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Hello, I am looking for a novel that has more complex than average vocabulary, especially collocations, so I can learn from it. It should be contemporary (after ww2 at least) and preferably short (200p or so).
I've been looking around but can't seem to find something suitable, so I had to turn to /lit/.
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the phone is along the black strip of carpet on the right of the right leg
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>>9382817
did you google it?
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>>9382838
no I ogled it
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The World's Last Night
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>>9382883
op if you want to increase your vocabulary read essays, the vocab used in essays is a lot of the time much broader than what you'd see in the nytimes or an average novel or whatever. i'm a native english speaker and i still learn a lot of new words when reading essays, especially if they're from like the 18th century
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>>9382890
I'll keep that in mind. I also need the book for a project though, and only a novel works
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>>9382890
http://xenopraxis.net/readings/adorno_freetime.pdf
http://www.econlib.org/library/LFBooks/Hume/hmMPL40.html#Part III, Essay I, OF ESSAY-WRITING
http://www.johnsonessays.com/the-idler/memory-rarely-deficient/
heres a taste of how some of these writers are to read, if you like them read more and your vocab will grow a lot.
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>>9382954
It'd probably go over my head.
Doesn't have to be the best of the best, just above average.
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bum
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>>9382814
Sebald and Coetzee, as well as Ishiguro (Buried Giant and Remains of the Day)
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>>9383321
Found some suitable novels from those names, thanks.
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>>9382814
If you're looking for something short with more complex than average vocabulary and interesting collocations, you might be looking for poetry more than a novel. I don't know which English language poet would be best for this, but some other anon might be able to help.
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>>9383899
Yes, i get you, but it's for a project.
Thing is, since most of the recs here are from foreign authors, while they certainly have some complex vocabulary, they really lack in interesting collocations/phrases
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