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>book has precum

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>book has predator

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>>25502627
>dedication
>epigraph
>acknowledgments
>list of contributors
>author's note
>editor's note
>foreword
>preface
>introduction

>>25502791
>preface to the second edition
>preface to the Russian edition

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>editor's preface
>epigraph
>acknowledgments
>preface to the first edition
>preface to the second edition
>preface to the third edition
>preface to the fourth edition
>preface to the 30th anniversary edition
>forward
>translator's note
>introduction
>prolegemona
>timeline
>abbreviations
>note on the text
>select bibliography
>further reading
>glossary
>author's note added to the third imprint
>preamble
>prologue
>opening
>book 1
>section 1
>chapter 1
>part a

>>25502627
>book has afterface

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>It's a sci-fi classic
>introduction by famous author
>spoilers everywhere regarding the plot of the novel you're about to read

>>25503013
postface, idiot

>>25503119
No, this isn't /soc/

>Preface gives away the entire plot

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>book has a lengthy introductory essay that heavily criticizes the author

>>25503108
>>25503130
Ive been duped once. I never read prefaces before the actual book.
>Start reading sound and the fury
>Preface explains the entire book and spoonfeeds you hard

>>25502791
>editor's preface
>epigraph
>acknowledgments
>preface to the first edition
>preface to the second edition
>preface to the third edition
>preface to the fourth edition
>preface to the 30th anniversary edition
>forward
>translator's note
>introduction
>prolegemona
>timeline
>abbreviations
>note on the text
>select bibliography
>further reading
>glossary
>author's note added to the third imprint
>preamble
>Novel (25 pages)

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>>25503162
>editor's preface
>epigraph
>acknowledgments
>preface to the first edition
>preface to the second edition
>preface to the third edition
>preface to the fourth edition
>preface to the 30th anniversary edition
>foreword
>translator's note
>introduction
>prolegomena
>this page intentionally left blank
>table of contents
>timeline
>abbreviations
>author's note added to the third imprint
>preamble
>Novel (25 pages)
>genealogical tables
>appendices (plural)
>notes on the text
>glossary
>select bibliography
>further reading
>our system thinks your post is spam

>>25503240
shit, I forgot to add
>frontispiece

>>25502791
>be me
>readan a new book tonight
>get comfay
>set my pillows just right
>put on my glasses
>have a sip of water
>crack open the covers of some new-to-me tome
>this shit happens
>I read it
>reach chapter 1
>im yawning
>turn my light out
>roll over
>I sleep

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>book has a translator's preface that contextualizes the author's benighted views and says he is a "product of his time"

>>25503717
>problematic

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REEEEEEDDDDDDIIIIIIIITTTTTT FRAAAAAAWWWWWGGGG!!!!!!

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>Get book on Chekov's short novels
>Introduction is a very interesting overview of Chekov's artistic trajectory over his life
>Fascinated by intro and read all of it
>Afterward, read 10 pages of the first short novel, and am bored by it
>Never continue on with it

>book grows arms and legs, gets up and starts staring at me