway, likewise To the Lighthouse, but got lost within the first 20 pages or so. Her stream of consciousness style is rather hard for me; the writing gets in the way of the story. But not giving up; will try again. Perhaps will read A Room of One’s Own instead; maybe essay would be easier to follow, and then I would have bagged at least one Virginia Woolf.

Room with a View and Under the Greenwood Tree and Persuasion are definitely great reads.

One short classic that stood out for me is Henry James’ Washington Square. It’s dialogue that mainly carries the story forward. The sheer brilliance of the dialogue, the tight writing, blew me away. Turn of the Screw is great too but for different reasons.

Thank you for your recommendations, Tristan. Merry Christmas to you and the family!

[susprime]

The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck. I had a first American but gave it to a writer Godson, it had belonged to his Grandmother. Now, I have a first English edition, sans jacket. I so love The Thirty-nine Steps. I have discovered the comfy books of O. Douglas, John Buchan's sister. I enjoyed your reading of The Thirty-nine Steps. I loved Candide in school, "the best of all possible worlds."

[mariamaria]

This list is awesome, i discovered your channel recently, with this list i can tell we read similar books and enjoy also similar classics, i'm missing 2, 3 books from this list but you convinced me to pick up books like Agnes Grey, or to start the saga of Trollope.

[annabankiewicz]

Fantastic list! My personal favorites when it comes to short novels are Too Loud a Silence, Pedro Paramo, The Clockwork Orange, and The Lost Steps.