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Gregory Staples's avatar

As one who regularly returns to the classics (and enjoyed all of the novels you listed), I think it's wonderful that we are seeing their revival.

As a side note, I'm not sure even a LLM would be much help in penetrating High-style Henry James. I'm working through The Golden Bowl, and while I'm enjoying it, (I think) I find long sections to be virtually impenetrable.

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Peregrine Beckman's avatar

Golden Bowl is a notoriously difficult read. My English-professor father (Finnegans Wake scholar aamof) never finished in three attempts. In an oedipal moment last year I did finish, and it's worth the effort if only to see how it differs from James' other works. But man is it prissy about sex!

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