Greetings, Andreas and Hayati, from a fellow newbie!
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Greetings, Andreas and Hayati, from a fellow newbie!
Hi, new to the forum, looking for the name of a book to which all I have is a passage, but this looks like quite an interesting place.
Where's the best place to ask if people recognize a passage from a novel?
Possibly in the general literature thread or the quote thread. And welcome to the forum! :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Skvoznyak
HI, my name is Cati
Welcome Cati!
does anyone know of a good book to read? im reading great expectations and im about halfway done.
Michael Crichton = genius
Agatha Christie is wonderful, as well, but it all depends on your tastes.
Hello, my name here is Bibliophila because I love books - more specifically, reading them! I'm a brand new newbie, just signed up here today, so I thought I'd introduce myself.
I'm nearly 42 (incredible! How did that happen?!), I'm at ART COLLEGE, hooray!!! :banana: doing a 5-year part time degree in "Contemporary Crafts". That's ceramics and glass and wood and metal and plastics and anything else you fancy throwing in, too. Only started in September and I'm loving it. Being at college 20+ years after everyone else is like being let loose in the proverbial sweet shop: there is so much wonderful stuff there to be explored and enjoyed and savoured and experienced!
Can't remember how I discovered The Literature Network (a Google search no doubt) but I've read Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (it's brilliantly written; now I know why he's considered an author of classic literature) and I'm half way through his Brothers Karamazov, too. I can't wait to work my way through more of what's on offer - it's meat and drink to my soul!
I have a little, now elderly, dog: a Cairn Terrier who is called Maisie. We live on our own in a pleasant little flat in the South West of England, in beautiful Cornwall in fact. It's wonderful here, a very healing place to be. I play the cello, go to church at The Salvation Army (if ever you're in trouble, go to them, they're great - ordinary people living ordinary lives with extraordinary love. Hope you don't mind me saying all this, but my life wouldn't be what it is today without them...)
I love making things with my hands; in fact I can't NOT make things! Anything from crochet and knitting to sanding down the furniture to reveal the beauty of the wood underneath the stain or paint; handweaving and handspinning, jobs around the house (so long as they involve an electric jigsaw or hammer drill!); there's always something to do around me!
Don't know how often I'll be posting, too soon to tell really, but I am looking forward to reading and considering and studying more literature through this site. Whoever had the idea first of all: "Thanks, it's great!!"
Ta ta for now
Best wishes to all
Bibliophila
Depends what you like, but try Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment". I think that if you like Dickens you'll like this because it's detailed like Dickens but in a very different vein... much less caricature, much more analysis of the individual's inner life. Sounds heavy but I found it a real page-turner!
Or you could just go to the list of authors and choose one you've never read before, or an old favourite. Life is for living - be brave, take a risk!
Happy reading
Bibliophila
Hi Biblophila, welcome to the forum! Keep on posting!
Yes, I agree with you whole heartedly that the idea of this forum is really great.
Bibliophlia, welcome. You sound like an incredibly interesting person. It's nice to have someone my age (I'm just a little older) around. I hope you enjoy it here and stick around. The Brothers Karamzov is a great novel.
Hi Bibliophila, sounds like you're set up quite nicely. I share some of your passion for craft. I work with metal (blacksmithing). I also share your love for Crime and Punishment. Read it four times and plan to read it more. I agree, it's brilliant. I'll have to pick up Brothers...I'm a fellow newbie. Welcome. Todd
hi guys...
i just joined this forum yesterday, so let me tell you a little about myself. i'm 26 and originally from new york city. i moved to ireland a few years ago to study medicine, which i am graduating from this year and will be working in western massachussets. i like reading all kinds of stuff, from self idulgent bridget jones like crap to the classics to kurt vonnegut to books on physics, evolution and psychology. i liked zen and the art of motorcylce maintenace a lot. i also like to play with my dog abby.
:)
My name is Sarah. I enjoy singing world folk music (especially from the Republic of Georgia) and drawing comics. I've taken six semesters of Russian, but that was a while ago, and I spent a couple months in Peru when I was in high school.
I'm joining because I would like to read peoples comments and discuss literature, especilly this summer, when I'll have a 9-5 internship and will need some intellectual stimulation!
Reading Anna Karenina and Brave New World right now, but I must admit that my favorite books are Hitchhiker's Guide, Good Omens, Ender's Game, and the like. I really enjoyed 1984, and Shakespeare comedies are the bees knees. Everyone should cross-dress all the time, I think. Twelfth Night beats up every other play in the world and then goes out to eat a sandwich.
It's hard to say what my least favorite books are, because I don't finish them and forget about them. For instance, I can't stand most academic writing and I forgo philosophy for poetry. <i>Ways With Words</i> by Shirley Brice Heath, however, is one piece of academic writing which I will probably re-read, and would reccomend to anybody who finds interest in linguistics, sociology, discourse, and the development of story-telling.
Can anyone tell that I'm really supposed to be writing a paper right now?
Welcome, Greenbunny and sarahtomic.
sarahtomic, why Georgian folk songs?
Welcome newbies!
thank you so much bibliophilia and robinhood 3000. your advice is very helpful and much apreciated
Hi
I guess that i will introduce myself. I found this website looking for info on A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce and I decided that maybe I finally found a forum that I like.
Well anyway here is a little something about myself. I love to swim and to read and I have also started collecting different things to do with books and movies. (I am trying to own all Matt Damon movies, Nora Roberts books and a lot of the classsics!) I am a senior in high school and we have 2 months left. When i go to college i am going to study English and Secondary Education, because i want to be a middle school English/ Language arts teacher! Also one day when i have enough money saved i want to open a bookstore.
So there you go a little bit about me!
:) LitGeek :wave:
Hi LitGeek, welcome to the forum. Keep on posting and I hope that you will like it here!
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Originally Posted by LitGeek
hey, whats new? its so cool that you want to be an english/ language arts teacher cuz i want to be a novelist/journalist. although, i am only a sophmore :lol: but whatever! but you sound very interesting
Warm Welcomes to all the newbies, too many to list! :wave: :wave: :wave:
hi there, i'm just trying to lengthen my message to at least 10 characters. oh, well...
popy
Hello. I found this cite looking for free online literature. I think I've become attracted to the forums more than anything else. I am also interested in the fact that the Bible is not only available for people to read, but it is also not being ridiculed and/or disparaged 24/7 in the forums. Thanks! (I'm really enjoying your signature, Pensive, can you tell me it's origin?)
Hi SGrace, Welcome to the forum. My signature is from Lord Of the Rings.
I hope that you will have a very nice time here!
Hi to all :) Just trying to post here. I am interested mostly in Italian literature. Anyone else? Curious to hear various opinions on books, Italian and not.
:wave: Welcome to the forums:
Popy--Hi.
Shout Grace--Glad you're enjoying some religious discussions here. It is great having the whole bible so easily searchable right here on this site isn't it?
Letizia--Ciao! Benvenuto al Literature Network. Is there any Italian lit. you're particularly into? I'm a student and specialize in English Medieval and Renaissance literature, but also read some Italian literature, mostly older poetry (like Dante, Petrarca, Ariosto etc.) that fits in with the period I work in (I'm not fluent in the language, but I can get by with a little help from the dictionary). We've got some other people here who like Italian literature and/or know the language and there's at least one native Italian here that I can think of, so there might be interest if you started a thread about your favorite Italian authors. By the way, who's the lady in your avatar? She looks familiar but I can't quite place the artist.
Hi, I'm Malkatoj. (The J is pronounced like a Y.)
I'm new here, and very happy about a real literature forum. The other ones I've found have all been dead. I'm mostly a philosopher, and also quite interested in Shakespeare.
Glad to see all of you! I am a girl grad in Lit in Shandong University, PRC. There is rare Chinese guest in this forum, I guess. I happen to run into this page, and maybe I can make some friends here, so first, I would like to introduce myself.
My English Name
As to my English name, initially, I took the conventional one as “Linda”, but it is so commonplace, as it is easy for every Chinese woman surnamed “Li” or “Lin” to choose “Linda”, so I was resolved to do something different, even original. It has taken me long time to find a satisfactory name, though I had once browse pages of name lists attached to the Oxford dictionary. Before, I was always pondering on this “headache” question as “naming” myself. I think it should represent me and can stand for me.
When we learnt American literature, “Benjamin Franklin” struck me as a successful self-made man. He was a charismatic statesman with foreign affairs maneuver, a physicist, an inventor, a writer. He set up the first library in the early America. His autobiography have inspired the youth all over the world, including me.
On the other hand, as a girl of some ambition, maybe fanciful, I am longing to fly high, to compete with anyone, free from prejudice. I would admit just lose, if it is not because of my sex. I have seen such victims. When I graduated from college, I had collected some enrollment information. It was evident that if a man and woman are on the same footing, the man candidate is rather preferred. Yesterday, a girl Graduate English major told me, some school would rather remain the post vacant until the coming of next-year man student, than a woman. That is the icy cold fact.
Thirdly, “Lin” is my Chinese family name; I respect its authority and all the history it carries on. In the ancient time, the Lins were home to the east coast of China. And since young I know, Lin Zexu was the national hero on the history record in the Opium War against the British invaders.
So I just combine these images together, to make up “freemanlin”.
After a long time, I discovered that some native English speakers are named “freemanlin” and they are man. But I make no change to my name. I hope I can combine the advantage of male with my feminine characters. In the competitive society, I hope I can stand out one day.
It’s a long introduction, thanks for your time!
Hi Linda, Welcome to the forum. I hope that you will have a lovely time here!
Ciao Love! I am interested first of all in the XX century Italian literature, Umberto Eco, Italo Calvino, Tommaso Landolfi. But I read classics too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Petrarch's Love
The lady in my avatar is Maria de' Medici, unfortunately I don't know who is the author.
Hey, my name is Tanis. I just joined this site and am also interested in reading and drawing. I like to write my own poetry and travel. I am involved in Tae Kwon Do and have my 2nd degree black. The winter has got me out of shape though. I will only be around for awhile (living in Minnedosa Manitoba) before I head out to work across Canada for the summer, as a youth counsellor. It is good to meet others like yourself who are interested in some of the same things!!!
Hi Tanis, Some of my friends are also very much interested in Tai Kwon Fo. Even, I had to do it for a few months.
Welcome to the forum!
IN THE BEGINNING:
The fine soup of the mechanized wonders moved along the skyline, lit pink by the early dawn. Into the distance behind them rolled the endless, never-ending path to the dream of the stones. Back where the dust clouds left in their wake marked their passing; there were the ancient stepping stones. Lore described these stones as silent witnesses to the advent of the tribe. Ever since memory began, the stones were always there, blotting the horizon with their solid presence. It was forbidden to change, mar or take away even the tiniest of flints from the vicinity.
Homebone looked into the small shard of stone he had secreted from the ancient location. It seemed soapy to touch and never seemed to get wet.
Hi, I'm Maida and I'm new to this entire thing. I'm not even sure if I'm doing this right. A little about myself, I'm a high school student. I like reading and writing short stories. I also like indie films, and all types of music. I'm not really a sports fan. Every one here seems super cool. I live in Seattle, Washington and love the rain although it does get annoying after a while. I'm from Bosnia, but my family had to leave about 13 years ago because of the civil war. I've been taking French for five years, and adore the language. Those are the basics.
Hello everyone!
I'm a high school student from Sydney, Australia and i just stumbled across this site as i was looking for some good information about "Heart of Darkness". I'm studying it this year and finding it quite extensive reading (being highly allegorical).
With regards to school (which takes up a lot of my time) I enjoy most of the arts subjects like english, dance, singing, drama and french though i also like science. Outside of school i do dance, play the piano, do singing and socialise with friends. I love SHOPPING!
Anyway, i was hoping that through my HSC years i can get some good tips on my english work and i could hopefully help anyone else with the seemingly limited knowledge that i have or literature.
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Hi everyone! Welcome to the forum, newbies!
vip, I am afraid that I have not read Heart Of Darkness so I can't help you with it. By the way, have a nice time here and keep on posting!
Maida, I have also started to learn French a few months ago and have learnt only a few words. I wish you a good luck with it. It is really difficult to learn.
New registered user here, nice to meet you all.
Hi Azilut. Nice o meet you too.
Just saw this--Of course! No wonder she looked so familiar, I must have seen that painting at the exhibit of portraits off Maria de Medici they had at the Pitti in Firenze this summer (I was there for a few weeks for study/holiday). That also explains why I couldn't make up my mind whether the subject was French or Italian (her clothing here is a more Northern style, but the painter is obviously Italian, and I thought the sitter was too). Knowing that, my first instinct was to say the artist was Pulzone, and evidently it has been attributed to him but is elsewhere attributed to Ambito di Santo and Tiberio Titi, so I guess you can take your pick. Welcome again to the forums.Quote:
The lady in my avatar is Maria de' Medici, unfortunately I don't know who is the author.
:wave: Welcome to:
malkatoj--All the way from the sixth circle of hell eh? A heretic in our midst! ;) Glad you found a live literature network and hope you enjoy it here.
freemanlin--Thank you for telling the interesting story of naming yourself. You sound like a strong and ambitious woman. Keep it up, and keep posting. I'm sure you'll enjoy the discussions here.
Tanis--Wow a black belt. A lit. lover with power!
Foolish Beat--Is that a quote from somewhere? Hmm. Rocks and beginnings...are the rocks monoliths by chance?
Maida--Bonjour. Bienvenue a literature network. Glad to have you here.
vip--Welcome aboard. This is a great place if you want to start expanding your knowledge of literature.
Azilut--Nice to meet you.