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."?
Maximalism baby! That line about literature comforting the disturbed and disturbing the comfortable is especially relevant here and I'm not sure which I am but I know this stuff is worth it. Don't start with the huge books tho.