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He's describing me. Well, this is rather depressing.

>> No.1521526

He's describing me when I was like 17. Made me cringe.

>> No.1521528

After I read that book I felt like complete and utter shit for a whole week. At first I didn't know why, but then I realized that it was because of that book.
Dostoevsky is very good at relating his characters to the reader, Notes is one of my favorite books.

>> No.1521529

>>1521526
>baby's first troll

>> No.1521533

>>1521526
I agree with him this time. It's a very silly book. Read Invisible Man or Temple of the Golden Pavilion instead.

>> No.1521534

You must be a lonely white middle-class male between the age of 16 and 25?

>> No.1521537

>mfw that same painting is used for the Penguin edition cover of Oblomov

>>1521526
Comparing your teenage self to a writer who completed this after his stay in Siberian exile makes you a pretty huge faget. Even more so than usual.

>> No.1521548

I thought the book was funny (well some parts)

>> No.1521549

>>1521537
Personal tragedy ≠ entitlement of conceptual worth

If you don't believe me go ask Elie Wiesel.

>> No.1521553
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>>1521549
>Meh meh meh meh meh meh meh
Pic related, it's you.

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>>1521553
My opinions have to be right because they're challenged by people who are consistently wrong.

Pic related, it's me.

>> No.1521559

>>1521557
That's not a muppet...

You suck.

>> No.1521569

>>1521549
I think you completely missed my point. Regardless of how much merit you think a work holds depending on the author's experiences (even though I thought experience was unanimously agreed on being one of the best tools for improving writing) it's obviously significant because it holds more in the text than what your regular American teenager can relate to.

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>>1521569
I'm not sure I agree with this. Thank you for taking the time to say propose this, I'll have to consider it for a while.

>> No.1521658

I think the point is that something written by a 19th century Russian can still be understood and have relevance to a 21st century American (Or wherever) teenager.

>> No.1521664

>>1521658
i think the point is that my big black dick can still have relevance to your tight white little asshole faggot

>> No.1522676

Just started Crime and Punishment. What am I in for?

>> No.1522682

>>1522676
Just read the damn book and stop asking /lit/ to make your opinions for you. Come back when you've actually read it for some discussion.

>> No.1522684

>>1522682

> come back when we can mock you for having the wrong opinion

Fixed.

>> No.1522697

Also, come back with more stories about ass cannons, if that's not asking too much.

>> No.1522791

dostoevsky was probably describing himself as well, earlier on

it's something to get over, and something you will get over, god willing

and that was the point of the book

the underground man is a caricature

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1522806

>my copy of the book
>the best copy of the book