Literature, English and American

What d'ya know about american or english literature?

Umm...What do you mean? :hmmmmm:

Oooo... Sorry I wrote on american... It's f**king habit...

What do you know about american or english literature.
Authors, their poesie,

I like to read fantastic novels of English writer Rogera Zelazny
For example "The Chronicles of Amber"

I once read two books of Wilkey Collins (I don't know how to spell it correctly) and I liked them very much. And I also read some books of Darrel's and they were really great, especially "My family and other animals". My sister also likes Conan Doyle.

Ooooohhh....I read lots of books....I don't even know where to start.
I read The Series of Unfortunate Events (consists of 11 books so far) by Lemony Snicket (it's not his real name just so you know). Then I read the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares. I suggest everyone to read these wonderful series if you have the opportunity. I had to do a report for school on this author, and that's how I read the books. I was hooked on them right away.

The first book i read in English was "Harry Potter and the half-blood prince". I was looking forward to the reading of this book, so i couldn't wait for the ukrainian or russian translation. That's how i started reading English books=)

So and I :) Just kidding. My first book on English was The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was gorgeous! And now I'm trying to read
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams :) A bit boring for me ;)

Is it easy? I mean Roger Zelazny is good but to difficult....

Now I'm reading "The chronicles of Narnia" by Lewis. In my childhood I've never heard about it. But recently I've seen the film and decided to look through the book. Began with the 1st book, of course. It's just a fairy-tale, but I like it! :)

I read the Chronicles of Narnia during the Christmas holidays. I read it after seeing the movie. I loved it, even though it reminds me of Lord of the Rings for children.

LOTR - the best. English variant is truly one of the best books i ever read!!!!!

I tried reading The Hobbit when I was 6 (my Mum is crazy...don't ask) , but it was too hard for me since I was so young. But I'm gonna try reading it again sometime this year.

Right now I'm reading "The Hobbit" for the first time))

I've finished reading Angels and Demons from Dan Brown, it was really fantastic. It's a new kinda book for me, so I enjoyed it a lot.

And I just can't finish it. After "The Da Vinci Code" it seems to me a kind of boring, u know. I don't know, but the books are very similar..so that's why.... =unsure=

I'm gonna try to read "The DaVinci Code" sometime soon, but I've heard that it's a hard book, so...

My grandma said she'll send it to me)))

Well, I only have it in English, so it's a bit harder I guess. ))

Reading a book called "Пружина для мышеловки", very interesting.

Dizee, since when you're interested in literature? :D

Це повідомлення відредагував Sparrow - Mar 30 2006, 06:27

Absolutely right! Excelent book!
April, is "Demons and Angels" an really intresting book?

I never read Americans book but i know that there are no great poets in Gonduras!!! =biggrin=
[censored] you!

Gonduras? I don't know this country... I know only Hond :unsure: uras...

And I like comics... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Gonduras? I don't know this country... I know only Hond :unsure: uras...

I don't want to know what you thinking!
[censored] Man!!! Lick my [censored] baby!!!

Why'r u so worried, babe? A crisis in life? A black stripe? Or r u disappointed 'cause u miss Hufflepuff?
Oh, yeah, reading Oscar Wilde now. The Portrait of Dorian Gray. Quite boring....

I like English literature very much. And I also read a lot of books in English. ;)

What know?:) a question at issue:) something knows Everyone:) I here prefer to read in French:) Me on it it is easier.

I read some: Rudyard Kipling "Just So Stories", John R.R.Tolkien "The Lord of The Rings", Rowling "Harry Potter and others ;) ", Lewis Carrol "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", "Snark Hunt", Alan A.Miln "Whinnie-the-Pooh" :-[

I haven't read lots of books in english, only a few short-stories. But I adore the stories about Sherlok Holmes after Arthur Konan Doyle, so I've read the majority of them. Also, i've read the first and the second part of HP in English, it was very easy and, i'd rather say far moer interesting than in Russian. Anywhere, even in russian i prefer reading the books of English and American writers such as Roger Jelazny, Aisek Azimov, Robert Hainlaijn, Harry Harrison, Gerbert Wells, John Yundem, Yulki Kollinz and many others... Only since last year i beagn reading more russian literature, ana i wasn't disappointed at all.

I've read a lot of English & American literature since winter 2005.
Right now I am stuck in Wilde's "Picture of Dorian Gray" but it's managable.
Theodor Draizer's books are amazing - I've decided to read them again soon.

The Prophet, yeah "Picture of Dorian Gray" is good.
I've already read many books in English, "Hamlet" for example or HP books))

To tell the truth, personally I didn't read English books in the past at all. At least, during the past few years. I'd rather die, then read all those hard and 765 pages long books. But, unfortunately for me, I had to begin reading them sooner or later. And so, I did.

Reading "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown, I enjoyed the concept of the book, and the idea of the story. Still, the myth is a myth. No one knows who Jesus Christ actually was.

Anywho~~ I read as much English books, as in Russian.

=]

Це повідомлення відредагував Funkybooda - Aug 21 2006, 21:57

Now in university we are reading Oscar Wilde and I've decided to read "The picture of Dorian Gray" in english. And it's really well readable book and easily to understand everything. Recently I finished reading "Perfumer" but not in english unfortunately. But I enjoyed it a lot

Ukrainian folk tales (it's very funy), novels by O. Henry, A. Konan Doil (about Sherlok Holms) & etc.

I read some scary stories by R.L. Stine) I love 'em)
Right now I'm reading Master and Margarita - English version.

Now I'm reading a novel "Waking beauty" by Elyse Friedman. Actually, pretty much interesting book. I like it

I very much like "Gone with the wind" Margareth Mithchell . I would like to read it in English. It's ery interesting book, I couldn't come off it. I has read for couple of weeks. My favotite heroine - Scarlett O'Hara, I am very similar to her.

Anyone heard of "The Outsiders"? I luff that one<3
Or Frankenstein.. Jekyll & Hyde.. And Sherlock Holmes, of course, my favorite<3 =]
Oh, and Harry Potter, how could i forget?)))

hmm... even trying my best, cannot say anything of AMERICAN literature, but English one - yeah! Not mentioning JRRT (of course!) i love C.S.Lewis' books. They are something increadible! I don't mean only "Narnia" set, he's got whole bunch of another interesting stuff.

I read Rey Bredberry, and you know, he's good!! but I didn't like Hemingway. I read Tolkien, and he's much better in original than in ANY translation.
Also I believe that the only possible way to understan English poetry is to read it in original. Now i'm trying to read Robert Burns, but sometimes it's difficult to understand his Scotish dialect. Newertheless, I like him.
Don't you think that his verses very similar to Esenin's?

Burns is one of my favs! I've heard him being compared to Esenin/ Agree/ Hecan also be called "folk poet", and he's got a lot of similarities in style, as well.
And yeah, i hate Hemingway! :)

Lovenkrantz, I see we agree with each other in this question.:)

u bet! :) We seem to agree in many other questions as well, lol! :)

Do we??? o_O well, it's good, isn't it!!

have u ever read English or American literature in original? what was it? did u like it?)))


P.S. by the way... who has Stephen Crane`s "Maggie: a girl of the street"? I`d be very thankful if u give it to me ^_^

I read a lot of English and some American works in original leanguage? I liked the most works of Byron, Shelly and Rowling.
I don't have the work you are looking for... what is it about?...

oh... it`s about a girl who was a prostitute as I can remember... actually, I haven`t read it, bot I`d love to! It`s like a modern american tragedy..

what original books do you have? I`m interested in modern anerican literature))

weel if you like modern literature I like to reccomend one play that I recently read (it was writtern in 1996 i think). I need to look up name of the play and its author...(I can't belive I forgat the name, i read it not long time ago)
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the book is at my appartment at school and now I'm home for New Year selebration...

Ok...have no idea whether this gonna work, but at least i'll try)) Is there anybody, who have read HP in english???

Lovenkrantz,
A have read all of the 7 books. It’s better to read in english cuz they make a lot of mistakes in the russian version. For example, Blaise Zabini became a girl, Neville - the POTIONS master (!!!!), Victoire - MARIE(?)-Victoire.

desertrose,
u just HAVE to read Khaled Hosseini's books, they are very touching. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" is about two young women who are forced to become wives to a spiteful man in Afghanistan. "The Kite Runner" is about the friendship and lives of two boys who also live under the Taliban rule in Afghanistan. "Memoirs of a Geisha" of Arthur Golden is also interesting... But my favorite is "My Sister's Keeper", about a girl who suffers from cancer, and in order to survive, she needs her sister's kidney... It’s very, very, extremely sad! Also read “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan. ;) I’m sure u r gonna like all of those books!

In general, I love reading in English. The language is simple and expressive. Mostly, I prefer the modern American literature.

WTH??? :D
Which edition, dear? Scholastic or Harper-Collins?

Lovenkrantz,
Honey, Im talking about the RUSSIAN translation in Rosmen. :D Open the Sorcerer's Stone, look through the chapter about the Sorting Hat. There, Blaise is referred to as "she". ;)

Madame Deficit, wow, thatnkx a lot 4 recommendations))) i`m gonna read them definitely, but, i guess, after passing my exams...

as 4 the HP in english.. shame on me - haven`t read, at least, everything. but i definitely don`t like the russian translation!!! it`s awful..=\ i wish to buy all the HP books in english, but i guess i`m not gonna find them in my country.. ))

I`ve read just one book in English... It was "Three men in a boat", rather funny book, I liked it...)))

the last book I've read in English was the 7th part of Harry Potter

So what do u think? Which one of the whole series is your favourite?

I'm quite oldfashioned) The very first is the very best))))
The book and the movie as well... I hate Ro for what she's done with atmosphere of the Witchcraft in the last books...I can hardly feel anything, if you understand me)

Oh, i DO understand you, trust me/// The very spirit of the world invented by JRo - has totally and dramatically changed since book 3 i believe... Somehow it "grew older" but i can't say i enjoy the changes...

have you ever read Shakespeare in original?))))

I have not only read, but also learnt many of his sonets, part of Katherina (The Taming of the Shrew) by heart

"King Lear" only. Too weird language as for me))

You still keep surprising me... ;)

Well, i`ve read "Romeo and Juliet"/ It`s really rather difficult to understand... and i`ve learnt his sonet 130 by heart, that`s my favourite one)))

Shakespeare....khm...there is not such word in a galaxy, to describe him, he is necessary to be simply read, and then you^ll understand...

Hope, in a good sense) I shall have great pleasure in seeing you again in icq at night ^)

U need to feel British spirit to understand. Тo the point of English poetry - is there anybody here, who likes sisters Brontе poesy?

hm... I know only Charlotte Bronte`s "Jane Aire"... i read when i was 10))))) and it was one of the 1st serious books in my life)
as 4 English poetry, I adore Robert Burns, although he`s not English, but Scottish))) but his "Red Red Rose" is one of my most favourite poems. Also I like Robert Frost(as 4 Amrican Literarure), Walt Whitman and one poem by Carl Sandburg about Chicago, coz the philosophy of this city is absolutely the same with the philosophy of my native city))

It's one of my favourite books actually... Btw - have you red it in English? Because the translation (soviet one) is a bit EDITED ;)

Lovenkrantz, I don`t remember... )) I guess i`ve read some part of it in English. right now i don`t have enough time, but i`m sure i`m gonna read it)) because i really love it)

Maybe, just MAYBE a person who has read "Lord of the rings" in English - comes across this topic...? :D

last month our teacher chose "Theatre" by Somerset Moyem for our home reading lessons. Well, it's a rather piquant novel )))

Танцующая с Тенью, Moyem has interesting style))
have you read any other his works?)

I've just finished reading "The woman in white". Yeap, it's rather interesting but I can't said that I was astonished by this book. I don't care if it an american or an english book. I like both and Dickens and Mark Twain.

I read some years ago a J. London's books. Unfortunately, I don't remember their titles((
But I liked it too much))

Next theme is Emma Watson

Edgar Alan po

I've read some examples of English and American literature at the university, but now I read it rarely

Nancy Black, which one did you like more?