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>be me
>recently decided to start reading classic literature novels
>start reading Crime and Punishment
>can only manage to read 10 pages in 30 minutes
How can I read faster /lit/? I dont like reading slow, I get bored very easily.

>> No.15929399

>>15929373
skip pages

>> No.15929414

Read 5-10 more, but you should just keep reading and over time you’ll get used to it. Have fun

>> No.15929417

>>15929373
Reading faster isn't going to make something you find boring be less boring. What you need is context for why you should read the book. Until you're actually interested in it you will not stop being bored.

>> No.15929434

Take Adderall and slowly up the dose ad hoc. Then, when you can no longer afford your prescriptions, start using heroin and move into a traphouse on the south side of Chicago for a couple of years. Meet a wise homeless man, and realize the potential in you to help others. Publish a few self-help books, make a cool million, and buy a new house in Hidden Hills.

>> No.15929449

You don’t like reading, simple as that. Go back to wherever you came from.

>> No.15929473
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15929473

>You don’t like reading, simple as that. Go back to wherever you came from.

>> No.15929843

>>15929449
people who say this are pure pseud

>> No.15929869

thats fine anon, read at your own pace
speedreader bugpeople's opinions don't matter

>> No.15929889

>>15929373
Then read something you like (lord of the rings, harry potter) and stop trying to fit in. Not everyone is intelligent

>> No.15929893

>>15929869
this, you'll be able to read more, faster as you get used to it. maybe Dostoevsky wasn't a great place to start though. I'd recommend A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as a good short book for new readers

>> No.15929901

>>15929373
You'll get faster, don't worry

>> No.15929918

>>15929373
Don’t pause to look at each word individually, sort of glance across the whole sentence slowly. Start picking up the speed slowly and slowly. Record your speed, test your comprehension, play around with it and figure out the best techniques for you

>> No.15930891

https://www.spreeder.com/app.php

This has helped me move more quickly through books when I am reading them traditionally. Primes your brain to suppress subvocalization and keep your eyes moving.

>> No.15930894

>>15929449
This.

>> No.15930908

>>15929373
I would say C&P and Dosto in general is a bad measurement for your focus while reading. I love Dosto but C&P is such a tedious book to read. His theme and payoff are amazing, but there is a reason people say he did not write books but plays. Try read something else and see that you are not at fault.

>> No.15930947

>>15929373
Just read more and you'll get there
You don't expect to start running and not be exhausted the first weeks

>> No.15931636

It also might be worth reading a piece of literary that's a bit easier so that you get used to reading harder stuff. Crime and Punishment is quite good and often easy to follow, but Dostoevsky is by no means the easiest of Great Novelists.

>> No.15931657

>>15929373
With reading you just have to power through to improve. When I started many years ago I was pretty much at your level of reading. Now I can comfortably crush a novella in a single sitting. This depends greatly on the text however, as something like Dosto is much denser in terms of context than something like Mishima, yet both are interesting and worth reading.