I'm still not sold on this whole "reading" thing: Let's try literature!

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Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

A Hero of Our Time is good as hell and it's incredible that a shithole like Imperial Russia produced, like, a significant percentage of all truly great world literature in like 15 years between 1827 and 1842

# ¿ Oct 30, 2018 22:11

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# ¿ Jan 17, 2021 06:48

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Doctor Faustine posted:

Like half of the classics are “genre fiction, but old.” Get over yourself.

I'm sure this opinion is based on a thorough study of The Classics

# ¿ Nov 6, 2018 21:05

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Doctor Faustine posted:

I have a master’s degree in English and my particular area of study is Romantic and Victorian British lit, so kinda yes.

Aww geez, that must of been awful for you

# ¿ Nov 7, 2018 08:13

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

vandalism posted:

I've had a few, I suppose. I feel like it's really safe to be left leaning in any humanities field.

It is a safe move to not be a brainless oval office

# ¿ Nov 17, 2018 11:13

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

That is good advice as long as it's not a book that Mel recommends

# ¿ Nov 19, 2018 12:51

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

To Catch a Mockingbird in the Rye

# ¿ Nov 29, 2018 21:14

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Cholera is overlong and blandly repetitive. In fact the other top tier GGM is Autumn of the Patriarch

# ¿ Mar 30, 2019 23:54

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# ¿ Jan 17, 2021 06:48

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Extremely overanalyzed oriential philosophical nonsense ftl

# ¿ Apr 15, 2019 15:10

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