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>the picture of dorian grey
>it’s a novel
Anonymous No.24778039 [Report]
>>24778030 (OP)
>Never Ending Story
>Has an ending
Anonymous No.24778067 [Report]
>infinite jest
>is finite
Anonymous No.24778077 [Report]
>Song of Achilles
>Is a novel
Anonymous No.24778112 [Report] >>24781505
>divine comedy
>isnt divine nor a comedy
Anonymous No.24778122 [Report]
>>24778030 (OP)
>no country for old men
>country has multiple old men
Anonymous No.24778155 [Report] >>24780858
>>24778030 (OP)
>house of leaves
has no leaves in it
Anonymous No.24778341 [Report]
>>24778030 (OP)
>the sun also rises
>protagonists member doesn't rise
Anonymous No.24778343 [Report] >>24778359 >>24781121
>war of the worlds
>planets don't fight
Anonymous No.24778355 [Report]
>>24778030 (OP)
>anna karenina
>she's not the main character
Anonymous No.24778359 [Report] >>24778365
>>24778343
>Twenty thousand leagues under the sea
>they never descend twenty thousand leagues under the sea
>they never descend even two leagues
What a hack author! What a scam!
Anonymous No.24778365 [Report] >>24779663
>>24778359
>Journey to the center of the earth
>They never get to the center of the earth
Verne created clickbait
Gigawriter !!gDg6o0V1b4N No.24778367 [Report]
>Steal This Book
>Author still collects royalties
Anonymous No.24778389 [Report]
>it‘s mostly ecru
Anonymous No.24778398 [Report]
>Ender's Game
>Is actually a real war.
Anonymous No.24778434 [Report]
>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
>Is not a guide to any galaxy, is just a wacky adventure through it.
Anonymous No.24778438 [Report] >>24778528
>>24778030 (OP)
>The Iliad
>It's about Troy
Anonymous No.24778528 [Report] >>24778760
>>24778438
Ilium was part of Troy, pleb.
Anonymous No.24778760 [Report]
>>24778528
>ilium was part of troy
>they never look for kyber crystals
Anonymous No.24778876 [Report] >>24787790
>>24778030 (OP)
>Naked Lunch
>I don't think there was an actual naked lunch in it
>how can lunch even enter a state of nakedness in the first place
Anonymous No.24778921 [Report]
>>24778030 (OP)
Lol
Anonymous No.24778925 [Report]
>As I Lay Dying
>is already dead
Anonymous No.24778984 [Report] >>24779009 >>24786158
>The Odyssey
>stars a guy named Ulysses
Anonymous No.24779009 [Report]
>>24778984
Bro I was gonna say that
Anonymous No.24779022 [Report]
>One Hundred Years of Solitude
>there's actually a lot of interaction, it's basically a wild fun party if you really think about it
Anonymous No.24779124 [Report]
>harassment architecture
>its a book
Anonymous No.24779247 [Report]
>ulysses
>stars a guy named ste- i mean leopold bloom
Anonymous No.24779562 [Report]
>Finnegans Wake
>puts me to sleep
Anonymous No.24779595 [Report] >>24787661
>moby dick
>natalie portman doesn't suck it
Anonymous No.24779631 [Report]
>>24778030 (OP)
>1984
>We don't actually know if it's 1984 or not
Anonymous No.24779638 [Report] >>24781555
>>24778030 (OP)
>The Count of Monte Cristo
>there's only one
Anonymous No.24779643 [Report]
>invitation to a beheading
>no address is given
Anonymous No.24779646 [Report]
>The Three Musketeers
>there are 4 musketeers
Anonymous No.24779663 [Report]
>>24778365
This actually really bothered me as a kid.
Anonymous No.24780858 [Report] >>24780937
>>24778155
>house of leaves
is a book
Anonymous No.24780937 [Report]
>>24780858
>the book of sand by Borges
>it's actually made of paper, paperboard, ink, and plastic
Anonymous No.24780943 [Report]
>the Tragedy of Julius Caesar
>actually the Tragedy of Marcus Brutus
Anonymous No.24781121 [Report]
>>24778343
They do though, if not quite literally
That's the twist, you think it's humans vs aliens but it was actually Earth vs wherever they came from
Anonymous No.24781305 [Report] >>24782320
>The Turn of the Screw
>not about DIY
Anonymous No.24781468 [Report]
>portrait of the artist as a young man
>no drawings :<
Anonymous No.24781505 [Report]
>>24778112
>isnt divine
It is
> nor a comedy
It has an happy ending so it's indeed a comedy.
Anonymous No.24781555 [Report]
>>24779638
this one's so fucking stupid it actually made me chuckle lol
Anonymous No.24781629 [Report] >>24781781
>>24778030 (OP)
>Lord of the Rings
>the """lord""" is is an incorporeal non-factor and does not possess the ring even once
Anonymous No.24781692 [Report] >>24781710
>The Book Without Words
>look inside
you guys are never going to fucking guess
Anonymous No.24781710 [Report]
>>24781692
It's full of words?
ABSOLUTE INSANITY!
Anonymous No.24781781 [Report]
>>24781629
>Incorporeal non-factor
In the movies, in the book he's some dude sitting in his throne inside his tower.
>does not possess the ring even once
He did wear the ring at some point, the ring comes off of his hand when Aragorn's dad cuts off Sauron's fingers in battle.
Anonymous No.24782320 [Report] >>24782556
>>24781305
>The Taming of the Shrew
>not about domesticating a wild animal
Anonymous No.24782556 [Report]
>>24782320
>play about the taming of a woman
But it is.
Anonymous No.24782573 [Report]
>>24778030 (OP)
>Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
>nobody ever calls it The Whale
Anonymous No.24782576 [Report] >>24782599
>>24778030 (OP)
>Hamlet
>takes place in a Kingdom
Anonymous No.24782579 [Report]
>>24778030 (OP)
>One Hundred Years of Solitude
>they're never alone
Anonymous No.24782588 [Report]
>Dead Souls
>not a single ghost
Anonymous No.24782591 [Report]
>The Man Without Qualities
>the man exists
Anonymous No.24782599 [Report]
>>24782576
kek
Anonymous No.24782604 [Report]
>>24778030 (OP)
>A Christmas Carol
>is a prose story
Anonymous No.24782606 [Report]
>A Farewell to Arms
>no character at any point departs from their upper limbs
Anonymous No.24782612 [Report]
>Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments
>it actually is a concluding unscientific postscript to Philosophical Fragments
Anonymous No.24782613 [Report]
>>24778030 (OP)
>The Guns of Navarone
>The guns belong to the Germans
Anonymous No.24782616 [Report] >>24785992
>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Fuck do I know, Dick never answer the question.
Anonymous No.24782730 [Report]
>Faust
>no one gets punched
Anonymous No.24782749 [Report]
>Poetics
>it's about theatre
Anonymous No.24782791 [Report]
>The Trial
>he does not try at all
Anonymous No.24784119 [Report]
>todos los cuentos
>I can in fact think of cuentos not included
Anonymous No.24784662 [Report]
>>24778030 (OP)
>Donkey Otie
>donkey's name is Pancho or something
Anonymous No.24785878 [Report]
>dune messiah
>worse than hitler
Anonymous No.24785949 [Report]
Diary of.a rapist, no crazy awesome rape???? Uhhh hello guys opportunity clap clap i have a boner that needs jerking off! 9am scheduled
Anonymous No.24785992 [Report]
>Les Miserables
>I actually really enjoyed it
Shit translation

>The Hunchback of Notre Dame
>He isn't even on the team
>He hasn't even got a ball
>He isn't even in America

>>24782616
That was certainly disappointing but there's no need to call him a dick over it.
Anonymous No.24786158 [Report] >>24786341 >>24787638
>>24778984
No it doesn't. His name is Odysseus.
Anonymous No.24786168 [Report] >>24786326
Most of these are incredibly unfunny, don't even make sense and the are clearly written by ESLs.
Anonymous No.24786326 [Report]
>>24786168
Which ones don't you get?
Anonymous No.24786341 [Report] >>24787756
>>24786158
okay wiseguy, how do you explain the name of the main character of Ulysses?
Anonymous No.24787618 [Report]
>Shadow over Innsmouth
>About Fish people under Innsmouth
Anonymous No.24787638 [Report]
>>24786158
By Jove, you're a fool.
Anonymous No.24787646 [Report]
>>24778030 (OP)
>middlemarch
>there's no military parade
Anonymous No.24787661 [Report]
>>24779595
Underrated
Anonymous No.24787756 [Report]
>>24786341
Buck Mulligan isn't the main character, he's just stately and plump.
Anonymous No.24787790 [Report]
>>24778876