Recommend me a 'classic' book
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heinous seamus
Perfect in an empty room
Meh.
It was pretty good anyway.
It was pretty good anyway.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Ha! Writing doesn't need to be true! It should aim to excite a reaction in the reader, whether through beauty or through startlement. Truth is irrelevant, and a will-o'-the-wisp besidesVery good
Untrue though, so no merit mark for you young man
A second recommendation for Hunger btw.
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
nope. i mean to, but haven't as yet.
farming is pretty profound.
If you enjoyed Anna Karenina, you will like it, I reckon.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Yeah, Cousin Bette by Balzac was great too. Stay away from that Zola chap though. He had serious melancholia issues and grime-related OCD too I bet.
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
The Red & the Black by Stendahl.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Henry Fielding's "Joseph Andrews".
Emil Zola's "Germinal".
Emil Zola's "Germinal".
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes
Fez909
toilet expert
Utter fail.
SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
Thomas Hardy's 'Return of the native'
Mikhail Bulgakov's 'The Master and Margarita'
And now I'm out of ideas that haven't been said yet; most of my favourite books are by Dostoyevsky
Mikhail Bulgakov's 'The Master and Margarita'
And now I'm out of ideas that haven't been said yet; most of my favourite books are by Dostoyevsky
MysteryGuest
beyond boring and interesting
Another vote for the Count of Monte Cristo - a riproaring read! I think that's the most derring-do I've ever encountered in one book. I was all sad when I finished it.
I suppose I should balance it out with Tristram Shandy, in order to appear intellectual and that. In fact I did read it and I did find it really brill, actually.
I suppose I should balance it out with Tristram Shandy, in order to appear intellectual and that. In fact I did read it and I did find it really brill, actually.
soopertujee
New Member
Great Expectations - just for Miss Havisham (mad as a box of frogs)
North and South by Elisabeth Gaitskill
Wuthering Heights as mentioned before...
North and South by Elisabeth Gaitskill
Wuthering Heights as mentioned before...
moonsi til
worked it out now!
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Gatsby sucks walrus dick, and Nabokov's "Bend Sinister" is (IMO) a better read than "Lolita".
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Thomas Hardy's 'Return of the native'
Mikhail Bulgakov's 'The Master and Margarita'
And now I'm out of ideas that haven't been said yet; most of my favourite books are by Dostoyevsky
30 years after being subjected to "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" at school, I've still not been able to get round my aversion to Hardy.
JohnnyOrange
All The World...
Yes. That, lots. It's full of monsters on lots of levels. Just don't watch the Kenneth Brannagh film. It's shit.
shakermaker88
Active Member
Growth of the soil - Knut Hamsun, awesome book, Hunger's good 2
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Not read thread bu Frankenstien is worth the effort.
As is Dracula. I find myself at turns horrified and fascinated by these books as they demonise both the wrorking class (shelley) and the upper clarse (stoker)
As is Dracula. I find myself at turns horrified and fascinated by these books as they demonise both the wrorking class (shelley) and the upper clarse (stoker)
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
I am reading a book at the moment, and the main character makes me think of you, DotCommunist.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
I will tell you tomorrow DC, when I am more lucid. I am practically asleep right now.
Isn't Candide the one that is a satire on the philosophy of Leibniz?
Isn't Candide the one that is a satire on the philosophy of Leibniz?
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