Originally Posted by mono
Ah, you're a fan of Jude too now
Ah, you're a fan of Jude too now
Well, melan, if any literary piece of work is worth mentioning we will be really glad to see it mentioned anywhere. I'm not a very punctilious myself
I completely agree, Treasure Island is one of my favorites, and I will never forget the phrases, songs, characters, they are permenanetly imprinted in my mind.
Tolstoys novels are unforgattable as well as wethering heights I think that characters like heathkliff and katherine are timeless and the three mosketeers for dumas as well as my childhood for maxim gorky .
My friend, I am not what I seem. Seeming is but a garment I wear—a care-woven garment that protects me from thy questionings and thee from my negligence.I would not have thee believe in what I say nor trust in what I do—for my words are naught but thy own thoughts in sound and my deeds thy own hopes in action.
Khalil Gibran
Indeed! I wonder of one person who recommended me his literature . . .Ah, you're a fan of Jude too now
The three mosketeer is interesting ,also Duma's the count of monte cristo. Samah,are you,by any chance, a just graduated student of English literature ?just wondering?
Are there any novels that caught your attention for contemporary writers? I liked My Way to Freedom by Nelson Mandela also The Imprisoned by Malika Offaghir, maybe those are not quite novels but more to be considered autobiographies. They are amazing, living suffer stories for living people, I'd love if anyone recommend books of the sort for me to read.
hey Miss Tendress sorry for being late in my responding but i've just seen your post and no I'm not a graduate student for english literature ,are you?
and I read the count of mote cresto and I liked it very much but I didnt read any of the other novels you mentioned but i'll try to , I've never read anything to Malikah I dont know is she good ? and did read anything to saad minah?
My friend, I am not what I seem. Seeming is but a garment I wear—a care-woven garment that protects me from thy questionings and thee from my negligence.I would not have thee believe in what I say nor trust in what I do—for my words are naught but thy own thoughts in sound and my deeds thy own hopes in action.
Khalil Gibran
oh okay thenthere were sth in my mind and now it turned to be not true
and yes,Iam.
More than a year ago I came across a book by George Gissing (then an unknown author to me). It was Odd women, and I read it. Since then Odd Women has become one of my favourite books and it had a great impact in reshaping some of my principles. After that I read The New Grub Street. George Gissing, in my view, should be considered a great author - but I find it amazing that I knew nothing about him and that almost nobody knows about him. It is also very difficult to find his books.
Curently I am reading his In the Year of Jubilee. Odd Women is still his best.
Last edited by Bita; 09-20-2006 at 06:08 AM.
maybe you thought that you know me personaly , Am I right ? but I dont think so , and good luck for you in your studies at I wanted to study english literature in univesity but I changed my mind later but I still think its a very interesting thing to study .oh okay then
and yes,Iam.
My friend, I am not what I seem. Seeming is but a garment I wear—a care-woven garment that protects me from thy questionings and thee from my negligence.I would not have thee believe in what I say nor trust in what I do—for my words are naught but thy own thoughts in sound and my deeds thy own hopes in action.
Khalil Gibran
Glad you like his works, monoIndeed! I wonder of one person who recommended me his literature . . .
I have to update my list with Hesse's Siddharta
i don't know if you guys would recognize this but probably the book that i really can't forget is The Giver by Lois Lowry. it's very deep and beautiful and sad.
Stephen King's Insomnia and The Godfather were also memorable.
1984 ,catcher in the rye,brave new world and fahernheit 451
If you haven't read Born in Exile yet then I urge you to. The Odd Women and New Grub Street are decidedly ordinary in comparison. In fact, I would rank those two novels, along with Workers in the Dawn as his worst novels.More than a year ago I came across a book by George Gissing (then an unknown author to me). It was Odd women, and I read it. Since then Odd Women has become one of my favourite books and it had a great impact in reshaping some of my principles. After that I read The New Grub Street. George Gissing, in my view, should be considered a great author - but I find it amazing that I knew nothing about him and that almost nobody knows about him. It is also very difficult to find his books.
Curently I am reading his In the Year of Jubilee. Odd Women is still his best.
A book called Dear Enemy. I don't remember who wrote it but it was about this woman who was suppossed to marry a rich congressman but before they married she decided to run an orphanage for the summer. I got it for christmas when I was somewhere between the ages of 9 - 13 (It's all a blur).
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
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