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Have any of you ever attempted this?

What were the results and profound insights?

>> No.10040858

>>10040854

I read Borges Collected Fictions by a storm lantern when the power went out

>> No.10040861

>>10040854
I BURNT MAH THUMB

>> No.10040863

>>10040854
I learned why electricity and corrective lenses were so popular after their discoveries.

>> No.10040872

>>10040858
What kind of lantern?

>>10040863
Can you imagine the time before glasses were invented, god that must have been terrible.

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>>10040872

>> No.10041064

Read most of Swanns way by proust by candle light because I was in a tent. Its alright if you are facing away from the candle but a lot of the times its a struggle to keep it bright enough.

>> No.10041187

>>10041064
Any advice on how to keep it bright?

>> No.10041193

>>10041187
You could use a lantern or maybe a candle like the OP one if you have a sturdy base

>> No.10041221

>>10040854
>candlelight
>not moonlight
oh dear but what did I expect

>> No.10041229

>>10041221
>moonlight
>Not reading with the light of fireflies

shiggy

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>>10041229
>reading with the light of fireflies
>not reading by the blinding light of her intact anus at the age of eighteen years

Shiggidy Diggidy Doo Da

>> No.10041634

>>10041241

good old Butt-Eye