I absolutely LOVE the classics! The artistic language in which they are written, despite the myraid of personal writing styles, is beautiful regardless of the story; tragic and happy alike. The language always challenges me to use my imagination to visualize a character, setting, or event.. not to mention to understand some words that are, honestly, foreign to me (Ah! big words! haha). Not only that, but the sort of hidden message or ideas entwined within a work of literature is fascinating to me. For instance, as Victor Hugo was writing his novel Hunchback of Notre Dame during the romantic era.. his emphasis on the personalities and depiction of raw human emotions of each character was something so new in Hugo's time (hence the Romance movement in both art & literature). I don't believe I've ever read any modern book that possessed such attention to detail nor that has made me come away with a feeling of inspiration and awe.
Lamens terms... classical literature is just Oh My Gawww!!
If anyone knows how I could get free money to go back to school to get a master's degree in literature, let me know!! haha