Purely for prose

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Purely for prose Anonymous Tue Jun 3 00:34:27 2014 No.4965537 [DELETED]

What's the book (or books) you turn to when you just want to read beautiful prose?
The one that you can just open at any page to find some enjoyment/pleasure/inspiration from the prose alone

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 3 00:35:44 2014 No.4965543 File: 82 KB, 948x1462, 12314616136.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] never fails me

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 3 00:39:16 2014 No.4965553 >>4965537 forgot to mention lolita along with invisible cities

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 3 01:01:01 2014 No.4965602 >>4965537 anything by hemingway as well and gatsby

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 3 03:05:45 2014 No.4965910 >>4965537 the best part about that book is it's imaginative world building not it's prose.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 3 11:41:19 2014 No.4967090 >>4965910 the world building is great, but the prose is wonderful too

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 3 11:45:55 2014 No.4967101 >>4965537 Do you read it in English ? If so, what tranalation would you recommand ?

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