Thread 24508596 - /lit/ [Archived: 691 hours ago]

Anonymous

6/30/2025, 4:24:20 PM No.24508596

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>see interesting book on Amazon
>check the preview
>foreword (written by someone other than the author)
>preface (written by a second someone else)
>introduction (written by a third someone else)
>"Pages xxviii through 479 are not included in this sample."
>index

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Anonymous

6/30/2025, 4:54:12 PM No.24508659

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>>24508596 (OP)
>see new publication of classic book on Amazon
>foreword (written by someone other than the author, explaining that the book is actually terrible)
>preface (written by woman explaining why the author's views are misogynistic)
>introduction (written by a black person explaining why the author's views are racist)
>translator's note (explaining why they decided to "update" problematic terms to be more politically correct)

Anonymous

6/30/2025, 4:56:45 PM No.24508670

angry_pepe

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>>24508596 (OP)
ikr

Anonymous

6/30/2025, 4:59:04 PM No.24508678

>>24508596 (OP)
lmao true

Anonymous

6/30/2025, 5:39:15 PM No.24508819

>>24508596 (OP)
>see interesting book online
>12th ed. hardback available
>search for 11th and 10th ed.s
>available used softback only
>search for 3rd ed.
>student copy stolen from library in 1920's
>feel like Indiana Jones, "you're the man now dawg!"