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>that 1900 to 1970 British novel about the upper class that is slightly funny but not quite, slightly tragic but not quite, leaves no real impression, feels slightly too long despite being under 350 pages, yet is praised as a work of genius

>> No.11420128

I must say that most of the "classics" feel very outdated and as a foreigner it is hard to drop into some "Victorian mindset" to make them even readable.

Then again if I pick up a book by Dan Brown I feel fucking retarded after reading few pages

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>reading books released post-boomer-50s that aren't comfy genre-fiction

>> No.11420162

>>11420123
Isn't that every boomer book that's not apocalyptic in nature tho?

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>>11420123
>that 1900 to 1970 French novel about an alienated, existentially confused young man that is slightly clever but not quite, slightly tragic but not quite, leaves no real impression, feels slightly too long despite being under 350 pages, yet is praised as a work of genius

>> No.11420167

>that 1850 to 1900 russian novel about the upper class that is slightly funny but not quite, slightly tragic but not quite, leaves no real impression, feels way too fucking long since it's near or over1000 pages, yet is praised as a work of genius

>> No.11420191

>>11420129
>not reading Pynchon
Found a brainlet

>> No.11420197

>>11420123
Sounds like every Edith Wharton book.

>> No.11420220

>that post-1990s Australian novel about underprivileged or overworked people scraping by (in either Melbourne or "the bush"), saying swear words a lot and being kitchen-sink canvases for a licorice assortment of social issues (especially drugs, rape, and abuse).

>> No.11420225

Ms. Dalloway?