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>Go to start a new book
>Open book
>"Foreword"
>"Preface"
>"About the Author"
>"Letter from [Author's friend]"
>"Praise for [Author's previous works]"
>"Praise for [This Specific Book]"
>"Translator's Commentary"
>"Publisher's Note"
>"Author's Note"
>"Comment from [Illustrator's Third Cousin]"
>"This page intentionally left blank"
>"Introduction"
>"Prologue"
>"Chapter 1"
>book starts

>> No.17893255
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>decide to read the Greeks
>25% of the book is translators notes
Fucks sake I just wanna learn the story

>> No.17893272

>>17893244
Tear those pages out and mail them to the author or editor with a letter telling them the book is shit.

>> No.17893292

>>17893255
I read some Plato recently and I had to skim past a summary of the dialogue that was longer than the dialogue itself.

>> No.17893690
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>Open new book
>Chapter 1 is missing

>> No.17893792

>>17893292
you may want to read it afterwards. They usually have good insights.

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>>17893244
I think introductions are great if they're by the author and not too long winded. The prefaces in Kurt Vonnegut's and Harlan Ellison's short story collection are very enjoyable and give insight into their thinking before the work. I find that comfy.

>> No.17894133

>>17893244
>vorwort

>> No.17894211

>>17893244
Someone makes this dumbass thread once a week and it's always fucking useless

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>>17893244
>no "Note from the Editor"
>no "Preface to the 2nd Edition"
>no "Author's Comment to the 2nd Edition"
>no "Acknowledgement"
>no "Chronology"
>no "Note on the Text"

NGMI, OP

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>>17893244
>open book
>the text starts
>the text ends
>as a bonus, a lengthy unrelated poem by the author is added after the text
>also a reconstruction of an earlier version of the first text is added
>then, a detailed list of all the differences between the various manuscripts of the text and of the poem
>the same text, but based on some recently discovered manuscript with some sections different from the first text
>a 150-page analysis of the history of how the text was written over time, with a massive diagram showing the different sketches of the text by the author and their mutual relationships
>textual principles of the edition
>endnotes
>close the book