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unlovelyladybartleby t1_ixwa5cy wrote

I didn't like it either. I thought it was a long ass pompous look at people in whom I see no redeeming value. I get that the book is supposed to make us reflect on the rich and their ways, but if it were up to me the lot of them (and the manuscript) would end up at the bottom of the pool lol

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francisf0reverr OP t1_ixwbkba wrote

Pompous!!! That's the word I needed

Yeah I agree with what u say😭

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unlovelyladybartleby t1_ixwc8m8 wrote

My theory is that when there were less books (and less people who could read) it was easier to become a famous novelist. Today, F Scott would be writing fanfic on a blog decorated with pissing Calvins

But be tactful in front of your professor - some people take "the classics" very personally.... I ended up in a shit ton of trouble for summarizing A Separate Peace as "whiny closeted murderer wasting paper" 🤣

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