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any literary works of fiction that:
1) have a cohesive narrative
2) help teach you about yourself?
I feel like fiction is either pulp like Gene Wolf with little value besides interesting story, or something like Dostoevsky where the stories are just a platform for the writer to spend different chapters ranting about some profound concept/idea. Any writer that blends the two? I've had success reading plays, I read Ivanov by Chekhov over Christmas and Ghosts. Their story's just feel more valuable, don't know how to word it without being pretentious. More "artistic", less world-building? Like they're written for a purpose and not just to tell a story.
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Not looking for an argument, I don't think Wolfe or Dostoevsky are bad writers and I don't even read enough for you to care for my opinions.
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Ghosts by Ibsen*
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I also enjoyed Shakespeare in school, Othello and Hamlet and Henry V. I can't really get back into him because I'm not used to the language barrier anymore.
Last post, give me your input senpaitachi.
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>>9800120
Middlemarch
Book of the New Sun (I'm saying i disagree with you)
To the Lighthouse
Some Tennessee Williams if you like Plays
Frankenstein
Beowulf
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