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Anonymous Mon Sep 30 12:22:18 2019 No.13911304 [Reply] [Original]

is it worth reading?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 12:25:47 2019 No.13911327 the most reddit book in existence (r/books unironically loves it) but yea, it's entertaining for what it is, 19th century capeshit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:01:10 2019 No.13911522 >>13911304 It's good (especially if you're a vengeful nutjob like me), but it's not like "high /lit/".

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:08:35 2019 No.13911563 Like this anon >>13911522 said, it’s not necessarily high literature, but it’s pure fucking kino. It’s just fun

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 13:09:50 2019 No.13911576 >>13911563 >>13911522 what translation do you recommend, lads?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:42:18 2019 No.13912078 >>13911304 Absolutely, well written pure fun. Do not have high expectations for depth and aesthetics though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:43:18 2019 No.13912086 The 2004 anime was better than the original novel.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:43:26 2019 No.13912088 You can easily read it in a week or two, just get on it

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 30 14:44:05 2019 No.13912090 >>13911576 Youre choice is really just penguin for a modern translation everyone else prints some anonymous translation from the victorian era.