As you get older, you start seeing the world a little differently — the same goes for the books you read.

Whether it was a book you were forced to read in sophomore English class or your favorite childhood novel, some literary classics have a strange way of changing when we revisit them as adults. For better or worse, things just can't stay the same.

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You may find yourself rereading these familiar titles a little differently once you've started writing your own life chapters. It's funny what a little life experience can do.