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HELLO /LIT/, BACK FROM A SMALLISH DRINKING SESSION.

THIS YEAR, I INTENT TO READ 200 BOOKS. I NEED YOUR HELP. SHOOT ME IDEAS FOR SHORT CLASSIC (PRE WW II WORKS, IT'S MY DEFINITION) WORKS, TO MAKE THIS SHIT EASIER FOR ME.

LOVE YOU /LIT/.

PICTURE KIND OF RELATED

>> No.1429308

How about "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin?

>> No.1429310

>>1429308
IT'S ALMOST THE WORST TROLL I'VE YET TO EXPERIENCE.

>> No.1429322

Pre-WWII? 'Cause Night by Elie Wiesel is slightly "post," but it's short and really good.

>> No.1429324

>>1429322
THANKS HEAPS MAN, BUT ALREADY READ IT :(

>> No.1429329

i dont read anything published before 1960 or under 800 pages

anticaps guy here

>> No.1429334
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1429334

aka anabasis

>> No.1429335

Casares - The Invention of Morel

>> No.1429336

>>1429329
IN THE LAST TWO/THREE WEEKS I READ WAR AND PEACE AND DON QUIXOTE :(

>> No.1429340

>>1429335
APPARENTLY FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1940, IT MAKES THE CUT. CLOSE CALL.

>> No.1429352

>>1429336

too old nigger

try some 2666 or against the day or infinite jest

>> No.1429354

How about some theater? Just read all the Ancient Greek plays...

>> No.1429364

>>1429354
I READ FOR PLEASURE, AND I DON'T DERIVE THE SAME THING FROM THEM, AS I SEEM TO DO FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN READING AS OF LATE.

SORRY BRO.

I'M GOING TO BED NOW, HOPING FOR MANY SUGGESTIONS WHEN I RETURN.

THANKS /LIT/, YOU'RE A FRIEND TO ME.

>> No.1429952

hey caps :)

>> No.1429959

Flann O'Brien - The Third Policeman

it's one of my fav's caspguy, maybe we can discuss it after you read it.

that and Dracula of course.

>> No.1429965

>>1429959

You've just made my day. Third Policeman is one of my favorites too. Haven't found many people who've read it though. Brofist.

>> No.1429979
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1429979

Check it out, it's not very well known

>> No.1429989

>>1429965
>>1429965

Brofist motherfucker. Big love for that book, however i regret reading the letter to the editor at the end as i think it spells everything out too much :(

>> No.1430064

>>1429989

Have a look at his letters collection, 'The Best of Myles', if you already haven't of course. He wrote under the pseudonym Myles na Gopaleen in the Irish times and was particularly scathing about Irish politics.

Supposedly he a very strict catholic upbringing and The Third Policeman tries to encapsulate that, i.e. the theme of purgatory etc. He's a definately a 20th century great though.

>> No.1430196

200 books?

I haven't even red 50 books through my life..

feels bad man

>> No.1430230

>>1429979

>laughingliterati.jpg

>> No.1430240

>>1430230
you've never heard of this book, I have much deeper tastes than you.

>> No.1430257

>>1430240

I was laughing because you called it "not very well known."

>> No.1430274

>>1429979
That's not exactly short. But he could read The Confusions of Young Törless by the same author.

>> No.1430279

Only 200? I read over 50 this vacation...

seemsfreaky.jpg

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1430282

Read this OP. It's a good one.

Red Calvary and other stories is a good read BTW, you all should read that.

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>>1430257
>mfw you've never heard of this book tho

>> No.1430292

>>1430282
That isn't short either :/ And also from 1988

>> No.1430294

>>1430282
thats neither short nor pre WWII.

judging from your reading comprehension I highly doubt you understood or enjoyed much of Foucaults Pendulum.

>> No.1430306

>>1430289
why.jpg

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>>1430292
I didn't read the original post.

Here is one of my favorites, it's Pre-WWII era with only 200 pages.

>> No.1430317

Burmese Days/Homage to Catalonia by Orwell are excellent pre-WWII books.

>> No.1430347

>>1430317

"Keep the Aspidistra Flying" is pretty good too.

>> No.1430355

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
Dubliners

>> No.1430358
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1430358

Read Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, it's a personal favorite.

>> No.1430790

KEEP EM COMING GUYS! WAS ONLY ABLE TO ADD A COUPLE, SINCE MANY RECOMMENDATIONS FELL OUTSIDE OF MY CRITERIA :(

>> No.1430821
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1430821

Frankenstein, The Aeneid of Virgil.

>> No.1430839

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_du_domaine_de_la_lutte

took me 2-3 hours to read. it's not pre-wwII though

>> No.1430863

>>1430839
>>1430821

SORRY BRO'S, CAN'T READ ANYTHING AUTORED BY A WOMAN, NOR POST WW II... AND THE AENID IS NEARING 400 PAGES.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR HELP THOUGH GUYS, IF YOU COME UP WITH MORE, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO PUT THEM FORTH.

>> No.1430891

>>1430863
>CAN'T READ
Sounds about right.

>> No.1430963

TAKING TWO WORDS OUT OF MY ENTIRE POST TO MAKE ME LOOK LIKE A RETARD.

FUCK YEAH

>> No.1430979

>>1430863
>CAN'T READ ANYTHING AUTORED BY A WOMAN

Why?

>> No.1430983

>>1430979
MY SYSTEM BRO

>> No.1430988

>>1430983
YO SYSTEM BRO? WHY THOUG

>> No.1430990

>>1430988
JUST IS. THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH QUALITY WORKS WRITTEN BY MEN FOR ME TO READ IN MY ENTIRE LIFETIME.

>> No.1431012

>>1430863
What if you don't know it's written by a woman while you read it?

Read some plays Caps. Oedipus trilogy, Shakespeare maybe but he's no fun to read imo. Heart of Darkness, Jungle Book, Invisible Man (both), Phantom of the Opera, short stories by Maupassant.. All classics, all books people mean to get to some day but haven't yet bothered with, all relatively short.

>> No.1431028

>>1430990
BUT BRO, YOULL NEVER GET THE BITCHES THIS WAY. YOU GOTTA GET IN THEY HEAD DAWG

>> No.1431036

>>1431028
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Y0U 4R3 4 H0RR1BL3 P3RS0N

>> No.1431039

>>1431036
HELL NAW DAWG. THAT SHIT WILL ROT YO SOUL. OTHER BOOKS NIGGA

>> No.1431054

>>1430863

I LIKE YOUR STYLE CAPSGUY. FUCK ANYTHING LONGER THAN 500 PAGES. THAT COULD MEAN NOT READING ONE OR MORE BOOKS IN MY ENTIRE LIFE! FUCK THAT.

>> No.1431057

>>1431012
I DIDN'T KNOW FRANKENSTEIN WAS WRITTEN BY A WOMAN, BUT LUCKILY I FOUND OUT BEFORE I STARTED READING IT. ADDED JUNGLE BOOK TO MY LIST, CHEERS.
>>1431036
I READ FROM A KINDLE, SO ONLY IF SOMEONE SPECIFICALLY ASKS WHAT I'M READING CAN THEY SEE.

>> No.1431058

How about Leaves of Grass by Whitman? I think that matches the criteria...you should read it anyway. There's no poetry in this thread.

>> No.1431069

>>1431054
I READ QUITE A FAIR BIT OF 700+ PAGE BOOKS LATELY. SINCE NOVEMBER: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, LIFE AND FATE, WAR AND PEACE, DON QUIXOTE. PLUS ALL THE OTHER 'SHORT' STUFF I READ.

>> No.1431077

>>1431057
>Mary Shelley

I could see why you wouldn't have known that.

>> No.1431076

>>1431058
Mass Market Paperback, 624 pages

>> No.1431072

>>1431057
>>1431057


>I DIDN'T KNOW FRANKENSTEIN WAS WRITTEN BY A WOMAN, BUT LUCKILY I FOUND OUT BEFORE I STARTED READING IT.

LOL!

>> No.1431081

>>1431072
IT WAS A CLOSE CALL TO SAY THE LEAST.

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>>1431077

>> No.1431107

That's about 4 books per week. You sure?

>> No.1431112

>>1431107
YEAH, I CAN MANAGE 200+ PAGES PER DAY. NOT EVERY DAY THOUGH. PERHAPS 100ISH IS AVERAGE, FACTORING IN WORK AND UNI

>> No.1432161

BUMP

>> No.1432320

DON'T WORRY GUYS, MANAGED TO SCROUNGE UP SOME GOODIES.

MY TO-READ (ALL ON MY KINDLE, BAR ONE) LIST IS OF THE FOLLOWING NOVELLAS:

BARTLEBY (MELVILLE)
THE VILLAGE (BUNIN)
NETOCKA NEZVANOVA (DOSTOEVSKY)
THE GRAND INQUISITOR (DOSTOEVSKY, YET TO READ THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV)
POOR FOLK (DOSTOEVSKY)
THREE YEARS (CHEKOV)
MY LIFE (CHEKOV)
SMOKE (TURGENEV, CURRENTLY READING)
AND THE ONE NOT ON THE KINDLE - STRIDER: THE STORY OF A HORSE (TOLSTOY)

FUCK YEAH, RUSSIAN LIT, EXCEPT BARTLEBY.

LOVE YOU /LIT/!

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>>1431036

anyone who can read that needs to get laid.

>MFW i read it.

>> No.1432332

>>1432329
MY CAPS WHEN YOU POSTED WITHOUT A SINGLE RECOMMENDATION. :(

>> No.1432577

Have you tried out any Lord Dunsany, capsguy? It's fantasy and all, but it's sufficiently old enough for you and written by a guy. His stuff tends to be pretty short too. And most of it is available easily on Gutenberg.

>> No.1432590

>>1432577
IS ALL OF HIS WORKS FAIRY TALES? THANKS FOR THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE WAY.

>> No.1432790

>>1432590
I haven't read all of his work, but I think that his fairy tales can still be appreciated by adults, at least.

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1 W0ULD 4LS0 R3C0MM3ND TH3 34RTHS34 TR1L0GY 1F Y0U F1ND Y0URS3LF 3N0UGH 1N N33D T0 BR34K Y0UR N0 W0M3N RUL3

>> No.1432847

ada or ardour

>> No.1432866

>>1429979
you never fail to be a pretentious prick do you d&e

>> No.1432954

>>1430257
One day later and I'm still not at all sure what this guy originally mean and maybe I was needlessly trolling