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Post by Golyadkin on Mar 24, 2004 10:29:59 GMT -5
I personally love Russian literature, so my favorites are Gogol and Dostoevsky, but Dosto is definatly my favorite. He wrote famous works like The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment.
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Post by Asher on Mar 27, 2004 3:43:04 GMT -5
Aye, Dostoevsky is great.
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Post by Golyadkin on Mar 27, 2004 15:53:59 GMT -5
Aren't you reading Crime and Punishment?
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Post by Zelord on Mar 27, 2004 18:17:57 GMT -5
Tom Clancy
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Post by Golyadkin on Mar 28, 2004 12:20:58 GMT -5
Yeah, he's cool. I'm about to read The Teeth of the Tiger. Have you read it?
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Post by Zelord on Mar 29, 2004 10:52:07 GMT -5
Yeah, he's cool. I'm about to read The Teeth of the Tiger. Have you read it? Never heard of it, is it new? The newest i have is either The Bear and The Dragon or Red Rabbit.... BTW, i have read all the books i could get my hands on with Jack Ryan
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Post by Golyadkin on Mar 29, 2004 11:45:14 GMT -5
When I was in Blockbuster a few weeks ago, I saw that the guy checking me out was named "John Clark". I thought that was kinda funny.
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Post by TitanianAnthrax on Mar 30, 2004 12:39:24 GMT -5
what the
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Post by Zelord on Mar 30, 2004 12:45:05 GMT -5
When I was in Blockbuster a few weeks ago, I saw that the guy checking me out was named "John Clark". I thought that was kinda funny. Hehe, although he should be around the 50....^^
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Post by Golyadkin on Mar 30, 2004 12:45:57 GMT -5
The dude at Blockbuster was about 26.
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Post by TitanianAnthrax on Mar 30, 2004 12:52:48 GMT -5
would you please tell me what your talking about
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Post by Golyadkin on Mar 30, 2004 12:56:51 GMT -5
If you have to ask, you can't know.
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Post by TitanianAnthrax on Apr 14, 2004 11:38:47 GMT -5
why you
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Post by Golyadkin on Apr 15, 2004 10:58:46 GMT -5
TA, you really need to learn a bit more about message board etiquette. Never say anything that can offend the admin (you remember what happened last time).
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Post by Maddalo on May 10, 2004 16:53:00 GMT -5
Here's my top ten classic novels you must read before you die (In no partticular order):
LES MISERABLES (Victor Hugo) - forget the appaling musical this is the Grand-daddy of the epic novel.
FRANKENSTEIN (OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS) (Mary Shelley) - an allegory of the human experience.
DON QUIXOTE (Miguel de Cervantes) - hilarious, moving, satirical masterpiece.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Charles Dickens) - Dickens' most mature self - examining novel - plenty of humour, but a meditation on identity and social mobility.
JUDE THE OBSCURE (Thomas Hardy) - Hardy's final and bleakest novel - the tragedy of a 20th century man stuck in repressed 19th century England.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE - (Jane Austen) The greatest book on the dating game ever written, mother of all rom-coms, very funny and satirical.
THE GREAT GATSBY (F. Scott Fitzgerald) - My favourite American Novel - poetic, mysterious, lyrical and moving. The story of a man determined to recreate his past, despite all obbstacles.
HOWARDS END E.M. Forster) - No one will ever read this. The story of the erosion of emotion and passion which the 20th century brought. A man tries to 'improve' himself by self-education and ends in disaster.
CATCHER IN THE RYE (J.D. Salinger) - Yes it's a cliche - the ultimate teen novel - a disturbing look at a guy gradually descending into mental illness ( can realte personally to that).
GULLIVERS TRAVELS (Jonathan Swift) - So many levels...a kids fairy story, a comedy, adventure, and the most caustic satire of human society of every kind ever written.
Sorry there's no Dostoevsky here, I keep meaning to read Crime and Punishment - it could be here next time!
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