Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 31 August 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1901
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 31 August 2020 10:22 (three years ago) link
Oh you switched to a yearly basis, my bad.
3xp
― pomentiful (pomenitul), Monday, 31 August 2020 12:48 (three years ago) link
should I read Lord Jim? this online course about fiction writing I listened to referenced and upheld it an awful lot
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 31 August 2020 16:04 (three years ago) link
I hated it when I read it at 12, then read it again at 21 and hated it again. So I'm about due to give it another try.
― Lily Dale, Monday, 31 August 2020 16:11 (three years ago) link
The first two-thirds of Lord Jim is really good, but the ending relies on Noble Savage/White Savior tropes that were already played out in 1900.
I'd say read it anyway, especially as a companion to Heart of Darkness (same narrator).
― Brad C., Monday, 31 August 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link