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Could you suggest me a book (novel) writen by an English atuthor in the 20th century that is interesting and esay to read!?!?!?Thank you and have a nice day!Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Could you suggest me a book (novel) writen by an English atuthor in the 20th century that is interesting and esay to read!?!?!?Thank you and have a nice day!Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hi ! The Ghormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake ; http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Gormenghast!.!.!. TitusGroan Gormenghast TitusAlone http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Titus_Groan!.!.!. Plot introduction The book is set in the huge castle of Gormenghast, a vast landscape of crumbling towers and ivy-filled quadrangles that has for centuries been the hereditary residence of the Groan family and with them a legion of servants!. At the beginning of the novel, two agents of change are introduced into the stagnant society of Gormenghast!. The first, more obvious agent of change is Titus Groan, the heir to Lord Sepulchrave, the seventy-sixth Earl of Groan!. His birth interrupts the daily rituals which are practiced at all levels of the castle society, from the kitchens to the Hall of Bright Carvings in Gormenghast's upper reaches!. However, the novel only covers the first two years of Titus' life, and he plays a minor role!. The second is Steerpike, a ruthlessly ambitious kitchen boy, who is the driving force for the plot of Titus Groan!. His entry into Gormenghast society, at the same time as Lord Titus is born, introduces a steady rate of change into a stagnant world!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Gormenghast!.!.!. Plot summary The second book follows the story of Titus from the age of seven to seventeen!. As the novel opens Titus, as the 77th earl and lord of Gormenghast, dreads the life of pre-ordained ritual that stretches before him!. Barquentine as Master of Ritual, and Steerpike his apprentice, are seen by Titus as the embodiment of all he wants to rebel against!. http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Titus_Alone Plot summary The story follows Titus' journey in the world outside Gormenghast Castle, having left his home at the end of the second book!. Finding himself lost, he suddenly discovers exactly how outdated his home really was, as he stumbles into a city of strange technological marvels, of shimmering metal and glass buildings, whose inhabitants travel by motorcar and airplane — and yet which also houses an entire culture of outcasts beneath the city itself in the "Under-River"!. The book also includes themes more usual to dystopian science fiction, such as marked inequality of wealth and involuntary euthanasia, and in many ways anticipates the steampunk genre!. =^,,^= Www@QuestionHome@Com Firstly I would not try Gormenghast as recommended above!. Very dreary and rather pointless!. From the early 20th Century I very much enjoy books by Jeffrey Farnol although most of them are set in earlier times and some in other countries!. You could try Rudyard Kipling!. His Jungle Books are well known thanks to Disney but for a really fun dog story try 'Thy Servant a Dog'!. Elizabeth Peters writes a series about a Victorian archeaologist called Amelia Peabody!. a woman of forceful character!. She and her husband and later her son have many adventures, frustrating a 'master criminal' and dosing all their Egyptian helpers with ipecuahana when they fall ill!. The time scale runs past WW1!. 'The Last Camel died at Noon' is particularly good!. I would also agree with another contributor that you cannot do better than Terry Pratchett's Discworld series!. If you have seen the film 'The Hogfather' it gives you an idea what to expect!. Www@QuestionHome@Com _Brave New World_ and _1984_ are both good, if you're into dystopias!. Neither are terribly long!. _Brave New World_ is full of long words, but don't let that throw you -- the author was being somewhat facetious and you don't really have to know what the technical terms mean, you can pick them up well enough from context!. If you like _1984_, you might also check out _Animal Farm_!.Www@QuestionHome@Com ruth rendell mysteries - easy to read, well written and good to improve your english (i think that's why you want a book but don't say)Www@QuestionHome@Com Any Terry Pratchett (discworld novels) Funny and easy to read!Www@QuestionHome@Com Saturday - Ian McEwanWww@QuestionHome@Com |