/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.15887107]

Already read fourty pages of Pride & Prejudice today. Now having a break and make some tea, then continue reading.

How are you doing so far frens?

[Anonymous No.15887659]

F-frens? A-are you reading at all?

[Anonymous No.15888052]

>>15887107
The readers are reading instead of 4chanposting. i'm going to finish Siddhartha after I exercise. Read East of Eden yesterday, it re-used a lot of the plot points from Grapes of Wrath. 2-3 Characters die in the same ways, but maybe the american west was just like that. Preferred GoW I felt it had more meaning and a better story. The prose of GoW is supposedly a slog but i thought it was beautiful.

[Anonymous No.15888065]

>>15887107
Pretty ok, friend. Woke up, did some callisthenics, and now will read some Plato. Finally and truly getting into philosophy, starting with the Greeks, as I have often been told.

[Anonymous No.15888092]

>>15887107
I just read Ippolit Kirillovichs prosecution speech from Brothers K out loud, it was fun. Should finish the book today. Also downloading Ghost of tsushima. Good day.

[Anonymous No.15888272]

>>15887107
i havent read any today but ill post here so that i dont forget

reading brave new world now. hope all /lit/ friends are doing well.

[Anonymous No.15888364]

What bit have you got up to anon?

[Anonymous No.15888399]

>>15888364
Jane got the letter from Ms. Bingley telling her they went off and will not be back at least until winter

[Anonymous No.15888401]

Read 70 pages of Gravity's Rainbow and practiced a bit of piano today. Gonna go study some Greek now and maybe read some philosophy later

[Anonymous No.15888476]

>>15888401
You are truly a fren with a big brain :)

[Anonymous No.15888958]

>>15887107
I read about 40 pages Siddhartha today

[Anonymous No.15888966]

>>15888958
You can do better fren. Siddhartha is a book you should complete in 2 days

[Anonymous No.15888992]

>>15888272
>>15888476

[Anonymous No.15889259]

>>15887107

My aunt died a while back and left me, among other things, "any ten books from my shelves" in her will, so I went over today to sort some things and pick out what books I wanted before we sell it all.

There was a nice big hardback set of the Norse Eddas that was worth grabbing; also a pretty valuable four-volume Doctor Johnson's Dictionary. But most of the good stuff I'd already read. The last slot was a coin-flip between a big book of jokes and The Confessions of Felix Krull. A better man than I would probably have taken the latter. But life's too short for Thomas Mann's idea of a comic novel.

[Anonymous No.15889287]

>>15888399

>Ms. Bingley
Miss Bingley, you mean. They didn't have these bollocks titles in JA's day; it was very clear whether a young lady was married or unmarried. As it should be.

P.S. If you use the title "Ms" to express your loathing for Miss Bingley, you are forgiven.

[Anonymous No.15889378]

This is the most absurdly comfy book I've ever read. I'm halfway through and literally nothing has happened but a middle-aged Italian man watching things. He watches waves on the beach, then he watches animals and plants in his garden, then he watches birds flying by from his terrace. Also reading it in a coffee shop that finally opened its seating, my first time reading outside of my house in months.

[Anonymous No.15889750]

Going to the library to see if they actually have anything good today. I have a long list on goodreads of what I want, I doubt i'll find anything though, because my local library is usually shit. Aside from that, I've nearly completed my goal of reading 20 books this year which is pretty cool ig.

[Anonymous No.15889760]

>>15889750
2020 didnt treated me well and Im t 18 books so far. Normally I read 50+ per year.

[Anonymous No.15890209]

>>15887107
Im so lonely frends

[Anonymous No.15890277]

lying in bed, going to read some Dostoyevsky before going to sleep. Had a relatively productive day, as i exercised and studied Akkadian.

>>15888065
which dialogue are you reading atm? i'm reading chronologically (as far as that is possible), and i'm at Protagoras.
>>15888401
what philosophy do you read?
>Greek
another ancientbro?

[Anonymous No.15890286]

>>15887107
we're reading the same book fren, I just started it, I can't deny the writing style is comfy

[Anonymous No.15890310]

Hi frens, I finished Fahrenheit 451 today, it was OK, I just started Invisible Cities by Calvino. I will read for one hour before my Brasilian JiuJitsu class.

[Anonymous No.15890342]

>>15890286
>>15887107
P&P is better every time I read it. Emma is my favorite Austen because I find the characters more compelling, but P&P has the superior plot

[AVP !!qMSEaYT8DI0 No.15890359]

>>15887107
Just finished Gilgamesh. It's nice, pretty basic, which I guess I expected.

[Anonymous No.15890368]

>>15888065
Starting with the Greeks was a meme, friend. Sorry you fell for it

[Anonymous No.15890511]

>>15890277
Starting with The Republic, I'm not experienced enough yet. So far, I find his ideas appealing and sensible, but too idealistic and impractical.
>>15890368
How is it a meme?

[Anonymous No.15890539]

>>15890511
Don’t fall into the reading the Republic too literally trap. Remember it’s an allegory. The metaphysical interpretation is more significant to understanding Plato.

[Anonymous No.15890564]

>>15888399
If this thread stays alive long enough bump it as you go further through the novel frend. I feel like early in the book it's Mr and Mrs Bingley who make the strongest impression, I don't know if that's the same for everyone though.

[Anonymous No.15890566]

>>15890368
Of course you should start with the Greeks, especially if you’re at all interested in philosophy, considering the often dialectical nature of literature.

[Anonymous No.15890581]

>>15890342
Austen delivers a knock out moral punch at that picnic when Emma is rude to Miss Bates, probably one of the most painful things to read even though it's so domestic.

[Anonymous No.15890585]

>>15887107
I read books 7 & 8 of Ovid's Metamorphoses today. Planning on walking my dog outside and lifting after that. Currently I'm pooping and phoneposting.

[Anonymous No.15890663]

>>15887107
Read 44ish chapters of the Bible yesterday. Been shitposting and dicking around today, but I've got to read another 44 before I go to sleep.
http://kevinbasil.com/bible-month/

[Anonymous No.15890717]

>>15887107
Reading one dimensional man, almost done, short break for dinner and a walk with my wife

[Anonymous No.15890841]

>>15887107
hey fren. i am shopping for a translation of don quixote. i am leaning toward burton raffel!

[Anonymous No.15890852]

>>15890841
Here's Harold Bloom:
>Though there have been many valuable English translations of Don Quixote, I would commend Edith Grossman's new version for the extraordinarily high quality of her prose. The spiritual atmosphere of a Spain already in steep decline can be felt throughout, thanks to the heightened quality of her diction. Grossman might be called the Glenn Gould of translators, because she, too, articulates every note. Reading her amazing mode of finding equivalents in English for Cervantes's darkening vision is an entrance into a further understanding of why this great book contains within itself all the novels that have followed in its sublime wake.

But take him with a grain of salt because he was paid to write the rambling forward. Here are some reviews from experts:
http://www.h-net.org/~cervantes/csa/artics-f06/eisenbergsf06.pdf (has overview of prior translations)
http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/cervante/csa/artics-f06/lathrop2sf06.pdf (more critical, from a fellow translator)
A review of Lathrop's own translation:
http://www.h-net.org/~cervantes/csa/artics08/McGraths08.pdf

[Anonymous No.15890853]

I recently read Pride and Prejudice. One of my favourite witticisms was from Lizzie’s father, when he makes his wife think he’s got her back, and then does a 180. I also found it picked up steam when Lizzie gets THE letter from Darcy. Anyways, hope you enjoy. Wasn’t really for me but I read it for my friend. On Catch-22 now.

[Anonymous No.15890867]

>>15889750
Good for you! My goal for the year is 24 (first year taking reading seriously) and I’m already at 21 so looks like we should both be revising our goals!

[Anonymous No.15890930]

>>15890852
thanks fren

[Anonymous No.15891625]

>>15890581
Exactly what makes it so great. This one moment of rudeness, and a moment that it's hard not to laugh at because Miss Bates is so ridiculous, creates this huge moment of self evaluation for Emma. Austen creates so much out of so little with that scene, and really with Emma as a whole.

[Anonymous No.15891675]

>>15887107
I’m actually reading pride and prejudice as well. I know /lit/ likes to say women can’t write but I’ve absolutely loved it so far.

[Anonymous No.15892210]

>>15890539
Please elaborate further, kind sir. I believe I understand that The Republic is an allegory, especially for the human mind and soul, but where is the trap?

[Anonymous No.15892893]

>>15890564
Mr and Mrs Bingley? You sure meant Bennett, ay?

[Anonymous No.15892924]

>>15887107
Just woke up, gonna eat som breakfast and then pick up where I left off yesterday on Lowry's 'Under the volcano'. Read ~50 pages yesterday, going to be reading more today so we'll see how far I get. Just starting to enjoy the book a bit, was a bit off a drag at the beginning.

[Anonymous No.15892930]

Not great. Been feeling creatively kind of dead for awhile. Got a lot of ideas swirling in the maelstrom but when it comes time to expand on them I just kind of blank out. I've told myself I should take an idea break but I can't. I can't just not have ideas and relax and zone out to nothing or something like that. I'm constantly thinking and constantly trying to create stuff or expand on things or get inspiration for something. I feel overloaded, though. I feel like I'm trying too hard but I don't know how to stop.

[Anonymous No.15893308]

>>15892210
Just that. One shouldn’t get too caught up in the feasibility of Plato’s ideal society for a similar reason that one shouldn’t get too caught up in the credibility of the bible. The Republic is more a guide to how individuals should live their lives than it is about society as a whole. Though of course he has some interesting thoughts on the nature of governance. But this was my interpretation, anon, you should read it and decide for yourself what is and isn’t significant.

[Anonymous No.15893320]

>>15891675
the coffee in this pic looks very tasty

[Anonymous No.15893328]

>>15892893
Yes Bennett, my bad.

[Anonymous No.15893382]

I haven't read anything since early June but I am going to start again today. Not sure which to pick so please decide for me bros

>We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
>Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse

[Anonymous No.15893494]

>>15893382
Both excellent. But Steppenwolf is a personal favourite.

[Anonymous No.15893515]

>>15893494
That's good to hear. Hesse's Gertrude was my favorite book for a while up until recently, so I think I'll go with Steppenwolf.

[Anonymous No.15893723]

Reading a book about Napoleon frens

[Anonymous No.15893730]

>>15887659
>>15887107
I read 50 pages of beartown today. It's not particularly hard, but it's boring and I like it as well for some reason.

That said that's probably enough for me today and I can't wait until freuds joke book arrives desu

[Anonymous No.15893746]

>>15887107

I read some "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." I read maybe a little more than twenty pages. Yesterday, I read around sixty or seventy pages, around 60 of them being LoTR: The Two Towers and a couple of pages of Berman's "Twilight of American Culture."

[Anonymous No.15893814]

Saturday night, a cup of tea and Stephen Walsh's biography of Debussy. He writes very well. I found out that Debussy's first piano teacher was the mother of the woman who married Verlaine, the wife that Verlaine left for Rimbaud.

[Anonymous No.15893840]

Finished reading Tender is the Night, I didn't really like it. Preferred Fitzgerald's first three novels instead. Going to read T.S. Eliot poetry tomorrow.

[Anonymous No.15894059]

Just finished Père Goriot, it was my first book that I read from him, liked it but last pages were overly melodramatic I think. What book of his is worth getting into next?