I was thinking this while reading The Canterbury Tales, which isn’t exactly the oldest I’ve read (I think that goes to Homer)
But The Canterbury Tales is just so delightful! Getting into the flow of the rhyming prose is very fun to read (I’ve just been reading the Penguin Classics Coghill translation which is fantastic)
I’ve already watched the Pasolini adaptation but I’m definitely going to revisit once I finish the book.
Probably something by Jane Austen? Actually technically Shakespeare but that was for school so it doesn’t really count.
The Count of Monte Cristo has held up extremely well for a 200 year old story. Same with Don Quixote
I’ll move them up in my theoretical TBR!