/lit/ - Literature

That's stupid.

>huge pleb buys Lolita instead Pale Fire, Pnin, Invitation to a Beheading, etc.

That security footage is going on YouTube, haha!

>>5601903
its like you described your own post before you posted it.

woah

>>5601910
Lolita was the only Nabokov they had. Blame the pleb bookstore, not me.

not your fucking blog. no one gives a shit about your made up crap

>buy Ulysses
>"Good luck with that"

>buy Anarchist's Cook Book
>"Ah, I got that for my kid last Christmas, he loved it"
>mfw

>>5601918
If I made this up, I'd be a lot more creative than "You're not interested in classics?" you idiot.
Secondly,
>public board
Think about those two words for a bit. (Hint: together, not separately)

>>5601938
>(Hint: together, not separately)
then why did you put a space in between?

>>5601926
never had this happen, but i'd be mad

>>5601949
It was in a friendly way, not a rude way.

>>5601932
Fucking kekd

>not verbally acknowledging the stigma around the book and disarming her discomfort

sometimes you gotta point the finger right at the big Other

>>5601938
no. i'd still think you'd be a retard either way given that you're reading lolita

>No. It's not the kind of book I'm interested in.

I'm an open book. Are you interested in me;)?

>>5601971
>Reading a great classic is being retarded
>He thinks his trolling is smart and meta bait
>People just think he's a retard

>>5601972
how often has this worked? I gotta write that shit down

>>5601971
Only idiots read classics? :v)

>>5601980
I've never tried. If you're taking the piss then I didn't notice it.

OP finally notices the contempt people hold them in but ascribes it to a deep-seated societal taboo. Rather that the especially unctuous, self-congratulatory, shit-eating grin they were sporting as they tried to ascend into their fantasized patrician-hood. Only magnified by their awkward, unwarranted, not to say slimy attempts to engage in conversation with the only female that has made eye contact recently, for which she is pitifully paid.

>>5601989
If I said that she'd probably give some smart-ass response like "Sorry, I'm above the age of consent" and that would have been pretty awkward.

>>5601899
I vaguely remember that when I bought my copy of Lolita, there was a lady behind me at the counter, and the clerk (also a woman) wanted to offer me a cheap extra book which I promptly refused but the lady waiting behind me asked if she could have it instead, so I bought it and she paid me afterwards and thanked me. Doing something nice that pleased another human being while buying such a neat little book made me feel warm and fuzzy.

>>5602004
Then you could say some shit like "I didn't notice."

>>5602016
There's nothing better than helping someone out in a public place and you get that look of wonder and pride in others faces.

>be me at Chapters
>oh boy some good reads here
>slap down my selection on the checkout counter
>Mein Kampf
>Lolita
>The Communist Manifesto
>Anarchist Cookbook
>50 Shades of Grey
>mfw

>>5602049

>helping others is only worth it when everyone knows you did it

>>5602067
Was The Turner Diaries out of stock?

>>5602084

picked that up last time with By Any Means Necessary and The Philosopher's Stone

>buy crime and punishment
>owner of 2nd hand bookstore: ah, a heavy read. but a rewarding one!
>me: o-o-ok... thanks

>>5602110

>tfw you realize it's a piece of shit
>into the garbage it goes with Atlas Shrugged, War and Peace, and the french manual from my TV

>Me at second-hand store
>Buy "The story of the eye"
>Owner takes my money and winks at me
>Run for my life

>>5602158
>not getting your sweet little boipussy ravaged by him
fag

>>5602147
>Crime and Punishment
>Garbage
uuuuuuuuuh mate ur wrung muddafucka

>>5602147
>and the french manual from my TV

slightly funnier to me than it should have been

>>5602158

Why do people seem constantly surprised about this? Who the fuck else would own a second-hand book store if not sexual deviants and convicted pedophiles?

>reading Lolita in various public places with the cover visible so that people will scold me for it, so that I can in turn defend it as a literary classic etc.
>mfw I'm actually just a pedophile

>>5601910
lolita is about the same level as those books tho

i like pnin most i think

What about The Luzhin Defense?

>>5602191
Yes but they're less well known equals better because you get cred from the cool cats on /lit/

>have you read the book you're about to buy?

>>5602188

Pretty sure everyone just assumes you're a pedophile anyhow.

>mfw people think lolita is erotic in any way

read the book plz...

>>5602208
You'd think reading comprehension here of all places would be prerequisite.
He asked the cashier if she had read it.

>"No. It's not the kind of book I'm interested in."

should of called her a pleb then came on the receipt because the cover turned you on some much

>>5602217
while dressed in a shirt that says:
>I'm a registered sex offender

>>5602213

You probably tugged your little weenie to it anyways.

>>5602214
wow people actually start conversations with others?
people really do that?
like it's a normal thing?

So am I a plen if Lolita is my favorite nabokov novel? Or my all-time favorite novel?

>>5602264
what other nabokov novels have you read

>>5601899

>go to video rental store in the old days
>rent Dawn of the Dead remake for the third time
>cashier says "man you need to go back to school"
>no idea what he means by that but feel vaguely chastised

I get that there are more worthwhile movies out there (although I probably didn't know that back then) but what does school have to do with anything? Unless I misheard him or something

>>5602293
>go to video rental store
lol what are those

>>5602067
No you didn't. Worked at Chapters for over a year. Don't carry Mein Kampf in any stores, thanks to Heather.

>>5602080
>he thinks that's what I meant

>>5602224
>mfw this is a real human bean

>at second hand book store
>qt cashier
>selling one of my copies of 'the legacy of totalitarianism in a tundra'
>she looks it over and giggles
>"you a huge orson welles?" she asks
>"w-what" I respond
>she shakes her head and shoves the book back into my hand, says they can't offer me anything for it
>"you busy later?" she asks me
>"g-grocery shopping" I mumble
>quickly turn around and hobble out of the store

>>5602424
my hero

>Bought an used copy of Lolita from another person
>Go to his house to pick it up
>It was not a he but a she, and an almost-dead old woman
>First thing she says: "What are you doing reading this?"
>Last thing she says "oh, and watch the movie by XYZ(some director)"

>>5601945
underrated post

>buying lolita
>"you're reading this for a class?"
>"ughhhh, yeah"

>Buying 120 days of Sodom
>cashier smiles and winks

>buy a collection of Melville at used book store
>cashiersokawaii.jpg
>she blushes as she scans the books
>"you like Melville?"
>she stops and shakes her head lightly
>"you must be pretty smart to be able to read them"
>"nahhh i need them for a class, i kinda like Moby-Dick though"
>"i hated that book"
>she winces and blushes more
>"because, i feel bad for the whales"
>"oh"
>"that will be 14.99"

>>5602658
>watch the movie by XYZ(some director)
>some director

>>5602264
i think that while lolita may have the most shocking theme out of nabokov's work, it's very accessible in the way that it doesn't explore surrealism like other novels he has written does. it's still a beautiful novel, but there is so much more to be gained from nabokov. amazing author

>>5602887

Are you female? You regurgitate bullshit like a female

>>5602658
>(some director)

>>5602904
are you a virgin? answer honestly :-)

>>5603010
Female confirmed.

>>5603025
virgin confirmed
lol good luck living a life of misery

>>5603031
Again with the regurgitation of bullshit. Typical female.

>>5603031
m'lady

*tips fedora*

>>5601899
i bought lolita at an indigo, along with von clausewitz and i think blood meridian. the (male) cashier mentioned how great lolita was. he very effusive.

>>5603031
>>5603040
Could you two stop shitposting or at least be original?

>>5603066
Shut up nigger

Two women cashiers gave me a really disgusted look whilst I was buying some Nietzsche and Schopenhauer. Even in death Schopie can't score.

>>5603105
Schopenhauer had a veyr active sex life and even had a child.

>>5603066
>>5603040
>>5603048
what's the matter with you lot? read too much dostoevsky or orwell i suppose. misogyny truly is a disease that can bring down any man

>>5603105
the morale of the story - read philosophy books and score a job of a cashier :3

>>5603048
this picture triggers me

>>5603109
Youe a braindead fucken moron

>last harry potter book has a midnight release
>be secretly excited and line up for two hours
>see girl in my high-school in store
>instead of buying Deathly Hallows pick up some random penguin classics book to look intelligent
>get to cash register right before her
>"Hiya anon" she says as my debit card gets declined for the 3rd and final time

>>5603121

>>5601910
>>5601910
top kek

>>5601899
Bought my copy of Lolita in a book shop in India. Indians do read, but only a small proportion have good enough English to go for the classics. Took it to the check out (along with Grimus by Salman Rushdie), guy scans Lolita without a flinch, but gives me absolute daggers when he sees me buying Rushdie. Looked at his name badge and saw he was called Abdullah. Paid for books (500 rupees all together, so around £5, bargain) and smiled politely before asking him whether they were getting any copies of The Satanic Verses in.

>>5602213
I got several boners from it

>>5602358
They were magical places that smelled of sweat and carpet cleaner. Inside there were rows of shelves that first held VHS cassettes, and later held DVDs. You could also rent video games if mom was in a good mood.
Each store was staffed by a pissy college drop out with bad acne and a hard on for his co-worker, the dingy Mexicana chick, Harquita.

>>5602658
>Mow you referred to one of the greatest filmmakers of all time as "some director"

>>5604731
>Indians do read, but only a small proportion have good enough English to go for the classics.
i bet they translate books too

>>5604751
Into local languages? Not so much, especially not older books.

>be me
>go to the hugest bookshop in the country
>pick two or three pocketbooks, and two or three comics, just the usual stuff for a week
>one of the comic is "Emmanuelle", by Arsan and Crepax
>look the cashier, a girl, right in the eye
>she, a little red on her cheeks
>she types 14,50, instead of 142,50 for Emmanuelle
>look the cashier, a girl, right in the eye while giving her the bucks
>end up living the store wirh a bill wich is less than this one book
>life's too cool


>>5601899
>>5602158
I can't believe such a load of faggotry
what are you ? pussies ? monks ? idiots ? FBI sheeps ?

>>5604746
There are multiple adaptations.

The concept of "greatest filmmakers" implies there's objective quality to measure, don't be silly and watch more variety.