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My favorites are:-Pride and Prejudice: This was such a fun read! I loved imagining all of the dresses and things that they would wear. And Elizabeth is an awesome character!
-Jane Eyre: This was the best romance book I've ever read in my entire life! It was amazing!
-Les Miserables: I love the musical, so I decided to read the book. I got up to around page 800, and I would really like to finish it. The characters were so interesting. I liked them all in the book even more than in the musical. And I loved that we get to learn more about each of Les Amis de l'ABC. I am now in love with 80% of them!
Rebecca: Like Les Miserables, I read the book for the musical, although I made a point of reading Rebecca first so that I could follow the musical, which is in German. Anyways, I loved the ending! Rebecca is one of my favorite characters ever! She was so fascinating, even though we never actually see her character. And I <3 Frank Crawley!
LES MIS!!!!!! ohhh rachel, what about the remaining 20%??also--
- The house of the seven gables (nathaniel hawthorne)
- A Tale of Two Cities/Oliver Twist/Bleak House (anything by Dickens!)
- paradise lost (milton)
- THE DIVINE COMEDY!!!!!! it's...umm...divine!!!
cant think of any more...
I want to read all of those others. Grantaire is, well, Grantaire. And then I'm sure there was one or two that I didn't completely fall in love with.
ohhh i thought it was grantaire. i dont like him either!!!enjy's my favorite :D and i look book-marius (not musical marius--he's a bit of a dorkwad in the musical)
He was so sweet when I saw it live, though. I just wanted to give him a big hug!I like Enjolras (MARTIN PASCHING!), Combferre, and Marius (book and musical).
I'm reading The Odyssey for Lit, and so far it's not that bad.
Eh, I didn't like the Odyssey too much, but I'm not really the epic poem type of person.
grrr i couldnt stand the odyssey. i did like james joyce's ULYSSES, though. but it was a really hard read.
Amelia*annabeth&percy*sittin in a tree* wrote: "grrr i couldnt stand the odyssey. i did like james joyce's ULYSSES, though. but it was a really hard read. "I'm planning on reading Ulysses soon. Just for the last chapter.
Right now I'm (still) going through One Hundred Years Of Solitude, which is magical in all meanings of the word.
How is OHYoS? I've been meaning to read it for a while.What's up with the last chapter of Ulysses?
Rachel (aka. Kaiserin Sisi) wrote: "How is OHYoS? I've been meaning to read it for a while.What's up with the last chapter of Ulysses?"
One Hundred Years is beyond amazing. Seriously, one of the most perfect books I've read.
And as far as my understanding goes, the last chapter of Ulysses is 24,000 words long, but only 8 sentences.
*runs to add Ulysses to my list*And I'll bump OHYoS up my list. :D
Baxter wrote: "...And as far as my understanding goes, the last chapter of Ulysses is 24,000 words long, but only 8 sentences. "*mouth falls open* Seriously?
Mounica wrote: "Baxter wrote: "...And as far as my understanding goes, the last chapter of Ulysses is 24,000 words long, but only 8 sentences. "*mouth falls open* Seriously?"
yep. it's awesome like that. and it's language is kind of weird...i mean, the last sentence especially is pretty strange :)
Chandloski...knows where the wild things are wrote: "Cool.I got about halfway through Wuthering Heights, but I couldn't take it anymore.
I own A Tale of Two Cities. I should read that. And I have to read Les Miserables this year for school, but th..."
I hate abridged versions. If you find a part boring, you can CHOOSE to skip it. In abridged versions, the publishers choose what parts you are going to skip for you.
I really want to read A Tale of Two Cities, too.
I liked Wuthering Heights, but not as a romance.
Baxter wrote: "Rachel (aka. Kaiserin Sisi) wrote: "How is OHYoS? I've been meaning to read it for a while.
What's up with the last chapter of Ulysses?"
One Hundred Years is beyond amazing. Seriously, one of t..."
Wait, 24,000 words? Not characters? Words? That's 6,000 words a sentence, and 6,000 words is... well, a lot.
What's up with the last chapter of Ulysses?"
One Hundred Years is beyond amazing. Seriously, one of t..."
Wait, 24,000 words? Not characters? Words? That's 6,000 words a sentence, and 6,000 words is... well, a lot.
oh my gosh the last sentence especially (i had to look it up on google books just to make sure i remembered correctly)it's insane!!! and it sounds like a run-on too! some authors like dickens can put ";" and "," in there to make long setences work, but joyce's go on and on... and that's one of the things that makes him so famous
It's on google books? You should give me the link so I can see for myself. I'm still shocked. Haha.
Amelia*annabeth&percy*sittin in a tree* wrote: "Mounica wrote: "Baxter wrote: "...And as far as my understanding goes, the last chapter of Ulysses is 24,000 words long, but only 8 sentences. "*mouth falls open* Seriously?"
yep. it's aweso..."
I have to read Ulysses then. :D
it's pretty good, but it's a hard read. i read it in AP senior english and our teacher had to help us with it.
Anna Burgess wrote: "It's on google books? You should give me the link so I can see for myself. I'm still shocked. Haha."go to books.google.com and type in "ulysses." unfortunately, you get only a limited preview of it, but it's got the last page and it ends with something like "yes i said yes i said to him yes yes"
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its really good. Really long too.
Some bits are GREAT. some bits are dull. there is a huge difference between the good and bad parts.
Next im reading Sherlock holmes.
Ha ha, I know. :P Like I said, though, I'm good at knowing which parts aren't exactly essential, so I just skim some parts. I GOT LES MISERABLES IN SPANISH! :D
I LOVE OF MICE AND MEN!!! A great book that i just read.
I have not read either of those. :P
that sux. Of Mice and Men is a really sad book at the end. :(
Yeah, lots of classics are.MY SPANISH LES MIS COPY DOESN"T HAVE MONTPARNASSE STALKING JEAN VALJEAN WITH A ROSE IN HIS MOUTH!!!!! I AM SO TICKED!
So how 'bout that Count Of Monte Cristo eh?
Another one I haven't read. And why is no one commenting on the fact that my FIRST copy of The Brick is missing the best part??!!!!!
Sorry about that, Rachel.I really want to read the Count of Monte Cristo! I just finished the Three Musketeers and loved it.
Thank you. *sulks, and reads part online*I would love to read both of those. So the 3 Musketeers is good? How long is it? Is it long enough to have abridged copies? *looks down at new abridged Les Mis copy missing her FAVORITE PART!*
I really like The Three Musketeers. The translation I read had around 650 pages I think, but I also checked out a couple other translations that were a bit longer or shorter because of the font and page size. I have seen abridged copies. The plot is action-packed and I love the characters There's plenty of humor, but the story is a bit melodramatic and impossible in a few places, though I didn't mind - it just made it a more fun read.
Abridged books are evil. Yeah, melodramatic was a bit in style back then. As was creeperishly stalking your One True Love, and having that creeperish behavior be shown as perfectly uncreepy. XD
The Count is easily my favorite book of all time. Seriously, for something so old, it read like wildfire.
Cool, that's good to know. :D
Well I'll admit, I was bored with the first two pages, but then I was completely hooked. None of that fancy ye old time language (at least in the Penguin translation) and a surprisingly fast moving plot.
I don't mind long books, as long as they aren't abridged. *still mourning abridged copy of The Brick, and the lack of Montparnasse*It's not that common to have a massive and fast paced book, though. I'll have to bump that up my list a bit.
i have to read NIGHT by next week... i read that a long time ago and i have to do it again... lol does that count as a classic? it's like a modern classic, i guessthere have been a few "classics" that i have NOT liked: things fall apart being one of them; its just on my head at the moment cause im having to help my brother with it, cause he's gotta read it
omg we had to read things fall apart.. *shudder*Pride and Prejudice is the best classic, and my next favorite is Gone with the Wind
i also like Jane Eyre, and Rebecca, and almost all Charles Dickens and Shakespeare (which I'm excited for because we're reading a Midsummer Night's Dream in english!)
i <333 DANTE. i already know that when i teach english im going to have my students study it!
Caitlin is to freaked to know whats happening wrote: "I LOVE OF MICE AND MEN!!! A great book that i just read. "I had to read it last for English, i really didn't like it that much becaus odf all the swearing and the story line in general...then we had to watch the movie.
We read Macbeth this year, and i must admit i wasn't into it at all. I found it really boring..but the Shakesperean english was cool? We then also watched the movie which is REALLY old. I don't have anything against it, but i geuss it's just not for me. Midsummer Nights Dream wasn't that bad, and Romeo and Juliet was also pretty cool.
I've never read A Midsummer Night's Dream, but I do like Romeo and Juliet. We're reading Julius Caesar in English right now.
Kacey Rai wrote: "We read Macbeth this year, and i must admit i wasn't into it at all. I found it really boring..but the Shakesperean english was cool? We then also watched the movie which is REALLY old. I don't hav..."i truly think shakespeare takes time--a LOTTTT of time-to get into it. i used to haaaaate shakespeare, and now there are still a few of his plays that i just dont like, but it certainly takes awhile, i think.
I love Shakespeare's English. It sounds so cool! So far, I've read Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth.
lol...remember on that other board when we started talking about ummmm...naughty shakespeare??? and you said something about a word that rhymes with "must" :o
Ha ha, good times, good times... XDAnd didn't you post a link to a book explaining all of his little puns and references?
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