/lit/ - Literature

>>16711506
Absolutely based. Ossian BTFO once again, Ossianfags on suicide watch

>>16702612
One need not be a connoisseur of shit to know it when one sees it.

>>16645109
Gulliver's Travels is a good first pick, as the satire is pretty broadly accessible to the modern reader and the language itself shouldn't be too challenging (relatively speaking). Pope is good too for poetry- the Rape of the Lock is fun and not as dense as his other stuff. I also highly recommend Boswell's Life of Johnson, even though it isn't fiction. It gives you great insight into the world of the 18th century- the politics, culture, literature, and some of the personalities, which I think makes reading everything else much easier and more fun (this applies to the Romantics, too, who are strongly influenced by and to some degree rebelling against the influence of men like Johnson). It's quite long, though, so you may want to read some abridged version if you aren't sure if you'll enjoy it.

>>13843500
He was really our guy.

"I never knew any man who relished good eating more than he did. When at table, he was totally absorbed in the business of the moment; his looks seemed rivetted to his plate; nor would he, unless when in very high company, say one word, or even pay the least attention to what was said by others, till he had satisfied his appetite, which was so fierce, and indulged with such intenseness, that while in the act of eating, the veins of his forehead swelled, and generally a strong perspiration was visible. To those whose sensations were delicate, this could not but be disgusting; and it was doubtless not very suitable to the character of a philosopher, who should be distinguished by self-command."