>>116778
Patrician taste picture.
Who would be D'artagnan though?
>Chilling in an armchair with The Count of Monte Cristo and a glass of brandy probably feels too white for them.
Yeah, reading books does seem pretty "white". Also from the photos Dumas didn't seem to have much if any negro features, aside for the hair, but curly hair also sometimes happens in Euros.
That said, personally fiction books are totally not my cup of tea, especially giant ones like Dumas'. Even in audiobook form some parts really started to drag. I thought about reading/listening to LOTR as well, but I've heard horror stories about the length of descriptions Tolkien did.
When I was younger I read a lot more, but I just stopped caring.
I do read non-fiction though. I'm thinking of trying The House of Leaves as well, mainly because its one of the only books that actually uses composition of text on its pages to tell something. I really wish more books were like manga where they use and modify their format more. Not just blocks of text with zero formatting.