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Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:11:38 2017 No.9080804 [Reply] [Original]

i wanna start reading more serious stuff than fantasy/scifi

like stuff to make me smarter...

where should i start

also paper or should i get a kindle

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:11:57 2017 No.9080806 >>9080804 START

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:12:35 2017 No.9080811 >>9080804 WITH

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:12:36 2017 No.9080810 >>9080806 WITH

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:12:41 2017 No.9080813 >>9080804 hows your greek?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:13:07 2017 No.9080815 t-thanks... >>9080813 i can barely speak french

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:16:10 2017 No.9080823 >>9080806 >>9080810 >>9080811 with what?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:17:54 2017 No.9080832 >>9080823 THE GREEKS DESU~

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:19:12 2017 No.9080839 >>9080832 WHICH ONES i need some specifics i have a shitty canadian university education

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:21:06 2017 No.9080848 >>9080804 Greeks are a good place Some Popular theology Reading Joyce in publication order is a great crash course (or even master course) in literature as an art

Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:22:20 2017 No.9080859
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>>9080839
Start with the Greeks is one of /lit/'s most hallowed memes. But it is really good advice if you want to get a foundation for good literature. See the attached chart.

Paper or kindle doesn't matter despite whatever paper snobs will tell you. Do whatever you prefer. I mostly read online.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:23:23 2017 No.9080866 >>9080839 The Odyssey Any myths really, Greek lore is very entertaining

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:27:59 2017 No.9080883 >>9080859 >>9080866 thanks dudes

Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:34:59 2017 No.9080919
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>>9080883
Another chart with more Greek plays on it. You would probably greatly enjoy Sophocles and co.

I wouldn't recommend sticking on it too long if you're not into philosophy however, move chronologically on in the western canon with the Decameron, The Divine Comedy, Don Quixote, etc. Also, Titus Groan is probably the most /lit/ fantasy out there if you haven't read it already

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:39:06 2017 No.9080938 >>9080919 thanks where is a good place to download books btw

Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:42:36 2017 No.9080951
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Ignore the last book on the last, but otherwise this is a pretty good list of canonical classic works. Don't take everything in these charts as essential, once you have a foundation, pick those you're interested in. Also you should check /lit/'s wiki. There's a lot of good recommendations there categorized by genre.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:48:31 2017 No.9080981 >>9080804 start with the lovely craftah

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:54:34 2017 No.9081003 >>9080951 you can remove Les Miserables, Poe, Invisible Man, and Marquez

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:56:22 2017 No.9081006 >>9080938 All of them are available for free online in text form and pdf form. No point in wasting space on your drives. Or you could buy hard copies to read in public so qt hipster grills think you're intelligent desu.

Anonymous Wed Feb 8 22:57:18 2017 No.9081011
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>>9080938
bookzz.org
Check the sticky next time friend-o. Undoubtedly you will want some translations for the Iliad and the Odyssey, Fagles for beginners and Lattimore if you're already well-versed on poetry

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 23:01:23 2017 No.9081024 >>9081003 >Removing Les Mis Nigger what are you doing. And I'd rather Mark Twain be removed rather than Poe or Ellison

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 23:03:54 2017 No.9081035 >>9081003 Who the fuck removes Poe? Knock out Twain or some other overrated hack, not a genius of horror that set the groundwork for entire genres in centuries to come.

>>	Jeff Mangum Died For Your Sins !rAl8Mz2mp2 Wed Feb 8 23:07:53 2017 No.9081051 >>9081024 >Poe better than Twain I hope you're European

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 8 23:09:17 2017 No.9081055 >>9081051 >tripfag >dogshit taste Filtered. I love it when trips expose themselves. Makes it easier to filter them.

>>	Jeff Mangum Died For Your Sins !rAl8Mz2mp2 Wed Feb 8 23:11:12 2017 No.9081062 >>9081055 Poe is for Frenchies and 15 year old goth girls. Comparing him to Twain is obscene

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 9 09:14:19 2017 No.9082519 My diary. Paper. >>9081062 Listen to this guy, I've seen him around places.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 9 09:40:31 2017 No.9082618 >>9081006 >No point in wasting space on your drives >pdf/epub/txt files >wasting space >space Anon, do you live in 1995?

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