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Suppose you are in a dark and unfamiliar room; you stretch out your hands in front of you and walk slowly, listening to sounds and feeling the ground with your feet. When the darkness and suspense...

And I'm most obliged to you for making it clear that I'm not here ;)

firestarter,

Please explain to me what "I cannot decide". I was not sure I was hesitating about making a decision. And what are the ways "that I don't believe"? Or is it considered a fine poetry...

I don't see any poetry in this collection of words at all.

Frankenstein was my first in the long list of dissatisfactions of the way women-novelists handle the plot. The story and the idea for the 18th century were brilliant but the novel is fraught with...

Wilfred,

I never used American English Dictionaries seriously in my life (OED, Collins and Longman are enough for me), but if I did, I would go for Webster's. Isn't it the biggest American...

So what's the book and who is the author?

There is no greatest playwright in the world than W. Shakespeare. But however useful the study of his play may be for one's education, it may also have a persnicious effect. I'm sure there were...

Shea,

Pamela Andrews is a personage from the famous "Pamela" by S. Richardson, one of the most influential novels in English literature.

This is bad.

I see that people over 20 are a minority at this forum ... :)

I'm a 24 y.o. PhD student at Georgia Tech, and you can see my photograph on the left. I've never attended a single class in...

litlenani,

Do you really want critical remarks on that piece? I may give them to you in a private message, but they can be rather scathing ... although they can also be helpful for your further...

Shea,

I'm planning to read "Pilgrim's Progress" as it is a milestone in English literature. However, its "Biblical connotation" is only of historic interest to me. If you're still trying to...

How old are you, ajoe?

scarlatti_7,

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "Goethe" is pronounced in British English as ['ge:t&] where [e:] sounds as the only vowel in British "work" and [&] is a schwa, as the last...

Is it allowed to pronounce such names as J.K. Rowling and Stephen King at a literature website?? :-? :evil: These authors stand in the same relation to literature as Spice Girls do!

Read on :-) It is one of the most thought-provoking books I've ever read. And Fowles is my favourite author. You will find that his every book is an intellectual masterpiece and every one of his...

Robert E Lee:

> I've read Nostromo and The Secret Agent by Conrad. While Nostromo
> drags, it doesn't match my definition of stolid, painful literature. What I > have in mind is stiff,...

Is Sir John Falstaff a villian or he's more a comical personage?

No, it would be a complete waste of my time to go and see something like that. I would stop respecting myself if I did. Isn't this a movie for 12 y.o. kids?

apstudent,

Was that a BBC "Hamlet" with Derek Jacobi? In my opinion, he played that role brilliantly.

:-) I have just finished reading "Of Human Bindage", and although I have a different name, I was thoroughly associating myself with the main hero. Did you too? Do you really have a lot in common with...

And sometimes you love to read a novel because of its every sentence.

Hello, megancombe!

I am very much into classical British literature and we might discuss a thing or two together if you don't mind ;-) Please write me a private message if you're interetsed.
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All the books by John Fowles:
"The Aristos"
"The Magus"
"The Collector"
"A Maggot"

Many Shakespeare's plays but especially:
"Othello"
"Hamlet"
"King John"