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>animal farm
>is set on an animal farm

>> No.6743844

>is about animals
>is about a farm
Thanks, based Orwell

>> No.6743846

>/r9k/
>Posts on /lit/

>> No.6743848

>>6743842
>frogposter
>is incredibly dumb
It writes itself.

>> No.6743973

>to the lighthouse
>characters go to the lighthouse

>> No.6743994
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>Crime and punishment
>protagonist commits a crime and gets punished

>> No.6744001

>>6743846
>reddit/tumblr
>posts on 4chan

>> No.6744006
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6744006

>Family Happiness
>is about a family coming together and finding happiness

>> No.6744012

>>6743842
>Ulysses
>is actually try hard garbage

>> No.6744014
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6744014

>of mice and men
>is about mice and men

>> No.6744015

>the brothers karamazov
>it's about three brothers with the last name karamazov

>> No.6744026
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6744026

>The Metamorphosis
>is about a metamorphosis

>> No.6744033

>>6744014
i kekd

>> No.6744041

>Moby-Dick
>Whale is always referred to as 'Moby Dick'

>> No.6744043
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6744043

>the merchant of venice
>shylock is a merchant living in venice

>> No.6744044
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6744044

>Starship Troopers
>is actually about Mobile Infantry and almost the entire book is set on solid ground

>> No.6744052

>Les Misérables
> All the main characters are miserable

>> No.6744058

>The Old Man and the Sea
>Has an Old Man
>The old man goes out to sea.

>The Stranger
>He does not know the Arab

>> No.6744089

>Thus Spake Zarathustra
> Zarathustra speaks

> No Country for Old Men
> an old man has a hard time in the country

>> No.6744093

>the bible
>extremely heavy biblical symbolism

>> No.6744098

>>6744043
He isn't a merchant, he's a lender.

Ahoy hoy

>> No.6744117
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>>6744093
best one

>> No.6744205

>The great Gatsby
>Gatsby turns out to be a pretty cool guy

>> No.6744219

>>6743842
>The art of war
>It's an instruction book about war

>> No.6744465
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6744465

>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
>Harry Potter finds a stone of philosophers called the Philosopher's Stone

>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
>Harry Potter enters a secretive chamber called the Chamber of Secrets

>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
>Harry Potter meets a prisoner of Azkaban

>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
>Harry Potter encounters a goblet of fire called the Goblet of Fire

>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
>Harry Potter learns about an order called the Order of the Phoenix, which rises again and again like a phoenix of legend

>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
>Harry Potter uncovers the identity of the Half-Blood Prince, a half-blood but not actually a prince so this one makes me mad.

>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
>Harry Potter gathers hallowed objects of death called the Deathly Hallows

Almost perfect.

>> No.6744474

>norwegian wood
>no scandinavian erections

>> No.6744479

>>6744465
>not actually a prince
but from the aristocratic prince family who were nearly royalty

>> No.6744541

>>6744026
That surprised me when I first read it.
Didn't expect it to be literal at all.

Based Kafka.

>> No.6744561

>>6744093
genuine lel

>> No.6744821

>The sound and the fury
>benjy cries a lot

>> No.6744840

>fictions
>it didn't actually happen

>> No.6744901

>Anna Karenina
>literally about a bitch called Anna Karenina

Dropped.

>> No.6744940

>>6744901
>the great gatsby
>about a character called gatsby who isn't great

Fitz confirmed for hack

>> No.6744948

>Something Happened
>Very little did outside of the narrator's head

>> No.6744961

>>6744093
kek

>> No.6744965
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6744965

>Franz Kafka: The complete novels
>novels aren't complete

>> No.6744967

>The Old Testament
>It's literally outdated

>> No.6745822

>The black cat
>it's about a black cat
woow

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6745960

>Notes from the underground
>it's about me

>> No.6746070

>Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, the Gentleman
>he isn't even born for like third of the book

HACK
A
C
K

>> No.6746092

>the iliad
>it's about an iliad

>> No.6746115

>>6744014
The best laid schemes o mice an men gang aft agley,

>> No.6746243

>War and Peace
>Involves war and peace

>The Plague
>About a plague

>A farewell to arms
>The protagonist leaves war, his weapons with them

>> No.6746273 [DELETED] 

>The Trial
>protagonist is in a trial

>> No.6746281

>The Trial
>protagonist is on trial

>> No.6746285

>>6744093
this was stupid but really funny,

>> No.6746300

>>6746281
i finished this book yesterday and loved it

>> No.6746338
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6746338

>Game of Thrones
>No games at all
>Only one throne

>> No.6746348

>>6743842
>catch-22
>there's actually a catch called catch-22

>the master and margarita
>It's about a master and margarita

>> No.6746361
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>>6744965

>> No.6746406

>>6743848
not only the frog poster is dumb and the question is dumb but the top off is that they are many idiots making an effort to give an honest answer

>> No.6746440

>>6744093
reddit pls go

>> No.6746476

>>6744465
>>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
>>Harry Potter uncovers the identity of the Half-Blood Prince, a half-blood but not actually a prince so this one makes me mad.
His mother's surname was Prince, tard.

>> No.6747026

>the grapes of wrath
>family harvests grapes, potential wrath insues

>> No.6747031
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6747031

>notes from the underground
>character isn't underground

>> No.6747090

>>6746476
>muh lore

fuk off fag

>> No.6747155

>>6747031
Reminds me of
>The underground railroad
>not actually a railroad
I was a disappointed child

>> No.6747161

>>6744465
I'm so glad I wasted my youth playing video games and listening to rap then reading Harry Potter

>> No.6747175

>>6747031
its underground as is the world of shady people

>> No.6747191

>>6747155
I know, I thought the trains ran underground or something

>> No.6747192
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>>6747175
>world of shady people
>nobody stands in the shade

>> No.6747205

>>6747161
I did all three

>> No.6747211

>>6747192
I should have said unpopular, as in opposed to mainstream. kind of like black metal in the early 90s

>> No.6747215

>divine comedy
>is funny if you choose the right soundtrack

>> No.6747217

>>6747211
underground as in unpopular shady people?

>> No.6747222
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6747222

>the brothers karamazov
>is about the karamazov brothers

>> No.6747232

>Norwegian Wood
>meta allusions to the Beatles song

shoulda ended with him burning down Naokos house tbh

>> No.6747234

>>6747217
no no underground as in like out of sight from the mainstream view. The Underground man had views that weren't considered standard

>> No.6747242

The Stranger
>is an unfamiliar man who has different worldviews considered strange

>> No.6747258

>>6747234
Is that because he lived underground his whole life? No sunlight makes people crazy

>> No.6747266
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>>6747211
>black metal in the early 90s
>everyone is white

>> No.6747272
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6747272

The Jungle Book
its a book containing short stories about life in the jungle.

>> No.6747306

>>6746338
It's an expre...

Oh.

>> No.6747368

>Alice in wonderland
>a girl named Alice discovers a wondrous land

>> No.6747376

>>6747266
didnt expect varg to sport adidas sweatpants

>> No.6747469

>>6744043
Isn't Antonio the merchant?

>> No.6747500

>Stoner
>no excessive marijuana consumption

>> No.6747597
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6747597

>cien años de soledad
>the books talks about a hundred years of the family and explains the solitude part at the end
p good book tbh fam

>> No.6747765

>The Jungle
>Doesnt actually take place in a jungle, but in Chicago

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>>6743842
>their eyes were watching god
>their eyes were watching god
>>6744541
you read the metamorphosis without knowing the plot? how

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>fight club
>people in a club fight

>fear and loathing in las vegas
>fags go to las vegas and fear and loathe

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>>6743842
>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
>They don't

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>Infinite Jest
>Is a meme

>> No.6748816
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6748816

>Heart of Darkness
>Black people everywhere

>> No.6748830

>>6744474
hell of a lotta japanese erections tho tbh

>> No.6748834

>>6746348
for like the last 100 pages. more about the young poet tbh. got me, bulgakov

>> No.6748947

>>6747090
>get proven wrong
>f-fag
you sure showed him!

>> No.6748988

>American Psycho
>character is completely normal

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>>6748988

>> No.6749058

>>6747222

I never understood why it isn't "The Karamazov Brothers." I know "The Brothers Karamazov" is how it is supposed to be in Russian, but why is it like this in English?

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6749128

>Money: A Suicide Note
>about money and is the protagonists suicide note

>> No.6749209

>The Idiot
>Dostoyevsky is the author

>> No.6749216

>>6744093
I laughed

>> No.6749224

>>6749058
Garnett translated it like that and its just stuck.

>> No.6749260

>In Search of Lost Time
>it was a complete waste of time for him to write and for me to read

>> No.6749269
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>>6747161
How fucking long do you think it takes to read a Harry Potter book?

>> No.6749329

>>6744474
Kek'd

>> No.6749448

>>6749269
For him? Probably months.
>inb4 4 u

>> No.6749518

>>6747785
He read it in high school?

>> No.6749534

>The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
>Isn't middle-ages bondage porn

>> No.6749543
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>/lit/ thread
>it's fucking shit

>> No.6749682

>>6749058
Surname + Relationships sounds better IMHO.

>> No.6750321

>watchmen
>most of the characters are male

>> No.6750432
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6750432

>>6743846
>tripfag
>posting at all

>> No.6750519

>>6749058
I never understood why it isn't "The Christmas father." I know "The Father Christmas" is how it is supposed to be in Russian, but why is it like this in English?

>> No.6750524

>>6750519
I never understood why it isn't "Longlegs Daddy." I know "Daddy Longlegs" is how it is supposed to be in Russian, but why is it like this in English?

>> No.6750527

>>6750524
I never understood why it isn't "Tom Uncle's Cabin." I know "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is how it is supposed to be in Russian, but why is it like this in English?

>> No.6751939

>>6750527
I never understood why it isn't "Teresa Mother". I know Mother Teresa is how it is supposed to be in Russian, but why is it like this in English?

>> No.6751959

>>6750432
That's a very artful Pepe.

>> No.6751972

>>6751939
I never understood why it isn't "And Fathers Sons". I know "Fathers And Sons" is how it is supposed to be in Russian, but why is it like this in English?

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>1984
>Its written in 1948

>> No.6752134

>>6744093

bretty gud

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>>6743842

>All the Pretty Horses

>> No.6752217

>>6743842

>Hamlet
>main character is named Hamlet
>Macbeth
>main character is named Macbeth
>Othello
>main character is named Othello

even I'm getting tired of this post tbh

>> No.6752344

>>6745960
lol