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    1. Michael Nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 17 Aug 2019

      Examples of books (or stories) that you reread years later, & found to be much better? For me: Arrival (Ted Chiang, loved it even the first time); Speaker for the Dead (ditto: loved it at first, even more upon reread); the Great Gatsby (didn't like first time, loved the second)

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Aug 2019
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      Jane Austen's novels.

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        1. Rizky‏ @reizqah 17 Aug 2019
          Replying to @paulg @michael_nielsen

          Patricia Cornwell's novels Harry Potter series. Percy Jackson and the Olympians

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        2. Michael Nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 17 Aug 2019
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          I haven't read them all. But this is very true of P&P, for me. It's now one of my favourite novels; 20 year-old me would have utterly mystified by this. (It's difficult for me to conceive how Austen achieved what she did, when I look at contemporary works; it's just staggering)

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        3. Federico Vaggi‏ @F_Vaggi 18 Aug 2019
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          Nabokov's lecture about Jane Austen in his Lectures on Western Literature is fantastic. He explains exactly what makes her so amazing - it's a master explaining another master.

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        1. Zachary Friedman‏ @_kulte 18 Aug 2019
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          Something about not being forced to read a book in school makes it better

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        1. Ghalib Suleiman‏ @ghalib 18 Aug 2019
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          Why were they better after time?

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        1. Katelyn Gleason‏ @katgleason 18 Aug 2019
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          omg

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        2. Katelyn Gleason‏ @katgleason 18 Aug 2019
          Replying to @paulg @startuployalist @michael_nielsen

          Katelyn Gleason Retweeted Katelyn Gleason

          😊https://twitter.com/katgleason/status/1150172477835923458?s=21 …

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          Katelyn Gleason @katgleason
          oddly enough.. this jane austen reading marathon (9 years ago) was a huge inspiration for me in wanting to become an entrepreneur 🤷🏻‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/b60NlyYSx3
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        3. Bushra Farooqui  📖‏ @startuployalist 18 Aug 2019
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          Yess! 🔥 She left a deep impression around a woman’s choice, the imperfection of people, how they change and make amends. But above all, a roadmap to thinking through rules and its relation to being independent, while retaining relationships and the joy of being yourself.

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