Why does the introduction of every classic book spoil key moments in them?
>>24940028Never read them. This is one of the things where AI is good, just ask it what do you need to know beforehand reading the book without spoilers and it'll answer perfectly.
>>24940028yeah i unknowingly read the introduction to the man who was thursday and it spoiled the ending, which it calls, in the same breath, ‘the most surprising twist in all of literature.’
>>24940028Don't read the preface or intro and skip to chapter 1? Kinda obvious...
>>24940028Introductions aren't actually introductions, they're spaces for some guest author to do a little essay on the work and should never be read before actually reading the book.
>>24940033>the most surprising twist in all of literature>Does he becomes Friday?
people who don't actually enjoy reading will tell you it doesn't matter because a good book is about more than just revealing information piece by piece for cheap effect
>>24940028They're for Eng. Lit. majors who don't care about enjoying books, but just need to know what happens. Subhuman filth, all of them.
>>24940028to teach you not to read them before reading the book
>>24940028It makes more sense if you consider them an introduction to the study of the book rather than an introduction to the book.In truth it's just the people who write said introductions being unable to limit themselves to writing a piece that sets the reader's mind into a certain frame going into the book (you know, an actual introduction) and instead can't resist but to use the opportunity as a soapbox to show off their understanding of the book.
>>24940782he was actually a horse named thursday
>>24940028>Academe elitist snobbery>"Oh you haven't read this already?? You bought this book to read it for *ThE fIRsT TiME??*
>>24940028Some introductions are actually good, though. Especially for premodern literature or when the the author asked someone he knew to write the introduction to his essays or something like that.You can get the vibe of the introduction by reading a page of it, if you don't like where it is going you can skip it.
Spoilers don't really matter for good books
