Today’s aesthetic: 19th Century literature where the nominal protagonist doesn’t even show up until you’re 20 000 words in.
You can say Les Misérables
No, I can’t; Valjean doesn’t show up in Les Misérables until thirty thousand words in. Even by the standards of its time, Les Mis is 50% more insufferable than average!
jean valjeans not even the main character… like how many words in do those Parisian Sewers come in?
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