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I want to read dubliners, is this edition good or should I go with the oxford one?
The text is the same, who gives a shit if it's not translated?
Id personally skip dubliners and go straight for Ulysses or portrait (preferably Ulysses). I couldn't make it past 3 stories without wanting to snooze
>>7451211
Dubliners is important for Ulysses.
>/lit/ - amazon reviews
how about you make a thread when you've read the book
>>7451211
>going straight to Ulysses without at least reading Portrait first
r u wanna die?
>>7451211
ah, another of the 95% who didn't understand Ulysses. unless this is a troll, wouldn't surprise me if not though.
>>7451208
this 2bh
Editions only really matter if it's about translations, if it's in english then even fucking wordsworth will suffice.
>>7451224
He's right I tried twice and the first time I thought my head was going to blow up. I know I'm no genius but for fucks sake I got depressed the first time I tried reading it. Dubliners and Portrait are great starting points.
>>7451239
>ah, another of the 95% who didn't understand Ulysses.
Well aren't you just a smug little cunt.
>>7451286
>didn't understand Ulysses
>butthurt
>edgy profanity
:^)
>>7451208
this. just go whatever cover/text you like more
>>7451298
You aren't a special snowflake if you think you "get" what Ulysses is about. It's a straightforward book, it's just the language that gets a bit tricky at parts. Keep acting like you're part of the literati cultural elite though.
if it's in english it doesn't matter. have fun, it's a great read. favorite stories?
>araby
>a little cloud
>the dead
it's fine just read it
>>7451319
>It's a straightforward book
Plotwise, yes. Everything else, absolutely not, and you are a naive reader if you think otherwise. It has many layers of meaning that are not straightforward at all.
>>7451319
You sure told him!
>>7451205
I found the font a bit too large and the texture of the paper was too rough on my delicate hands :/
>>7451344
He implied the plot was the straightforward part you twat
>>7451205
>reading a portrait of the artist as a young man
>uses words and references i don't understand
>find "joyce annotated" book online which explains everything
>longer than the actual novel
why do i need a book to translate another book, why does joyce use so many memes?
>>7451488
he implied nothing you scumfuck degenerate bastard
>>7451205
Yeah man that one is a better translation from the Irish.
What the fuck are you talking about? Just get either the cheapest one or the one you like the cover of best.
>>7454376
thanks for bumping a worthless thread with a worthless response
lol I just wrote an essay on Araby
>>7452829
Because Joyce was writing for an educated audience. How is it his fault if you don't know any latin or irish history?
