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what are some of the most difficult books youve read. Also is gravitys rainbow more diffcult than moby dick or ulysseys?

>> No.17767110

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>> No.17767116

Almost seems like a bait post.
1. Ulysses
...
2. Gravity’s Rainbow
3. Moby Dick
in terms of difficulty

>> No.17767130

>>17767092
how is blood meridian difficult besides muh graphic violence? it's like 10th grade level prose and vocabulary

>>17767116
agree that ulysses was a bit tricky, but was fine once you get into the swing of it.

reading chaucer in the original middle english, now that's challenging.

>> No.17767143

>>17767092
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas in its original language. Too much unknown words in Portuguese. I couldn't even finish half of the book.

>> No.17767187

>>17767092
gravity rainbow is definitely more tricky than moby dick. i never remember being confused what was happening in mobb dick

>> No.17767266

Probably Hume's Treatise of Human Nature, but the fact it's 700 pages didn't help, because I probably read it too quick so I didn't have to spend 2 months reading it.

>> No.17767272

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