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22852492 No.22852492 [Reply] [Original]

the introduction is longer than the actual novel

>> No.22852493

>>22852492
this sounds familiar. what was it?

>> No.22852714

>>22852493
I got a copy of the uncensored picture of dorian grey which has 40 pages of introduction and like 160 of actual novel

>> No.22852740
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22852740

This is why I dropped Pale Fire, I realized that the intro and then appendices were 4-5X the size of the actual novel

>> No.22852746

>>22852740
uhhh the "commentary" is part of the book, it IS the book...

>> No.22852752

>>22852492
>Introduction
>Forward
>Preface
>About the Author
>Praise
>Acknowledgements
>Suggested Further Reading
>Editors Note
>Translator's Note
>Publisher's Note
>Copyright
>Table of Contents
>Dedication
>Title Page
>Epigraph

>> No.22852754
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22852754

>read the introduction
>it spoils the fucking novel

>> No.22852827

>>22852754
Great novels can't really be spoiled, you must be talking about some genreshit

>> No.22852884

>>22852754
I read them after I have finished the book.

>> No.22852990

>>22852714
I hate Oscar Wilde and his fanboys.

>> No.22852995

>>22852740
Amazing bait, anon

>> No.22853077

>>22852752
> no preface to edition 1
> preface to edition 2
> preface to edition 3
> preface to edition 4
> preface to new millennium edition

>> No.22853080

>>22853077
>10 pages in total
Fuck off