/lit/ - Literature

>>20224151
>viewed merchants as beneath peasants since in their view they produce nothing of value and merely move goods.

Every morning, I wake up thankful to God, that I was not born a Frenchman.

>>18046547
both of these

>>17975127
God has grace for you brother

I'm having a little bit of trouble understanding or visualizing how characters and places in books may look, i usually have to read the descriptions many times and slowly build a puzzle in my head about it. Is this normal or intentional from the writers? Or am i just missing something / low brain power. Thanks in advance

Bonus points if someone can tell me if reading speed generally improves with experience. :)