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Surely there has to be someone that comes close, right?
Only the big N and he had too short of a productive lifespan to achieve his power level.
Marlowe
Cervantes
Chaucer
Virgil
Homer
Milton
Ariosto
Proust
>>7825399
Who is the big N?
So, misogynistics of /lit/: how can you justify your views while knowing the first novel was written by a Japanese gal?
Obviously he identified as a male you transphobic shitlord
This isn't even coherent mate.
has anyone here read this? is it any good?
What is the most /lit/ job (NEET isn't a job) in the sense that you can read a lot while working without reading being your actual function? Preferably night shift and I don't really care about the pay.
>>7821510
Security guard
One with a booth you can sit in
No universities
What about receptionist in a shitty hotel? Is it as comfy as it is portrayed in movies like The Innkeepers?
Babysit old people with alzheimers. Usually they will stay quiet for 8 hours if you turn on the idiot box with a high regimen of doctor prescribed medication.
Can anyone recommend some books about the history of fascism?
1984
soumission
Crippled America.
How do you guys pronounce these two words?
Patrician
Plebeian
I've heard patrician pronounced Puh TRISH-IN and Puh TREE SHIN
I've heard plebeian pronounced PLEHH BEE IN and PLEBIAN
Can some english major or patrician direct me to the proper pronunciation?
>>7826955
The first Patrician is correct, by english pronunciation standards
Plebian is pronounced "plee-bee-an", but people here use "pleb" as opposed to the more common "plebe" shortening.
Pah-trysh-en
Plea-be-in
Is how it sounds to me.
t. Canadian
>>7827023
Can confirm, am Canadian
Can you recommendations me any books written by a woman? Its actually posible to distinguish if a book is written by a woman if you don't know it?
>>7827311
>recommendations
Fuck autocomplete
>>7827311
George Elliot is God tier. Probably should start with Mill on the Floss. The Bronte sisters are also pretty good.
Also have to plug some southern Gothic: Flannery O'Connor, Donna Tartt, Carson McCullers, Shirley Jackson.
In fact, I don't know why but a lot of women have written in the southern Gothic / Gothic genre. Mary Shelly and Ann Radcliffe are pretty great as well.
>>7827311
jane austen, all works
I didn't enjoy Colorless Tsukuru all that much, but I don't want to give up on Murakami. The beginning of the book was promising, but it just didn't pick up from there I've read/watched multiple reviews of the book and most, especially seasoned readers, seem to dislike it which reassures me; I like his style and the way which he describes a character's emotions, which was what mostly captivated me.
Any suggestions on which book to read next? A friend recommended I read Sputnik Sweetheart, which I already had in mind, so I'll probably be going...
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Damn, hillary clinton whipped sanders ass! President Trump coming next year.
I just read Wind-Up Bird which is supposed to be his best and thought it was forgettable garbage.
Just read Pynchon for your pop-culture infused magical realism, OR trash them both and read real literature.
>>7816781
I just finished his running book, which left me wanting to read his fiction.
I'll probably go chronologically.
1-What book or books are you reading right now?
2-What is you opinion thus far?
1 - The Holy Bible
2 - Pretty gud, kinda conservative
Joseph Andrews a second time
Just as shitty as I remember
Introduction to Civil War
Finished it on the bus this morning. Slow to start but worth it in the end.
Favorite Infinite Jest editions? Mine is pic related but I do like the one with clouds, it seems fitting.
has anyone collected all editions?
new cover is true patrician cover
Wow... American here, might have to order that UK version, that's pretty awesome.
Okay, which versions of The Iliad and The Odyssey should I read?
Does it matter all that much since it's subjective anyway; are there any I should just avoid?
Also, should I read The Odyssey before Ulysses?
I love this E.V Rieu translation. Not sure what the consensus is on it here though
Can't go wrong with Fagles
>>7825066
Robert Fitzgerald is best.
Why is it so much better reading on a kindle than an actual book?
Is it the possibility that you can have all the books with one touch?
With books I have never wanted to hold it and read it for more than a hour. With my kindle I want to read all day and I praise it for giving me the opportunity to read all the books that I want without me spending thousands of dollars on paper
Tl;dl Discuss how all the plebs need to have paper to read are actually in love with the image or reading.
Isn't really that great for textbooks and stuff you need to constantly re-read pages
>kindle
You know you could make twice as much money if you also shilled for other e-reader manufacturers who aren't Amazon? Make sure both contracts are on paper though, nomsayin?
I can only use my kindle in broad daylight cause otherwise the backlight reflects off my glasses and makes it so that I might as well not be wearing them since it's all blurry (yes, even on the lowest brightness setting).
No regrets about buying it though, and I'll still buy physical books and read them too, since like most normal people I give more of a fuck about reading the book than what format I read it in.
Name a better writer than Jorge Luis Borges
>protip: you can't
All the writers he namedrops.
>>7827138
Bioy
>>7827148
kill yourself
Just finally picked up a copy of Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Anything important to keep in mind as I read it? I'm not very good at picking up subtleties in books and want to make sure I don't miss anything.
>>7826943
the greeks
>>7826943
Nietzsche is a sophist. Don't bother.
>>7826943
>I'm not very good at picking up subtleties in books and want to make sure I don't miss anything.
You're fucked.
How was highschool for you guys? Who were your favorites back then?
pic unrelated
>>7826652
1. happy
2. hugo and tolstoy
>>7826652
I just got rejected from Bowdoin, first time hearing from a school- Pomona College is in less than an hour. Assuming the college acceptances are the pinnacle of high school so I don't know how it's going.
Never talked once to anyone the whole time, was miserable, stopped attending
Read those really long history books and all the pleb "top 100" shit like catch-22, moby dick etc and didnt get much out of them because i had no energy to think much
Does this country have good literature?
Does the language isolate it much?
>>7821476
>Does this country have good literature?
yes
>Does the language isolate it much?
yes
mexico? short of.
>>7821709
>[plenty of things could go here]
