Awhile ago I downloaded several books including things like War & Peace, Sense & Sensibilities, Ulysses etc.
Some of them are quite thick, and I am wondering if I mostly did so to seem intelligent or smart on some subconscious level.
Have any of you gotten enjoyment or insight from any of these kinds of books? or is it just society and schooling that are telling me these are "good."?
Of course there is value in reading some of the greatest literature ever. But for the love of God do not start with War and Peace or Ulysses. Start with the shorter fiction of Joyce and Tolstoy.