The 19th century was the greatest ever for literature. Prove me wrong.

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>>9283008
>Prove me wrong.

>>9283008
because victorian prose is a fucking chore to read

good poetry though

Everyone knows that.

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It's true, doe.

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Late 19th+very early 20th is best

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>>9283153
Not so fast

>>9283157
>DFW was born just 38 years after Kafka died

>>9283153
>he's never heard of the long 19th century

>>9283178
I have, but I specifically pointed out that period instead of everything from the french revolution onwards like some people do

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>>9283008
>paid by the fucking word

>>9284398
Decades of pulp in the 20th century continued that and made it worse.

this thread belongs back up there too