this is one of those books where if if you don't think it's good you are automatically outed for not being well read
>>8519841
Rightfully
>>8519841
i'm not well read
I'm reading without annotations
it's a fun read (made me laugh quite a bit)
just finished first chapter
>>8519850
The way the whole first 2 chapters (and the first quarter of 3) satirize william of orange had me pissing myself
>>8519850
Good on you man, flying down the patricians path
>>8519863
He really likes doing it. That line on page 1 of FW about oranges that were left to rust upon the green was #shotsfired.
>>8519863
>tfw too pleb to pick up on things like this
Just marathoned the first 15 pages. Jesus does this man know how to use periods?
Ulysses belongs in the trash.
>>8519841
What if I live in the real world where at best you'll get a minor reference to the name? Ie no one gives a shit.
>>8520069
Cousin anon, you will never be a patrician.
it's kind of interesting for what it is (i.e. early modern literature) but it tends to be the less well-read people who really love this book because they aren't adequately familiar with social and historical contexts of text production