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3079128 No.3079128[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Thoughts, /lit/? Is this of actual literary merit, or is it just garbage that somehow withstood the test of time?

>> No.3079131

[Insert inflammatory Topic/comment here]

2/10

>> No.3079147

I quite enjoyed it. Not sure I can say anything academic about it though.

>> No.3079154

>>3079147
What you said,

>> No.3079155

I would probably find it incredible and pant creaming if I had lived in the sensory deprived world of the 19th century.

It aged badly and is paced too slowly for readers of this time.

>> No.3079156

I enjoyed it.

Frankenstein was complete garbage, though.

>> No.3079162

>>3079156
das bicuz wiminz cant write

>> No.3079163

>>3079155
This

I just didn't like it, although, I'm probably not a good judge as I'm not really a fan of "horror" or "gothic" novels. I do enjoy a bit of E. A. Poe though.

>> No.3079183
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3079183

>BoOk tOO SLOOOOOOOW FOR mi FAST

>BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
NNNNNN!

That's what all of you sound like. It like you're accusing Stoker not thinking about how in 100 years time there'd be digital things to spread around his book. HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN! HOW DARE A CENTURY OLD BOOK NOT THINK ABOUT DISTANT FUTURE OF ELECTRIC GODS AND FLYING CHARIOTS!!!!!!

>> No.3079185

first person narrating and reading the original Dracula after all the movies and stuff (eg. Dracula does not vaporize in daylight and has a moustache) is interesting. I say, read it if you have time but dont expect too much.

>> No.3079188

>>3079183
Chaucer aged pretty damn fucken well and it's several hundreds of years older than Bram Gaylord Stoker'd Dracula.

Try again.

>> No.3079192

>>3079188
Empirically prove that without using content analysis.

>> No.3079193

>>3079188
>"Aged well"
>Read it in Modern English

>> No.3079194

>>3079188
AHAHAHAHAH

>> No.3079202

the scene where the ship comes in with the fog, carrying its dead crew with the captain tied to the steering wheel is still one of my all-time favorites. the perfect metaphor for death and destruction. while I'm not sure about the overall merit I still think the way dracula's opressive presence permeates the entire work is quite impressive