For a while now, Instagram account Kate's Closet- which breaks down The Duchess of Cambridge's wardrobe - has been one of our favourites. It tells us where we can buy Kate's favourite pieces, from headbands to shoes. But it's also provided a hugely helpful glimpse into her reading habits, by drawing our attention to the books on her desk. Photographed working from home, Kate looks perky in pink while on the phone to Catherine Roche of Place2Be.
Take a closer look at her desk, though, and you'll see her very pretty collection of novels - and one book of poetry - from the Penguin UK Clothbound Classics.
According to her post, the books are as follows.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint by William Shakespeare
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy
Middlemarch by George Elliot
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronté
The Odyssey by Homer
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
What can we learn about The Duchess from this selection? Well, she clearly enjoys a classic, and clearly has a fondness for literature of the Victorian periods - seven of the twelve books are from the era. Her favourite author may be Jane Austen - three of the twelve are by the author - but, interestingly, there's no sign of Pride & Prejudice, undoubtedly Austen's most famous romance. Genre-wise, it's pretty eclectic: amidst the romances, there are epic adventures (Homer's Odyssey) dark morality tales (Wilde's Dorian Gray) and mysteries (one of the most famous Sherlock Holmes books). In short, it's a wide-ranging catalogue of must-reads, and she's clearly got good taste.
The collection may seem highbrow, but we know Kate likes some modern classics too. In the past, she has shared that she read The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, and has been seen buying books like The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and When God was a Rabbit.
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