I just want them to be interesting. Length really isnt the issue. I have read Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Agatha Christie and sir A.C.Doyle, Dan Brown, L.M. Alcott, Hashek, Orhan Pamouk, Elizabeth Kostova, Philip Roth... so please dont mention any of those. Some Russian classics-again:intersting!- to start with would be great, so that I dont end up hating everything that has anything to do with Russia altogether!
Thank you!
2007-04-03 09:23:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I would say go with Crime and Punishment.. or even Anthem by Ayn Rand- both dealing with Russia and Russian writers..
Aside from that, I think you would really enjoy anything written by Toni Morrsion esp. Song of Solomon and Beloved.. Also perhaps William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.
2007-04-04 07:03:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Anna Karenina is a perennial Russian favorite. It has a universal storyline and is intriguing and smart without being too confusing. Try the latest translation of it- it will be the one with the Oprah's Book Club logo on it.
Another Russian book I immidiately thought of is actually more of a short story than a novel, but it is called The Overcoat, by Nikolai Gogol, and it is funny as well as depressing. It's one of my favorite short stories.
Aside from the Russians, I am wondering if you might like some more contemporary classics, like Jack Kerouac's "On The Road," or "Catcher in the Rye" by JD Salinger. They are two of my favorites, and they periodically end up on high-school and college reading lists even though they are definitely more contemporary than, say, Jane Austen.
Speaking of Austen, if you enjoyed her, you may like the Bronte sisters. Try Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre.
2007-04-03 09:45:07 · answer #2 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a number of those are from lady perspectives, some would properly be a touch "girly lady" on your liking yet others should be ok. i have left both type on and also you may make your concepts up. Meryll of the Stone (Brian Caswell) Picnic at putting Rock (Joan Lindsay) Stranger with my face (Lois Duncan) taking area in Beattie Bow (Ruth Parks) My Sister Sif (Ruth Parks) Hitch hikers handbook to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) Holes (Louis Sachar) Lord of the earrings / The Hobbit Eragorn trilogy Narnia The Golden Compass Interview with a Vampire (Anne Rice) Requiem for a Princess (Ruth M Arthur) searching for Alibrandi (Melina Marchetta) Angels Gate (Gary team) Sisterhood of the travelling Pants Pelican's Creek (Maureen Pople) The Diary of Anne Frank To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) The Shiralee (Dárcy Niland) Into the Wild (John Krakauer) Chocolat (Joanne Harris) Harp in the South; poor guy's Orange; Missus (Trilogy by technique of Ruth Parks) the position the middle is (Billie Letts) My position (Sally Morgan) Little females (Louisa would Alcott) Rebecca (Daphne De Maurier) the three Muskateers (Alexandre Dumas) some thing by technique of the Bronte sisters or Jane Austen in spite of you do don’t run The December Boys (Robert Noonan)
2016-12-03 05:36:39 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried Charles Dickens (David Copperfield, Tale of Two Cities, etc.) or George Eliot (Silas Marner)
Or Try Alexander Dumas (The Three Musketeers, Man in the Iron Mask, The Count of Monte Cristo)
These are classics and great reading.
2007-04-03 09:30:05 · answer #4 · answered by toomeymimi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not go with Salinger's Glass family - I'd say start with "Seymour, an Introduction". They're an awesome group of characters, and there's a few more books about the clan.
"I Know This Much is True" (Lamb) is beautiful and heartbreaking.
Happy reading!!
2007-04-03 09:37:34 · answer #5 · answered by sylvyahr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to read one of the best Russian novels, try The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. It is funny, moving, tragic, comic, full of fantasy and also has political overtones. The characters are great, and it is a good start for Russian literature.
2007-04-03 09:32:29 · answer #6 · answered by Lady Annabella-VInylist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gone with the wind by margarett mitchell.
even tho you said length isn't an issue, it IS looong, so sorry if that bothers you after all. but it's still a GREAT BOOK!!! doesn't mention russia at all, btw. lol. it's reeeaaallly good! you should definitely read it!
2007-04-03 10:00:26 · answer #7 · answered by scarlett 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gone With the Wind is a good one but i really think its ending stinks it does get better in the sequel Scarlett
2007-04-03 09:29:18 · answer #8 · answered by Jamie M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start with "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin. Do not be put off by the fact that it is "fantasy." It is not a typical fantasy book.
2007-04-03 09:32:32 · answer #9 · answered by Mottled Dove 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Steinbeck, my two personal favorites are "Of Mice and Men" and "East of Eden"
East of Eden is a hefty read but Steinbeck's imagery is amazing!!!!!
2007-04-03 10:01:04 · answer #10 · answered by karabear621 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋