/lit/ - Literature

>Moby-Dick
>To The Lighthouse
>The Picture of Dorian Gray
>coffee barista because living the meme
>n/a

just getting into literature. i'm having a lot of fun so far. y'all are cool. currently reading inferno--much more bizarre and morbid than i expected for the time. the history behind the text is super neat too. the guy who wrote the Penguin Edition introduction really helped me contextualize the material, which i typically neglect. i just like the story. the "impact" doesn't usually garner my attention but Dante's significance in lit was pretty fun to read about.
can anyone recc essential /depressive/ lit? not something too modern pls. or long.