World of Pride and Prejudice=my idea of hell. Rigid, mannered, highly feminized society, tons of rules, little to do. Why do people like it?
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Plenty of horrible worlds make amazing books. I wouldn't want to live in Middle Earth. Especially during the First Age...
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I think you're a minority fan though. I suspect many actually romanticize that society and wish they could live in it.
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the only fictional society I'd sign up for immediately is The Culture.
RIP Iain M Banks : (
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May be true. Anecdotally, e'one I know who likes it doesn't much like most of the world. But that may be selection bias.
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. Certainly, Jane Austen makes it abundantly (and hilariously) clear that she doesn't much like that world. Part of what's remarkable


