Read Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925). It's fine to read ahead. Some people may not be able to stop, and that's fine. (But if you do press ahead, please withhold spoilers!)
In Fitzgerald we meet an author who cultivates the power of suggestion. Fitzgerald doesn't simply state facts; he also relies on persistent suggestions and impressions... even apparitions.
It's clear that he hopes certain developments will 'pop' in our imaginations, and that it's better -- when realizations and discoveries pop -- than it would be if he merely narrated every fact or event. As you'll see, there are expectations that readers figure things out for ourselves.
So please read with an eye and an ear for elements that somehow transcend what lies on the surface.
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