If you’ve ever wondered what the Princess of Wales has been reading while on bed rest? A snap of her at-home office might have provided a little insight.
While the photo highlighted some of the work that the Prince and Princess, the image also revealed Kate’s love of classic novels.
On the desk behind the Princess was a row of bright-coloured Penguin Clothbound Classics. The collection, designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, features the likes of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Little Women by Louisa May Alcott; and Emma by Jane Austen.
Eagled-eyed fans of the Princess of Wales were quick to decipher the books behind Kate.
According to fans, Princess of Wales-approved classic books are as follows:
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Sonnets and a Lover’s Complaint by William Shakespeare
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
