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Excuse me, just the greatest book ever made coming through

>> No.15772606
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15772606

>>15772604
>blocks your path

>> No.15772616

>>15772606
Great taste but I prefer Heart of Darkness slightly more, I just love the way Conrad writes and describes it really draws me in

>> No.15772628

Yes

>> No.15772633

>>15772604
Really? That's your favorite? I read it last week and I don't think it will stay with me much at all, what do you love about it?
>muh rivets

>> No.15772694

>>15772604
Heart of Darkness is pretty trash all of the film adaptations were better. I'll just assume you are new to reading

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15772700

>>15772604
Not even best Conrad

>> No.15772701

>>15772616
Read Dostoyevsky, it will open your fragile little mind to a whole new world

>> No.15772751

>>15772604
It’s good, but it’s not that good, there are better Conrad stories, there are even better Conrad stories about Marlowe, for which “Youth” is the best by far
>>15772606
Based and redpilled

>> No.15772786

>>15772700
This, I can never decide which I prefer though.

>> No.15773506

>>15772694
It’s a masterpiece

>> No.15773540

>>15773506
It's fine.
Quite impressive that he managed to make a 100 page novella feel tedious to read

>> No.15773547

>>15772701
Already read Dosto. I stand still on Conrad.

>> No.15773565

>>15773547
Why? I asked earlier, genuinly
All you say is "it's great," can you explain why?

>> No.15773595

>>15773540
Yeah your probably right, masterpiece is a strong word and I just remembered I must have been 17 when I read it

>> No.15773623

>>15773595
That's fine Anon, if you had called it your favorite I would have been less snarky

>> No.15774708

>>15772700
nigger of the narcissus is the best