Okay. since I must pick oneI'll pick The Stranger by Camus, because I know it's amazing.
Okay. since I must pick one
At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.
-Ernesto Che Guevara
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
-Oscar Wilde
I'd like to nominate The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas.
I started this book for a project in AP Eng, and unfortunately I couldn't read all of it as I had to get working on the project, so I just read and then typed the assignment, but I really loved it. Ah, and it'd make Baki's choice a little easier. c[:
"It is when the feet weary and hope seems vain that the heartaches and the longings arise. Know, then, that for you is neither surfeit nor content. In your rocking chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel."
-- Sister Carrie
In that case, I will nominate The Charterhouse of ParmaOriginally Posted by Scheherazade
"Par instants je suis le Pauvre Navire
[...] Par instants je meurs la mort du Pecheur
[...] O mais! par instants"
--"Birds in the Night" by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896). Join the discussion here: http://www.online-literature.com/for...5&goto=newpost
Nominations so far:
1. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
2. Whatever by Michel Houellebecq
3. Nausea by Sartre
4. The Wall (Intimacy) by Sartre
5. The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas.
6. The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
Victoria,Okay. since I must pick one
Only members who have 50 posts or more can nominate/vote, I am afraid. If you increase your posts count by Saturday, we can include your nomination, too
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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We can nominate "Stranger" by Camus by ourselves because in the olden days we were quite a poster and thus have more than 50 posts. Plus, we quite liked that work.
So we'll do it.
BTW, we read the first fifty pages of "Red and Black" and hated it.
"Little prince" is also a good choice. We have always wanted to read Exupery's Vol de Nuit (Night Flight). However, we have a feeling that we might even have enough grasp to read Little Prince in French but we are quite certain that we couldn't read Night Flight in French.
But it is still "Stranger"
If you believe even a half of this post, you are severely mistaken.
Could I please nominate "The ice people (La Nuit Des Temps)" by Rene Barjavel. I'd love this to be included in my summer reading, since I've been meaning to read it for a while. Thank you.
Remember the student interview story.
Yes, I think you *just* make the cut with that post count!
Since you ask so nicely...
So, at the moment:
1. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
2. Whatever by Michel Houellebecq
3. Nausea by Sartre
4. The Wall (Intimacy) by Sartre
5. The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas.
6. The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
7. Stranger by Camus
8. The Ice People by Rene Barjavel
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I'm gonna nominate Madame Bovary by Flaubert. It's not quite on my short list but has been orbiting around it
1. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
2. Whatever by Michel Houellebecq
3. Nausea by Sartre
4. The Wall (Intimacy) by Sartre
5. The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas.
6. The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
7. Stranger by Camus
8. The Ice People by Rene Barjavel
9. Madame Bovary by Flaubert[/b]
Last nomination up for grabs!
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Ooh hurry anyone! I want to start voting and oh my... please vote for something short. (; There's lots of reading going on this month... :0
"It is when the feet weary and hope seems vain that the heartaches and the longings arise. Know, then, that for you is neither surfeit nor content. In your rocking chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel."
-- Sister Carrie
***Some information on the books***
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Whatever by Michel Houellebecq
Nausea by Sartre
The Wall (Intimacy) by Sartre
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas
The Charterhouse of Parma by Stendhal
Stranger by Camus
The Ice People by Rene Barjavel
Madame Bovary by Flaubert
***This poll will be closed on July 7***
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I can't believe it, but I'm completely torn between three choices. Aiiish.
"It is when the feet weary and hope seems vain that the heartaches and the longings arise. Know, then, that for you is neither surfeit nor content. In your rocking chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel."
-- Sister Carrie
The Little Prince all the way! I love this book!!!
Yes, yes... that's what I voted for. Short... and it sounds really interesting. People make it seem as though the contents are magical. xD;; I'm interested in the whole, "it seems childish" but then it's really, "ooh... something deeper." ^__^
And again, it's the shortest one on the list!! (;
"It is when the feet weary and hope seems vain that the heartaches and the longings arise. Know, then, that for you is neither surfeit nor content. In your rocking chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In your rocking chair, by your window, shall you dream such happiness as you may never feel."
-- Sister Carrie
This time the poll is very interesting..i will hold my vote for a while
Through the darkness of future past
the magician longs to see
one chance out between two worlds
'Fire walk with me.'
Twin Peaks
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