/lit/ - Literature

I just finished reading this and it made me realize something. I legitimately do not enjoy what is considered good "prose", "word-play" and whatever you can think of. I really don't know why it is so, I enjoy reading stories, I enjoy thinking about the ideas they convey and discussing them, but for the life of me I can not enjoy reading things when they're not written plainly. It's annoying because I feel like I am missing out on a ton of books as a result, so many times reading Lolita I felt myself getting bored and just wanting the story to just move. I had the same feelings reading Crime and Punishment, so many times characters for pages upon pages dwelled on shit and all I was thinking is "get to the point". Not too sure what to make of it honestly, cause to me reading "My soul is crushed by regret" works as well as a pages long monologue about the character's regrets about something. I am not sure if that makes me a plebeian or it merely means that I have a brain that is very grounded and rational. I don't think I lack empathy, although I certainly only feel empathy for those who are close to me and none for people who are "out" of my "group", so perhaps it could explain it.

Am I the only one?

I finished this for the very first time recently.

Tell me about the first time you read it, where you were, and what you thought when you put it down, anons.

>mother sees me reading lolita
>"what's that book called, anon? Oh, that looks like nice book, you should lend it to me sometime!"
>kek

What others works by Nabokov do I move onto after finishing Lolita?

I'm poor and my copy got coffee spilt all over it. Where can I finish it online? Y-you know, for free?

>underage girls are fucking hot

Yes. Thank you, Vlad

I tought this was a drama or something. It's funny as hell!

There's no way a non-pedo could have written this.

Just 21 pages in and my underpants are already getting soiled in pre-cum.

What am I in for?

Hehehhee....

I love simple covers with one or two colors/objects being the focus. That or just the title in a nice font with solid or patterned background. Tbh as dull as it seems Lolita is still one of my favorite book covers after 6 years: nice focus, simple colors.

On the flip side, I hate when book covers are taken up by the author's name in huge text, or if their name comes first before the title.

Books that women will never understand.

Just purchased Lolita from Barnes and Noble. How brave am I?
The girl at the counter checking me out didn't seem to care about it...>>11887116

I'll start

Anything similar in terms of black comedy and a sad "crashing back down into reality" ending?

Which translation is the best?

>>8439644
How could we go this long without mentioning the elephant in the room.

Books that women will never understand.

Is it good enough to read and then write a freshman paper on? Or is it just a huge meme?

>>8315732
A love that I dare not speak its name.

It has been many years since Humbert took me on that journey with his - with our - Lolita, and in the time since I have tried to find her myself.

I came close twice, but each time she slipped through my fingers.

Life is suffering.

>tfw normies don't understand how just hilarious and devastatingly sad this book can be and just write it off as "pedo shit"

What are some other great love stories?

Are there any works that are morally ambiguous or sympathetic when it comes to pedophilia?