%0 Journal Article %A Morten Høi Jensen %D 2023 %C Berlin, Germany %I Peter Lang Verlag %J literatur für leser:innen %@ 0343-1657 %N 3 %V 43 %T The Question of Why. and the Meaning of Life.An Essay %R 10.3726/lfl.2020.03.07 %U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1340186 %X This essay examines why ordinary readers, even a hundred years after its publication, are still drawn to