[NF] What is your favorite work of literature?

[Bnova]

I find Fydor Dostoyevsky's Poor Folk to be quite nice
and I've always loved Sun Tzu's Art of War

who is your favorite novelist/philosopher and what work of literature do you love?

 

[Nico_D]

I haven't read practically anything for a long a couple of years now. It's not because I don't like literature (although I am a very slow reader, I read and stop to think about the words and sentences and so forth, stupid) but I'm very picky about my reading. I hate to start a book and get disappointed in the characterization (mostly).

That's way I do research before reading any book.

But my favorites are Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, David Yates' Revolutionary Road and John Cheever's short stories. From the plays I absolutely love Tennessee Williams. Also Arthur Miller, Peter Shaffer and Henrik Ibsen.

 

[/DG/]

There is already a thread about this though:

http://www.typologycentral.com/foru...literature.html?highlight=favorite+literature

 

[Jet Stream]

Not a big reader, but I especially like the works of Kevin Trudeau, Bill O'Reilly (yes detractors, eat your hearts out), and this book titled The Rise and fall of the Third Reich written by an author whose name completely escapes my memory. Published in the 60s I believe.

 

[ailouros]

My favorite novel is Virginia Woolf's The Waves. Philosophers that impressed me deeply include Kierkegaard and Max Scheler.

 

[Lily Bart]

Wuthering Heights -- the BOOK, NOT the movie!

 

[Froody Blue Gem]

Obviously or not so obviously by my username, I love "Hitchhiker's Guide" and what I've read of Dirk Gently is hilarious too. Definitely book over movie for that one. I did enjoy the movie fairly, even if a lot of the diehard fans dislike it. Just the style of irreverent satire and the colorful cast of characters that Douglas Adams bring to life. It's such a quotable book and Marvin is my favorite character. He has some hilarious quotes and I feel a lot for that poor little android. ;-; I wish he had a different fate. In works of sci-fi, there is just something lovable about robot and alien characters.

Other than that, I have a soft spot for the Chronicles of Narnia. I grew up with those books and I love the Biblical symbolism. My favorite book it "The Magician's Nephew" because it was the first Narnia book I read when I was little and it also was an origin story, how it all began. We also learn about the origins of the professor in "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" and I like how the books give little nods to each other. "The Last Battle" is another great book.

 

[Ashtart]

"Notes From The Underground" by Dostoevsky.

 

[Non_xsense]

"Cien años de soledad" Grabiel garcia marquez and Tolstoi " War and peace".
For me those are like the op. 10 of Chopin and Preludes of Debussy.

I have never read Dostoevsky Tho (Should i read it in english or spanish ... Spanish is more complex of course but i think english have better translation) , My bad.