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2285128 No.2285128 [Reply] [Original]

Hello, /lit/. I don't come here often, but tonight I want to ask you all a question.

What are the greatest books ever written? I want to especially get into the classics, pre-1920's I mean.

So, would you care to help me? Thanks.

>> No.2285132

Read Harold Bloom's The Western Canon. It has everything you need to know.

>> No.2285133

The most important book ever written in human history is Thus Spoke Zarathustra

>> No.2285135

>>2285132
actually: read some of the books that bloom thinks of as canon first, then read the actual book "the western canon"

it's not that good to read it if you have no idea what any of the books are, since it's mostly essays about authors.

>> No.2285136

Faust
King Lear
The Great Gatsby

>> No.2285138

>>2285128
and holy shit that is the coolest house i have ever fucking seen, where is it?

>> No.2285139

>>2285132

Thanks. I'll check that out.

>> No.2285141

>>2285128

Divine comedy is the masterpiece of western literature.

>> No.2285144

>>2285138

No idea. I'm sorry. Maybe save the pic and ask somewhere about it.

>>2285136
>The Great Gatsby

Nice read, but isn't it pretty... entry-level? Just wondering. I want to read more advanced literature.

>> No.2285147

>>2285144
build your way up, dogg. also it's worthy in its own right, even if it can also be appreciated by high schoolers.

>> No.2285149

>>2285144

Gatsby is not entry level. It is a super read I should think

>> No.2285156

>>2285144
Gatsby's great. Anyone who says otherwise is trolling.

>> No.2285158

>>2285133

Looks great! Thank you so much!

>>2285141

There seems to be a lot of translations, which one are you talking about?

>> No.2285162

>>2285147
>>2285149
>>2285156

Well, alright. I did skimmed it during high school, that's why I was a bit concerned when you guys mentioned it.

>> No.2285165

Homer, all of it plus the Aeneid.
The bible
The quran
Roman de Renard.
All of Goethe.
Divine comedy.
I could go on and on. But this are the all time classics you can't go trough life without them.

>> No.2285166

>>2285158

Which soever is pleasing to you. I will not claim one over another

>> No.2285168

>>2285162
High school doesn't do it justice, it's way more in depth than your teacher could ever hope to teach. The great thing about it is visiting it again and seeing the influence from history, mythology, religion, and psychology in it as you get older and learn more.

>> No.2285171

>>2285168

Fitzgerald is a remarkable man, so I will take your advice seriously. I want to thank you for this, because I'd probably die and never really READ his books, and that would be a damn shame.

Thanks, again.

>>2285165

Thank you for all of this!