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Books to improve your vocabulary.

Picture sooo related

>> No.690762

That China guy.

And really, anything by Nabokov.

>> No.690761

Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

>> No.690767

A dictionary.

>> No.690776

>>690762
Uh, there are lots of guys in China. I'ts like the most populous country in the world. What the heck?

>> No.690778

>>690767
Word.

>> No.690782

>>690767
Seriously. It has greater word variety than any book you can think of

>> No.690787

>>690762
China Mievelle? Or some Chinese writer?

>> No.690795

>>690787
Yes, the former.

>> No.690802

There are actually SAT books that provide the definition for 'SAT words' alongside the text. Frankenstein and Jane Eyre are the ones I remember seeing.

>> No.690851

Yeah, I learned a lot of new words when I read Lolita

>> No.691734

A Clockwork Orange

>> No.691743

>>691734
Yeah, if you want to improve your vocabulary with fucking MADE UP WORDS

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>>690802

>> No.691753

Anything by Joyce

>> No.691765

>>691753
Especially
>>690761

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>>691752

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>>691774
>vlcsnap