WORD. OMG, seriously. The classics fucking suck and I don't know why there's such a resurgence of them lately. Austin might have been a great writer for her time but jesus christ - some of the fantasy stuff out there now is SO much better than trying to matchmake fucking stuck up snobs who don't fucking care about anyone but themselves ANYWAY.

Sorry to those who LIKE the classics, but Dickens got paid by the word and it shows in his work by how LONG and boring and drawn out it is.

And yes, I'm an English major, I've read a shitload of classics and I still hate most of them. Don't get me started on Shakespeare either. >:D