/lit/ - Literature

>girl I've known my entire life, madly in love with her and believed she reciprocated but both too nervous to do anything at that time
>one day she comes up to me and says "My mom said you're writing a book, is that true? That's really cool"
>sadly she doesn't read at all
>one week later she shows me a few books she borrowed from the library: two Stephen King novels and maybe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, as they were probably the only books she recognized, all with the purpose of trying to relate to my interest
>love remained unconsummated, and all these years later I think back on that incredibly lovely gesture and how it all could have turned out differently
>If, of all words of tongue and pen,
>The saddest are, “It might have been,”

Pic related. If you know you know.

>>6603073
Revolutionary Road is fantastic, certainly, but best? Oh well, nice to see someone actually enjoys it more than I do.

> Zdravstvuj, I'm Van Veen.

>I'm handsome, dashing, and gentlemanly. I've studied acrobatics, grappling, fighting and can take any man with ease. I typify all that is sublime about artistic expression and authorship. I am a robust intellectual, a warrior-philosopher writing dissertations and pontificating on our life here on Anti-terra. All of these qualities help me land underage pussy left, right, and center.

Mary Sue general.

What does Owell even have in common with him, he was forgettable Nabokov is god-tier.

Also let's talk about Ada ITT. I remember someone getting all elitist & jelly because i read it, saying i 'couldnt have understood it', well sure im not saying i 'got all the layers' but i dont see whats wrong with having different interpretations as long as there's evidence for them.

Also i didnt get the 'time travel' aspect people talk about, where did that come from?

yes.

um except this

welcome to the wonderful world of literature, OP! here is a good beginner's piece for your journey through this fascinating and enriching field.

>>1116408
>porn
Philistine.

Ada is full on symbolism that I don't recognise. I still enjoyed it.

Lucette

;_;

start here.

Is this really Nabokov's best work?