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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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