I want to take a break from crime and punishment and read something beautiful. I have a cold right now and reading this grimdark shit really makes it flare up. Does anyone have any suggestions of something beautiful and poetic, preferably a novel that I could read?
The epilogue of Crime and Punishment desu
Marius the Epicurean.
I highly underrated classic.
>>8929256
But Dosto is beautiful
>>8931505
It's very grim. I don't find soul crushing poverty all that beautiful. I don't dislike the book, I'll read it more when I don't have a cold.
>>8929256
If you have a cold and want to read something comfy, then read Steinbeck's "Cannery Row"
>>8931502
Hi Butterfly. What's it about?
in watermelon sugar
>>8931509
Coming of age travelogue through Aurelius' Rome with plenty of philosophical musing and the authors own translation of the myth of Psyche and Cupid. It's a dreamy picturesque book.
>>8929256
Take a break from the fiction and grab a self-help book or a business or psychology. There's tons of non-fiction that's extremely educational hurt. Personally I like to grab the biggest academic educational works of History the last one being Wealth of Nations
>>8931525
Fuck non fiction. I couldn't think of a more boring way to spend my time.
>>8929256
Read some Emily Dickinson desu
>>8931508
This. Its full of soul-uplifting poverty and goofy crimes, its the perfect companion piece
>>8930203
>>8933519
Now I want to re-read it, though I haven't read "Sweet Thursday" yet but I have it sitting on my shelf.
>>8933573
Also the hero wanders the streets, wracked by a moral dilemma. Im gonna re-read it too, it takes like 3 hours tops.
>>8933564
this
>>8929256
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
>>8933608
Holy fuck, Doc is redeemed by his love for a prostitute, is there no end to Steinbeck's plagiary.
>>8931508
Yes! One of the comfiest books I've read.
>>8933850
kek