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I'm actually looking for something very specific
but since I know that 4chan doesn't like recommendation threads
and in order to make this topic useful for people beside me
I'm going to be as unspecific as possible.

I'm looking for melancholic novels.
Something that feels like autumn.

It should take place in the past.
Historical fiction or fantasy are both fine.

(I will also post some suggestions anonymously.)

>> No.4694983

Elric

>> No.4695020
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>>4694983

ARE YOU THE SAME PERSON WHO "RECOMMENDED" ME "ELRIC" WHEN I ASKED IF THERE WAS A HYPERFEMININE COUNTERPART TO THE "CONAN" STORIES?

>> No.4695022

>>4695020
I am fascinated by the concept of a hyperfeminine counterpart to the Conan stories, simply because I'm not sure such a thing could actually be created.

Would it be a woman who wandered around a sword and sorcery world solving problems with the power of love and compassion?

>> No.4695037

>>4695022

I AM FASCINATED BY THE IDEA ALSO, WHICH IS WHY I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE ARE "WORKS" OF FICTION THAT REPRESENT IT.

GENERALLY, THE PROTAGONIST WOULD BE A WOMAN, AND THE SETTING WOULD BE ARKADIAN –DAINTY, SAFE, NOBLE, WHOLESOME.

>> No.4695066

The Silmarillion has some very melancholic if not outright depressing tales.
The Lord of the Rings as well to a lesser degree.

>> No.4695075

>>4695037
The Rose of Versailles perhaps?

>>4695020
I am not.

>> No.4695087

The Last Unicorn

>> No.4695135

Don Quichote

>> No.4695163

>>4695037
You're not going to like this, but have you tried watching the first season of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic? The one Lauren Faust actually worked on? Equestria is Arcadian as fuck, and all the main characters are women.

>> No.4695174

Is the ode to autumn by that yeats guy

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>>4695163

THAT IS "GARBAGE"; BESIDES, IT IS A CARTOON FOR CHILDREN, AND THE PROTAGONISTS ARE NOT EVEN HUMAN.

>> No.4695179

>>4695176
Is your sole claim to identity on this site that strange picture and a liberal use of capitalization?

>> No.4695190

>>4695179
I always hear his posts in the voice of the Grand Galactic Inquisitor from Venture Brothers.

>> No.4695220

>>4695190

IGNORE ME

>> No.4695322

>>4694930
the book you're looking for is Little, Big by John Crowley

>> No.4695348

>>4695322

This is exactly what you're looking for.

>> No.4695818

The Weathering Continent
and maybe Guin Saga as well.

In case you can read japanese.

>> No.4695819

>>4695322
came here to post this

you could make an argument for some of Crowley's other work too IMO but Little, Big is the definitive one

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4696067

Many epic poems,
especially the epic of Gilgamesh.

>> No.4696083

>>4696067

Is Gilgamesh sporting a Rolex? Dat's some sweet shit.

>> No.4698344

Jorge Luis Borges

>> No.4699948

Earthsea

>> No.4699956

The Bride of Lammermoor

>> No.4699959

Madame Bovary.

(I've never seen Madame Bovary recommended here in /lit/, anyway)

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Snow Falling on Cedars

I'm looking for melancholic novels.
Something that feels like autumn.
>check

It should take place in the past.
Historical fiction or fantasy are both fine.
>check
The fifties are old enough?