Recs if you like Master and Man...

A novel is a prose work typically above 40k words, though many fall between 60-100k. Anything between roughly 17k and 40k words is generally considered a novella, while works between about 7k and 17k words are classified as novelettes, with some flexibility ~

TL;DR - short stories with 7k-17k words. Get out of that slump.

I had no idea where to start with reading classics, so these are all the books/tips I received from fellow PB members. I hope these can help other as well

1. Some books have podcasts or to go with it, you can listen alongside the book. (Dracula)
2. Read abridged versions of the books (Frankenstein)
3. The Hardcore literature club on yt has some great tips
4. Start with younger classics and work your way backwards.
5. Look at the original genre of the book.
6. For Shakespeare, the website No Fear Shakespeare makes the text a more modernized version
7. Sometimes having background information on the author and the time can help you understand certain parts of the book more

George Saunders' ENG 650 syllabus at Syracuse University. Starting with Turgenev's The Singers and finishing with Chekhov's In the Ravine. "This class is intended not as a survey of the Russian short story, but rather as a chance to read (very closely) a selected number of great stories from that tradition, with an eye to craft... What we really want to accomplish is to improve your fiction." Feel free to link your weekly 3-5 page reflection per story in the comments!

Books where our MC(s) evolve over the course of the book, or series.

for me to keep track