Gen Z but two centuries ago

A generation of young people with ‘full hearts in an empty world’ sought hope in the face of insurmountable malaise

by Emily Herring

https://aeon.co/essays/young-people-now-and-the-mal-du-siecle-of-19th-century-france?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=005d93b4ed-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972

Some authors from Gen Z at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1341 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7255 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5450

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