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For those of you who have read Chaucer, how did you read him? Did you read a translation into modern English or did you read a version closer to the way he originally wrote?
I read the Oxford translation. No fucks given. I've read selections of him in the original and it's not that special. He's a storyteller, not a good poet.
>>7975492
I had to read all of the Canterbury tales for my senior year high school English class, it was closer to the original text.
>>7975492
I read the Penguin. I believe that for the most part only the gh and th symbols were transcribed? Plus linebreaks and punctuation I guess
why did they an hero.
why did they call the boys over and then an hero.
the boys were gonna take them away.
why was trip in the nut house.
how many girls have you loved but never knew how to tell them.
anyone?
maybe you saw the movie at least?
HELLO IT'S ME
I've come to the conclusion that's is true, it's not a joke. you guys actually don't read.
Hey /lit/
So today I started reading The Call of The Cthulhu by Lovecraft and the thing is that I'm not understanding on average of 3-6 words each page of the story and translating it to my native language.
The question is this a regular thing for anons who read it and are native English speaker or it's because I lack the vocabulary
because you lack the vocabulary
Swede here, I read it without any problem.
Lovecraft is just about the purplest prose around though.
>>7975439
Had the same problem just use Google Translator and lean the words while translating them
It feels like once you've read one eastern philosophy book, you've read em all
>>7975438
If that's your impression we probably can't help you. Too many biases.
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Frankenstein
>I have good dispositions; my life has been hitherto harmless and in some degree beneficial; but a fatal prejudice clouds their eyes, and where they ought to see a feeling and kind friend, they behold only a detestable monster.
-The Monster to the Blind Man in chapter 15.
How could a walking corpse be so articulate?
>As for me, I am a watercolor.
>I wash off.
Anne Sexton, from "For My Lover, Returning to His Wife"
>For want of me the world's course will not fail:
>When all its work is done, the lie shall rot;
>The truth is great, and shall prevail,
>When none cares whether is prevail or not.
Coventry Patmore, from "Magna Est Veritas"
>Yet...
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>Human life must be some kind of mistake. The truth of this will be sufficiently obvious if we only remember that man is a compound of needs and necessities hard to satisfy; and that even when they are satisfied, all he obtains is a state of painlessness, where nothing remains to him but abandonment to boredom. This is direct proof that existence has no real value in itself; for what is boredom but the feeling of the emptiness of life? If life—the craving for which is the very essence of our being—were possessed of any positive intrinsic value, there...
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How does it feel to know that your favorite author will never write something this amazing and world-changing?
Tara Gilesbie is truly not a woman, but a goddess who blessed our planet with her immaculate tale of vampirism and witchcraft; stitched together like a finely-woven tapestry made from the hair of unicorns and angels.
What?
Post your fav, and least fav. My most fav is pic related. My least fav is Harry Reid book. He devotes 3 sentance to the concept of limited government. Basically says "I'm a senator, part of the government, so why would I want it to be less powerful?" Mfw I read that and realized people still vote for him is very much pic related.
Someone red pill me on Michael Savage. I know a guy who listens to his entire show every day.
>>7976826
his talk show is great
i have 3 of his books on my shelf, havent read them yet but ive heard good things
>>7975375
Not /lit/. Take it back to /pol/.
I need help remembering a book title. The book is about a wealthy boy in the future, might be 14-16 years old and he lives in a world where New York City is not a place to live anymore for rich people, but you can visit for about a week. It's walled off and he gets sealed in when visiting one day. If you guys can help that would be perfect thank you
>>7975282
Escape from new york
>>7975286
No I searched that. I remember a character named Rex in the book I think. And the black gang in New York were called the Muslims
>>7975309
The rich white kid joins Rex and his gang I think they are called the wolf pack. The rich white kid has a crush on I think Rex's baby mama. No one in the city is older than 19 I think
Greetings my loyal fans and readers.
I, GRRM am going to give you what you've been waiting for all these long years.
I will finally reveal the grand plots and schemes which I have crafted for long years in chaste solitude. Every character's threads will be untangled and rewoven into a tapestry which will touch your very souls.
BUT FIRST...
So hilariously not funny with absolutely zero potential to be funny or entertaining. Well struck, plebtard tripboi.
>>7975227
...I'm going to have 9 different characters recount the events of "The Hand's Tournament, at Harrenhal, In the year of the false spring".
So I've been looking for The Histories and The Annals by Tacitus and I've only been able to find either overpriced penguin translated ones, or random german ones even though i do not live in germany. So does anyone have a translation to recommend? While we're at it, you could share your hate for penguin or your stories of trying to find (specific) translations at your local bookstore
>share your hate for penguin
why, i'm not a memeing retard
>>7975207
Penguin is really bad tho if you are planning to read anything about the classical world or philosophy in general, because they primarily use outdated translations (copyright expired) so they can cheaply mass produce it.
>>7975221
I'm reading their Lucian right now. The translation is very good and the notes are very helpful. Also The Tain they published had a very good translation by Ciaran Carson.
In terms of original Greek works (i.e. Plato and Aristotle), I agree though. Hackett, Focus, and Modern Library are much better
Why do kids and teenagers like video games better than books?
Not ME xDDDD
Can I get some recommendations on major/good/influential historians/historical works?
Figures in the general vein of Toynbee, Spengler, Gibbon, Macaulay, Hobwsbawm, AJP Taylor.
No particular subject/time, differing political bias, usually a larger scope, readable, with populist appeal.
*Hobsbawm
Did he predict the state of academia in the late 20th and 21st centuries?
>>7975145
what did he say would happen? BLM?
I don't care, but he was great in Die Hard.
>>7975145
They're not rocks, they're minerals, Marie!
Hey /lit/ I've been avoiding getting an e-reader for a long time but I'm going to be traveling for pretty much a year in South Asia and was wondering what the best e-reader is?
How many pages/books can they hold?
Can you torrent any e-book onto any model or which models can you add torrents onto?
Are they all backlilt and easy on the eyes?
Anything else I'm forgetting?
I've got a paperwhite. Don't know about other readers so can't really compare but it works.
Only downsides I've notices:
When selecting a word or sentence I find the touch screen is not accurate. Selecting a sentence below/above the one I'm trying to select happens quite often.
Other problem: It resets some of my books to page 1. Only happens to torrented books, not the onces I've bought on amazon. Anyone know how to fix this? It happens when I go back to home menu, or when I havent turned on my device a few days.
The Sony e-readers are generally good. The reason why you don't see them around much is because normies preferred developed "ecosystems" for their e-books; that is, being told what to buy in an all-in-one marketplace with variety and publisher marketing. This is probably why the Kindle is now ubiquitous, even though Sony's tech was just as good if not better. I will answer for my Sony PRS-T2, bought used for 50€ this year.
>How many pages/books can they hold?
1.2 GB of usable internal memory available plus microSD...
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>>7975197
I have a kobo aura but the pdf support is terrible. Is the Sony really capable of handling massive textbooks?
What books should I read if I want to get a girlfriend?
No shit like The Game please
>>7975138
None of them will help with that
>>7975138
Read about emotional intelligence, body language, aesthetics. Also read whatever you're passionate about.
READ THE STICKY
