Actually I am trying to learn british english. And I figured it out novels and movies as the best way. I want to learn english from english youth in novels.
2006-10-08 23:24:56 · 4 answers · asked by prasanth m 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Excellent idea! You are using your head!
The novels of Frances Hodgson Burnett spring immediately to mind: The Little Princess, The Secret Garden, The Lost Prince, Little Lord Fauntleroy. There are probably others. Also, do read Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell, which is a horse's own story. It's quite beautiful.
There are American authors you should try, as well, such as Louisa May Alcott, who wrote Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys, and several others.
And a Canadian, L. M. Montgomery, with her Anne of Green Gables, and several sequels about Anne and her children, and several other books. All very good, very readable.
These are the people who wrote for young people at a time when they were understood to have good reading skills but little experience in life. They are good for reading aloud to younger children as well, because they do not involve things which are not appropriate for the innocent.
And, if you want to go modern, you cannot lose with the Harry Potter series by J K Rowling, or the Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis. The Narnia books go back to the 1950s or so, but the Potter books started in the late 1990s, and there's still one left to come. They are the most amazing publishing phenomenon to happen in a very long time: really good books that can be shared by young and old alike.
Enjoy! You're being very smart about learning English. I admire that.
2006-10-08 23:40:12 · answer #1 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-29 05:42:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lord of The Flies is the only one I can think of.
2006-10-09 01:30:38 · answer #3 · answered by natie_05 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
harry potter mabye?
2006-10-11 15:39:57 · answer #4 · answered by King of the Round Table 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋