Literary Classic meme

[sigune]

Snatched from seaislewitch.

...I really didn't cheat. Honest!

XD

Which literature classic are you?

Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray. You are a horror novel from the world of dandies, rich pretty boys, art and aesthetics, and intellectual debates between ethical people and decadent pleasure-seekers. You value beauty and pleasure but realize their dangers, as well.
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Comments

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

well, that does seem to suit your! I am not sure, however, if it suits me; I got "The Name of the Rose", but would rather have had "The Lord of the Rings".

[sigune.livejournal.com]

I think I should re-read both, actually - but when I think of how many essential books I still have to read *for the first time*, I despair a little...

Do you consider yourself a fantasy writer more than anything else? Me, I always seem to lose the magic as soon as I can, though I don't at all mind reading about it. But I can certainly identify with Wilde's despair about his characters being "all talk and no action" XD.

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

A fantasy writer above all else? I don't know. I seem to be strongly drawn to fantasy of a certain type, but, as you may have noted from my fics/fanfics, I do seem to want to be realistic about certain things. I suppose I'd consider myself a romantic/idealist above all else, if anything, and that's Tolkien far more than Eco, IMHO. I'm not especially interested in magic, either.

BTW, I think I know exactly what one would have had to do to get Tolkien as a response. You'd have to answer that you were "focused on the eternal battle between good and evil", and so on. I didn't pick those answers, though I could see where they were tending, because I thought they were an inaccurate representation of Tolkien and his philosophy - and of mine, certainly! No eternal struggles for me, thank you! Etermal discovery and fun, yes!