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This is the first “digression” episode where I dig deep into the quotes I consider to be some of the most beautiful in literature. Below are the books mentioned in chronological order. In two weeks, the “guest” format will be back, and our discussion will be about Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
The article that started it all: https://thoughtcatalog.com/koty-neelis/2015/06/31-of-the-most-beautiful-and-profound-passages-in-literature-youll-want-to-read-over-and-over-again/
As promised, here are the editions and years of publication for the books mentioned:
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Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut (1961)
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (2000)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)
The White Album by Joan Didion (1979)
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (1877)
Indignation by Philip Roth (2008)
Innocence by Roald Dahl (2017)
https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/roald-dahl/129944/
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1866)
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (1929)
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (1987)
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899)