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    what is more or less a quote Lord Henry although...

    what is more or less a quote Lord Henry although he says that every influence is bad


    To my mind the major issues is this: If there is influencen, there is also corruption. But of course someone...
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    why this reaction is just ambivalent. Nothing is...

    why this reaction is just ambivalent. Nothing is just black or white... ;)
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    Another interesting perspective might Gerald...

    Another interesting perspective might Gerald Schroeder a jewish orthodox physician...
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    At first there are many people who consider the...

    At first there are many people who consider the five books of moses as allegorical so you don't have to believe everything has happened exactly like it was written. Secondly there is something called...
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    but evolution and religion do not contradict each...

    but evolution and religion do not contradict each other....
  6. Relation between violence and revolution in "A Tale of Two Cities"

    Maybe the most meaningful quote dealing with the relation between violence and revolution is: "Good could never come of such evil, a happier end was not in nature to so unhappy beginning". I infer...
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    Jane Austen's "sense and sensibility"

    Jane Austen's "sense and sensibility"
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    I buy books and put them on my staple. Normally I...

    I buy books and put them on my staple. Normally I read one English novel, one German book (drama or novelle) and one theoretical work like a philosophical one. Now, if I have finished one book, I...
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    In every novel by Chaim Potok I have read, books...

    In every novel by Chaim Potok I have read, books have an important value maybe because the protagonists are Jewish.
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    This is what i wanted to say

    This is what i wanted to say
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    by the way a little anecdote: "Balzac was a...

    by the way a little anecdote:
    "Balzac was a highly conservative Royalist; in many ways, he is the antipode to Victor Hugo's democratic republicanism.[98] Nevertheless, his keen insight regarding...
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    But even then there would be more than one.

    But even then there would be more than one.
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    I conceive that a political opinion is an...

    I conceive that a political opinion is an essential part of a human being. And this part is able to influence, even if it is maybe only subconscious, work of an author because what they write,...
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    Of course it matters if Mark Twain was a racist....

    Of course it matters if Mark Twain was a racist. This doesn't necessarily mean that Mark Twain's work shouldn't be read any longer but it does mean that one ought to be aware of latent racism for...
  15. Lucie influenced Carton very much to my mind even...

    Lucie influenced Carton very much to my mind even if the affect only appeared at the end of the book. The influence's intensity can be seen at the last sentence: "It is a far, far better thing that I...
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    Favourite qoutes from the book

    "Above all, one hideous figure grew as familiar as if it had been before the general gaze from the foundations of the world - the figure of the sharp female called La Guillotine"

    A question to...
  17. @ spookymulder93: I felt exactly as you've...

    @ spookymulder93: I felt exactly as you've described at first. But while proceeding I coped with the book.
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    Sticky: Hello, i am Jurt (20). I was born in Germany...

    Hello,
    i am Jurt (20). I was born in Germany and still live there. As a matter of fact my first language is German. I've learned English at school which i am still attending. The reasons, why...
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