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A talent for writing propaganda, being an icon as he was, etc. is all very well but I believe it was his lack of understanding of fundamental Roman politics which led to his demise.

1) Tolstoy, he had a brilliant understanding of society and philosophy. 2) Dostoevsky, brilliant psychoanalysis 3) Tolkien, creative genius. 4) Shakespeare, must I say more? 5) Dumas, thrilling, beautiful. I chose not to include the many Persian poets I love, being Persian...

I would like to recommend Dumas' long lost work, the Knight of Maison-Rouge (Le Chevalier de la Maison-Rouge) which was recently rediscovered and translated in 2003. I have heard excellent reviews of the Julie Rose translation and the book itself (despite the fact that it was written so long...

Actually I wouldn't say that Caesar was very political. But that isn't the point. The point is that james or others interested might be still observing this thread so here we go: Roman and Greek are very, very different and seperate aside from very basic aspects of mythology so the...

It is my opinion that if we do not class non-fiction as the catergorical, unembellished, unexaggerated truth, then anything could be validly classified as non-fiction. What we as humans write about is confined to our knowledge, all of which is based on the real world or other books based on...

I am very fond of the works you have mentioned, but I cannot accept anyone as well read in Epics unless they have read Ferdowsi's Persian Epic, the Shahnameh, written in couplet verse and translated into prose English by Dick Davis. The Dick Davis books are seriously abridged and do little...

Martin's link was helpful to me as well. I read several of the famous ones when I was little, but these were abridged, stupid versions. I was looking into more seriously observing the work as the stories are brilliant and exciting. Thanks Martin. :)

Oh God, Lord of the Flies. SAVE ME! This was just a few weeks ago, I am in ninth grade. I have also had to read a book by E.L. Konigsburg. I don't remember the name of it but there was a "Saturday" in the title. (A View from Saturday?????) This was for sixth grade. And my gosh...

I have heard of the author of which you speak, but have never read him. You shouldn't be ashamed though! The books I read tend to be very difficult reads for me, I am challenged by them, and thus I dont get a lot of books read in a given amount of time. And what is important is not what is...

That is a very comprehensive site. I enjoy much of Poe, but too often the sole subject of his writing is physical suffering. I will never understand what he was thinking while writing, for example, the Pit and the Pendulum, nor do I wish to. My personal favorite Poe work is, as with the...

Thank you for the kind remarks. Martin, right now I am reading Nabil's historical narrative, the Dawnbreakers which is a history of the Bahai Faith. I am going to start the Brothers Karamazov of Dostoevsky shortly. I am very fond of Russian literature, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy obviously...

Why, Around the World in Eighty Days of course! :) I am visiting relatives in Vancouver when school is out for Christmass break. Regards, Faran

Who else was as disgusted with this biased rubbish as I was? And why, in God's name, is it so celebrated!? The Author seemsto suffer from a paranoid condition in which he fears we will not realize just how much he adores Duke Wellington and despises Napoleon. While I admit that Napoleon...

The LOTR books are a trilogy, though their cohesiveness certainly makes it plausible that they were intended to be one novel. And this was the case. I consider it three books. If original intents were final, the world would be very different. edit: Oh dear, I just noticed how old this...

Obviously this is a rip off of Jules Verne's classic novel, but one tires of the over read classics every now and then. I will check it out when I have the time, must have something to do on the plane.

I was wondering whether the other members here consider this book more a psychological exegesis or simply a story, though irrefutably reflective of the author's profound comprehension of the human mind and emotions. In my opinion the book is predicated on the evil nature of the...

I don't intend to be impertinent for a new member, but I thought that there should be several additions to the section of the board about various genres of books. I don't think that Philosophy and Poetry fall into any of the current categories.

Hello. I am a 14 year old student located in Boston Massachusetts, though I am 100% Persian by heritage. My favorite authors are Ferdausi, Dostoevsky, Mohlavi, Tolstoy, and Homer. How long has this forum existed, by the way?