>finish the first part of Don Quixote
>have to wait 10 years before reading the second part
>>7983019
are you talking as someone from the time that the book was written
or are you commenting on the mental leap one needs to undergo before being worthy of the second chapter
please forgive me for I am dumb and uneducated.
>finish a chapter of Dickens
>have to wait 1 month before reading the next part
>>7983063
If you're not reading in the original language and replicating the exact historical settings (social, political, everything) in which the book was originally published then you're not gonna get it. Basically, to be a good reader you must be a method actor.
>>7983080
The same's true of every good book. You don't _really_ get it unless you read it wearing period costume.
>read first part of La Galatea
>still waiting for the second part to be published
>>7983019
>pick up Bible
>read OT over authentic timeframe of centuries
>just make it through
>call-me-methuselah.jpg
>have to wait 500 years to start NT
>mfw
>>7983147
epic post my fellow redditor
Did Pierre Menard also wait 10 years between his versions?
>>7983170
Menard only managed to finish a couple small bits
>finish the Apology
>have to go around the city asking people questions about their presuppositions on what a good life is and demonstrate them how they know nothing and that a serious strive towards knowledge must be taken
>gets beaten and arrested because I showed a police officer how the law he thought he upheld was based on the premises of protecting not the good citizens, but the most useful and lucrative ones regarding the city itself
>tfw have to travel through hell for a qt3.14
>>7983019
>>7983199
>finish "The Prince" by Machiavelli
>write a long letter to Obama telling him he should accept my advice
>tell him to form a policy which benefits the citizens while taking from the upper class so his citizens won't rebel against him
>Obamacare is formed
>>7983213
And it turns out she's a fucking ice bitch. Way to go Dante.
I like doing it too. I'm on a cut to simulate how a peasant would eat. Lots of stress even thought I'm eating better than them (greater variety and better micro profiles).
>>7983091
t. machiavelli
>>7983112
kek
>>7983019
>finish the first chapter of Infinite Jest
>have to go back in time to YDAU before reading the next
>>7983147
You think you're funny. Try reading Hogg sometime.
>>7983080
>start reading the Metamorphosis
>have to become an obstructive and unloved pest to my family
...wait.
>finish reading The Castle
>it ends mid sentence
>what the fuck
>wait for a while for the rest to come out
>nothing
>ask around about the author
>nobody tells me anything useful
>try to contact Max Brod to get back to me on Kafka's progress
>I'm on my deathbed and still haven't heard anything
>Tfw it will probably come out after I die
>mfw
>>7983147
Well memed memester5000 :^)
>>7983091
This. If you don't have a Greek toga and a Spanish conquistador outfit at the ready for when you read you're a certifiable pleb.
