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Oh-B :
The Sound and the Fury was such a great and satisfying read.
2026-05-09 05:07:12
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wonderdoormat :
James Joyce is impossible to read!
2026-05-09 03:38:21
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anti-orca club :
reading Faulkner is being punished for a crime you didn't commit
2026-05-09 23:14:42
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slkpllw :
Kafka’s an odd pick. He doesn’t write in English, and The Trial isn’t all that confusing compared to the others
2026-05-09 21:25:22
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victoria :
Woolf is not difficult if you’re willing to plunge into her world. I’ve read every book, diary entry and letter Woolf ever written and she’s a fairly “easy” writer to understand once you enter her rhythm
2026-05-09 18:57:27
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Martin Svoboda :
kafka is extremely easy to read, short books written in direct sentences and basic vocabulary. proust or musil are better fitting for this framing
2026-05-10 13:40:35
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albertopim1 :
We routinely read Joyce, Faulkner and Kafka in high school In Italy (in translation, of course.) Kafka btw isn’t English literature, or anything can be once it’s translated…
2026-05-09 12:51:57
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madison :
faulkner is my FAVORITE!! the trick is really to just let yourself be swept up in the writing and let it happen to you
2026-05-10 02:02:37
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JulieBookBytes :
Ulysses is so hard - you need a class to get through it really. (From someone who has a masters in Anglo-Irish Lit)
2026-05-12 11:13:35
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dylan :
Not all modernism is exceedingly hard though, Hemingway or Fitzgerald are just as much modernists as Joyce for example. Modernism is not just difficulty of reading but a general experimentation with form, which can go in many different directions.
2026-05-09 03:21:33
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Anthropos Grim :
Kafka isn't english literature, man
2026-05-16 19:20:11
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SpeculativEmily :
I read Mrs Dalloway for the first time last year. I struggled a bit but Woolf’s writing is beautiful.
2026-05-09 01:22:56
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Katie :
Thank you for validating the difficulty of these novels!
2026-05-08 23:13:26
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K C13 :
I personally think Kafka was just describing what it’s like to deal with bureaucracy in (some) European countries. I once had a mini breakdown in a Polish building and kept thinking of Kafka’s book as I was experiencing the same.😅
2026-05-09 04:35:15
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Miz :
Havn't tried Ulysses. Challenge accepted- will (maybe) report back 🫡. If you dont hear from me, assume failure...or I forgot. Both highly likely outcomes.
2026-05-10 17:30:55
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thewheezingdead :
While it's not in the English language Proust's "In search of lost time" deserves a shout for modernist masterpieces.
2026-05-08 23:14:35
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thatgadd :
Mrs. Dalloway said she would get the flowers herself.
2026-05-13 20:17:14
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Rachel Fletcher | Author :
I took a Faulkner class when getting my English degree. I loved school, sat in the front of the room, couldn’t turn down a lively discussion. Could. Not. Stay. Awake. In this ~20 person Faulkner class. Took me all semester to figure out I had mono. Thought I was just drifting off waiting to come to the end of a sentence.
2026-05-12 20:27:07
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Petra :
Dubliners by Joyce is a great way to familiarize yourself with his style imo
2026-05-13 21:32:39
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Katbonita :
As an English Professor… i agree with all of these.
2026-05-12 05:57:55
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sunstar691 :
‘I was a Flower of the mountain yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish Wall…’
2026-05-10 02:58:42
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GMK1 :
The Trail by Kafka is a masterpiece. Amazingly, I think it is underrated. Metamorphosis gets all the attention but The Trail, and to a slightly lesser extent, The Castle, are incredible works that everyone should read.
2026-05-09 06:27:53
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stacey :
Mrs. Dalloway is so good!!
2026-05-10 06:43:40
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Rahima 🇵🇰 :
Stream of consciousness is always a challenge.
2026-05-09 08:44:39
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scythecreator :
I’m reading Ulysses now and it’s so good! It’s like watching a movie. Once you get adjusted to the language, it’s a very good read.
2026-05-11 08:03:25
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