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was he ever jealous of actors who got famous performing his work? I assume he didn't really see much fame while he was alive

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What books encapsulate that feeling of feeling like you're the only one who feels a certain way? I am currently reading 1984 and I previously read The Catcher In The Rye, they both have themes of profound alienation and isolation. I like that, but also, there's not really anything that unusual about them, besides the contrast between their perspectives of the world and those around them.

If you'd allow me to go on a little rant, I feel this way all the time, that's why I'm so interested in such a book. In a sort of vague way, I feel so many parallels in my life to the life that Winston lives in 1984, just without the fear of being killed for my thoughts. . I feel so depressed that I have to live among other humans, it seems to me like they're all empty minded simpletons whenever I look around, then I think about the superficiality and uselessness of all of the information that I'm able to process. I don't mean to sound conceited, even though I guess I am, I really believe that I don't know how to enjoy living in a world where I never fit in in the first place.

I don't feel compatible with this planet, although I feel I have my own structured idea of what the world should be and what my ideal world would be. I'm not depressed and suicidal, I'm more of an idealist who's starved of any sort of satisfaction, and indeed it's left me with a deep seated resentment and dissatisfaction with life. Most of the time I'm just bombarded with thoughts of how much I hate myself, because of how my thoughts have betrayed me, how they've misguided me into saying something regrettable. That's one way I really relate to winston, is that I feel that my own thoughts betray me, in the foray of existence I'm forced, by any principles of living for the sake of living, to live through.

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Why do you act as if he wasn't a big deal?

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Found this OC on my Facebook feed today.

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DUDE PUBLIC DISGRACES LMAO

also who /smerdyakov/ here?

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>18
>at gfs house
>she has uber Christian family, I'm her first ever boyfriend
>her four siblings keep walking through the room while we watch a movie
>while the room is empty she takes my hand and moves it to her breast
>I begin to fondle her
>she moans softly and starts breathing quickly and deeply
>moves her hand onto my erect penis
>begins to stroke me over my pants
>I pinch her nipple and she shudders, her shorts now have a visible wetness between her thighs
>she takes out my dick and begins to give me a sloppy amateurs hand job
>her Vietnam vet father walks in
>I cum instantly so hard it hits the ceiling
>he calmly turns and walks into the garage
>I'm frozen
>he comes back with a shovel, looks upset
>I take off running towards the door
>hear a whack
>turn and see him beating my gf with the shovel
>I don't go help, I run
>don't call 911
>don't tell anyone
>she isn't at school and won't return my calls
>mfw I find out she was put into a coma
>mfw I find out she died a month later and her father was put on death row

HEMINGWAY GENERAL

How did everyone enjoy For Whom the Bell Tolls? I found it pedantic to a degree, particularly with its one dimensional view of women.

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What's some manly literature? What book would turn one into a man? Recommend me some manly authors or books. Also discuss manly authors/books.

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In your opinion what is the best book ever written.
Give at least one reason

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Hey /lit/, what book prizes are worth respecting, if any?
Also where do you go, other than here for information/criticism on new lit?

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when did you realize there are less than 50 worthwhile authors

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What is the nature of consciousness, /lit/?

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A pregnant woman leading a group of people out of a cave on a coast is stuck in the mouth of that cave. In a short time high tide will be upon them, and unless she is unstuck, they will all be drowned except the woman, whose head is out of the cave. Fortunately, (or unfortunately,) someone has with him a stick of dynamite. There seems no way to get the pregnant woman loose without using the dynamite which will inevitably kill her; but if they do not use it everyone will drown. What should they do?

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hey so like, what's the deal with The Stranger by camus. let's discuss it ay.

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Hey /lit/ I wrote a shitty poem about being a manlet tell me what you think.

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How important is for a writer to live in an environment were art and culture are everywhere? To what extent does the location (city, town, country) in which a writer is can affect his or her craft?

Also, can the location affect the overall quality of some writer's work? By exposing him or her to much more culturally rich environments, can the surroundings inspire greater works? Of course, I'm not saying that you NEED to experience this type of environments to be a good writer, I'm asking your opinion whether it helps a lot to inspire writer, or does it come entirely from one's mind.