Doris LessingNovels give you the matrix of emotions, give you the flavour of a time in a way formal history cannot.
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When you read a novel, it puts you into the time period of that story. By reading a novel, you get the feeling of what it was like to live in that time. When you read history about events, it does not give you the same emotional experience as reading a novel. novels will allow you to make your own feelings about the time period.
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