Psycheinaboat, I have only ever read Robinson Crusoe. Have you read his other works? If so, did you enjoy them?
Psycheinaboat, I have only ever read Robinson Crusoe. Have you read his other works? If so, did you enjoy them?
"So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss, and my heart turns violently inside of my chest, I don't have time to maintain these regrets, when I think about, the way....He loves us..."
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Do Wilde really count as an english author?Originally Posted by bazarov
George Orwell
R.L. Stevenson, if he can be considered "English."
"I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different."
--Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jonathan Swift originally came from Ireland, I believe, born in Dublin.
Shakespeare, Wilde (if he counts as English), and Orwell and Huxley. I haven't read that many English writers, now that I think about it. I've read tons of Americans, and a few Irish ones (I'm reading Joyce right now), but not too many English.
"In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine."
- Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
I have to say Dickens.... but I also loved Oscar Wilde, Jane Austen and Wilkie Collins
Joseph Conrad, if a birth in Poland doesn't exclude him.
Tolkien, Sayers, Christie, Austen, the Brontes, Dickinson.
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."
Conrad
Probably George Orwell . Both 1984 and "Homage to Catalonia" are among my favorites. I also hold huge respect for him as a person.
Oscar Wilde is a close second.
Yeah, I'd agree with that. Have you seen the Ken Loach film, Land and Freedom? It's kinda like watching a movie version of Homage to Catalonia. Very good film too. And a very good book (obviously).
Women and men(both dong and ding)
summer autumn winter spring
reaped their sowing and went their came
sun moon stars rain
I haven't seen it. I'll try to watch it sometime this May. I'm interested in Spanish Civil War in general, but I haven't seen any movies about it (I'll probably watch "Pan's labyrinth" pretty soon)
I have posted before, but I'm changing my mind. After reading Orwell last summer, he is definitely the best.
At thunder and tempest, At the world's coldheartedness,
During times of heavy loss And when you're sad
The greatest art on earth Is to seem uncomplicatedly gay.
To get things clear, they have to firstly be very unclear. But if you get them too quickly, you probably got them wrong.
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But I also like Wilde, Orwell, Golding, Greene.
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