All have been on my list for ages. Except for Proust, i have not read anything by any of the following authors. I’m interested in a book that will both draw me in and intellectually challenge me — both with the artistry of its language and with its ideas(that is, a book that could give me something to think about for a while after it’s finished). Thank you! (And if this is the wrong sub, please suggest a better one. I’ve asked the kind folks at r/classicliterature and r/books the same question….)
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Proust, Within a Budding Grove, tr. Moncrieff, Kilmartin & Enright. (I read and loved Swann’s Way. Decided to take a break from Proust, but maybe ready to resume?)
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Stendhal, Charterhouse of Parma, tr. Richard Howard. (Often recommended, but i’ve never read Stendhal…)
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Trollope, Palliser novels: Can You Forgive Her? (I have a soft spot for Victorian novels.)
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Eliot, Middlemarch. (See above.)
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Mann, The Magic Mountain, tr. John Woods. (I’ve lost count how many times this has been recommended.)
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Wolfe, You Can’t Go Home Again. (I have a copy…always looked interesting….)
by JamesInDC