The books I've read during this year

My experience in this year has been very  illustrative. I mean, this subject has showed me (or at list in my point of view) how works English Philology. Procedures when doing a paper, research, etc.

But focusing, I'll talk about the books I decides to read and why:

First of all, Robinson Crusoe was the book I chose of The Enlightment. Why? I really don't know. But, surely it was because is the most famous book of that period. I also knew Gulliver's Travels, thought, but the plot of Gulliver's travels didn't look so attractive. Days after, you told that Robinson Crusoe was the first English novel and that is the last what made choose Robinson Crusoe. 

About the experience reading it, I think I shoult tell the truth. It was not very funny, thought I forced myself to read it fast. The language was very old (well, of course, it was written on the 18th Century) and the action was too slow for me. I preffer books where the characters speak more. But with persistence I could read it. It was a good heating, by the way. I could find some themes, and also develope a theory of mine "CrisisTunity" so, I think it was a success.

The second book I read was Pride and Prejudice, and it was because a friend (and a classmate) told me she was already reading it, and that it was very interesting.  The title looked a bit boring, but when I started reading I couldn't stop reading it. It was pleasant, just after Robinson Crusoe, which was way difficult to read. I found Pride and Prejudice like an old gossip magazine. I really liked Elizabeth. I think she was a very inspiring woman. She was self-assured, good minded, and had a clear vision of her life. She didn't know what she wanted, but she knew what she didn't want. It was a very good novel.

The next book I read was Vanity Fair, and I chose it because I thought it was going to be like a Pride & Prejudice II. I mistaked, but it was the best error I could have done! I really enjoyed Vanity Fair. Becky Sharp (and all her sharpness) was the anti-heroine I needed. I found the story very easy to follow, and when Osborne dies I was delighted, because, Becky could be just a climber, but she had honor, and Osborne was a very dishonest, liar, and a bad friend. The end of the novel didn't fit me too much, but I was a good one actually.

Frankenstein was my next book. At that moment I hadn't chosen a book from the Romantic period, and of course Frankenstein because it's a very famous book. This one was a bit shocking because I had another idea on mind about how the book was. This is because they're a lot of film adaptations and they're very different from the book! So, I had the wrong idea, but it din'dt bother me too much. Another thing that surrised me was when I discovered that the creature is not called "Frankenstein"! I always thought the name of the monster was "Frankenstein" and that Victor Frankenstein was "Dr. Frankenstein". The story was OK, but I dind't like tha fact that the monster is so evil, and kills so much, just for a payback. I really hated the monster when he kills Elizabeth.

My next choice was Oliver Twist. Although it wasn't in the list you gave us, one day said that it really dind't matter too much at least as the author was the same so I picked it because I read it when I was younger, years ago. They weren't new susprises, but reading the whole book (when I read it years ago, it was an adapted edition) made me fell better and remember the whole plot (which I dind't remember completely) so it was OK.

And the last one was Jude the Obscure. The plot was exhausting, I felt bad reading it. Specially when Jude (Son) kills his siblings and himself and the note with the: "Done because we are to menny". The characters suffer too much, I don't like the stories where the protagonists go throught that kind of experiences. The death of Jude is also very ridiculous. I didn't like it at all.