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Is he just Lemony Snicket for grownups?
I guess.
Lemony Snicket is great you bum
more like banany snicket
Hey /lit/, I'm curious. What are the best books covering the Napoleonic Wars?
>>8037903
I heard war and peace is alright but you're probably better off just watching the tv series
>>8037912
what a shite rec, who the fuck are you.
There's countless biographies on literally every side. Man you shithead.
Fuck guys like you.
Here's a few autobiographies of soldiers who served in the war, all good, they're all different nationalities and perspectives, some are superior naturally.
http://www.amazon.com/Legions-Napoleon-Memoirs-Officer-1808-1813/dp/1853673803
http://www.amazon.com/Notebooks-Captain-Coignet-1799-1816-Greenhill/dp/1853673137
http://www.napoleon-series.org/reviews/memoirs/c_Adye.html
http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Glory-Napoleon-His-Guard/dp/1853672645/ref=pd_sim_14_5?ie=UTF8&dpID=51H57H8YJ2L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR109%2C160_&refRID=1EYT10ZC9CEWSS45WN0R
http://www.amazon.com/To-Befriend-Emperor-Balcombes-Napoleon/dp/1905043031
http://www.amazon.com/Defeat-Napoleons-Russian-Campaign-Classics/dp/1590172825/ref=pd_sim_sbs_14_5?ie=UTF8&dpID=41yLm%2BKOr0L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR102%2C160_&refRID=19N63X65TBJHVPGWCDVA
http://www.amazon.com/Sergeant-Bourgogne-Napoleons-Imperial-campaign/dp/1846771072/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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>>8038025
In regards to biography I'd add Patrice Gueniffey's "Bonaparte". Volume 1 is out and it's ~1000 pages, it's Napoleon's early life until he becomes consul in 1802. I think I read there's going to be at least 2 more volumes.
I heard the TV series Roberts did on Napoleon wasn't all that good. However the debate I watched between him and another titled "Napoleon: The Great?" or something like that he did very well, can't remember the word for it but the...
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-Don't listen to reddit circle-jerk
-Use your brain and form your own opinions
-You'll learn more writing your own book and have more fun
-Don't read while tired and stay hydrated
-If someone says X is Trash/OP ask yourself why
-FYI Faulkner/Ibsen/Tolstoy/Proust is Trash
-Good Prose and High Metre/Irony > 10K pages low assonance verse
-Non Fiction > Fiction
-Reading non fiction Fast > Snail Paced fiction (Same concept applies at poetry)
-Use the Wikipedia
More:
-Don't complain that you're dumb if you spend 5+...
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>Non Fiction > Fiction
yeah if you enjoy snoozing
>>8037899
>Use your brain and form your own opinion.
I'll start by disregarding your opinion.
>walk into library to get textbook
>"some folks are born" playing
>get book on film theory
>frame freezes, a record scratches, and the camera zooms in on my face
I hate the fucking world, too many god damn fuckers in it.
Too many thoughts about societies all wrapped up together in this place called AMERICA.
Everyone has their own god damn opinions on every damn thing and you may be saying "well what makes you so different?".
Because I have something only me and V have, SELF AWARENESS, Call it exortenstiolism or whatever the fuck you want.
We know what we are to this world and what everyone else is.
We learn more than what caused the civil war and how to simplify quadratics in school.
We have been watching...
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Is the song name wrong on purpose in this meme?
It's called Fortunate Son.
> [Noun] Studies Professor wakes up to find his son is more redpilled than he'll ever be
>>8037281
>book about a cuck
no wonder /lit/ loves it
>>8037316
by 'big pharma'
[VIDEO](https://youtu.be/F8t5RQ5tufg)
Introduction
============
Hello /lit/ ! I am completing a personal project. It is a shared reading of Milan Kundera's "The Hitchhiking Game".
The entire story (30 - 60 minutes, comprised of 12 parts) will be read by myself, and one female.
Upon completion, you will be paid 60 USD in Bitcoin or Paypal. Additionally, you will recieve credit for your work.
I am looking for a female voice aged 20 - 40. The story is tastefully erotic, without being explicit.
Therefore, I require talent that is comfortable expressing their sexuality. The reading is to be delivered in a sultry,
flirtatious, alluring and dramatic manner.
I am holding auditions for the part, until Thursday May 19, 2016.
At that point I will determine a suitable candidate and we will further collaborate.
You will be paid upon successful submission of your final reading.
Summary of Story
================
In Milan Kundera’s short story ‘‘The Hitchhiking Game,’’ a young couple, on vacation, spontaneously find themselves
engaged in a fantasy ‘‘game,’’ in which they pretend that she is a hitchhiker he has picked up along the road.
This ‘‘game,’’ which begins playfully, turns out to have dire consequences in irrevocably transforming the
relationship between the young man and the young woman.
The fantasy begins to bleed into reality, leaving both parties feeling completely different about...
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Audition Materials
=================
[**Audition Script**](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_NolRDHGDjlbzJYNW1qeW9uRFk/view?usp=sharing)
Your lines are color-coded red. Leave an adequate pause between each line-reading for post-production purposes.
This is what you will submit.
[**Full text**](http://shallaon.blogspot.ca/2005/12/shalla-on-hitchhiking-game-by-milan.html)
A link to the full source text. You may use this to familiarize yourself with the story.
[**My reading**](https://youtu.be/F8t5RQ5tufg)
It's hard to read...
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good luck OP, I hope you find the perfect candidate here in /lit/
Page 414 of the Bayback 10th anniversery edition of Infinite Jest, "cabal" is spelled with a K.
>>8037198
And this is important because?
>>8037198
Fucking dropped, I'll make sure to never ever be in the same room as this edition
>>8037424
failure is a form of sincerity.
Who else /wantstobecomethenextgreatestwriterovertlyforgloryandprofunditybutinrealityjusttomakeupfordumbinsecurities/ here?
>>8037074
you mean "overtly for profundity but covertly for glory, love and praise"
too bad you suck, op
>>8037089
not as much as your mom did on my nutsack, my main man
is this worth the read?
I got Walking by him and got 10 pages in and it made my head hurt... Not in a "the book is bad" way but in a "I guess I'm a dumbass" way
Why this guy so obsessed with Wittgenstein?
I'm reading Holzfällen now. I've only recently realised how great a reputation Bernhard has outside of Austria. I find it kind of unexpected because, to me, his work seems to rely pretty heavily on being familiar with Austrian / Viennese society and culture (the cultural importance of the Burgtheater, particular streets and neighbourhoods of Vienna, the historical significance of Heldenplatz, etc.). I'd be interested in hearing anyone else's thoughts about any of his works.
Hey /lit/, my next English class requires that I come in having read two novels from the following list:
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Pride and Prejudice
Beloved
Crime and Punishment
Brothers Karamazov
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Frankenstein
A Farewell to Arms
All the Pretty Horses
I'm leaning toward Beloved for one of them (I think I have a copy lying around.) Any recs for the second book?
picture of dorian gray
>>8036936
C&p or brothers k
thats a random list... Dorian Gray is the shortest if you are just trying to quickly bang em out. But do yourself a favor and read one of the Dostos
It's my birthday and I feel like treating myself to some good books. Give me some recommendations, I have no specific request just whatever you think is good.
Giles Goat-Boy by John Barth
>>8036844
>It's my birthday
me too
A Confederacy of Dunces = The Simpsons
Cool, now I have to read it
>>8036821
Comic book guy was based on the main character most definitely.
There's differences, of course, but the book has the same feel as the best of The Simpsons.
I liked it. What was Ignatius supporsed to represent? I know he was more than just a character made for cheap/ quick comedy but I don't quite know the full significance of his personality
Post reviews and try to guess which book they belong to.
gene wolfe's series about severian?
>a messy and convoluted story regarding a torturer who wouldn't stop rambling
my diary tbqh
I read the first one and A Series of Unfortunate Events immediately popped into my mind. The second one kind of kills my idea though.
What are you wearing while reading? What are you drinking and eating while reading? ( Remember staying hydrated is important! haha). Do you match your cup with the book cover or the book's theme? We all know that reading is so much more than the content of the text, it's a life style!
This is how I read for those who are interested :) https://youtu.be/g7RZ_y-Cako
>>8036654
>Remember staying hydrated is important! haha
>haha
what the fuck is that mate
>>8036654
>What are you wearing while reading?
Nothing. The mind is only as free as the body is.
> What are you drinking and eating while reading?
Doing anything while reading? Distractions.... Fucking pleb
> Do you match your cup with the book cover or the book's theme?
Covers? Fucking pleb, colors can distract you. I'm reading in a completely white room with no furniture whatsoever. The...
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>>8036654
mate if you just want to talk shit about booktubers while simultaneously wanking off over them there's already another thread about that
Can we have a UK litizen thread? This is a topic to post about being a litizen in the UK and the associated demoralisation that comes with it.
Have you noticed that there is no such thing as an attractive girl that reads books? Only fat ones or dyed hair ones who try to attract beta attention.
>>8036522
>alpha/beta dichotomy
Was Hitler alpha or beta?
>attractive girls
>UK
They all look like fucking potatoes
Fucking nation of inbred jugheads with big dumbo ears
>birthplace of the english language
>oi may' das da truf innit da bin lorry comin roun' da corna innit
>>8036534
But that's not true, and what's so embarrassing about your post is that you obviously know it isn't. Play the tape: So there I was returning to my dorm room at the University of Oxford (Jesus College for all those in the know) when I turn a corner and almost collide head-on (literally) with a girl who is about six inches shorter than me, brown hair, petite figure, the kind of girl you'd call "cute" instead of "hot" without meaning it in a mean way or anything. The kind of girl...
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