/lit/ - Literature

>>23283792
>I hang out with a lot of self-identified “queer” people

>Main character read a lot of books
That is a shitty way to make the reader relate to the main character of your book.
The person reading the book obviously read a lot of books, therefore he will very easily relate to the character.
It is a low blow.

>entertaining 19th century novel
>final third is a tedious slog of christian moralising, unbelievable coincidences, and deus ex machina

>that pseud who uses terms like base and superstructure in everyday conversation

>open a history of philosophy book written by an anglo
>continentals are glossed over or skipped completely
>every. single. time.

They can't keep getting away with this.

I think Proust was mentally ill. I got to page 168 when he began discussing the smell of his chamber pot after having eaten asparagus.