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Why should one bother reading novels when short stories exist? What can novels offer me besides length and wasted time?

>> No.12706194
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>copy/pasta threads
There’s more originality in cape shit comics than on lit.

The sad state of things around here...

>> No.12706198

>>12706165
Read War and Peace and find out

>> No.12706200

>>12706165
Some things cannot be summarized, only experienced.

>> No.12706210

>>12706194

Leave.

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>>12706165
Why should one bother reading short stories when short poetry exists? What can short stories offer me besides length and wasted time?

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>>12706165
Why should one bother reading short stories when poetry exists? What can short stories offer me besides length and wasted time?

>> No.12706243

>>12706235
Poems are good at capturing the emotion or presenting a metaphor, but they're weak as vessels for storytelling.