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Just got this and Dubliners. What am I in for?
Is this one of those troll books like The Aeroplane Over The Sea on /mu/ or gentoo on /g/?

>> No.5431331

>>5431318
No, it really is one of the greatest novels of all time.

>> No.5431334

You're in for some good old-fashioned Irish stories. I personally find the whole thing very nostalgic.

>> No.5431336

>>5431334
Dubliners, that is.

>> No.5431342

>>5431318
ITAOTS and Gentoo aren't trolls, though.

>> No.5431349

No, it isn't the /lit/ equivalent of SS. It has been regarded as one of, if not the, greatest novel of all time.

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>>5431349
and Finnegans Wake?

>> No.5431358

>>5431334
You must be over 100 if you were around for the early 1900s

>> No.5431361

>>5431349
But SS is actually a very informative book.

>> No.5431362

>>5431352
In my opinion, better.

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>>5431361
>he fell for it

>> No.5431366

>>5431358
How very clever of you. Did you work that out on an abacus?

>> No.5431367

>>5431318
>The Aeroplane Over The Sea
It's a very good album.

Ulysses is not really troll, it's just incredibly difficult. So in a way it a troll for the average reader on /lit/, that's not supposed to sound derogatory it just takes a lot of work.

>> No.5431369

>>5431366
No, I might have, but I was too busy patting myself on the back for knowing how to use 'nostalgic' correctly.

>> No.5431377

>>5431369
I prayed for a pendant and I got a pedant. Fuckin' typical.

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>>5431318
>mfw there are people out there who seriously consider Ulysses a troll
>mfw there are people out there who automatically assume something is a trick when they don't understand it