And no, I don't actually think doing this as a novel will result in anything that's much of a novel, because really only Hugo will ever be able to pull off Hugo. (And if I do them, I won't be trying to make them all part of one story.) But I do think as writing exercises, it's useful to practice these kinds of things, (and in a context of 'this kind of writing can belong in a real story, not just an exercise') because most of the are things that aren't really pushed in modern fiction.
(And I really like how Hugo organizes his chapters, too, as each being very distinct bits of writing, which is another thing that's very different from modern fiction.)
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And no, I don't actually think doing this as a novel will result in anything that's much of a novel, because really only Hugo will ever be able to pull off Hugo. (And if I do them, I won't be trying to make them all part of one story.) But I do think as writing exercises, it's useful to practice these kinds of things, (and in a context of 'this kind of writing can belong in a real story, not just an exercise') because most of the are things that aren't really pushed in modern fiction.
(And I really like how Hugo organizes his chapters, too, as each being very distinct bits of writing, which is another thing that's very different from modern fiction.)