Post your favorite book of all time. Other anons guess things about you.

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Anonymous Fri Nov 20 01:39:34 2020 No.16828892 [Reply] [Original]

Post your favorite book of all time. Other anons guess things about you.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 03:13:32 2020 No.16829240 >>16828892 Good taste

Anonymous Fri Nov 20 03:45:58 2020 No.16829350
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>>16828892

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 03:51:24 2020 No.16829364 File: 1.99 MB, 1613x2370, soundandfury.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16829350 >probably hasnt read more than 20 books in his life >>16828892 liked lolita so much he found Nabokov's real work

Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:09:51 2020 No.16829436
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>>16828892
This exact version. I see people try to read the book without annotations and they miss what the whole novel is about. Just a nice book, nice story and the annotations meant i learned a lot about regency era society.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:14:39 2020 No.16829448 File: 33 KB, 495x619, images (3).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16828892

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:16:43 2020 No.16829452 File: 954 KB, 1341x2157, 91CGuOlsKiL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16828892 + Death on Credit

Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:20:29 2020 No.16829462
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Not my favorite book of all time, because I don't think I have one. But I'll mention 'The Star Diaries' by Stanislaw Lem, because his sci-fi short stories always make me laugh and feel warm and happy inside. They're top comfy.

>>16829436
>what the whole novel is about.
What's it about? Personally I wasn't that interested in getting to know more about upper-class life during that period, there's tons of books that deliver that well. What made P&P stand out to me was the phenomenal psychological portraits she painted, and the technical aspects of the book: when you know what happens at about the middle of the book it changes pace and tone dramatically.

Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:24:01 2020 No.16829469
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>>16829350
Is it actually worth reading and not just an.. infinite jest?
>>16828892
Based.
>>16829364
Based.
>>16829436
Based nerdreader.
>>16829448
You think you’re based (cannot say if you actually are just from the book though)
>>16829452
Based but sad.
>>16829462
Fun and comfy books are underrated. Based

Good thread.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:33:55 2020 No.16829489 File: 194 KB, 1600x2423, 71z-Z+q2IPL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16828892

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:38:30 2020 No.16829499 >>16828892 Spends too much time on /lit/, didn't actually read it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:41:41 2020 No.16829513 >>16829489 Thinks they're smarter than the other edgy high schoolers

Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:42:11 2020 No.16829515

>>16828892
Pseud cunt
>>16829350
Spend too much time here
>>16829364
Empathetic dude
>>16829436
Comfy anon, I bet you like tea with a little bit of milk and speculos. Would have tea with you
>>16829448
You feel overwhelmed by life complexity
>>16829452
You hate society and you would like to hate everyone participating in it but you can’t bring you do it, truth is you still have hope. That or you didn’t get the book.
>>16829462
You would fuck a robot if given the opportunity
>>16829469
You would fuck a human if given the opportunity
>>16829489
You’re not an historian

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>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:47:52 2020 No.16829537 File: 16 KB, 306x474, heyhomah.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16828892 current front-runner

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:49:50 2020 No.16829543 >>16829537 extremely based

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:52:29 2020 No.16829552 File: 25 KB, 305x499, JAHB.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

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>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:53:35 2020 No.16829557 >>16829543 thank you, brother

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:54:03 2020 No.16829559 >>16829537 "Misunderstood" junior high student.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:54:21 2020 No.16829561 >>16829515 >You’re not an historian >t. dumb commie

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>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:54:37 2020 No.16829564 >>16829543 favorite achaean?

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:55:05 2020 No.16829566 >>16829518 Blatant liar.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:56:27 2020 No.16829570 >>16829552 You are the guy who posts about JaHB at every possible opportunity and ranks Mann's works like this: JaHB > Buddenbrooks > MM > Faustus

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:56:41 2020 No.16829572 File: 369 KB, 410x759, 1456529349905.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16829559 i'm almost 40

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:56:55 2020 No.16829574 File: 40 KB, 290x475, le-docteur-pascal_couv.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16828892

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:57:44 2020 No.16829578 >>16829574 Never read him. Is there anything that you'd recommend a reader keep in mind as they approach his work for the first time?

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:58:16 2020 No.16829581 >>16829572 Get off 4chan old man.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 04:59:52 2020 No.16829586 >>16829515 thankful to encounter this extremely correct interpretation of Celine

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 05:02:07 2020 No.16829592 >>16829572 That's far worse. I'm actually sorry.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 05:08:20 2020 No.16829616 >>16829561 No, raised by two actual historians.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 05:14:20 2020 No.16829634 >>16829616 >actual historians Lol

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>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 05:28:19 2020 No.16829692 File: 36 KB, 351x512, unnamed.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] i love this book and its characters so fucking much bros

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z Fri Nov 20 07:23:52 2020 No.16830177
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>>16829652
You like comfy pulp adventures
>>16829692
You watch to much anime
>>16829991
?
>>16830119
You like goth girls

I would’ve chosen pale fire but op already took it .

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>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 07:33:02 2020 No.16830208 >>16829578 When reading Les Rougon-Macquart, remember that almost everything was built on real-life. Also, read (just a bit) of Balzac, Marx and Schopenhauer, as a lot of the themes and ideas come from them.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 07:53:48 2020 No.16830281 File: 34 KB, 400x644, 4F98CCC0-C461-40CA-91BB-D570EDA1AE51.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] A truly beautiful book

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 07:59:33 2020 No.16830301 >>16830281 incredibly based men.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 08:20:47 2020 No.16830363 >>16830193 You have not read The Crossing.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 08:22:54 2020 No.16830369 >>16829570 True dude

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 08:27:55 2020 No.16830384 >>16829574 Interesting choice of Zola, why this one?

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 08:40:02 2020 No.16830433 File: 136 KB, 568x800, ogniem-i-mieczem-b-iext39583640.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This one.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 08:44:42 2020 No.16830447 >>16828892 Ask the Dust do me and i'll do you

Anonymous Fri Nov 20 09:41:21 2020 No.16830672

>>16828892
Pedophile
>>16829350
Abusive to his girlfriend
>>16829364
Alcoholic
>>16829436
Femcel
>>16829448
Under 18 b&
>>16829452
Would make the Holocaust look like a joke
>>16829462
Who knows
>>16829469
Wtf
>>16829489
Thinks JBP will save the West
>>16829518
Pedophile
>>16829537
Pedophile
>>16829552
Pedophile
>>16829553
Smug cunt
>>16829562
Gigachad
>>16829574
A sad and reflective person
>>16829652
Fat

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Anonymous Fri Nov 20 10:13:15 2020 No.16830835

>>16830813
A man of good taste, who was likely drawn to the book's more Humanistic themes (as well as to the fact that its an obvious love-letter to storytelling in general). However, you think that the book fell apart slightly in the last third, but that it was redeemed by the last fifty pages or so.

It's my favorite book as well, godspeed anon

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>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 10:27:33 2020 No.16830913 >>16829991 You want to be avant garde but you only act like you know what that means.

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>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 10:29:19 2020 No.16830926 >>16830889 Honestly a well rounded person who's not doing great or in a great place, but is completely content and very genuine

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 10:31:23 2020 No.16830938 >>16830926 Goddamn

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 10:31:27 2020 No.16830940 >>16830835 Thank you anon, you're entirely right.

Anonymous Fri Nov 20 10:38:50 2020 No.16830964

>>16830281
>have worked in manual labor
>can get on well with underclass
>probably lifts
>>16830177
>laughs at dead baby jokes
>secretly watches adam sandler movies or similar
>>16829489
>subscribed to jordan peterson's youtube channel
>>16830914
>watches southpark
>likes sam hyde

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 10:39:41 2020 No.16830971 File: 32 KB, 381x684, IMG_6701.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16830914 Is it that good? I have it on my shelf

Anonymous Fri Nov 20 10:39:50 2020 No.16830972

>>16830384
Reading Les RM was probably the biggest enjoyment I've ever had related to literature (so far). This book being the last one, it takes on purpose many elements from the previous ones (the same description of fire for example) and directly mentions the characters. The writing has a surprising amount of philosophy to it, but keeps a bit of misery Zola loves to do.
The book as a whole feels very personal to me, but more importantly to Zola, because I'm certain Pascal is supposed to represent him to a degree.

Anonymous Fri Nov 20 10:45:46 2020 No.16831006

>>16830964
lol, yes and I am indifferent to his comedic style.

>>16830971
Yes.
There is an entire chapter on the JFK assassination that will make some people butthurt, but it is completely politics free and only looks at it from the perspective of a sniper. Which I thought was very interesting (along with the rest of the book, obviously).
There is also a lot of how-to along with the historical narrative, that could actually teach you pretty advanced strategies and techniques on sniping.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 10:47:01 2020 No.16831018 File: 1.18 MB, 2560x1440, 20200808_190213.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16830971 Also, that's a good stack. I have all of those as well (at least the 3 I can make out).

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 10:57:17 2020 No.16831066 >>16830964 >>have worked in manual labor For only a very short time >>can get on well with underclass True >>probably lifts True

Anonymous Fri Nov 20 11:05:39 2020 No.16831123
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>>16831006
>>16831018
Wow you're stacked up. I thought of getting some of those but held off (for now). Here's all of mine that I recently got. Don't know if they're quality yet

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 11:06:42 2020 No.16831129 File: 61 KB, 912x684, IMG_6708.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16831006 >>16831018 other two unmarked ones

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 11:12:54 2020 No.16831167 >>16831129 I have every one of those except for Guerrilla Warfare Tactics in Urban Environments, lol, which I'll definitely have to pick up. Thanks!

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 11:13:16 2020 No.16831168 >>16828892 Pedophile

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 11:17:36 2020 No.16831197 >>16831167 Yep

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>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 11:47:27 2020 No.16831398 No longer human

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 11:48:33 2020 No.16831406 File: 1.73 MB, 1518x2339, 9780141183756.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] my favorite book isn't very widely read and moby dich was already posted so here's this close third

Anonymous Fri Nov 20 11:51:14 2020 No.16831422
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>>16831398
you've been thinging about killing yourself for a long time. you don't get bored spending long periods of time alone. you drink cheap liquor more often than beer.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 12:09:09 2020 No.16831532 >>16831406 Tell me you fav book, anon. Pnin is on my top 3 as well (: uncle Nabby is nostalgically comfy.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 12:15:56 2020 No.16831561 File: 44 KB, 300x400, {39EF5487-31FF-464D-925A-30952E9DAAC3}Img400.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16831532 i shill it here a lot

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 12:19:21 2020 No.16831581 >>16831561 Nice, I see you enjoy comfy heartwarming literature.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:28:58 2020 No.16832362 >>16830972 Alright thanks for the explanation! If you like Zola, you should definitely check out Maupassant and early Huysmans (if you haven't already)

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:31:38 2020 No.16832388 >>16831213 Incredibly based. Considers himself too smart for his friends.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:34:42 2020 No.16832409 >>16831406 Is this any good. I liked Pale Fire and I'm currently working my way through Ada which imo is some very well written smut.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:36:35 2020 No.16832431 >>16832409 its very charming but get ready for it to tug on your heartstrings towards the end.

Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:44:24 2020 No.16832492
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>>16829436
absolutely based
>>16829448
your mbti is esfp
>>16829518
interesting, try fifty shades next, it's maybe even better
>>16829652
you're secretly a marvel fan
>>16830119
enfp i guess

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:46:54 2020 No.16832511 >>16832431 I'll give it a try next time I see a copy, thanks anon.

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>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:54:43 2020 No.16832593 >>16832518 you are young and ambitious or a boomer who doesn't read that much

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:55:02 2020 No.16832595 File: 48 KB, 302x475, BD324CBF-75E6-4126-A4A0-AEB6002ADA33.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16832518 you also like self-help books and aspire to be middle management

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 15:09:13 2020 No.16832685 File: 18 KB, 264x430, dolores.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 15:17:19 2020 No.16832743 >>16832685 Underage girl with severe daddy issues who likes to self-insert as Dolores and wishes she met a strong father figure like Humbert. Basically, dm me.

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>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 15:39:51 2020 No.16832890 >>16832492 Hates himself and is asexual.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 17:25:34 2020 No.16833686 >>16830433 based beyond saving

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 18:07:46 2020 No.16834023 >>16832778 Based beyond reason. Rent in the city, but dream everyday of a rural life

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 18:08:35 2020 No.16834026 >>16828892 Same

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