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I'm looking for a book with the most beautiful, admirable

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I'm looking for a book with the most beautiful, admirable prose possible. I've heard The Waves by Virginia Woolf is a good one, should I try that one out, or should I go for one of her other books like the lighthouse? What are some other books that have extremely beautiful writing and deep stories?

I'm reading Brave New World right now and I don't even know if I want to finish it. I feel like I'm forcing myself to read it because it's a classic book which I feel I "have" to read, which is unfortunately making me feel like I'm forcing myself, instead of actually enjoying the book. It's just that, the book isn't that interesting, it's sort of boring, it's kind of silly, and the fact that it's not the easiest novel to read coupled with the fact that it's sort of boring makes it very difficult to read. I found 1984 much easier, I read like 100 pages a day of that book. Brave New World I've been at it all week and I just get tired out.

So yeah, I want something more beautiful, something that feels like a work of art.
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Ulysses
the sound and the fury
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Brave New World sucks but it's relatively easy. I think there are a lot of different types of good prose, so it's tough to say. If you want something easy with good prose, maybe try Big Sur by Jack Kerouac. But it's not good in a traditional way, really.
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A la recherche du temps perdu
Pnin
The Magic Mountain
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Dubliners by Joyce is easy to read, and wonderful.
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Nothing beats Lolita for beautiful prose. I second Joyce though.
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>>8454439

I can tell you are new here, but I welcome you. If you like Kerouac you might like Faulkner's style.
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comedia by dante
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the waves is the most purely beautiful woolf book
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>>8454464
i'm reading lolita now for the first time, and i agree. it's stunningly beautiful, desolate and humorous at the same time. the book itself isnt too difficult either
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Proust.
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Ada, or Ardor
Ulysses
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>>8454418
Proust, Nabokov, and Joyce all have great prose, better than Woolf I'd say.
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>>8455424
What about falkner?
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