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what is your most elitist patrician lit opinion on literature?
what is your most pleb embarrassing opinion on literature?

>> No.14416544

I love Vonnegut
I love Vonnegut

>> No.14416571

Translation is futile.
Non-fiction sucks.

>> No.14416578

Literacy for the masses was a mistake (though it's self-correcting, thankfully)
Some fanfiction is worthwhile

>> No.14416588

>>14416578
The New Testament is fanfiction

>> No.14416603

>>14416536
Fuck publishers
That one guy who hates milton, you know the one

>> No.14416606

>>14416536
Philosophers are most often bad writers
Fictional work was better at conveying philosophy and history than nonfictional work, somehow it became nearly worthless

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14416618

If you're not attempting to become polylingual so you can read literature in its original language then you're not really a fan of literature.

I don't actually care about the classics just for the sake of them being classics. I use it as a referral for books to try out, but if I don't like it by the 50th page I just ditch the book and start another.

>> No.14416688

>The only real way to read a book is by rereading it

>The only way to read a book is by first not reading yet not reading a book

>> No.14416712

>>14416536
I only read works from the English canon because I hate other languages and brown people.
Tolkien was a pleb.

>> No.14416732 [DELETED] 

>>14416536
I value honesty
I am a liar

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14416763

Idk what you'd consider pleb or patrician but here's mine

>Anything that's niche and/or old is better than anything that's popular or new.

>Long sentences are bad.

Choose which one is pleb and which is patrician.

>>14416578
Some fanfiction is worthwhile. What sorta fanfics do you read?

>>14416588
Wrong and theologically illiterate

>>14416606
Completely agree with the second

>>14416618
I try to force myself through every book I start. It's hard but it's better than not having read those books you already started.

>>14416732
Based

>> No.14416770

>>14416763
>Choose which one is pleb and which is patrician.
Niche old writers usually write long sentences, though.

>> No.14416819

>>14416770
I know. Aren't I retarded?