What's your favorite generational saga?

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Anonymous Fri Apr 17 13:39:50 2020 No.15123388 [Reply] [Original]

What's your favorite generational saga?

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 17 13:41:43 2020 No.15123397 >>15123388 Robert Graves' Claudius books.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 17 14:01:29 2020 No.15123557 Buddenbrooks and it's not even close

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 17 14:02:58 2020 No.15123570 >>15123388 Snopes trilogy

Anonymous Fri Apr 17 14:47:45 2020 No.15123938
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I've only read a couple of the Rougon-Macquart series but I'd certainly like to read more. Apparently character traits get passed down between generations and you appreciate these patterns the more you read.
I think the storytelling could be better sometimes but nobody writes Paris like Zola.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 17 14:48:59 2020 No.15123948 My absolute favorite part was the bit with the underage prostitute that has to sleep with 100 men every night to pay off her debts

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