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Post by Lisa on Oct 27, 2005 23:13:48 GMT 1
i've read steppenwolf too, i liked it (although it was a bit hard going at times...in a good way). i nearly bought another hesse book at the student market t'other day but picked up a biography of kerouac instead. which book would you recommend reading?
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Post by anna on Nov 4, 2005 20:15:14 GMT 1
uh...i liked demian, beneath the wheel (hope it's the right english title... anyway something like that) and maybe narcissus and goldmund. A quite popular one is probably siddharta, but for me it's a bit too much about spirirual quest for inner truth and all that.. if you know what i mean; all those things your parents would have probably loved when they were teenagers... or not... ah whatever read demian!
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elaine
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Post by elaine on Nov 15, 2005 23:37:38 GMT 1
I love reading. just finished Picture of Dorian Gray. wow, i wish i lived like a Duchess in victorian england.... nothing to worry about except your appearance
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Post by Rob on Nov 16, 2005 0:28:53 GMT 1
I love PoDG. I have a thing for Victorian/early 20th novels.
I am trying to get through Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf at the moment. The lack of chapters confuse me - I never know when to stop. I don't like the style much, I am finding it a little bit challenging.
After that, I have a book of Edgar Allen Poe's shorts and poetry to get through, which I am looking forward to, quoth the Bobbles.
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Post by elaine on Nov 16, 2005 1:04:33 GMT 1
oh Mrs Dalloway is ace. in fact i often cite is as my most favourite book ever, even though that's probably not true. but a lot of the time, im just lazy and can't be bothered to really think abotu that question.
but anyway, back to virginia woolf. that book is so well written, and so beautiful.. and made me feel really ... weird. thats quite a useless bit of information. maybe its personal
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Post by Lisa on Nov 16, 2005 11:15:15 GMT 1
i have decided that i hate eighteenth century narrative poetry. damn you swift! my american lit's much more fun, been reading some dorothy parker and elliot's the waste land. april is the cruellest month etc. ace. i've really gone off english writers, americans authors interest me much more at the moment.
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Post by Ben on Nov 16, 2005 13:46:13 GMT 1
the redcoats are coming! with books! RUN AWAY!
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Post by Tom on Nov 16, 2005 13:54:16 GMT 1
ive just started on the grapes of wrath by steinbeck. i studied of mice and men in school, and thought it was brilliant, and apparently this one is better. fopp is great for cheap books like that!
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Post by Lisa on Nov 17, 2005 11:15:47 GMT 1
here's the grapes... and here's the wrath!
i'm supposed to read that next semester but its a bit long... there's better fish to fry... it's surprising how many people don't like of mice and men, which is indeed pretty good
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Post by Lisa on Nov 17, 2005 13:29:57 GMT 1
Too many bad memories of miss wiccombe (my old english teacher) making us watch awful film versions of it, and making us read pages out to everyone in the class. Oh well, childish chances for swearing at school, except for some guy who coughed whenever a swearword came up. "You're a crazy *cough*"
Whats that britney spears song? Sorry
Craig
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Post by The Lost Leader on Nov 20, 2005 18:22:00 GMT 1
My 2 favourite books are probably: The Unbearable Lightness Of Being- Milan Kundera Lord Of The Rings
They're very similar really arn't they? I'll add morebooks i particularly like to the list when i think of them.
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Post by Mark [Communications] on Nov 26, 2005 21:29:43 GMT 1
Everyone should read the Flashman series, especially the redskins edition thank'ee. The book is possibly one of the daftest stories youll ever hear, and apparently its true. As Abraham Lincoln said: "When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman"
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Post by Lisa on Nov 27, 2005 0:45:10 GMT 1
you look like the bloke on the cover
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Post by Random on Dec 6, 2005 8:35:53 GMT 1
i've read and loved all the hitchhickers guide to the galaxy books
marvins death was quite touching
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Post by Craig on Dec 6, 2005 13:34:30 GMT 1
Thanks for ruining the end!!
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Post by elaine on Dec 8, 2005 20:17:59 GMT 1
My 2 favourite books are probably: The Unbearable Lightness Of Being- Milan Kundera Lord Of The Rings They're very similar really arn't they? I'll add morebooks i particularly like to the list when i think of them. i have just finished the unbearble lightness of being, and thought it was fucking fantastic. are all men really like that? are just the ones i pick... hmmm, loved it thoroughly. have never read lord of the rings, only half heartedly watched a film or two. so cant compare really.
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Post by Lisa on Dec 8, 2005 20:46:57 GMT 1
i re-read lord of the flies for the billionth time t'other day. great book.
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