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>>1565085
This.

Also, beer.

>> No.1564393 [View]

>>1562988
That's what I did.

'Twas pretty effective.

>> No.1564391 [View]

>>1563846
>>1564232

These. [DFW and Woolf]

>> No.1564386 [View]

>>1564380
Wrong book.

>> No.1564377 [View]

Dostoevsky makes as many references to western European philosophy as he does to the Russian condition.

If you have a major in history (or simply have taken Modern European History), you'll be fine.

Many Dostoevsky fans say that reading Notes from Underground helps to understand Crime and Punishment. Though it's far from necessary, you can consider it if you're still worried.

>> No.1564082 [View]

>>1562542
I have yet to read 'em, and all the non-/lit/ related hubbub has detracted me from buying any of his books.

Why is he good, anon?

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The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh

>> No.1551890 [View]

"Slave" comes from the word "slav."

Most of you linguists probably know that, but that blue my mind when I learned it years ago.

>> No.1551876 [View]

>>1551860
Fuck you.

>> No.1551856 [View]

>>1551716
Need one more? Consider:

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
Independent People by Halldór Laxness
Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

>> No.1551752 [View]

I share both of OP's habits, though I tend to read those books all the way through... eventually.

>> No.1551722 [View]

>>1551182
I agree.

I continue to read all of his books.

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>>1551700
Yep.

>> No.1551693 [View]

>>1551668
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Crash by J. G. Ballard
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

By the way, make sure you get Maguire and Malmstad's translation of Petersburg (published by Indiana University Press).

>> No.1551155 [View]

This changes constantly, but I'll roll:

Albert Camus
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Hermann Hesse
Ivan Turgenev
David Foster Wallace

>> No.1551138 [View]

Old news.

>> No.1551135 [DELETED]  [View]

Old news.

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The Economist
BBC History
New Scientist
National Geographic
The New Yorker
Scientific American

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>mfw OP's image won't leave the top of page 1

>> No.1550801 [View]

>>1550770
The only parts of English that make no sense are derived from French.

>> No.1550766 [View]

>>1550755
It's worth the read but not necessarily the hype. I was surprised by the quality, though.

>> No.1550759 [View]

>>1550749
>legit
from: legō, -ere, lēgī
third person, singular, present-tense
definition: he/she reads

>> No.1550757 [View]

>>1550726
I haven't seen it yet, but I think it has Matt Damon - of whom I am a fan. I'll be disappointed if isn't good.

>> No.1550695 [View]

>>1550357
I second True Grit and No Country for Old Men.

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