Comic #6564: novels

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Panel 1:
Title: JANE AUSTEN NOVELS
A person with curly red hair is reading a book, looking slightly perplexed. The text above them reads:
"…and now we introduce character number 412, son of the aunt whose sister-in-law’s cousin was briefly affianced to the troubled love interest of the protagonist’s estranged brother’s half-nephew’s wife’s best friend."

Panel 2:
Title: ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOVELS
The same person is now holding the book, exclaiming animatedly:
"There was a man trying to get a fish."

Panel 3:
Title: ME, TALKING ABOUT BOOKS
The scene shows three characters. The person with curly red hair is now speaking to an inquisitive character on the left, who has curly brown hair. The text above reads:
"WHY DO YOU LIKE HEMINGWAY NOVELS SO MUCH?"
The red-haired character responds confidently:
"BECAUSE I AM AN INTELLECTUAL."

The comic humorously contrasts the complexity of Jane Austen's character introductions with the simplicity of Hemingway's writing style.