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I am reading a collection of Washington Irving’s short fiction and it’s great, he is very funny and creates a sense of place incredibly well. My favorite story of his so far is The Stout Gentlemen, about a neurotic man recovering from an illness in a mid-budget rural inn. He is bored out of his mind and can’t leave because it’s been pissing rain all month. He becomes obsessed with a new guest who he can’t catch a glimpse of no matter what he does, and spends hours trying to figure out what kind of person he might be based on the sounds he hears from his room, the kinds of food he orders and the way the staff reacts to him. At the end of the story the mystery guest is checking out so he sprints downstairs to try to catch a glimpse of him but only sees his huge rear end as he climbs into a carriage. 10/10 brilliant story ChunTheUnavoidable fucked around with this message at 14:43 on Dec 20, 2021 |
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Aardvark! posted:I most recently gave up on book #3 of the Commonweal series by Graydon Saunders. I might check this out I read a lot of golden age and shin honkaku type stuff
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Dec 20, 2021 14:52
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I will disprove Buddhism!
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