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What is the most overrated book?

>> No.9063118

Either the Bible or the Quran.

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>> No.9063123

>>9063115
my word. that pic is horrible.
great expectations was great for what it was, a book for a child.


Ann Karenina is the most overrated book in existence.

>> No.9063129

>>9063123
> my word. that pic is horrible.

How dare you.

This is ART

>> No.9063137

shitposting is indeed an art form to be appreciated.

>> No.9063141

>>9063129
oh, you're from the fashion thread eh? nice meta, my man. i suppose the purpose of this piece is to revise the commonstance nomenclature of physiological transcendentalism with a dash of vulture vomit.

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>>9063115

>> No.9063180

>>9063170
this.

>> No.9063194

crime and punishment

>> No.9063199

>>9063194
no. just the epilogue. if he had ended before, it would have been perfect.

>> No.9063217

>>9063170
Please, someone enlighten me on this ? Looks like everybody's talking about it, but I never heard about it IRL. Is it, like, a best-seller from 3-4 years ago ? Maybe it's not translated yet (frenchfag here) ? I don't get the hype.

>> No.9063235

>>9063217
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=infinite+jest

>> No.9063254

>>9063235
>>9063235
Well even the wikipedia page wasn't translated into a lot of languages. How come the book didn't make it to other countries ? Is it fake literature with no style and nothing truly original ? Do dummies in general like this book ? If this book was a singer, who would it be ?

>> No.9063265

Tastelets ITT

>> No.9063270

>>9063254
stop trying you fool

>> No.9063279

>>9063270
OK I'll google the author.
The book was translated into my language a few years ago. Never heard about it. It says it's a masterpiece.
Oh ! the guy hanged himself. Is that the reason why he's praised so much ?
Says there's humor and irony in his books, and a lot of footnotes. Says it describes a sick world.
That's all. Still doesn't tell me much. Was he a genius or an idiot being lucky enough to die young so he quickly becomes a classic ? I still can't tell. I usually don't like people who commit suicide.

>> No.9063283

I love Great Expectations. It was first book for ages that made me laugh loudly. It's entertainment like video games.

>> No.9063435

>>9063115
Correct answer is The stranger by Camus.

>> No.9063469

>>9063279
Have you read a Confederacy of Dunces

>> No.9063478

>>9063469
No, but what I read on Infinite Jest made me think about it. However most people say that the Confederacy of Dunces is indeed a great book (I kinda trust em even if I haven't opened it), whereas all this mystery on /lit/ about Infinite Jest almost convinces me it's bullshit.

>> No.9063485

>>9063435
everyone shits on the stranger like catcher in the rye

even though it's legitimately good at the very least in the sense that it's a great stepping stone for just about anyone to get into literature

>> No.9063529

>>9063485
The Stranger and Catcher in the Rye are only bad because people who want to feel well-read but don't want to read read only those two books. In themselves, they're fine.

>> No.9063570

>>9063115
the great gatsby
wtf was that?

>> No.9063600

take the redpill: mein comfy prose book

>> No.9063685

>>9063115
Wuthering Heights.

>> No.9063719

>>9063279
you might actually have autism

>> No.9063777

>>9063719
I wish I had. Things would've gone better with my ex. But you're still not helping much.