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  • Prunesquallor
    They might have depressing aspects, but ultimately things usually work out. A bit like life, really. The two that immediately came to mind were Great Expectations and Jane Eyre.
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  • Mastodon
    Because real life tends to have more unhappy endings than happy ones.
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  • Nick
    Most great novels cover all aspects of life, including the depressing ones, but there are many great novels that are not altogether depressing. Some examples: James Joyce: Ulysses Lew Tolstoy: War and Peace Herman Melville: Moby Dick Miguel Cervantes: Don Quichotte Lawrence Sterne: Tristram Shandy Günther Grass: The Tin Drum Joseph Conrad: Lord Jim T. C. Boyle: Water Music These novels all contain stories of Life and Death, but I found them not ultimately depressing.
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