The Circular Narrative in Great Literature

Wuthering heights is a great example of a really circular narrative it's one of those books where you need to go back to the beginning again and you can read it on a loop in fact i would contest that this is a key feature of great novels. When characters tell stories to other people then we buy into the reality of that character who is telling the story as a living breathing human being now speaking of extraordinary characters anna karenana by leo tall stoy that opening is exquisite all happy families are alike each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way very austin esque tall stoy chooses to begin his novel.