Jun 26, 2024
Human emotions are many. From the excited laughs of a little kid to the deep, distraught voice of an adult trying to make it big. And the worst ones often come from emotional struggles and loneliness. Here we list some books that can leave you teary-eyed.
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In this novel by Mary Shelley, people read about loneliness and isolation through the ‘monster of Frankenstein’. As the ‘monster’ lives away from society and so does its creator Victor, the book talks about loneliness and internal struggles.
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Radclyffe Hall's ‘The Well of Loneliness’ is about forced isolation owing to one's identity. It is about the life of Stephen Gordon, a lesbian living in a time when homosexuality wasn’t accepted. Her loneliness is a result of society and its hard ways and her inability to find support.
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A heavy read, ‘The Bell Jar’ is a semi-autobiographical novel that talks about the main character, Esther Greenwood's descent into mental illness. Esther's sense of isolation is deep because of her inability to conform to societal expectations and her feeling of being trapped.
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Virginia Woolf's ‘A Writer’s Diary’ is a collection of her journal entries that give a glimpse into her thoughts and feelings about writing and life. Throughout the diary, Woolf expresses her struggles with loneliness and isolation.
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In ‘A Little Life’, Hanya Yanagihara tells the story of four friends, with a focus on Jude, who has experienced deep emotional trauma. Jude's loneliness is because of his traumatic past and even with close friends, Jude remains isolated.
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Gail Honeyman's book shows the life of Eleanor, a socially awkward and lonely woman with a sad past. Eleanor's isolation is self-imposed, stemming from her fear of being hurt again.
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A short story from an unknown narrator, ‘White Nights’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky is about a man who feels extremely lonely. His isolation is shown through his ‘night walks’ and his wish for companionship.
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Evident from the name, ‘The Lonely City’ talks about urban isolation. Laing looks at her own experiences of isolation in New York City while discussing the lives and works of various artists who faced the same situation in life while trying to make it big in the big cities.
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