dusan
@ds8
time to reread this timeless classic
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Geisha
@geisha
Imo he is a pale imitation of Balzac. I didn’t realise why until I went back and read the foreword and saw that he was a complete Balzac fan boy. To me it showed through too clearly in his writing. Like u go see an artist exhibition who is a declared devotee of another more legendary one. It’s very obvious to the eye.
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dusan
@ds8
i haven't read enough of balzac to compare (just father goriot, 15+y ago), but i know i enjoyed both
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Geisha
@geisha
Balzac is the goat imo , bluddy brilliant, and in my top 3 favourite authors of all time and I’d read most of his works before I came across Dostoevsky so I guess that strongly influenced my regard for D 🤷♀️
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