/lit/ - Literature

>The old man then took me by the shoulders. "By the way, I'l tel you something, Claudius. I'm a very old man and though I look brisk enough I have reached the end. In three days I shal be dead; and I know it. Just before one dies there comes a strange lucidity. One speaks prophetical y. Now listen! Do you want to live a long busy life, with honour at the end of it?"
>"Yes."
>"Then exaggerate your limp, stammer deliberately, sham sickness frequently, let your wits wander, jerk your head and twitch with your hands on all public or semi-public occasions. If you could see as much as I can see, you would know that this was your only hope of safety and eventual glory."
God damn this book was so kino, the second one also had the best ending I've ever read in any book. I don't know why more books can't be this good.

literally me

bro, this book is sick
I can understand skyrim lore now

Any good Code Geass-style kino?

if there are anons here who've never read it before, do yourself a favor

Anybody here read I, Claudius? What did you think, and does Graves have any other good books?

>>7050582
the best and brightest

>>7046971
I'll be honest, i love Hemingway, but nobody beats good'ole Mr. Graves

Does anyone else have good historical fiction?

Also thoughts on this book?

Is it really that shit?

honestly i just couldn't get into it. i felt like all i was doing was memorising dates and shit

/lit/'s opinion on I, Claudius?

ITT: Give your favorite novel a more accurate title.

Mine:

Women Are Awful People

>>3118189
Nigga, what.

I, Claudius (1934) is a novel by English writer Robert Graves, written in the form of an autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius. As such, it includes history of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC to Caligula's assassination in AD 41. The 'autobiography' of Claudius continues (from Claudius's accession after Caligula's death, to his own death in 54) in Claudius the God (1935). The sequel also includes a section written as a biography of Herod Agrippa, contemporary of Claudius and future King of the Jews. The two books were adapted by the BBC into an award-winning television serial, I, Claudius.

In 1998 the Modern Library ranked I, Claudius fourteenth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2005, the novel was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the one hundred best English-language novels from 1923 to present.[1]