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Ed@notdred.bsky.social |
If the only goal was teaching then there are plenty of books that exist for those purposes. But *these* stories are great, there’s a reason their popularity has persisted over time, it’s fine that more accessible versions of the canon exist, as they have for over a century.
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Django Wexler
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But the greatness of these stories isn't in the things that *happen* in them, is what I'm saying. The language IS the greatness. It's like saying the Mona Lisa is great because it's a picture of a lady. The plots in Shakespeare aren't anything special or even particularly original, f.e.
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