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Favourite books & authors & reasons why.
By: EquineAnn Date: September 23, 2015, 10:27 am
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As most of us are of a literary mind I thought it might be
interesting to discuss with each other what our favourite books
& authors are & the reasons why. I'll start. No offense intended
to anyone but my favourite author Charlotte Bronte wrote in
Victorian times under the pseudonym of Currer Bell because she
was female & at the time women were seen as not only the weaker
but altogether inferior gender. Men supposedly had a much
greater intellectual capacity. If women stimulated their brains
too much they were rendered useless for what people saw as their
true role which was to do housework & look after the children.
She was born in Thornton to Patrick & Maria Bronte who
originally came from Ireland. Maria Bronte died soon after
Charlotte was born. Originally Charlotte had 4 sisters & 1
brother but 2 of her sisters died when she was young. They moved
to Haworth where Patrick became a parson. That is where
Charlotte, Emily & Anne wrote their books. Some of them were
inspired by Haworth moor. Charlotte wrote 4 books which were
Jane Eyre which was published by Smith, Elder & co. in 1847,
Shirley, The Professor & my favourite which is Villette because
it has a good story behind it & really gives you something to
chew on. I mean, I thought I had a decent vocabulary until I
read Villette the 1st time. Many people prefer Jane Eyre though
& it was seen by William Makepeace Thackeray who was a leading
author at the time as the masterpiece of a literary genius.
Charlotte Bronte went to the School for Clergymen's daughters in
Cowan Bridge. This was what she based Lowood in Jane Eyre on. I
do like Jane Austen but not as much as Charlotte Bronte but as
Jane Austen was almost self-taught you cannot knock her. She was
brilliant. Emily wrote Wuthering Heights & poems. I don't really
care for Wuthering Heights as it is rather too dark for me. She
got Wuthering Heights published by Smith, Elder & co. in 1847.
Her pseudonym was Ellis Bell. I love Emily's poems though. Anne
Bronte wrote Agnes Grey & The Tenant of Wildfell Hall under the
pseudonym of Acton Bell. She also got her first book published
by Smith, Elder & co. in 1847. Haworth was a slum area at the
time & they had a harsh life so you have to give them even more
credit. Branwell Bronte was an artist. It must have been very
hard for Patrick Bronte as he lost all his children. Charlotte
Bronte married Rev. A.B. Nicholls & died at the age of 32 in
childbirth. That was very common at the time.
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Re: Favourite books & authors & reasons why.
By: Olivia Date: September 29, 2015, 8:24 am
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I love E.L.James, Sylvain Reynard and etc. From modern writers -
@FiftyMovellas & @OlgaGOA_Writer on Twitter! :-* Here on site -
it's Olga GOA and Princess Elizabeth :)
Why? Cause i love their unique stories about love and erotica. I
love when ppl don't hide anything and write what about they feel
and know. Show life as it shows to everybody.
I love truth in writing. 8)
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Re: Favourite books & authors & reasons why.
By: EquineAnn Date: September 29, 2015, 11:16 am
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That's great, Olivia. I agree with you there. I think books like
the Bronte's wrote were very true for their time. Thank you very
much for sharing.
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Re: Favourite books & authors & reasons why.
By: pryzmsticv Date: October 14, 2015, 11:33 pm
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I'm sorry lady Ann when it comes to books in more ov the
monster, syfy, type ov fan. Like Stephan king, my dear, I've
read them all. But I like books ov poetry but I like all ov the
poets, so if i have puck one Maya angela would be one favorites,
because most ov her poems is historical or about the strength of
women. TTYL
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Re: Favourite books & authors & reasons why.
By: EquineAnn Date: October 15, 2015, 1:55 am
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It's o.k. Lady Victoria. Everyone likes something different.
There is no need to apologise to me. :0) Poetry is very good. I
like historical works too. I haven't read her works to tell you
the truth.
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Re: Favourite books & authors & reasons why.
By: Olga GOA Date: October 15, 2015, 10:11 am
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Hi, guys! ::)
I love so many books, so hard to put here whole list of them :D
I can read any genre if it intrested me. I can't stop to read
book if it well written and show so many emotions. I read a lot
of romance, specially erotic :D and also books with genre that
using Stephen King or Klaiv Barker. They write so amazing and i
can't stop reading this horror and mystic at same time .
From classic i love Shakespeare, Charlotte Bronte, Tomas Hardy,
Jane Ostin, and etc. A lot of...From Russian - my fav is Michail
Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita"! I read a lot of Russian
books but don't know why this story so attracted me. Maybe cause
there has a lot of emotions, mystery and philosophy? Also i like
Leo Tolstoy "Anna Karenina", Hollywood made movie using this
book where played Keira Knightley. You saw Russian version? It's
really oustanding. There play beautiful russian actress as actor
- Tatyana Samoilova and Vasiliy Lanovoy.
Wish you to watch original version, i hope you can find in at
internet with subs. :)
HTML https://youtu.be/ng38YC1Po1g
HTML https://youtu.be/ng38YC1Po1g
I love also read poems and short stories like had russian poet
and writer - A.S. Pushkin - famous world writer. ;)
I can speak about books a lot cause they are so many.
If you want to advice me smth - tell. I will read it for sure
::)
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Re: Favourite books & authors & reasons why.
By: EquineAnn Date: October 15, 2015, 11:25 am
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I like your list Olga. My favourite Russian book is Dr. Zhivago
though.
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Re: Favourite books & authors & reasons why.
By: Olga GOA Date: October 15, 2015, 2:49 pm
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[quote author=EquineAnn link=topic=1413.msg31732#msg31732
date=1444926306]
I like your list Olga. My favourite Russian book is Dr. Zhivago
though.
[/quote]
Thank you, dear Ann! I read your list too, so impressive!
Wow, that's amazing book, dear. Agree. But really sad :(
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Re: Favourite books & authors & reasons why.
By: EquineAnn Date: October 15, 2015, 3:05 pm
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It's o.k. Olga. Her books are indeed sad but reflect that time &
her life.
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