/lit/ - Literature

>>20806312
>This book opened my eyes to what literature can be
So glad you could have that anon! When a book can have that effect on you it's one of the most wonderful things in the world. The only problem is that in three years you may find yourself arguing with strangers over whether Ishmael is gay on an image board.
>>20807505
Best of luck my man. A long one but a great one.
>>20807706
Kek, Bloom cucked again.
>>20806092
I may agree with you anon. I like that Molly gets a chance to explain herself in the next one.
>>20802820
I finished but I'm still trying to post.

I can only find beauty in the classics: Goethe, Shakespeare, Byron, Cervantes. Is there any modern author (of this century or the previous one) capable of writing a beautiful story?

I hate anglos so much it's unreal

Just finished The Sorrows of Young Werther.

Thoroughly enjoyed it. However, I've read that Goethe himself disliked the piece (and romanticism as a whole) and many reviews I read beforehand called it trivial and hated Werther for the fact that he couldn't just "man up".

Anybody else agree? I for one thought it was entertaining to read such profound deep seated heartache, especially after being dumped a few months ago. Definitely made the sentiment of unrequited love feel more ubiquitous and beautifully captured, however over dramatic the character is (which gives some good laughs too).

Also what Goethe should I read next? Thinking Faust

Hey, /lit/ pardon my english please.

I just read Goethe's Werther, I found it amazing, the way it just looks at the complex of love, beutiful while understandable.

do you have any other book, poem, short story, novella, etc like that?

it kind of remind me of Tonio Kroger by Mann.

thanks in advance. First time poster here.