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Is Eliza in Uncle Tom's Cabin black or white? She is depicted as a white person in illustrations but black in movies. Seriously what the hell?
>>7645418
Did you even read the fucking book?
>/lit/
Between this and the /r9k/ on the front page, /lit/ should just an hero, the infestations have won.
>>7645418
shes black dummy
study more
>>7645453
>Did you even read the fucking book?
Why should i do something stupid like that?
Show me the best contemporary author your country has to offer. What's his/her best work?
>>7645407
Not exactly contemporary, but probably our last good writer.
He passed away in '94
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>>7645407
Though there are probably better authors.
>>7645634
>contemporary
sorry my bad
Is Comic Sans a symptom, a precursor to or an agent of post-irony in typography?
Com!c sans
Com!c sans
Com!c sans
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babby's first irony
Comic Sans is irony.
Post-irony would be Papyrus or maybe something iconic like Helvetica used in a context unfamiliar to the typeface.
What are some good philosophy books that are also just plain good literature?
the trouble with being born is better tho tbhtbhtbh
>>7645286
Anything Schopenhauer or Nietzsche.
Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Cioran and Foucault - among those I've read. Negarestani too but his is kind of a special case.
Do you guys own any valuable or rare books? I mean of significant monetary value.
I own the only copy of my diary t b h.
>>7645247
Women & Men and The Consumer
>>7645247
I would really be surprised if anyone could hawk a translation of War & Peace for that much.
You could buy a ton of first editions that will appreciate in value at 8x the rate of that book for 3000 GBP
Could someone redpill me on Nietzsche?
Also, any tips on/about reading pic related?
Nietzsche isn't very hard to read, senpai. Just enjoy it.
Nietzsche is the german word for nazi.
What are you some sort of nazi who wants to ban the outsiders?
>>7645023
kek
Currently about 30 pages through and meh it really hasn't clicked with me yet. Does it get any
better?
You gotta' read it as a parody of
1. academic writing
2. stream of consciousness
3. etc.
From someone who liked the book, the parts where Johnny Truant is the narrator are sometimes entertaining but mostly pretty shit. Once the plot about the house in the academic writing (which slowly morphs into very un-academic writing) gets going the book is great though.
What are good books about nazi concentration camps written by actual holocaust survivors?
that shitty one dfw always plugged in order to please his jewish publishing house masters
>>7644644
No one survived the Holocaust
I had to read some of Nightmare Memoir in American history and that was pretty decent. Its from the perspective of a French (?) POW, I really liked the part where he described the march to the camp itself, I had never read about that.
God I just started reading this and I had to put it down because it was making me too jealous/ depressed about my own life.
How do you guys come up with the money to buy so many books?
I steal it from my dad
>>7644504
Pretty richfag here. I use the library, alibris often sells for 1-99 cents + 3.50 shipping, and I pirate.
If you are buying full price from amazon or big box book stores (unless you are buying modern library or everyman or folio editions) you are doing it wrng.
>buying books
>>7644524
Also many anons swear by thriftbooks
Have you ever felt like Holden Caulfield ?
Yesterday I was supposed to go to the movies and the restaurant with friends, but instead I chose to stay in and sleep all day.
I woke up to like 30 missed calls and I decided on a whim to give away half of my stuff to the non-profit down my avenue, mainly books and old clothes, not that I own anything of worth.
Then I booked a megabus and travelled halfway across the country (from Lyon to Strasbourg) for no reason in particular, I visited it's museums and went to the movies and the restaurant by myself, alone.
I...
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Sounds like depression mate, go to a doctor/do drugs.
LSD can fix depression for about a month. Either that or get on those dick killing pills
I believe you just forced yourself into actions to be able to relate to a character
Guess your just a poser
>>7643338
or it can convince you to take the final step.
>tfw can't write
>tfw having only stupid ideas like some guy turns into a cockroach one day or some guy kills a woman with an axe
how do i learn to write /lit/?
Kill yourself. Filthy dumb frogposting scum.
Write about your life and add 4chan greentext stories
LSD
So wait, why did Pierre Gringoire leave Esmeralda alone with Frollo?
Couldn't the 4 of them just run away together?
Also why didn't Esmeralda realize that Phoebus doesn't give a shit about her after he didn't even speak for her, visit her or ask about her in months?
frollo was going to inquisition the fuck out of all the nonbelievers thats why they had to get away from notre dame or else
>>7645242
What the fuck are you on about?
/Literature/: A competition of who is the most well educated, who reads the best works, who reads faster, who shares the "right" political, religious, phylosophical opinions. Who is a illiterate pleb for not having the same beliefs, who is the patrician.
>Not trying to share and give the opportunity for others trying to expand their knowledge, throwing stones at them instead.
I bet you all already read books that discussed being a better person, directly or indirectly, so why not apply it here and in life?
>>7645094
Most people on /lit/ are very nice and helpful, I don't know which board you were browsing.
>>7645094
I almost told you that you confuse /lit/ with /fit/, but /fit/ is a nice board too.
That's what a pleb would say.
What is /lit/'s favorite translation of Canterbury Tales?
>>7645085
The Middle English one.
>needing a translation
It's written in English
It's perfectly accessible in its original state. Just get an edition with notes if you're having such trouble
