/lit/ - Literature

>>10777334
where did you get the 4chan chair, OP?

good stacks

>>10777343
What the fuck is a 4chan chair?

Top tier stack OP.

>>10777334
That would take 2-3 weeks AT MOST

>>10777334
Dosto is not as deep as you think it is

>>10777369

>>10777334
Only thing I'd add is Dante.

>>10777334
>Homer - The Iliad - Translated by Martin Hammond

I will be honest and say I haven't read that translation. That said, I've also never heard of it, and therefore kind of suspect it is shit.

>>10777355
niggas can't see clover/flower patterns anymore without associating with their addiction

>>10777355
a chair with 4chan's corporate logo such as OP's

>>10777387
It's a Penguin classics translation.

>>10777393
That much is clear by the image.

>Holy Bible
>Catholic edition
they mean "The only true edition", amirite guyz?

>>10777343
Some furniture store that sells second hand stuff and stuff the owner made himself.

>>10777422
did you purchase it because of the 4chan corporate logo?

>>10777382
you're right; he's deeper.

>>10777428
I got them years ago before I used 4chan, didn't make the connection until now desu.

>>10777446
i see. now that the connection has been made (now that the (dare i say it) dust has settled, as it were), how do you feel about the chair?

>>10777393
penguin classic translations are very often old and outdated

>>10777458
>parenthesis within a parenthesis

>>10777468
He's on a mathematical level now.

>>10777468
It's like he (if he really is a he [and not a she {or maybe a ze} or something else], which we don't know) doesn't even know how to use brackets.

>>10777458
I like the chair(s), I have 4 of them. I'll probably be amused every now and again when I look at them and get reminded of the connection.

>>10777464
Lol translations aren't oudated, theyre either good or not

>>10777387
Its excellent and is used for academic study. Its style is very literal and not 'dynamic', sort of the ESV to Pope's KJV.

>>10777442
Dosto writes fairly simple fables, thats not a judgement on his works 'quality', but its hard to imagine reading and rereading and getting much out of it

>>10777387
Apparently it's the closest to actual Greek.

>>10777536
Silence!

>>10777536
t. never read him
>fable
lol

>>10777387
>>10777529
>>10777544
First page.

>>10777618
That's actually not bad, though I still prefer Lattimore.

>>10777618
bleah

>>10777334
Guys I've decided to add some more poetry and another work of philosophy. Leaning towards Dante or Shakespeare for poetry. Republic for philosophy.

>>10777517
>either good or not
>nothing can be greater than anything good
The earliest translators of the Russians are held in high regard, but when comparing them (her) to late 20th century translators they are (she's) terrible.

>>10777656
The Russian translation in the OP are by Volokhonsky (Anna K), Mcduff (penguin), and Coulsen (oxford).

>>10777618
i like it, on amazon?

Thread of 17 yr old boys who think Dostoyevsky is profound

>>10777718

>>10777718
Papi Peterson said he was, like, so deep.

>>10777727
You seem to be confusing Dosto with...the Bible?

>>10777727
Dostoevsky wouold unironically agree with this though, what kind of point are you trying to make?

>>10777729
>>10777735
>>10777745

>>10777761
powerful argument

>>10777716
Probably just search Martin Hammond translation

>>10777387
>I don't know it so it's bad

>>10777369
not all of us are neets

>>10777334
I see one glaring problem with your stack: there's no first-class original English, either prose or verse :) It's all translation.

I'm not saying you HAVE to remedy this with a Complete Shakespeare; that's merely a suggestion.

>>10777745
>Dostoevsky wouold unironically agree with this
Just get a load of this pleb.

>>10777718
>he's jealous he squandered his youth not reading an absolute madman like Dostoevsky

>>10777369
If you read carelessly, sure

>>10777618
What are you reading first?

>>10777618
>prose translation
ISHYGDDT

>>10777900
lol all bookish teenage boys like Dosty tho right?

>>10778305
IF any IS interested in literalist prose Homer, you have Hammond, Shewring and Rieu (the first Penguin classic), Rieu is easier to read though takes more liberties.

>>10777729
Nee-chee says [something completely incomprehensible that isn't even in anything Nietzsche ever wrote] and you know, Dostoyeksy, I mean this is just SOOO deep, when [bizarre incoherent reading of the first 50 pages of Crime & Punishment], and you see this over and over again in fairy tales. And Jung [totally unfalsifiable conjecture about another completely unrelated topic] agrees.

>>10777875
he could just get moby-dick
would coincide well with the nrsv

>>10777627
Stop adding stuff, it's a never ending treadmill. Just read what you have. Next time get some original English books and not translations.

>>10778475
I'll get moby dick.

>NSRV papist "bible"

>>10777334
What made you choose the NRSV over something like the KJV? Are you reading it for religious or literary reasons?

>>10777334
>committing to the NRSV "catholic" edition for 2-3 years
wew lad

>>10778940
>>10778907
I also have the kjv.
Will read the nrsv mostly becsuse it's a more accurate translation. Supposedly.

>tfw no 4chan chair

>>10779368
If you're committed to the Latin sect, get yourself a Douay-Rheims. Otherwise, get an Orthodox Study Bible.

>>10777369
>I don't meditate

>>10777545
Dat ass

>>10777334
Is that a fucking 4chan chair?

After I finally read all three volumes of The Gulag Archipelago (I have been meaning to read these long before Peterson became noticed or mentioned them), a couple non-fiction including The Bell Curve, then I am starting with the Greeks (which I already have the books acquired).

Essentially I have years worth of reading ahead of me.

>>10779686
>The Bell Curve,
Don't it's garbage

>>10777334
I'm trying to rediscover Christianity too, OP. I'm on spring break so I'll finish C&P and BK and go for Tolstoy.

>>10779460
>tfw saving up for a 4chan chair because of this thread

maybe it will make hiroshima "jackie 4chan" nagasaki notice me

>>10779825
You're going to get a custom chair made with a 4chan logo?

>>10779710
Why do you say that?

>>10777387
>>10777620
stand aside, pleb fucks

>>10777618
>>10777620
first reply best reply

>>10777618
>Prose format
For Zeus's sake, don't do it.

>>10779860
Not him, but I'd do it if I lived alone. Maybe after I jump the border.

Can the 4chan chair become /lit/'s new meme?

>>10779468
whats so special about the orthodox study bible. for one the notes aren't particularly great, and it uses the nkjv for nt which is an abomination compared to kjv.

>>10780322
This

>>10777382
Your mom thinks otherwise

If you guys want a "4chan chair" just look for 4 leaf clover chair. The one in OP's chair actually looks different from the 4chan's logo though

>>10781855
>>10780322
I have started to perpetuate the meme. It begins

>>10781828
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>>10777334
>buying books that far in advance
Why the fuck would you do that

In any case here is my current to-read stack. The beige ones are the divine comedy.

t. New

>>10780114
Fitzgerald really is my guy

>>10780322
>tfw make a post about books and happen to include the chair, it turns into a meme
I almost cut the chair out of the picture before I posted it.

My to-read stack changes depending on my mood, but here's what I picked up on Monday.

Whole lot of Soren and Fyodor to read

Got some reading for the next two months at least!

>>10783097
>2 months
confirmed NEET

>>10782440
I am also preparing for the next black swan event

:^)

>>10783261

Yeah, so what? You jelly?

>>10783362
I have a cool car

>>10782488
Thank god you didn't, anon. Dubs confirm you as the chairman.

>>10777369
>I are speed readr

my most recent pickups. ill probably be finished with the lot of them by the end of spring.

i've already read 5 years to freedom so i'll probably blast through it after lathe of heaven.

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>>10777718
Go on then, suggest some alternatives.

>>10783900
Fear and Trembling is GOAT, until you get to the merman

>>10777334
That's some heavy reading Anon. Drop the NRSV for KJV and I'll say it's a very fine stack.

>>10777369
>luk gyuse
>i hve lot of bokes on my goodreedd.net acount!
>this maen i am smate

>>10777334
we would get along so good.