/lit/ - Literature

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>One time, when he’d returned to the tenement and hadn’t found her sitting in her window, he had dared come up to her door, moved by some shameful curiosity. What’s she like with the others? Is she the same as she’s with me! He could hear her gasp beneath some grunting body, hear her bed creak to the rhythm of thrusting groins. And it seemed his heart stopped. Clammy skin and ringing ears.
>He’d placed numb fingertips against the door. There, on the other side . . . There she was, his Esmi, her legs wrapped around another man, her breasts shining with his sweat. He remembered flinching when she climaxed and thinking: That cry is mine! Mine!

Hello /lit/,

I'm reading Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and I'm enjoying it, but it's a hassle having to constantly look over to the glossary to know the word in contemporary English. Presently I'm reading The Pardoner's Tale and The Franklin's Tale.

Has anyone else read the text as a whole and what do you think of it?

Pic Unrelated.

Anyone want to help me shift my essay.
>The University of south Caroline, a school not known for its exploits on the football field, reported a 23 percent increase in applications in 1985 following the best year in its football history.
into!
>The priorities at universities have been skewed and there's much too much money going into ancillary activities such as athletics compared to the primary goal which is academics.

also if you guys have some references for essay guidelines on the internet that you prefer.

I like Mindfuck books, stephen king, horror, sci-fi, hp lovecraft, house of leaves and shit.

Suggest a book for me.