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help a brother out. I left an important book away from home and I'm short on time here. I need a good site where I might find for download/read-for-free!
please and thanks in advance
libgen and bookzz
>>7978238
What's the name of the book
>>7978238
dickbook.com
is it recommended to read Crime and Punishment before The Brothers Karamazov? I'm hankering to read Karamazov but I feel like C&P comes first and I'm just not that interested in that. I have technically already "read" C&P, back in highschool, but that obv. doesn't count
>>7978197
you've learned russian, right?
>>7978201
unfunny mrmr
I read Crime and Punishment before the Brothers K. I don't think reading either first would make much of a difference.
What is you favorite Kurt Vonnegut book /lit/? I've read pic related and Cat's Cradle and I've been thinking about picking up Galapagos next. Cat's Cradle was better than Breakfast of Champions IMO.
Mother Night is my favorite, but Slaughterhouse Five holds a special place in my heart for being the first one I read.
Cats Cradle is good but a bit unmemorable. Sirens of Titan is fun but lacks some of the refined qualities Vonnegut acquires later. I did not like Breakfast of Champions.
Welcome to the Monkey House has some of my favorites though.
>>7978152
Slaughterhouse 5, even though it's the obvious choice, is damn great. God bless you mr. Rosewater was surprisingly good as well
i've read slaughterhause and cradle, and while i liked them both. slaughterhouse was more impactful, but cradle was a more entertaining read. I really love the carribean dictator archetype.
Itt pedophile (specific definition) writers
>>7978143
And what is this "specific definition"?
>>7978159
the before puberty thing i guess
pls respond moderately soon
Can /lit/ explain me the role of the traditional literary critic?
I want to better understand their historical significance, it feels weird that back in the day there were just one or two guys who people listened to if they wanted to know if something was good or if it was shit.
Nowadays there are on average 100+ poorly written reviews on goodreads for YA vampire fiction.
Bumping
I want to know about this too
>read 19th century critic
>they analyse the moral deficiencies of the author
I don't know what you mean by 'role', I can't relate to this term at all. What is the 'role' of an author? To write a novel? If so the 'role' of the critic is to write a critique of an author. Critics did then largely what they do now, albeit in a very different manner. The best way for you to compare modern critics to the ones of the past is to read the ones of the past. Johnson and Coleridge are the two greatest critics in history; either of those would not be a bad place to start. Ruskin was more of an art critic but immensely influential...
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What is the best typewriter to type my masterpiece upon? Pic related
>>7978020
A computer.
A MacBook Pro along with a fine Starbucks cup.
>>7978020
w700ds with gentoo
I've realised that writing a book on my own twenty-something musings is utterly futile because no one gives a shit, and I write for my own pleasure, but I also want to write something that people will read.
So I thought, to get people to read your shit, it has to be on some interesting topic, and why not a spin-off on current events? Like the refugee crisis? And I don't mean in as some zombie invasion, but more a political thriller observing the stages of a society that breaks down and has is a grim parody of current issues, worse case scenario, etc.
Would...
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if you have to ask, probably not.
but good luck on your future career in masturbation.
it doesn't sound bad
almost any topic is good to write about if your writting skills are good enough
just try it and see where it takes you
>>7977988
>projecting
Not saying I could pull it off, but if someone wrote the likes of World War Z and posted it on /lit/, everyone would say it was shit, cliched and a useless addition to an already saturated genre.
Which is all true, but people actually spend money on this shit, and I like writing.
/lit/ where is the line between being patrician and being a sell-out?
>there are people on this board who haven't read Don Quixote, Divine Comedy nor the Iliad
>>7977968
That's me! But I have read The Critique of Pure Reason.
I really detest the use of 'nor' here.
>>7977968
did you read them in their original languages?
Does anyone know of any books that incorporate lots of stuff about eyes and giving different looks? I know this might seem like a stupid question, but lately things like giving the "evil eye" have piqued my interest.
Bonus points if it's Russian literature.
>>7977964
Paddington Bear
Wow, what a complete fucking mess of a play.
You got me. You can leave now.
Hey guys, I'm trying to get into free lance writing over the web, please let me know about all the different websites/methods you are aware that will help me get started better
bamp
>free lance
>you are aware that will
start with the greeks, then come back
become a loathsome and reprehensible human being that can identify a niche market and squeeze them. but first latch onto someone in the industry like the parasite you are.
Hey, /lit/. I'm illiterate, I can't read*.
Recommend me some books on tape that will help me transition form not being able to read to being able to read well and with understanding.
I've spent most of my life in the wilderness like an animal, I hope this will make me more human.
>>7977859
*(this is being typed out by a computer program as I speak the words)
>>7977859
How to Read a Book
If this isn't bait (rec me a book on how to read a book) you'd need to attend a literacy course, someone has to teach you verbally.
Was the beat generation just a bunch of junkies or did they write anything of value?
>>7977761
The former, desu
Would you say that 4chan has a folk literary culture in the form of greentext stories? Is there any real-world counterpart to compare it to?
>>7977752
I would personally say most greentext stories are short-stories.
IIrc greentexts fit the definition for short stories I learned at school(germany)
i never trust green text stories cause it's usually some cunt screenshotting his own silly shit. sometimes it's fun but more than often it's lame.
Have you ever written something you thought was funny? If so, share :D. If not, what's the funniest thing you've read lately?
>>7977743
funny is for kid.
>>7977808
I'm sorry
