/lit/ - Literature

>>16822251
iit: midwit takes

>>16822279
That's every /lit/ thread desu

>>16822279
its certainly better than your favorite book, deal with it

>>16822251
Clearly you didn't read Anna Karenina, and I'm guessing you're underaged if you're claiming War and Peace is the best.

>>16822251
I'm scared it's too thicc for me. What if i can't finish it bros? I made it through Stephen King's The Stand and even the Dark Tower series, but I'm scared I'll get filtered on actual literature. What if I only make it a couple chapters in and can't figure out what the fuck is going on? I'm scared.

>>16822583
I don’t have a “favourite book” and even if I had I wouldn’t pretend it’s objectively the best book ever written
You’re a midwit, deal with it.

I speedread it in twenty minutes. It involves Russia

>>16822669
thats basically it, you got the jist

im 100 pages in out of 1400 and its been a bit of a slog so far but im hoping things will start picking up soon now that the 50 characters have been introduced

>>16822653
You'll know what's going on, especially if you're reading Tolstoy. The most confusing part about these books are keeping track of names:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Slavic_naming_customs

>>16822904
same here

>>16822251
The book's own author thought his other novel was better (and was right). W&P is still top tier though.

>>16822653
Then you drop it, big deal

War and piece is gud book.,

>>16822965
>atlas shrugged #3

stopped reading, what the fuck is this dogshit?

fuck natasha tho. Fucking piece of shit

remembering different names for same character was pretty tiring

>>16822251
god i regret wasting so much time on this piece of shit soap opera.

>>16822251
>translation
>russian
Neither the best book (not even close lmao), nor even the original version of that book hahahah

Bukowski would like a word with you.

>>16822251
The original WAP
>>16824235
Still a good book, it isn't even hard to read, although I didn't manage to complete it when we were assigned to read it in school. But if you're in the right mood you can read hundreds of pages of it in a day, albeit it is indeed a bit long for the general reader

>>16822965
I want to punch whoever made that shit list in the kisser.

>>16822251
That’s not the Brothers Karamazov

>>16822904
It does pick up, the first 100 pages aren’t really about the main characters, and it isn’t clear who the main characters will be, Pierre has a great arc. It’s not my favorite book, but it is truly great, Tolstoy has bursts of pure poetry that make it all worth it.

>>16822659
Cope!

>>16825683
>Tolstoy has bursts of pure poetry that make it all worth it.
In the original Russian or which translation? I read the PV translation and I thought I was reading a children's book.

>>16822251
Fuck off femoid

>>16825898
you sure showed me anon :) I'm going to cope now

>>16825931
I’ve only read the PV translation, and while it’s often pretty stilted, the battle scenes have a really powerful kinetic energy. The scene in AK where Levin is out working with the peasants also comes to mind, it always reminds me of an acid trip.

>>16822659
>I wouldn’t pretend it’s objectively the best book ever written
Then you would be lying. Favorite should always mean best.

>>16822251
I don't disagree. It is a stupendous work and it's hard to believe that a mere human could write such a work as this. I only wish I could have read it in Russian instead of English.

>>16827114
this

>>16825931
Tolstoy almost made a point to write in a clear and simple way, not unlike Hemingway. What do you mean by children’s book? Writing in a fancy style doesn’t make you sound smart or grown up.

>>16825931
I read both Garnett’s and Maude’s translation, and I disliked his writing for the exact same reason with both translations. It reads like a wooden piece of shit soap opera, so I bet all the translations have this quality since it’s actually the way he wrote and the translations I read both reflected this style. I have also tried reading Hadji Murad, and it felt like cavemen talking to each other. Tolstoy is a shit writer and his fans need to read a good fucking book for a change

>>16825368
Sucks for me that I read them first and second when I started reading this year. What else can I read :/

>>16828737
you didn't feel it when Bolkonsky was staring up at the sky?

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>>16822251
>reading russian authors in english
you haven't read it

>>16822965
>that Werther cover
I'm barfing
also shit list

>>16825368
Well, duh. TBK is a shit book

>>16822659
>>16822659
Massive cope, OP doesn't mention it is an objectively better book but you clearly aren't capable enough to see the difference.

>>16822653
don't worry, it's literally a soap opera. it's not challenging (or rewarding) like The JR or Women and Men, it's practically a knife edge away from being YA.

>>16822251
if you are barefoot and pregnant with the spawn of Satan.

The best book ever written has to be a poetry collection. The fewer pages, the better – less room for faults.

I don't understand Russian so I wouldn't know.