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Recent content by agathafan

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    Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights

    I don't like Wuthering Heights becuase it is too dark.
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    Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol

    Christmas Carol is one of my favorite novel. I think the important message we get through this book is irrespective of any particular religion. This is important for all. I have seen many rich people in my country wasting money in unnecessarily in the name of religion, they are wasting on...
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    Dan Brown: Digital Fortress

    Digital Fortress is total disappointment to me. because it so easy to know the ultimate code. A school student can tell the difference between uranium 238 and U 235, and Ensei Tankado had also shown his three crippled fingers yet the whole team of the cryptographers made so much fuss.
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    Today is 'Bhut Chaturdashi', Hindu version of Halloween

    Those are mainly good spirits but sometimes evil spirits may also come with them.
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    Today is 'Bhut Chaturdashi', Hindu version of Halloween

    Today is 'Bhut Chaturdashi', it is considered that the spirits or 'Bhut' come out today and they can make contact with the mortal world. Today we decorate our home with lamps, candels because according to Hindu mythology spirits are afraid of fire.
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    Saddest/Most Depressing Novel You've Ever Read

    The two most depressing books I have read are: 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte 'Endless Night' by Agatha Christie
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    "Dumbledore Is Gay" says Rowling

    This is totally useless. I agree this is just a publicity stunt.
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    John Milton: Paradise Lost

    I haven't read the original poem. Because it is in old English and I don't know it well (my mother tongue is bengali) But I know the plot, I have read in prose form. I really like the plot. It's an epic. Someday I will read the original poem.
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    which poem/poems left a permanent impression on you?

    Which poem/poems left a permanent impression on you? 'Daffodils' By William Wordsworth 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes 'Lochinvar' by Sir Walter Scott 'Kripon'(Miser) by Rabindranath Tagore
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    Shubho Vijaya

    Today is 'Vijaya Dashami'. 'Durga Puja' is ending today. Durga Puja is our main festival. This the festival of the demolition of all evil forces or energies by the good force or energies, which is symbolically showed as Devi Durga ('shaktirupini') is killing the Mahishasura (evil force)...
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    Mary Higgins Clark

    I read The Cradle Will Fall, Pretend You Don't See Her, You Belong to Me, Mount Vernon Love Story. Now I'm reading Where Are The Children?
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    The Best Book You've Ever Read?

    My really like 'Le Horla' by 'Guy de Maupassant' it is so simple yet so horrific Another one is 'A Christmas Carol' by 'Charles Dickens'.
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    Mary Higgins Clark

    I have started reading the thrillers by Mary Higgins Clark. I am liking her style of writting and also the plots.
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    hello again

    Hello, :) I was unable to visit this community due to some personal problems. It is one of my favourite forum and I like the changes of this forum.
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    Scariest Book Ever?

    According to me the most scariest stories are 'Lukoondo' by Edward Lucas White , 'The Horla' by Guy de Maupassant and a Bengali novel on Hindu Tantra practise 'Taranath Tantriker Golpo' (the stories of Taranath Tantriker) by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
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