What are some books that will give me the same feeling that I

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2016-12-07 11:16:15 Post No. 8813261
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Anonymous 2016-12-07 11:16:15 Post No. 8813261 [Report]

What are some books that will give me the same feeling that I get when I look at Gustave Dore works?

I read Dante's Inferno in highschool and I loved it, I think am going to pick up Paradise Lost on amazon. I also really enjoyed the Odyssey.

I'm not religious, but something about these overly grandiose tales really gets me. I can't really properly describe it.

Anonymous 2016-12-07 11:24:23 Post No.8813289
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>>8813261
faust
moby dick
iliad

the bible

Anonymous 2016-12-07 11:25:45 Post No.8813295
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Anonymous 2016-12-07 11:25:45 Post No.8813295 [Report]

also romantic poetry

Anonymous 2016-12-07 11:31:09 Post No.8813317
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Don Fucking Quixote

And the Bible. I'm one of the more atheistic people on this board, but nothing is as grandiose as the Bible, plus you'd like both The Divine Comedy and PL better if you know what they're referencing

Anonymous 2016-12-07 11:52:32 Post No.8813391
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>>8813289
>>8813295
i've read moby dick and enjoyed that as well. will check out rest.

>>8813317
there's so much shit out there for the bible now, are there any editions that are super archaic and only referencing the stories and not the bullshit moral lessons?

Anonymous 2016-12-08 02:57:02 Post No.8814051
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>>8813391
>there's so much shit out there for the bible now, are there any editions that are super archaic and only referencing the stories and not the bullshit moral lessons?
you have a strange conception of what the Bible is.

Just read the Old Testament, in any translation really. KJV and NLT are both good

Anonymous 2016-12-08 02:59:34 Post No.8814058
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>>8813261
Leaves of Grass

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>>8813391
Get the quatercentenary edition of the KJV bible with 1611 text. It's absolutely beautiful.

Anonymous 2016-12-08 03:16:39 Post No.8814104
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>>8813391
Robert Atler

But, as fruitful an endeavor it is to approach the The Bible strictly from a 'formal' lens, the stories and their wisdom are two sides of the same coin, resulting in its sublime beauty.

Anonymous 2016-12-08 06:51:39 Post No.8814798
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>>8814104
gotcha, never read the bible before but one of my dad's girlfriends tried to make me a christian by getting me a kids edition bible filled with hilarious comics about why you shouldnt watch porn and stuff, so that's about the limit to my knowledge. just wanted to avoid that lol

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