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Can anyone recommend a book about failure. Preferably 19th century lit wherein a character fails/is a failure or else criticism/theory that addresses failure as a concept. Bonus points for literary/scholarly failure in particular. But anything at all that you think is interesting on the subject would be useful.

Can anyone recommend any books that address failure? I'm specifically looking for 19th century novels that address literary or scholarly failure, or else critical works addressing the concept within literature, but anything wherein failure plays a significant role is of interest to me :)

Quick note after the Eliot section. Leavis' fetish of moral instruction reads as patently absurd today, though you can't help but be jealous of the clarity it provides him as a reader. It leads him to a close reading of Daniel Deronda which serves as a defence of Eliot's tendency towards analysis which still feels remarkably vital. It is through her uncompromising willingness to think that she feels so deeply. Yes!

enjoying this more than I expected. a touch guiltily as i loathe the project. cruelly, cooly, funny.

quit reading. no more.

lol

i want more

i love this more than almost anything

not even gonna read, like, street signs. i refuse. non-alphabetic symbols are fine. for now...

quitting reading. sick of it.

Having fun with it :)

i didn't know i could do this hi everyone

this series continues to terrify me

love this boy

love this boy