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>preface
>forward
>editor's note
>translator's note
>acknowledgments
>introduction
>prologue
>chapter 1

>> No.20153919

I hate this. Shut the fuck up, I don't give a shit what "contemporary scholars" have to say!

>> No.20154092

>>20153856
>Preface to the Second Italian Edition

>> No.20154097

just skip them retard

>> No.20154684

>>20154097
skip what?<img class="xae" data-xae width="32" height="32" src="https://s.4cdn.org/image/emotes/c2cfb2e3_KEKWait.png">

>> No.20154698

>>20153856
>buy 200 page book
>only 90 pages by actual author
problem? <img class="xae" data-xae width="32" height="26" src="https://s.4cdn.org/image/emotes/7b4acfbf_trollface.png">

>> No.20154710
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>>20154097
>pay for a book
>skip loads of the words
No, I'm reading all the words

>> No.20154711
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>>20153856
>read the foreword
>it spoils the book

>> No.20154729

>>20153856
Translator's notes are always essential you dumb pseud

>> No.20154749

>>20153856

>editor's note to the 1st edition
>editor's note to the 2nd edition
>editor's note to the 3rd edition
>ad infinitum
<img class="xae" data-xae width="32" height="32" src="https://s.4cdn.org/image/emotes/67905c4f_Bruh.png">
ad infinitum

>> No.20154760

>>20154729
The translators notes in Kafkas 'The Trial' were pretty interesting. Maybe moreso for me because im casually studying german.

>> No.20154775

>>20153856
>>20154729
The only reason any of that crap exists is because second-rate scholars and hapless academics want to attach their faggy little name next to a classic title and a renowned author.

>> No.20154783

>>20153856
Literally all essential and many times more interesting than the actual text.

>> No.20154788

>>20153856
Yes, I read all of them, how could you tell? <img class="xae" data-xae width="29" height="32" src="https://s.4cdn.org/image/emotes/7a95728b_Gigachad.png">

>> No.20155097
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>>20153856
>analyze cover design
>read back of cover
>read leaflets
>check contents
>browse index
>read endnotes
>read introductions
>decide i will not read it

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>>20155097
>check rating on goodreads
>check author on wikipedia
>yep, it sucks

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>>20155312
>book is rated over 3.8 on goodreads
>''it must be completely shit if all these NPCs like it''

>> No.20155349

>>20154711
The people who do that should be shot honestly. I just want a little historical background sometimes, not the fucking plot explained before I even read it.

>> No.20155381

>>20153856
Is that a – paratext? I’m literally going insaaane <span class="xae" data-xae="shock">😱[/spoiler]

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>cum in the book
>i eat the book

>> No.20155408

>editor's preface
>acknowledgments
>preface
>preface to the second edition
>preface to the 30th anniversary edition
>forward
>translator's note
>introduction
>>I cultural background
>>II life of the author
>>III influences
>>IV structure
>>V themes
>>VI reception
>>VII criticism
>>VIII legacy
>timeline
>abbreviations
>note on the text
>select bibliography
>further reading
>glossary
>author's note added to the third imprint
>preamble
>prologue
>opening
>book 1
>section 1
>chapter 1
>part a