/lit/ - Literature

>The Picture of Dorian Gray
>is actually a book
WTF, Wilde?

>I’ve now realized for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest

Fucking really?

Oscar Wilde

I'm kind of surprised that there always seems to be so little discussion surrounding nineteenth century English writers in general. You'd think that it's a pretty large, mainstream topic.

>>6450504
underrated poast

How 'bout The Picture of Dorian Gray (assuming you've already read it, because chapter 11 would probably be tedious to work through while high).

What are some shorter works that serve as great introductions to authors?

Examples:
Kafka-Metamorphosis
Dostoyevsky-Notes From Underground
Pynchon-Crying of Lot 49
Tolstoy-Death Of Ivan Ilyich

What books are great introductory works for authors?

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."

>>2924745
papa was theeee man.

I know it's trite, but ever since reading in Ovid's The Metamorphoses the story of the sunflower, I love sunflowers. I guess they're not my favorite flower, but I flippin' love that story. It's just lovely.

>>2903789
Franzen's such a butterface.

Did someone say masks?

>>2847068

'Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.'

>>2803475

>implying

>Point at a scolar who has never sucked on a man's stem and you'll be pointing in the direction of a liar.
Is this quote from "The Decay of Lying" right, /lit/? Have all of you sucked a cock at some point?

>>2343445
Your post makes no sense.
Shakespeare was gay, Oscar Wilde was gay, DFW was gay.

It's obvious that straight people are inferior to gays in every possible way.

Do you ever get that feel where you have a couple of drinks and suddenly you want to fuck men? Are there any great writers who didn't know that feel? Male writers, that is - obviously Virginia Woolf was obsessed with pussy after approx 6 Lokos