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Dazzling-Ad4701 t1_jdmeui6 wrote

I didn't like it because the 19th century just doesn't do it for me. but I saw what he was getting at and I appreciated that. fwiw, mb was actually the only assigned college book (any language) I had a truly spontaneous and sincere essay idea about. The way Flaubert used dimensional space suddenly got hold of me and became fascinating.

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Dazzling-Ad4701 t1_jdp43wp wrote

nothing i've read that was written in that century has appealed to me. i disliked all of it, in both french and english.

the only exception i can remember is emile zola. i liked germinal so much that i went on to read all but two or three out of his rougon-macquart cycle. but he's the outlier.

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edit: i lie again. moby dick. i like moby dick too.

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