Question #1:Do you like Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights more?I love the Bronte sisters and I was just wondering which book is your favorite!If you like a different book by one of the Bronte's more, you can say that as well! If anyone wants to talk about Anne Bronte that is fine too because her books are also good (and I think really underrated) Go ahead and share when you first read the Bronte's if you would like! Thanks! What is up with the Nike stuff??? :( never mind the Nike answer was deleted......... Question #2:Baby names, due in december?Hi, im due on the 21st december 09.I dont know the sex but these are names me and hubby have picked what do you think. I have 3 kids already there names are Ashton James Helga Anne Rosa Veronica Girls: Easter Amelia Bronte Elizabeth Cranberry Rose Frost Cranberry Rose Alexandra Frost Noelle(my favorite) Frost Noelle BOYS Leo Thomas Alexander John Brian Alexander Izaiah Johanson Frost Thomas(i am aware i used this as a female name) Joel Alexander Condor Jonnathon Oliver Wyatt Please pick your favs and feel free to mix and match Question #3:Which Anne Bronte book is the best?I have just read Jane Eyre, by Charlotte, and Wuthering Heights, by Emily, (both were amazing!) so I want to try a book by Anne. Are her books enjoyable, and is Agnes Grey or Tenant of Wildfell Hall better?And please, NO SPOILERS! Question #4:The Bronte sisters Anne?Why is Emily taught more frequently than Charlotte, with Anne almost never being taught? I love Anne. I think there is something more logical and rational about her than Charlotte. She is certainly less flowery and more concise than Emily, and her characters have a less feminine and more independent quality to them.Athene, I appreciate your response. I thought I was clear that I thought Emily was taught more than Charlotte. I have read all three, but have only ever been instructed to read Emily both in high school and as an English major in college. Furthermore, while you are entitled to your opinion. I do think it can be argued that Anne Bronte's work has elements that the other Bronte sisters are lacking. For instance, in the Tenant of Wildfell Hall the heroine ultimately leaves her controlling husband, much like Nora in "A Doll's House." I think the modernness of that character is certainly more easily related to in our day and age than the characters of Emily and Charlotte's novels. I am not saying those works do not have merit, but I think the merit of Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall should be considered by educators as well. Especially by educators on the college level. Question #5:Who's your favourite Bronte sister, and why?Emily, Charlotte or Anne?Which one do you think is more accomplished as a writer, and does this influence your preferences? Question #6:Have you read Gone With the Wind?I am considering reading this book, and was hoping for some people's opinions on it. I don't know if this is helpful, but here is a list of some if my favorite authors:1. Charlotte Bronte 2. Anne Bronte 3. Jane Austen 4. Emily Bronte 5. Willa Cather 6. Harriet Beecher Stowe 7. Charles Dickens 8. Nathaniel Hawthorne thank you in advance! Question #7:Fiction books to read?I like to read a lot and will read anything almost anything.Here are some books/series I've read and enjoyed so you can understand my taste. The Proud Breed by Celeste De Blasis Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Money by Martin Amis Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Russian Girl by Kingsley Amis Any books by Nora Roberts The Sword Of Shanara series by Terry Brooks Deverry, Westland and The Dragon made series by Katharine Kerr The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McAffery House of Night series Sabriel, Lirael and the Abhorsen by Garth Nix Any book by Garth Nix actually These are just a few so please give me any books like any of these or ones you think are just worth reading :) Question #8:The Brontes or Austen?Now then, here's a tricky little question for you all: if you had to pick between living in a Bronte novel (I'm thinking more Emily and Charlotte, rather than Anne - sorry Anne!) or in a Jane Austen novel, which would it be?Reasons for it as well. I would want to live in both, to be quite honest; I want adventure and a Heathcliff or Rochester to boss me about. (Yes girls, you know you would...) But then again, I wouldn't want all the anguish and pain that comes, hand-in-hand, with Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre, for two examples of their works. If I lived in an Austen novel I could wait about, looking pretty all day, in my lovely Regency dresses, for a rich, handsome man to come a-calling. So you see, I would like both Bronte and Austen novels to coincide: if I could be fairly wealthy and wear pretty dresses but also pull on a big scruffy over-coat and run across the Moors with (a nicer version of) Heathcliff.... I would be one happy girl. :-) What do you think? Question #9:What is Villette by Charlotte Brontë about?And does Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë have any romance in it?Question #10:What book should I read for my English class?I have three weeks left to read a book for my AP English class. I'm a pretty slow reader, especially if the book is harder. I've read The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, and I loved it and it took me about a week and a half to read. The other books on my reading list are:Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver Long Day's Journey Into Night - Eugene O'Neill Cry, the Beloved Country - Alan Paton A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant - Anne Tyler. Question #11:Who is your favorite Brontë sister?Emily, Charlotte, or Anne Brontë.Who's books do you like best? and which books? please give suggestions and descriptions thank you (: Question #12:Pick one (girl) name from each pair?I've posted similar name comparisons in the past, and have gotten some good responses, so here's a new one for you. Please pick the name from each pair that you like the best...if you don't like either, than that's fine. I like all these names, but most of them I would never choose for a kid. I'm always curios to know what names people like/dislike. So, give me your opinions-I will post more names later :-)Adelaide—or—Rosalind Adrienne—or—Rhiannon Ainsley—or—Liberty Alexandria—or—Samantha Amelia—or—Cecilia Annabelle—or— Danielle Anne—or—Jane Aubrey—or—Audrey Beatrice—or—Temperance Blythe—or—Bronte Bronwyn—or—Evelyn Brooklyn—or— Katelyn Cadence—or—Harmony Catherine—or—Christine Charlotte—or—Scarlett Claire—or—Rayne Colleen—or—Melody Dakota—or—Fiona Deidre—or—Leah Elizabeth—or—Laura Eloise—or—Rosalie Erin—or—Gretchen Question #13:Any book recommendations please?iam 44 and i am an avid reader.idont like romance i dont like science fiction spooky westerns or murders.I do like biographies and general fiction.I like some classics i love Anne Bronte and Dostoyevsky.I like Jodi Piccoult ,James herriot and Penny Vincenzi.Please help i have totally run out of ideas.Question #14:who is the better novelist?Agatha Christie or Stephen King?Jodi Picoult or Nicholas Sparks? Anne Rice or Stephanie Meyer? Charlotte Bronte or Jane Austen? J.K. Rowling or J.R.R. Tolkien? Question #15:Which Book Would You Recommend For My Summer Reading?Last year for my summer reading i chose a book that I absolutely hated and bore me to death, so I need a really well written, vivid book that will keep me reading. I'm a guy, so I don't want anything girly or anything. I like a challenging read, but not something so challenging that I can't understand it. Pick two books and tell me what they're about. Here's all the choices I have on my list.The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros Johnny Tremain - Esther Forbes Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes - Edith Hamilton Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis Anne of the Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery The Hot Zone - Richard Preston The Yearling - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Where The Red Ferns Grow - Wilson Rawls Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Reyes A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith the Hobbit - J.R.R Tolkien The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien Old Yeller - Fred Gipson Skellig - David Almond Walk Two Moons - Sharon Creech Boy - Roald Dahl Going Solo - Roald Dahl Under a War-Torn Sky - L.M. Elliot Pictures of Hollis Wood - Patricia Riley Giff A Day No Pigs Would Die - Sarah Darer Littman A Year Down Yonder - Richard Peck A Long Way From Chicago - Richard Peck The Bronze Bow - Elizabeth George Speare So Far From the Bamboo Grove - Yoko Kawashima Watkins Flipped - Wendlin Can Draaned The Lost Garden - Laurence Yep The Pigman - Paul Zindel Sounder - William Armstrong Bud, Not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis Joey Pigza Loses Control - Jack Gantos The Fize People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom Something For Joey - Richard E. Peck Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck The Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway the Call of the Wild - Jack London White Fang - Jack London The Crucible - Arthur Miller Animal Farm - George Orwell The Pearl - John Steinback Thanks!!! I can pick one book that's not on the list, so if you know any other good books that aren't listed, mention them Question #16:Which Bronte sister do you prefer?The awkward middle child of the trio, Emily, is the more prolific writer of the two, though she composed only one novel as opposed to Charlotte's 4 and Anne's 2. In all fairness, I can't speak for the qualities of Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Agnes Grey, having never found either one in my small town's public library or at school. I'm sure I could find it online for free, but my eyes would start bleeding after a couple of starring at the screen two long.Wuthering Heights was a powerful, enigmatic piece of work; I can NEVER get enough of it. Cathy's selfishness, Heathcliff's coldness, and their everlasting love that made death, distance, and time meaningless barricades for them to easily break through. Question #17:Did anyone else find Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte the most boring book ever?I know it's meant to be about the life of a governess in the 19th century but the story was so predictable!!Question #18:Is anyone sitting the English Literature A level exam on wednesday 10th june?its a wjec exam, ELIT5: comparison of modern novels. Just wondering if anyone could give me some pointers for the exam. i'm doing the tenant of wildfell hall compared by anne bronte with the french lieutenants woman by john fowles.Question #19:What are some books that are similar to Jane Eyre?I have read all of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte's novels, as well as Jane Austen's novels. Does anyone have some suggestions to books that are similar?Thanks! I have also read little women, the scarlet letter, and tess of the d'urbervilles Question #20:Do you have your own reading list, and do you mind sharing?Books you want to read. I have multiple lists. So far I have...Books To Read. I Capture the Castle White Teeth Please Kill Me Franny & Zooey Angela’s Ashes Dangerous Angels The Adventures of Augie March Anna Karenina High Fidelity Catch-22 In Cold Blood Tropic of Cancer The Virgin Suicides The Book Thief Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Sweet Soul Music Nine Stories Tender Is the Night, On the Road The Man Called Cash The Diary of Anne Frank Dharma Punx The Exes The Outsiders Their Eyes Were Watching God All the President’s Men The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Wisdom An Abundance of Katherines by john green Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn King Dork by Frank Portman Shrimp by Rachel Cohn Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock Beige by Cecil Castellucci All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Color Purple - by Alice Walker Crime and Punishment - by Fyodor Dostoevsky Ender's Game -by Orson Scott Card A Farewell to Arms - by Ernest Hemingway Go Ask Alice - by Anonymous Helter Skelter- by Vincent Bugliosi Jane Eyre - by Charlotte Bronte One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - by Ken Kesey The Scarlet Letter - by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Sun Also Rises - by Ernest Hemingway The Burn Journals- Brent Runyon Its kind of a funny story by Ned Vizzini Unwind- Neal Shusterman no one belongs here more then you -miranda july My Darling, My Hamburger p.z. THE GEOGRAPHY OF GIRLHOOD-Kirsten Smith THE LITTLE PRINCE-Antoine de Saint-Exupery SOMEONE LIKE SUMMER-M. E. Kerr Eeeee Eee Eeee- Tao Lin Go Figure-Jo Edwards A Brief History of the Dead- Brockmeier, Kevin Grab Onto Me Tightly as If I Knew the Way-Charles, Bryan The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton Dramarama, E.Lockhart That Was Then, This is Now , S.E. Hinton Killing Yourself to Live , Chuck Klosterman Let it Snow, J Green. M Johnson. L Myracle. Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card Invasive Procedures, Orson Scott Card Burned, Ellen Hopkins Keeping The Moon, Sarah Dessen When it Happens, Susane Colasanti Mister B Gone, Clive Barker Bureaucracy, Douglas Adams Anatomy of a Boyfriend, Daria Snadowsky Two-way Street, Lauren Barnholdt Sticky Fingers, Niki Burnham Lost It, Kristen Tracy Tex, S.E. Hinton Venomous, Christopher Krovatin Leftovers, Laura Wiess A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Inexcusable, Chris Lynch The Astonishing Adventure of Fanboy & Goth Girl, Barry Lyga Blink, Malcolm Gladwell Glass, Ellen Hopkins Dancing in the Streets of Brooklyn, April Laurie I Can't Tell You, Hilary Frank The Torn Skirt: A Novel-Rebecca Godfrey Better Than Running at Night by Hillary Frank Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard American Star by Jackie Collins Candy by Kevin Brooks Things Change by Patrick Jones Burned by Ellen Hopkins Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs Crash: A Novel by J.G. Ballard Sweep - Kate Tiernan Graceling - Kristin Cashore The Truth About Love by Stephanie Laurens ** Powered by Yahoo Answers |
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