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I find it quite funny that during the turn of the 20th century, there was a bit of a culture in reading, in literature. In the UK, I know, but possibly in the rest of the Western world as well. And that culture was that to be considered someone who's reading proper books, you'd need to be reading non-fiction and to sit and read a narrative of any kind, a story. would be considered more so to be a little bit infantile, a little bit pulpy and less intellectual. Of course, I wasn't actually around during the turn of the 20th century to know this as a fact myself, but I'm largely getting this from the works of Jane Austen. Specifically, in her book Northanger Abbey, she parodies gothic novels. in this book, but also highlights a little bit about the culture of reading at the time, and how you almost had to be ashamed to be picking up a horror novel or romance novel
And it was considered a waste of time, something that didn't broaden your intellect in any way. And I find that very funny, especially funny because Jane Austen herself was one who commented on this. And if you told someone today that you were reading Jane Austen, or working your way through the works of Jane Austen, well, I think there wouldn't be many people who wouldn't consider you to be rather intellectual or sophisticated for doing so. And so it implies that at some point there was this cultural shift where stories became a little bit more valuable, a little bit more worthwhile and the craft of writing a story, of storytelling Was given... Much more prestige... Now exactly when that shift happened... I couldn't quite tell you... But of course... As you may know... If you are... As I presume you will be... A human being... Living in this world... Stories... Have been... Fundamental... To personhood... And civilization...
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