Classics with therapeutic benefits. 5 books that are good to reread for women after 30

Works from the school program are labeled “boring” and “not exciting”. When listing the list, many have a feeling of moping and internal rejection. Especially when it comes to novels about love, complex family dramas and human relationships.

Meanwhile, school classics can be interesting, exciting. In it, heroes and heroines get into piquant situations, authors colorfully draw images, add sarcasm and raise problems that are relevant at all times. The reluctance to delve into the narrative of the works is due to other interests of teenagers. The complexity of language and other eras in the novels are incomprehensible and repulsive.

Try re-reading the books as an adult. Many women will find answers to the questions that concern them now.

“Anna Karenina,” Leo Tolstoy.

The controversy around the novel does not subside to this day. Even in the lifetime of the creator, the work was a great success, readers waited impatiently for the release of the next chapter. Critics, however, coldly and sometimes with undeserved remarks evaluated the actions of the characters. But Tolstoy on the example of the tragedy of one noble family tried to portray the gamut of contradictory feelings, the facets of love and the search for happiness.

Lev Nikolaevich is a provocateur. Describing the treason of the protagonist, he seems to push the reader to evaluate the moral character of Anna Karenina. It is indeed difficult to refrain from squabbling. But behind the external circumstances hides a rebellious soul that wanted a simple female happiness: to love and be loved. Reminiscent of a modern psychological drama with a twisted plot and a bright dramatic ending at the end.

“Anna Karenina”

“Bespridannitsa,” Alexander Ostrovsky.

Another tragedy of a woman of the XIX century, who wanted to find happiness and love. To be alive and real, who dared to go against social attitudes. Ostrovsky’s play made a lot of noise in its time and continues to stir minds even now.

The story of Larisa Ogudalova can be used in psychological trainings as an example of a brave girl who wants to escape from circumstances and give free rein to her true desires. But with a small footnote. It is important to choose the right chosen one, with whom you want to escape and enjoy life. In Ostrovsky’s play, unfortunately, the heroine was not lucky. Larissa’s soulful impulse and true feelings were not appreciated by anyone.

The tragic finale as the only salvation, which tells readers about the impossibility of breaking out of the vicious circle of social prejudices.

“Bespridanitsa”

“The Pomegranate Bracelet,” Alexander Kuprin.

Girls always want to be surrounded by admirers and know that she is exalted as a goddess. But they do not often think that behind every message, gift and other signs of attention lies the tragedy of a person. The complexity of feelings and behavior in a love triangle described Kuprin in his story. A perfect plot for melodrama.

Unrequited love – the theme is eternal and for all time. Re-read the work in adulthood, perhaps you will already look at the behavior of the characters in a different way or give them a different assessment. The theme of consumerism and insensitivity in the story can become the main theme behind the external love plot.

“Pomegranate Bracelet”

“Eugene Onegin,” Alexander Pushkin

The most famous and quoted work from the school program. It is difficult to find a person who would not know the plot of the novel in verse about the complex peripetias of Tatiana and Eugene. The touching letters of the lovers have multilayered meanings.

In adolescence, readers will pity the rejected heroine and sympathize with her fate. But after 30, rereading the novel, you can see the tragedy of Onegin and sympathize with his mental metamorphosis. Immerse yourself in the story again and give yourself an answer to the question: “Who is the victim in the circumstances described by Pushkin?”

“Eugene Onegin”

“The Master and Margarita,” by Mikhail Bulgakov.

Let’s finish the list with a mystical novel, which is complex and multifaceted. The story of love takes one of the key places in it. The feelings of the Master and Margarita here – the embodiment of the real, pure, able to overcome all external difficulties: the perfidy of Woland, the judgment of others.

Love is stronger than death – the main leitmotif of the work. Behind the demonic reincarnations of the heroine is the desire to help her beloved and defend his talent.

“The Master and Margarita”