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I'd like to read them. Could you be so kind to share?
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« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2012, 02:13:58 AM » |
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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
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“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
“The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.”
"Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are."
"We see at once that the words absolute, divine, eternal, and so on do not express what is implied in them.
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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2012, 03:07:15 AM » |
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« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2012, 03:51:03 AM » |
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The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald. I love all of Fitzgerald's novels and the themes he deals with: the superficiality of life, the emptiness of many things, not finding happiness in wealth and being miserable if you aren't yourself.
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« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2012, 04:08:48 AM » |
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Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh.
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I believe in One God, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.
Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.
Theodosius Dobzhansky, Russian Orthodox Christian (1900-1975)
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« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2012, 04:42:09 AM » |
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Are you looking for novels or non-fiction?
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« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2012, 06:17:14 AM » |
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thanks to all Are you looking for novels or non-fiction?
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« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2012, 06:29:29 AM » |
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BTW, I recommend something like this from Айрис Press. They have the original English text of the novel, but have fairly decent notes in Russian. Karo has the same sort of system: original text with explanations in Russian. |
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« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2012, 06:42:22 AM » |
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First and foremost The King James Bible deserves to be at the top of the list. Period. It is still an outstanding literary achievement.
Now that I'm done pontificating onwards to the list.
Anything and everything by Dr. Seuss. (Ok I'm joking, but really...)
Henderson the Rain King - Saul Bellow
The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck
The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner
This Side of Paradise - F Scott Fitzgerald
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
Main Street - Sinclair Lewis
Moby Dick - Herman Melville
Beloved - Toni Morrison
Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
The French Revolution - Thomas Carlyle
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
The Alexandria Quartet - Lawrence Durrell
The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot Mary Ann Evans
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
I, Claudius - Robert Graves
Ghostwritten - David Mitchell
A House for Mr. Biswas - V. S. Naipaul
1984 - George Orwell
Can I just say that Nightfall (short story) is the the greatest short story ever by Isaac Asimov.
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“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
“The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.”
"Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are."
"We see at once that the words absolute, divine, eternal, and so on do not express what is implied in them.
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« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2012, 06:50:12 AM » |
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Oh and the greatest novel of all time:  Immensely charming, satisfying and exuberant. Eric Carle finely crafts an excellent balance between grace and truth. The colors harmonize the timeless quality of its prose; a masterstroke. |
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“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
“The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.”
"Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are."
"We see at once that the words absolute, divine, eternal, and so on do not express what is implied in them.
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« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2012, 09:06:59 AM » |
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Some of my favorite books and authors, in no particular order:
The King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Le Morte D'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany
The King James Bible
William Blake
Emily Dickinson
W.B. Yeats
John Keats
Shakespeare
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"A Poet a Painter a Musician an Architect: the Man Or Woman who is not one of these is not a Christian." - William Blake
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« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2012, 06:12:24 PM » |
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It really depends on your tastes. I love all of Jane Austen's novels; and the Bronte sisters. Dickens has such heart and a great concern for much needed social reform during the time of his writing. Shakespeare, if English is your second language, might be a bit...ummmm...challenging.  Whatever you choose, all the best with your reading. |
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I believe in One God, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.
Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.
Theodosius Dobzhansky, Russian Orthodox Christian (1900-1975)
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« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2012, 06:24:00 PM » |
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I really liked this list: http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtmlSeems to be a nice combination of popular literature and the classics. |
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"The liberties of people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them." -- Patrick Henry
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« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2012, 06:59:19 PM » |
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The Fortunate Pilgrim by Mario Puzo
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I know a secret about a former Supreme Court Justice. Can you guess what it is?
The greatest tragedy in the world is when a cigarette ends.
American Spirits - the eco-friendly cigarette.
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« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2012, 07:22:53 PM » |
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Try Orwell's "1984", Vladik. It is a bit like Britain's answer to Zamyatin's "Мы". CS Lewis is another favorite of basically everyone, though I'm ashamed to admit that I don't know him as well as I probably should (I've only read "Mere Christianity" as an adult, though I read "The Chronicles of Narnia" series as a child). On the other side of the pond, you can't get much more quintessentially American than Mark Twain. He and Kurt Vonnegut are probably my two favorites, though of course there are many runners' up. I read a lot of English-language authors in translation as a child, so I feel like I kind of missed out on some of what made Roald Dahl et. al. so special, but apparently those are good if you like fantasy stories. (Not fantasy like "sci-fi", but I figured i should throw in some kid stuff since someone else mentioned the one about the catepillar.)
Also, if we're allowed to include naturalized authors of foreign origins (which we must be, or else the excellent Joseph Conrad recommendation by Achronos must be out; he was a Pole who became a British citizen), then I must add Khalil Gibran (Lebanese American) to the list. "The Prophet" is his most famous work, but I have several others in addition to that and they are all incredibly beautiful works.
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« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2012, 07:39:56 PM » |
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Anything written by John Steinbeck.
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« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2012, 01:51:08 AM » |
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Many thanks!
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« Reply #18 on: January 26, 2012, 05:43:53 AM » |
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The KJV.
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« Reply #19 on: January 26, 2012, 06:46:51 AM » |
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If people cry at weddings...why don't they laugh at funerals?
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« Reply #20 on: January 26, 2012, 11:06:28 AM » |
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Don't forget, Mr. Charles Dickens.
David Copperfield
Our Mutual Friend
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« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2012, 11:14:13 AM » |
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« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2012, 11:15:56 AM » |
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When it comes to Orwell, I very much enjoyed Homage to Catalonia.
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« Reply #23 on: January 26, 2012, 04:02:51 PM » |
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For slightly more recent books, I love Pat Conroy. The Lords of Discipline is amazing.
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« Reply #24 on: January 26, 2012, 04:12:45 PM » |
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The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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« Reply #25 on: January 26, 2012, 04:14:44 PM » |
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"The Chosen," Chaim Potok
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