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>Go to start a new book
>Open book
>"Foreword"
>"Preface"
>"About the Author"
>"Letter from [Author's friend]"
>"Praise for [Author's previous works]"
>"Praise for [This Specific Book]"
>"Translator's Commentary"
>"Publisher's Note"
>"Author's Note"
>"Comment from [Illustrator's Third Cousin]"
>"This page intentionally left blank"
>"Introduction"
>"Prologue"
>"Chapter 1"
>book starts

>> No.16529686

>his edition doesn't include a several page long timeline of every major event during the author's lifetime

>> No.16529693

>his edition doesn't include a collection of photographs from major biographical events

>> No.16529710

>>16529675
>"This page intentionally left blank"
>do not make stray marks
>fill in bubbles completely
>use only a number 2 pencil

>> No.16529725

>>16529675
>Right Lives Matter OP image
>unoriginal and extremely unfunny hyperbole
Sorry bud. This isn't reddit where you craft your posts to maximize the upvotes and amount of reddit gold you receive.

>> No.16529760
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16529760

>actual text is only 20 pages long and the rest is filler

>> No.16529764

>>16529725

what the fuck are you talking about

>> No.16529768

>>16529725
Schizo

>> No.16529776

>>16529760
what book is this?

>> No.16529789

>>16529776
Oxford's version of the Augustus' Res Gestae

>> No.16529797

>>16529686
That goes at the end you dunce

>> No.16529801
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16529801

>Preface to the first edition
>Preface to the second edition
>Preface to the third edition
>...
>Preface to the seventh edition

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>>16529760
>NOOOOO HOW DARE THEY PROVIDE HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR A GENERAL AUDIENCE NOOOOOO THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE

>> No.16529827

stahp

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>>16529675
>Foreword spoils the plot.

>> No.16529849

>>16529834
This is done specifically to anger frogposters and serves absolutely no other purpose.

>> No.16529856

>>16529675
it's comfier to hold a book when youre in the middle of it so all that dead weight serves one good end at least

>> No.16529863

>>16529789
thanks bro, i love you

>> No.16529865

>>16529849
I was once told it saves you a reading because it makes so you can examine the themes the first time through instead of being surprised and having to redirect your interpretation.

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>>16529834
>Reading for the plot

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>>16529868
>too autistic to understand suspense

>> No.16529988

>>16529879
>too autistic to understand that suspense is not created from lack of knowledge

>> No.16530004

>>16529865
If also helps a lot for rereads

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>the critical essays are longer than the text itself

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>>16529834
Happened to me.

>> No.16531619

>>16529675
>kindle
>goto
>chapter 1

>> No.16531891

>>16529686
Novelas ejemplares

>> No.16531897

>>16529686
Based Dumas reader

>> No.16531925

>list of abbreviations used
>list of illustrations
>a note on the text
>colophon

>> No.16532846

>>16529675
Wheres the map?

>> No.16532857

>>16529834
>Reading the foreward

>> No.16532876

>>16529675
You forgot the dedication and the table of contents.

>> No.16532887

>>16529675
>he reads books that have prefaces

>> No.16532960

>>16529856
Takes a lot of room on my shelf that way. I'm running out of space. Soon I will have to move my manga away

>> No.16533320

>>16529789
> Augustus' Res Gestae

https://youtu.be/zXYu7E8HHxo?t=29

>> No.16533349

>>16529710
Based.

>> No.16533391

>Preface to French edition

>> No.16533946

>>16529801
>buy extremely cheap outdated edition textbook hardback
>use prefaces to know what parts can be supplemented with libgen pdf