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[ERROR] No.2101170 [Reply] [Original]

I was just reading this list titled "Top 10 Writers Who Committed Suicide" (http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-suicidal-writers.php)) and now I'm wondering; what are some of the best fiction works which feature characters who go through suicidal thoughts, depression, etc. Not trying to be morbid or anything, it just seems like something that would be compelling to read about.

>> No.2101174

Hamlet

>> No.2101184

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai.

Also, really happy both Akutagawa and Mishima were included in that list.

>> No.2101185

Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron

>> No.2101186

>>2101174
Are you... serious?

>> No.2101187

Steppenwolf is pretty good in a you-are-not-alone kind of way. There aren't so many novels about people who just get sad and kill themselves.

>> No.2101189

Notes from the Underground

>> No.2101195

>>2101189
>>2101189
Go read this book now OP. Drop whatever mundane activity you're engaged in and read this fucking book.

>> No.2101211

Young Werther.

>> No.2101213

>>2101186
I thought it was too obvious too.

>> No.2101216

infinite jest

>> No.2101217

don't do it op!!! someone still loves you...

>> No.2101229

>>2101170
>>2101216
DFW not on that list, so I find it has no credibility whatsoever

>> No.2101266

>>2101229
Oh please, DFW is a hack.

>> No.2101423

no heinrich von kleist ?
list is invalid