/lit/ - Literature

Wtf did i read?

Srsly the plot of the second half of the book is so fucking random
goes to buy a coat. gets challenged to a duel. needs to get a flower, because thats what he will fight in the duel (wtf?). woman will help him (and wants to fuck him apparently) gets on carriage to get flower. on the way gets into a carriage-race. carriage crashes into house. house burns down. finally get to garden for flower. meets another woman (she falls in love with him on the spot). finally the duel. gets stabbed with the flower, but doesnt die.

And it keeps going on and on. what kind of drugs was wolfe taking when he was writing this?

Also, why is the protag falling in love with EVERY woman he meets?