Re: Re: Re: Requesting all PG Wodehouse fans ..
by Anglophile on Feb 16, 2009 07:43 PM
Friend,
Sir Pelham, or "Plum" as he is better known to fans, is almost my family deity. But, that's all the more reason I feel like celebrating V-day - "Plum" beings laughter even in death.
By the standard of his writing,I would say this guy doesn't have any right to write about the books or to proclaim being "a connoisseur of fine literature".
Where are the masterpieces like 'Resurrection(Tolstoy)', The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The adventure of Huckleberry Finn(Twain),Fathers and Sons(Turgenev), Gulliver's Travel, Around the world in 80 days.
Though I would like to agree with what he wrote about Tolstoy. He is the master
I guess every young reader would undoubtedly be a great fan of Blyton. And I also love Tolstoy's writing. I haven't read some of the authors here, but as I agree with the ones listed that I have read, I will have to try the new names. However, my personal hero is P.G. Wodehouse. Comedy doesn;t get better than P.G. Classic, according to me. I also loved Lord of the Flies, the only book I read by William Golding, but loved it so much that I have to count him among my favourites. My top ten list is listed below, with the favourites by each.
1. P.G. Wodehouse - The Blandings Castle collection 2. Bill Watterson ( if a comic book writer can be counted here)- Calvin and Hobbes 3. Enid Blyton - Amelia Jane, Wishing Chair, Faraway Tree, St. Clare's, Malory Towers, Five Find-Outers, Secret Seven, Famous Five.... (endless list) :-) 4. Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina 5. William Golding - Lord of the Flies 6. John Grisham - The Client 7. Roal Dahl - Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory....... too many actually 8. J.K. Rowling - The textbooks- Quidditch through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 9. Muffy Mead-Ferro - Confessions of a Slacker Wife 10. Gloria Naylor - Women of Brewster Place
Re: My list!!!!!
by vamsy krishna on Feb 12, 2009 03:36 PM
my favs, 1. PG Wodehouse 2. Arthur Conan Doyle (sherlock holmes) 3. Bill Watterson 4. JRR Tolkien 5. Harper Lee - to kill a mockingbird 6. Alexander Dumas - the count of mountecresto 7. Willian Golding - lord of the flies 8. Victor Hugo - Hunchback of notredame 9. Michael Crichton (not literature) 10. George Bernard Shaw
my list will also include jane austen, shakespere, Paulo Cohelo...Anita Desai,Vikram Seth,Bhairappa (kannada writer..whom i read in marathi)..the list just continues..
We Indians always look for the west. For quotes, for inspiration, for leadership, for great persons and so on.... I am not saying you should not... However keep one feet at our soil. There are innumerous people from our long history to the current year, who can be looked into. Anyways... collection good.. I have picked up a few. Thankx.
Re: We always look for West ...
by GU KU on Feb 12, 2009 03:10 PM
I agree with Vijai, our search is not within, but outside (west). All of us Indians are the best and best in the world take any parameter religion, hardwork, courtesy.. Only problem is we dont respect each other because of our EGO which finally eats us without being known to us... Indians are the best in all field. Lets search for indians and then for reference we shall look outside? what do you think???
Nice one though i confess i havnt read a Gabriel garcia Marquez and Fyodor ....But its surprising, u dint inculde salman rushdie./.....my alltime fav Rushdie book is "haroun andthe sea of stroies..".....great read for folks of all ages...
