The plot of Ian McEwan's brilliant novel Atonement hinges upon the use of the c-word. I am currently teaching this novel in my Year 12 Literature class and have been impressed with how adult they are...
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The plot of Ian McEwan's brilliant novel Atonement hinges upon the use of the c-word. I am currently teaching this novel in my Year 12 Literature class and have been impressed with how adult they are...
Thank you Wat for your list. I may begin with some of these shorter works before tackling some of the epics.
The late, great Douglas Adams.....
Can anyone recommend some good Russian literature that deals with the Second World War (or The Great Patriotic War as it is known in Russia)?
Thank you Jadrianne, for your list. I am also keen to get into Russian literature. So far I have read the Chekhov plays (The Three Sisters my favourite), Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Solzhenitsyn's...
Random thought: Sharks will only attack you if you are wet...
One morning Jem and I found a load of stovewood in the backyard.
To Kill A Mockingbird.
Ray Bradbury on where his ideas come from:
"My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs...
Australia
I agree with Sixsmith (and Jazz)....especially about Cloudstreet by Tim Winton and Schindlers Ark by Thomas Keneally (later filmed as Schindlers List)
but I would add:
Marcus...
Discworld
Middle Earth
and
The Commonwealth Universe (from Peter F Hamilton's Void Trilogy)
champion
I Want U To Want Me - Cheap Trick
I also use this sonnet a lot in classes usually as a quick introduction to the form and structure of a sonnet but also as just a general introduction to poetry.
It is complex yet simple, easily...
Greetings all. I came across this network while scouting the web for resources. I am an English Literature teacher at a government secondary college in Australia. I enjoy American, English, Russian...