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Both of these books are fiction. I don't see how any conclusions can be drawn about how easy or hard it is to be a weirdo in any particular time.

• igravious 6y ago
  Fiction is art. Part of the utility of art is that it holds up a mirror to society. This is fiction doing what it is meant to be doing.
  • fnord123 6y ago
    Do/did these works hold up a mirror to society? Or are they heavily fictionalized so as to color the world with the idealizations and prejudices of the author that they aren't really recognizable.
    • igravious 6y ago
      > Do/did these works hold up a mirror to society? Probably, seeing as they're both literary classics. (I've read both.)
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