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Does anyone know where I can get English versions of Shakespeare's works? Thanks
Any bookstore, physical or online.
>>8196126
They're not in English.
>>8196162
They are, unless you don't live in an anglo country and they are translated.
I want to improve my Spanish, particularly my vocabulary. What spanish language books should I read? Quixote is the only one talked about on here.
>>8195903
cause the rest are shit
who is this author ? did anybody read anything from him?
>>8195903
¿Qué nivel de español tenés?
El Eternauta si recién estás empezando.
Algo de Cortazar, Borges, Ernesto Sábato.
Si decís qué género preferís te puedo orientar.
Anyone ever read Mogworld? I thought it was pretty good.
Can /lit/ recommend me some similar books?
>>8195843
Did I say something wrong?
>>8195839
Absolutely awful. Would expect nothing less from Yahtzee though, what a fucking hack.
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What's some good Pragmatismcore?
>>8195808
Wittgenstein Philosophical Investigations
>>8195808
William James, John Dewey
>>8195808
is utilitarian pessimism idealistic?
>People on this board are unironically Marxists
People here are supporting Bremain, of course they are marxists.
this desu
I'm not a marxist but I am a leftist-hegelian.
OP needs to read a book.
If you like books so much, then why aren't you reading a book right now?
>>8195781
Because I just finished my book. Now I'm getting high and wait for tomorrow, so I can go to the library again.
>>8195846
I just download a shit ton of epubs from what.cd and read them on my laptop
>>8195893
Cool. Whatchu gonna read?
Are Raymond Carver's short stories worth reading? I've read Cathedral, and I think pretty highly about it.
>>8195682
yes they are. check out where I'm calling from. it has a lot of the good ones in it. plus it's a groovy looking vintage contemporary
if you've read carver short stories and like them, why are you asking an anonymous anime board to validate your opinion?
yes, raymond carver is worth reading.
What we talk about when we talk about love was great, especially Everything Stuck to Him imo I just love that one
Just finished Dune.
Why does everyone like this book so much? The characters (other than the Baron. Kynes, and Alia, who weren't explored much at all) were incredibly bland. The plot itself felt kind of generic, but maybe Herbert helped establish some of the tropes that I find dull. I did enjoy the world-building and the appendices after the book were pretty interesting. As someone with a Muslim background, I also thought the Fremen religion was fascinating to read about. Too bad almost all the characters sucked.
Paul is a Gary Stu with zero personality until...
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You got meem'd
>>8195668
lmao it's just the intro retard.
>sandnigger
well there you go lad, the book appealed to me because I like the idea of desert cultures and knew nothing about them beforehand
Is this accurate?
No it's pretty meaningless because it's impossible to discern the underlying principles even when you're more-or-less familiar with all the names, and too many things seem like joke inclusions
Some things are neat like Eckhart being up top but Diogenes, Muhammad, and the Easterners make it seem like a joke, among others. A lot of the inclusions in general seem arbitrary when not accompanied by other obvious ones.
Interesting to see a lot of (these days) less-typical names on there from occultism, mysticism, and philosophy, but other than that pretty meaningless
>>8195652
>Muhammad
>God Tier
>Schopenhauer
>Not God Tier
>Marx
>Anything but shit tier
>Le sniffing Slovenian, Jean-Paul "Googly-Eyes" Sartre, Gramsci, Adorno
>Good tier/Above Poor Tier
>Evola
>Poor...
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>Jesus
>Muhammad
>god tier
why tho
The depiction of female sexuality near the end of this book made me nauseous. It was well written, but still. Worse than The Painted Bird and Blood Meridian.
ITT times you got an unintended feel from a book.
>>8195600
>female sexuality
>makes me nauseous
wew lad
why fag
>>8195606
women are greasy sloppy pigs, what's not to be disgusted by.
>>8195600
This is, I have heard, a wonderful writer, one of the best of our times. Yet, since she is personally a modest, calm and quiet lady, and averse to fanfare and controversy, she is not a pop-writer model. She stays under the radar despite her great talent, so I heard.
I was thinking on starting reading her. Unlike you, OP, I don’t have anything against female sexuality. It’s a normal aspect of the biology of males and females, and there is nothing better than having fun with a girl between the sheets –...
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It's my grandmother's 80th birthday on Sunday and we've bought her a kindle. My mother's tasked me to download ebooks for her.
So far I've downloaded some Catherine Cookson novels and Dubliners (because she grew up in Ireland). Can /lit/ reccomend oldladycore books? I'm looking for historic romance novels, but nothing too seedy. She's the kind of women that watches mass on the telly. I've heard she found Émile Zola distasteful.
>>8195588
Georgette Heyer if she has a sense of humour. The Brontes if she doesn't.
>watches mass on the telly
The God Delusion
>>8195588
I would steer clear of anything involving Ireland just because those kinds of old people can take "Ireland is truly marvellous and lovely" the wrong way.
The only old lady books I can think of are Danielle Steele but that is obviously inappropriate as hell. Get her a nice murder mystery or something.
>>8195588
Why don't you ask your grandma what she likes?
Thoughts? I'm sure there are a billion problems, but please tell me and I'll change it. Will make it prettier post-corrections.
Useless guide. Just use Bloom's Western Canon list.
http://sonic.net/~rteeter/grtbloom.html
>>8195564
>mediaeval europe
>no Chrétien de Troyes
What was he thinking?
>>8195571
Bloom's list is like 100 times larger than the guide OP made. It has a completely different scope and target demographic. Therefore, OP's guide is not rendered useless by Bloom's list as it is far more approachable.
I am a bit confused by the categorical exclusion of philosophy and literary theory, but the inclusion of religious texts. Was this intentional or an oversight? (I realize that philosophy isn't literature, but I think it makes sense to at least include Plato's Republic...
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I Need to do something with my life so im thinking of writeing a book.
It would be a Sifi/Fantsy about a goblin named (name pending) and his adventers in space.
The story would be He is apart of a criminal underworld (think the mob or something like that) and while on the heist of his life something go's worng and he takes the fall.
Lose's an eye and other parts. he of course gets put in jail and he gets wooden limbs /eye
Then he either gets out/breaks out and gets fitted with high robotic parts think cyborg goblin and hunts down those who wronged...
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Never in my whole entire lifetime would Inotread that kind of shit.
>>8195524
Sounds cliche as fuck.
So basically cyborg space pirate goblin? Yeah nah would not read.
>>8195524
What should I have read before I start The Stranger?
>>8195425
The Greeks
>>8195425
Dude just read it it's not hard. I read it and it had a very deep impact on me, with no prior preparation. The writing style is very easy, I read it in one day.
>>8195427
But Plato is so fucking boring...
Is reading literature a hobby?
Hobby: An activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure.
What are millennials doing all day then? Staring at a wall and being miserable?
>>8195420
Posting on twitter and snapchat
