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9725941 No.9725941 [Reply] [Original]

It took him SIXTY years to write it. What have you done instead, lit?

>> No.9725961

Try to drag it out in to a third book so my son could posthumously publish a disappointing conclusion cobbled together from my illegible handwritten notes.

>> No.9725992
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9725992

I got laid lol

>> No.9726001

I'm still alive, so I do have something on ol Goethe

>> No.9726086

>>9725961

Hey Patrick

>> No.9726182

I honestly found Goethe's Faust to be awful.

>> No.9726189

>>9726182
I honestly found you to be awful.

>> No.9726196

>>9726182
awful is a big word...

>> No.9726339

>>9726189
Shakespeare also is awful in German, read it in German you prick

>> No.9726488

>>9726339
how long does it take to learn german and to be able to read faust?

>> No.9726506

>>9726488
I won't lie, long. Of all the Western european languages it is probably the hardest to learn, it's grammatical structure is really confusing and the German used in Faust fairly antiquated. But Faust differs so hugely in Quality from the original to all translations you won't ne able appreciate its full beauty in any other language.

>> No.9726508

>>9726506
so it's like learn the italian of Dante

>> No.9726512

>>9726508
Yeah, I think you can say so. Sorry for all the typos btw, writing on my phone