I haven't read it... Have you?

I have read Pride and Prejudice and I liked it very much.

I have never read Far from the Madding Crowd. Have you?

I just remembered I read Far From The Madding Crowd a long time ago, as the only work I have read by Thomas Hardy. I cannot call him an easy author to read, but it had quite a plot, to say it in as few words as possible.

I have never read Dubliners by James Joyce.

I have read Dubliners. It was the first of Joyce's works that I read. He uses a lot of realism and symbolism in these stories, unlike his other works using the stream of consciousness technique. The last story, 'The Dead' is almost a novella in itself...apart from being the hardest, according to me. But Joyce is one of my favourite writers now.

I've never read 'A Clockwork Orange' by Anthony Burgess.

Clockwork Orange = Depressing Reading

For what it is worth, the movie is even more surreal.

Edit: Seems like 'Grapes...' has already been done.

Haven't read Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone With The Wind'.

I have read Gone With the Wind and despite its length, I could not put it down. I think Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler are two of the most memorable characters in literature.


I haven't read Lolita by Nabokov.

Lolita contains some of the best writing I have ever read. Really, Nabokov's prose is just exquisite. Consider the first line (which I am narrating from memory here),

'Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.'.

Chilling in context of the story but damn if it doesn't send shivers down your spine.

I haven't read 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens.

I have read Great Expectations couple of times. Even though Dickens can be too melodramatic at times, I like what he tried to achieve in Victorian Era and his sarcastic approach towards British aristocracy.


I haven't read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly is actually a good read, but if you are expecting Boris Karloff, forget it. The monster of the book is able to reason, talk, etc. It still has superstrength, is virtually indestructible, and so forth, but it is not inherently evil. Victor Frankenstein's own fears and lies turn the monster into the raging machine of destruction.

I've never read Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Erm, Pendragon, we just did 'Gone With The Wind' a couple of posts back. Can you post another book?

Sorry.....:blush:

I've never read The Window at the White Cat http://www.smileyville.net/mellow/mf_bookread.gif

I have ( thanks pen :D)
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madam Bovary by G. Flaubert

I have read Flaubert's Madame Bovary a long time ago. Somehow, I found some of the conflicts in the plot similar to that of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina - maybe they inspired each other a bit. Very beautiful novel, regardless.

I have never read Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham.

I’ve read Of Human Bondage and enjoyed it immensely. Made my oldest daughter read it and she was thoroughly disgusted with the weakness of the main character. Too each his own I suppose.

I haven’t read A Tale of Two Cities

unforunatly I have read a tale of two cities. Didnt hate it so much as what to throw up from the fact that the discription was so good I was sure I could smell blood and the gilloutine *shudder*

I havent read The city of Beasts by Isabelle Allande (not sure if I spelt her name right)

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I havent read The city of Beasts by Isabelle Allande either, but I read her excellent edition of Zorro. It was a welcome addition to my collection, I must say, exploring the things that caused Zorro to take up the mask in the first place. :thumbs_up

I haven't read Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

I have read Slaughterhouse Five.


I haven't read (this will be easy) The French Leuitenents Woman by John Fowles

I have read "The French Lieutenant's Woman" by John Fowles. And I'm rereading it at the moment. It is sublime. A historical drama, written in a victorian style, but it keeps reminding you that it was written in more modern times (mentioning the second world war, referring to a character as 'square' - it was written in 1969! - and constantly drawing attention to the similarities and differences between the victorian way of thinking and our own).

I haven't read "To the Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf.

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I haven't read "To the Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf.

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I haven't read "To the Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf.

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I've read To The Lighthouse and I consider it in the top five great english novels of the 20th century.

I haven't read Stendal's The Red and the Black.

I think i may i have read that..i forget the titles of them...owell
Havent read S is for Silence by Sue Grafton (but i have read the Q one!!) ...YET

Since no one has answered Samantha's post, I will start again:

I haven't read Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.

I haven't read Frank herbert - Dune although i have saw the movie and the mini seiris and played the computer games .. :eek2:

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Since no one has answered Samantha's post, I will start again:

I haven't read Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.

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I have read "Foucault's Pendulum" by Umberto Eco.

I haven't read "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown.

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@Weeping Willow: "Only someone who has read that particular book can reply!" ;)

oops... :blush:...

Angels and Demons is better than DaVinci, in my opinion, but it's still not all that wonderful, compared to a lot of other popular fiction. It's a good read, though. He manages to pull of a few good twists, but there are some things you can easily figure out before the end.

I haven't read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

I read Little Women a loooong time ago, and fondly recall it as one of my favorite childhood stories.

I have never read Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham (but I would love to someday!).

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~~~Tell us a book you haven't read~~~

(I am sure it will be particularly difficult for some of you to come up with such titles! :D).

Only someone who has read that particular book can reply!

Tell us when you read it and what you thought of it.

And then give us the title of a book you haven't read.

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Let's try again :)

I haven't read One of Ours by Willa Cather.

I've read One of Ours. . .I went on a Cather kick several years ago.

I haven't endured through Pride and Prejudice .

Oh, what a shame! I did! Enjoyed my first Austen and laughed my head off, certainly the second time and neevr looked back.

I haven't read the Divina Commedia/Divine Comedy by Dante (yet).

I kind of feel like playing this game, so I'll answer "partly". I've read the Inferno only. I really liked it.

I haven't read a single novel by Charles Dickens. I've tried a few times. . . but his characters just seem like talking manikins to me.

I've read "Of Human Bondage"- it's a brilliant read. It was a while ago now but I remember that it was an interesting perspective on male/female relationships.

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I haven't read a single novel by Charles Dickens. I've tried a few times. . . but his characters just seem like talking manikins to me.

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I have read some of Dickens' books in English (Great Expectations, David Copperfield, Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities and Pickwick Papers) and I find them mostly entertaining because of the caricatures they provide. Dickens shows a great sense of humour compared to some of his contemporaries (say, Bronte sisters or George Eliot).

I have not read The World According to Garp.

Bumpela

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I have not read The World According to Garp.

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Thanks for bumping, Papaya!

I've read Garp, but I was young (15 maybe) and I didn't think it was really that great. Maybe I just missed the big picture. Some of it was silly.

I haven't read The Poisonwood Bible.

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I haven't read The Poisonwood Bible.

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No one has read The Poisonwood Bible?

Doesn't look like it.


I haven't read Wolf Hall

No, but when I saw it listed the other day, maybe it was on Audible, I thought about it, 'cause the series is SO good.

Never mind The Poisonwood Bible, how about the other Bible. The one with all the sex and violence. I think I once got as far as that slut Eve seducing Adam.

I used to be a believer so I have read the Bible, It was not captivating and seemed to jump all over the place randomly.

I have not read Ada or Adora by Nabokov (even though his is my favorite author), Have you?

I've read both The Poisonwood Bible and Wolf Hall, both excellent books.

I haven't read anything by Lee Child.