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4806866 No.4806866 [Reply] [Original]

>Buy a new book that's a classic
>Get ready to enjoy
>"But first a forward by some random guy giving his opinions on half the book that spoils several plot points"

>> No.4806893

>>4806866
> forward

>> No.4806901

>>4806866
then dont read it. there you go, solved that critical problem for you

seriously, spoilers shouldnt even be a problem with literature

>> No.4806902

>>4806866
you don't read the foreword before you read the book the first time

those are to entice people who've already bought the book to buy it again

>> No.4806905

>>4806893
I could explain by saying I'm drunk but I'll choose to be honest this time and just say I'm not a very smart man.

>> No.4806923

forewords are actually very useful

for people who arent fucking retarded

>> No.4806933

>>4806902
>Buying a book you already own because it has one new half chapter at the beginning
Wut?

>> No.4806936

>>4806933
you'll never believe what old upper middle class white men will do

>> No.4806941

Agreed op. With classics I face this by pretending I'm back in time buying the book on release day. For modern shit just skip it, it's not why I opened the book. Fuck that boring shit.

>> No.4806944

>>4806941
yeah

fuck that boring shit

>> No.4806946

>>4806944
yeah

>> No.4806952
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>buy a new book
>every time, fighting the urge to just skim the last page before i start it

>> No.4806956

>>4806941
Paper cut dick > Shit foreword

>> No.4806955

>mfw the forward of romeo n juliet
>mfw it sais rite away they're wont b a happy ending

worst book i was ever forsed 2 read. wasint even romantic.

>> No.4806960

>>4806946
Shit

That yeah fuck boring

>> No.4806962

>>4806946
fuck yeah

>> No.4806965

>get Don Quoixte
>Hey maybe I will read the forward so I can learn something!
>says Don Quoixte dies at the end in the 3rd sentance

>get Blood Meridian
>Hey maybe I will read the forward so I can learn something!
>says The Judge kills the kid in the first paragraph

These spoiler didn't really effect my reading of the book but it is kind of annoying

>> No.4806967
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4806967

>>4806952
I'm amazed you actually manage to resist, I can never stop myself from reading the last few sentences.

>> No.4806985

I appreciate the forward because somebody took the time to write it and I might learn something.

>> No.4806986

>>4806955
It's not supposed to be romantic, it's about how stupid young people are.

Also,
>reading plays

>> No.4806990

>>4806986
>missing the joke completely

>> No.4806996

>>4806990
Humour is stupid.

>> No.4807008

>>4806996
autism

>> No.4807009

Now you know that most of us skip the foreword/introduction and read it after the narrative.

They can be quite good in Penguins and Oxfords.

Enjoy your reading!

>> No.4807010

>>4806985
>filling your mind with some elses preconceived ideas

>> No.4807013

>>4807008
No

>> No.4807020

>>4807013
autism

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>>4807009
>tfw the foreword is more engaging than the actual book

>> No.4807026

>>4807020
No

>> No.4807028

Forwards are good for providing context and historical information that the average reader wouldn't know. For instance, I didn't know shit about 16th century Italy before reading The Prince, so the forward helped with that.

>> No.4807029

>>4807020
autistism

>> No.4807030

>>4807008
>>4807013
>>4807020
>>4807026
This is the true autism

>> No.4807087

>>4807029
>>4807030
tism

>> No.4807103

>>4807087
tis

>> No.4807109

>>4806866
I never read them anymore. When I was reading the Idiot by Dostoevsky, I was skimming through the boring introduction and it mentioned that Nastasia is stabbed by Rogozhin, essentially ruining the entire book.

Whelp, looks like I don't need to read this now. And neither do you.

>> No.4807110

>>4807103
is

>> No.4807112

>>4806901
>spoilers shouldn't be a problem
How do you figure? If I'm dedicating hours of reading time to a lengthy novel, I don't want the end spoiled by the forward. Hence not reading the forward.

>> No.4807115

>>4807109
>and it mentioned that Nastasia is stabbed by Rogozhin
thanks faggot

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4807121

>2014
>reading introductions/forwards

>> No.4807225

>>4807028
Definitely agreed, but when a forward is spoiling part of a story then that's a no no. I only read forewards first when it's non fiction. Otherwise I'll come back to it after I've finished the book.

>> No.4807235

>spoilers
>I read literature for the cool plot twists.

>> No.4807269

>>4806933
> Only ever reading books you own

>> No.4807991

>>4806866

The worst is back covers of classics that spoil the endings. I got a copy of Clarissa and the back reads: How Clarissa,.... falls prey to Lovelace, is raped and dies, is the bare outline of a story that blossomed in all directions under Richardson's hands. and I think I got a copy of Madame Bovary someplace that has a back cover that spoils everything as well.

And spoilers in forwards are a problem with ebooks. I was reading a classic and a character shows up that I'd forgotten so I searched for his name and the first hit was a spoiler in the forward.

>> No.4807992

>>4806967
Mah nigga

I did it with Dorian Gray and it amazed me how much I imagined what would that sentence mean.

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>>4807109
>reading TBK
>spoilers in the back of the book about the death of Fyodor Pavlovich
>spoilers in the first chapter about the same shit
>spoiled by /lit/ about Ivan's madness
>mfw whole book

>> No.4808149

>>4806965

Regarding your spoiler...

Does he though? Does he?