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>translators introduction spoils the book
fuck you robin buss, i was gonna read the plague

>> No.16031139

>introduction spoils a different book
>i was planning on reading that book

>> No.16031141

ive never read an introduction that wasnt from a pynch tier fellow writer and i never will

>> No.16031151

>>16031134
Learn French fag

>> No.16031173

>>16031151
learning another language is a tacit admission that your language sucks ass and you need to spend so much time just to enjoy reading. lmao i know my language is the best, i dont need to read shit like the og illiad when pope's translation is better

>> No.16031174

>>16031134
>reading introductions written by anyone other than the author of the actual work before reading the work itself
>getting upset over "spoilers"

>> No.16031177

>>16031134
You are never going to make it

>> No.16031179

>>16031134
do people actually read introductions?

>> No.16031188

>>16031173
>pope
of all the translators you could have picked you picked the absolute worst one, congrats

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>>16031179