Is this genius, a sad symptom of our times, or both? http:/

>>9305105
This is just a worse "poorly describe a book with memetext"

>tfw the article itself is clickbait
2meta4me

>>9305105
Its stupid, but at least admirable to push the classics. Plebs have always read shit.

>>9305824
Why is it admirable to push the classics? Our anti-intellectual climate helps reduce the amount of vanity readers. I for one would hate to see the classics as mainstream literary fixtures.

You cant market literature to the kind of people who respond to clickbait

Some are actually witty.

>This Italian politician makes Trump look like a saint
>and why nobody is talking about him

Intentions are noble but method is base and repulsive.

Just like progressive left.

>>9305105

It's actually a sign of how we, humanity, have gotten more intelligent over time. We understand things much more quickly, and can say things much more concisely, than older authors. Why we do find them so borig now? Because they talk forever to say what only takes us a few sentences or paragraphs to say. Our processing ability is far better than that of our ancestors.

>>9305983
This. It might motivate some plebs to pick up a book but they'll put it back down after five minutes.

>>9306012
you suck

>>9305924
>I for one would hate to see the classics as mainstream literary fixtures.

d'aww, it may actually reveal how plebian they really are

Wouldn't want your ego to take a hit

I've been to this bookshop before. The owners are fucking great, they're two Mexican engineers that love bolano

>>9305105
>Romanian man learns a shocking fact about garlic
Is garlic even a thing in Dracula?
Also these are about as bad as corporate memes.

Promoting books to people with short attention span is a ridiculous idea.

>>9306029
lmao

>>9309038
not an argument

>>9306029
>exquisite descriptions that transport us
>lol this italian is like trump so you definitely want to read it
you're right

It's a genius response to the sad symptoms of the times

>>9309082
this, the mans gotta eat

>>9305105
grandmacore

literature is esoteric by design. Could you imagine a YA reading millenial developing an interpretation of moby dick?
if you need reference I urge you to look up the goodreads reviews of Melville and Conrad

>>9305924
>Our anti-intellectual climate helps reduce the amount of vanity readers

It only helps destroying the book business and to stop the emergence of new Talents.
And EVERYTHING that lifts the intelligence of the average person by one notch would be very much needed in todays dumbphone Society.

>>9306029
Kek.
We are waaaay more stupid than those people. If you really think that eloquent prose is a sign of mental inferiority than you are cleary crazy.

>>9308978
Yeah garlic is in Dracula a couple times

Are these the full books on these sites? They seem too short for 400+ pages.

>>9309149
Conrad was racist you fucking shit, don't at me y'all

>>9305924
>Our anti-intellectual climate
What are ou even on about ? what country ? Turkey ?

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>>9305105
Both. It's easy to forget how new technology is, for those of us in our twenties (the vast majority of this board).

>>9309384
Nobody?

>>9309384
The size of a screen accounts for about two pages or more if you think about width.

>>9309413
>What are ou even on about ? what country ? Turkey ?
america would be the example that springs to mind the most.

>>9306036
Plebs dumping money into books as a sort of trophy only serves to help bookstores and publishers stay alive

>>9307429
>Wouldn't was your ego to take a hit

Obviously not. Don't you like being proudly reticent of your secretly superior tastes?