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How important is a knowledge of French history when considering reading Les Miserables?
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Hugo will pretty much mansplain French history in the book, Don to the history of the sewer system.
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>>9804049
*down to
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can we get a /lit/ mk2 where we actually talk about literature?
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>>9803907
omg that gif is so cute
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>>9803907
I love that book. Great thread.
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>>9803921
moot mk2 said we can have the occasional meta-thread.
there is almost no literature mentioned on /lit/ (a book is not nessesarily literature) in consequence /lit/ is full of tourists who don't read literature and are incapable of having a conversation about literature.
the board is failing in its most basic function.
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I know this thread has been done a thousand times, but please help a pleb like myself.
Where do i start with the greeks?
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>>9803905
Penguin has a book on the Pre Socratic Phikosphers. That'd be a good place to start.
If you really know nothing pick up Roots of the Western Tradition. It's a slim little history book and a great intro to, well, just about everything.
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Is this the logical conclusion of Western philosophy?
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>answer: stop *fucking* each other, obv
>tfw this tremendous event is still on its way, still wandering
>tfw it has not yet reached the ears of men
>tfw lightning and thunder require time
>tfw the light of the stars requires time; deeds, though done, still require time to be seen and heard
>tfw this deed is still more distant from them than most distant stars
>tfw it doesn't matter who we are. what matters is our plan
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>>9803869
>They fuck you up, your mum and dad
*contradict*
http://quillette.com/2015/12/01/why-parenting-may-not-matter-and-why-most-social-science-research-is-probably-wrong/
>Man hands on misery to man
>Get out as early as you can
No arguments here, if this is what you believe, then by all means make it swift.
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>>9803869
Omg! it rhymes?
Truth in verse is always well timed!
Must be true, Must be true
The square hates my parents too!
Misery Misery!
It seems to have always followed me
Now it says avoid a dynasty
And future Misery will not be certainty!
I have listened to misery so far,
Maybe she has wisened up?
Wait- fuck.
Has anybody read this? My university is asking incoming freshmen to read it before the fall semester.
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>>9803787
I haven't but now I'm interested in this too. It looks really bad but I wanna read. Is there anyone who's read the book? If so, please share your thoughts here
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>>9803827
Those were my first thoughts too. I'm hoping it's decent, since the author's a lawyer and lawyers are generally pretty good writers
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Whatever happened to /lit/ FC? 2017-07-25 01:08:31 Post No.9803732
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Whatever happened to /lit/ FC?
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Does anyone still care about this? Can we have a new squad pls laddos
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We don't do sports, we are readers.
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Talk about establishing a false dichotomy friendo.
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Is the Brothers K more or less effective without the planned sequel that Dostoyevsky alluded to in the introduction having ever come to fruition?
Dostoy implied that this would have been the more important work and it certainly could have answered a lot of the questions one is left with after finishing the firstsuch as whether Dmitri really did kill Fyodor, whether his escape is successful, and whether or not Ivan recoversbut the original novel is in some regards more powerful with the answers to these questions left ambiguous.
Would you have preferred for Dostoy to have finished his sequel or is literary history better off without it?
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what did he mean by this: 2017-07-25 12:14:03 Post No.9803601
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http://www.ernestcline.com/spokenword/npa.htm
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Does he not see the irony? Retard's also objectifying women.
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So… hungry… It had to be there. somewhere. How had our hero come to this? His journey was all because of one man (or minecraftian, whichever you prefer). who had accidentally burnt down the entire village supplies. Himself. And so the village had decided that he should be the one the replenish them. But fortunately he knew about an area in a mushroom biome where you were bound to find pigs for meat and all types of mushrooms and wood for bowls and soup (not to mention the mineral rich grounds). But, on his way, tragedy struck. Given natural events, the entire landscape had changed. As our hero had not visited for a while, he had no idea about the changes. And so, as he was approaching his destination, he fell deep down into a crater with no way to climb out. Then, Placing his only torch, his adventure began, an adventure that would take him to the end itself….
By now, you are probably wondering what the name of this "hero" is. Our great hero's name is Joe. Yes, Joe. After lighting up his torch and taking shelter in a nearby cave, Joe noticed a dark shape, silhouetted against a wall. Before knowing what was happening, a black creature with purple eyes pounced on him, and then it was gone. For the rest of the night, he pondered this strange happening.
He knew that it could only one thing: an enderman. But there were two things that scared him; one: endermen didn't pounce. Two: endermen can't move if you stare at them. Wait, WHAT IN THE NAME OF HEROBRINE WAS HAPPENNING TO HIS ARM? It was getting blacker every time he looked. Not only that, but it was spreading. Because he was so scared, Joe didn't notice himself getting taller and his line of sight widening. And then, he blacked out….
"Joooeeee…." "Joooooooeeeeeeeee…." "Where am I?" Joe asked. "You are in the end." A voice said. "Who are you?" Joe asked. So far he could only make out two glowing white orbs. "I am herobrine, lord of the nether." "And you are the ender child, the third lord of minecraftia!" And so, Joe realised that those orbs were eyes. Suddenly, another figure appeared next to hero brine. He knew who this man was; Notch.
"Brother" Notch said "I think it is time for our friend here to return to the real world….
Joe woke with a start
He was back in the crater.
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Do you think Severus Snape was stupid to do all those stuff for Lily ?
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Snape was a classic wuss who got cucked by James the chad. It's literally pottery.
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What to do in Budapest? 2017-07-25 10:55:24 Post No.9803428
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Going to Budapest in a week, anything I should check out?
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kys
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>anything I should check out?
The nearest exit out.
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>>>/trv/
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day Inns also offered to pay back the money I already had in the deal, to
finance all the construction, and to guarantee me against losses for five years. My choice was
whether to keep all the risk myself, and o
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Before I read a book, I open my chakras
First, I open my eye chakra
Second, my reptile brain chakra
Third, I open up all neuron chakras
I open the page and read the first pages
And then: BAM! Just like that...
...I'm woke
And I love it
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>>9803394
fucking idiot. how can you read a book without opening your crown chakra first? your head would explode.
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Centuries of human anatomy, of autopsies, of dissection, and no one has ever come across an organ called a fucking chakra.
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Which translation is the best?
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>>9803252
The gay Scottish one
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the french one
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updated mocreiff
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Who are some Gargantua-like modern characters?
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Bugs bunny go easy on the carrots ok