Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

I'm sixty yo, a professional in the healthcare industry. Don't, please get me
going on it. (I consume it and pay for it just like everyone else.) I spend a lot of time reading, especially since my sons have grown up. I like to garden,
herbs and vegetables, berries. My friends know me as Pavel Dmitrievich.
I live in the NE US. I'm quite glad to feel accompanied by others attached
to literature.

Hello All,
Big O here, from the great state of Tennessee. This looks like a great site. I have always loved literture, though I confess I don't usually read fiction. I'm taking a literature course now, so have of necessity been spending more time with it. Someone caught my ear with a comment about Swift's A Modest Proposal. His brand of satire can be shocking, it takes some getting used to. Pretty ballsy social/political commentary for the era. Swift almost got his neck stretched for that little story. No wonder he was so beloved by his people.
Are you folk familiar with Thurber? I'm getting to read The Secret Life of Walter Mitty for the first time.
Pleasure to be here,
BigO

Bonjour, tout le monde! Je m'appelle Bella Rose!

Hey, I'm BellaRose, and I'm currently working on a paper for the French Revolution likening Madame Guillotine to a monarch in several different ways, with one twist: she united and "equalized" the people of France. I love studying history, especially the French Revolution, and the Romantic Period.
My favorite book as of right now is A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, but I am starting Paradise Lost, so that may become my new favorite.

I'm a classical and romantic music nerd, I'm in two orchestras in which I play the violin, and I do ballet and voice lessons, as well as ice-skating. I aspire to become an opera-singer one day, as well as a Languages teacher for under-privileged students. Currently in my spare time, I like to dissect and analyze poetry by Shakespeare, like his sonnets.

Oh yes, and I ADORE the phantom of the opera in all shapes and forms (or most shapes and forms)

Since I blindly skipped this before, I'm copying and pasting what I said in my intro thread (haha).

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So, first of all - a big HELLO to this active community.

After a year of not investing my time in short story writing, I have found myself to be terribly rusty. I'm actually quite disappointed in myself for having temporarily abandoned my dream of short story writing as I didn't have enough time or a willing audience that would critique my work.

Well - having said that, I will initially post my old work (some pieces I've written during my years in high school), and eventually post new pieces around mid-March perhaps? (I also write poetry too!)

Anyway, as for favorite authors, I really do look up to Neil Gaiman for his vivid imagination. Anyone else who shares a similar interest?

Hie everybody just registered on this site, stumbled on it last night and think its great!!

hello, everyone, nice to see you here, this is virginia, a newbie for this forum, also for literature. I like reading, but english is not my first language, so it's difficult for me to understand it well. So at present, i just read some fictions which have Chinese version and i've read it before, it could help me understand the English version. I like Jane Austin's work Pride and Prejudice, I was attracted by her languange, so beatiful,elegant and charming. but my favorite book is Gone with the wind, i was admired Scarlett
deeply. Never give up, everything will past and life will go on.

hiiiiii

hi,
i am new member of this forum. i am M Sadaf Ur Rehman from Pakistan. I am student of graduation in Government College university Lahore.I hope that i will learn alot from this forum.
Thanks,

Hello. I'm Fredrik Zander; newly published with one book and 2 more coming soon.

I'm suffering for my art at the moment. Glad I joined. This looks nice.

I'm just hoping on here to say hello to all the people out there and to let anyone reading this know my passion is "revolutionary" literature, so anyone that has some please feel free to drop me a line on here or skype

Hello, my name is Shari and I found your site because I have for many years now been on a search for a certain poem that I just can't seem to find anywhere. My Father-in-law recited it to me on his death bed; it was the last words he spoke. It was amazing; he recited this whole long poem from memory when he was literally an hour or so from death. The power poetry has over our souls struck me yet again in my life. My Grandmother recited the Village Black Smith at her last. But Pop's poem I had never heard before which in itself was unusual I was teethed on poetry. I'm hoping someone here can help me identify it; all that I have is the first line. "I dream of a house, with a red top roof, and roses around the door, and a canary to sing in the sunlight, and a golden haired child on the floor".

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and it is a pleasure to meet you even if my search is not fulfilled here I like the site and will visit often.

Hi All,

I am Vivek, currently pursuing MBA at IIM Lucknow. Although introduced to literature rather late, I relish it whenever I find time. Look forward to an enriching experience here.

Thanks for sharing all these precious works under one domain. You guys are doing a commendable job.Cheers!!

hi guys!

Hello!
I am a high school student. I am currently reading "The resteraunt at the End of the Universe." Pretty good read, actually... My favorite character so far is Marvin. He's a lot like me. I love reading and writing my own stories and someday I hope my random ideas will get published. I also like drawing and Video Games, Especially (can u tell?) Ratchet And Clank. Oh, and my favorite animal is the wolf (Sorry virgil!)

Hello!
My name is Irina. The purpose of being here is to develop my literary knowledge and of course meet new intersting people.
I'm a high school student, and I'm currently applying to University. English is not my first language, my mother tongue is Russian.
I adore literature since my early childhood. My favourite book character is Holden Caulfield. I suppose each teenager can find some similarities with him.
One of my biggest passions is writing. I write poems mostly, but I'm going to try to write prose either. It was only a hobby, but now I plan to make it a part of my occupation.
Thank you for your attention.

I just stumbled across this site today looking for information about Dante. When I was a child, my mother (who has a Phd in English Literature) had a prose version of Dante's Inferno. I don't know if it was for children or not, but I read it as a child. I have the most beautiful memories of reading that book while munching on animal crackers. I desperately want to find that book, but I don't know who the editor was.

It had beautiful black and white pictures (I remember pictures of Francesca and Paolo in the whirlwind, and whichever sinners have their heads on backwards--I think it was the Sodomites, not that I had any idea what that was at 8 years old!-- in particular), and I read it over and over and now would like to share it with my own child.

Does anyone have the faintest clue as to which book I am referring?

Other than reading Dante, I read just about everything I could get my hands on as a kid. I liked Sci fi, Tolkein, CS Lewis, the Bible, Marx (I had a very progressive group of nuns running my grade school) and biographies. Istill like all those genres, but rarely get to read them now.

So, when I grew up (which was a long time ago) I got a Master's in Divininty, and now...I get paid to be Catholic! (I am a Director of Religious Ed)

Most of my reading now is theologically or scripturally based. Sometimes I read trashy modern novels, which I don't think qualify as literature, but I enjoy them to wind down. I read "Shutter Island" (instead of seeing the movie) and "Wiseguys" last week.

Hello.

My name is Dayanara. I love to read, all kinds of literature and I'm just getting into writing. I decided to subscribe here to get some constructive criticism about my writing style. So far I've liked everything I've seen here :)

Hello,
My name is Kipras. I live in Vilnius, Lithuania. i love to read. also I write.I am 16 year old trying to understand the world. One day I found this forum. I liked it wery much, particularly on the size of the Forum. Here are many people around the world. very interesting.

Hi.My name is Krysta , Im 20 and a student. I've been lurking for a while now and decided to join. Alot of you guys seem so brilliant! I hope to have some fun!!

Well, I am currently studying to become an Engineer, but something i want to do before i grow out of my creativity is write a novel. I have some pretty crazy dreams and excursions in my imagination.

I speak awkwardly most of the time because my dad (who is an engineer, and he would talk to me like a coworker)...

I hope to learn, improve my writing style, and enjoy some new short stories from this forum.

I'm a grandfather from the San Francisco Bay Area, a psychologist, an active Pagan, a slightly published writer, a dog walker, and a participant in the local Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC Berkeley.

Hi all. I'm currently a junior in college, studying English literature. I'm a big fan of 20th century American literature, and I hope to specialize in that field when I go on to graduate school.

Hi Everyone, I'm Cassie...
I'm currently studying a Ba in English (via distant learning), i love to discuss about books, the problem is that my discussions are limited as i am a distant learner. I can't wait to start joining in these conversations and gaining new insights and ideas on texts that i hadn't thought of or realised.

Regards

Hello everyone. I have come across this website by looking for information on
Elbert Hubbard. I enjoy reading stories about our history and enjoy reading poems from old times. The first book I remember reading was Catcher in the Rye. I have a little girl who will be 2 next week so I'm sure you parents understand where I am coming from when I say I don't have time to read or draw eight is another hobby of mine.
I am hoping to gain more insight on some questions that have so I. Hope to heat from you guys soon.

Hi everybde , how are you all?
Thanks Pensive.
Wel , I'm happy to be here :).
I have jusr registered before minutes , my name is Sara , I'm from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , studying in Kind Saud University KSU in the 2nd year.
My specialization is English Literature :).
I hope this forum can helping me doing some of my researshes....
I like reading poems so much espacially ( Sound and Sense ) ... Also I like Spian so much and my dream is to go there , Italy , Brazil , Greek so great too.
I hope to have a good friends here as soon as possible :).

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 Lit as well as modern science fiction and look forward to some great reading/revelations/recommendations from the good residents of the Literature Network.

Cheers.

Hello

Theres nothing to write home about so I will keep it simple.lol. I am interested in the Tao Te Ching so I will post some thoughts and at the same time ask some questions.

Hey there, all. My name is Trevor. I'm 18. And I am an aspiring poet. I'm not great at it, but dammit, I try.

Hello,

I'm a new member and I thought I might as well introduce myself. I love to read and I've recently taken up writing again.

My all time favorite book would be The Catcher in the Rye. Other favorite books include Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, 1984, and Slaughterhouse-Five. I also love the writings of Henry David Thoreau and enjoy reading about Eastern philosophy.

I am glad that I found this forum and look forward to reading more posts and getting to know the people here.

Howdy newcomers!

This is a great site, and the best way to start enjoying it is to participate in the discussions. You might enjoy the "general literature" forum and "general chat" forum, both of which have a strong and welcoming community.

So start a thread or post a reply.

Oh, and paradoxical: the more Thoreau fans the better, I say!

Hello to you all.

Apart from tapping sounds punctuating the silence as I write these words to be sent from my laptop Notebook PC, the only other noises I can hear are the soft whirring of the computer's internal fan, and the wind breezing through the row of poplar trees across the gully which my small office at the back of our house overlooks.

I am interested in writing that creates word pictures and imparts a sense of progress, thereby transporting the reader into dimensions of the mind that for various reasons, may be either safely familiar or as yet unexplored.

The concept that we each have a definable calling and vocation in life occupies me from time to time and I like to examine what it is that determines how well a person does having found their purpose in life.

Standing by...

Hey everyone,
I come from the sunny island of Singapore...well, a pretty boring place, so there's not much to say about it. I've always been fascinated by the brilliant insights some people give when analysing a text or poem, which is why I was looking for an online literature forum. By the way, researching George Orwell's 1984 brought me here, and it may have been one of the most depressing books I've ever read.
Cheers :)

HI, my name is Yunie, I'm from Indonesia. I love this forum, so happy to find it..
I love Jane Austen & Charles Dickens..

Nice to be here..

It's just so nice to find so many of you enthusing about literature. I'm michaela... and teach literature to undergrads who'd rather do anything other than read. Poetry of the 20th C is what i really love but i also read a lot of renaissance verse as well. My fav line is, I have measured my life in coffee spoons... yup t.s. eliot. am glad to be here

Hi all.I'm in the UK and looking for inspiration to help me finish the many started and unfinished projects I have...

Hi Everyone! Welcome to Litnet!

Hi I am Sam Duel and I am here to be mentally stimulated.

Hi everyone :p

Hi everyone!

My name is Carley-Marie and I just stumbled upon this site. I am 21 and am from Canada. I am just finishing my fourth year of University in a concurrent education program majoring in Honours English and Elementary education. I'm about a month away from finishing my English degree and next year is spent entirely on learning how to become a teacher.

I've always loved reading. My reading interests range anywhere from 18th century literature to chick-lit.

I'm also a television addict and own over 150 seasons of shows on dvd.

Hi everybody


I am 20 years and I am still studying E Literature in Riyadh University