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Hi guys, I wondered if anyone could think of some classic novels that would be appropriate for 15-16 year olds that deal with immortality. I have already thought of The Picture of Dorian Gray, but am wondering if anyone can think of any others because I've drawn a blank. Thanks. P.S. When...

I am not shocked or surprised by this. All memoirs are subjective and hold variations of the truth, since the truth itself is often subjective, depending on who's viewing it. Objectivity is a lovely idea, but it doesn't really exist. In everything that is written you are always reading the...

By story, I meant more the message or moral of the story. So, what I was saying was that it was the moral of the story that was universal. And by not being more detailed we are prevented, as you said, from actually being directly involved in the story and therefore are forced into the position...

While I'm not disagreeing with your points, Stewart, I wonder if the 'leanness' of the book in general was to signify that this is a universal story rather than an individual one. The boy isn't named and we don't really get to feel close to him as he has few qualities we can all relate to. He...

Because it sounds like something that would be associated with vomit? I had no idea what that word meant and if you hadn't said it meant beautiful, I would have assumed it had something to do with rot because it reminds me of the word putrid.

At the moment we are on holidays and the reason she has only two weeks to read them is because the holidays end in two weeks. :D And she won't have to have them all read in two weeks, only one or two of them. So it's not quite as big a load as it may seem. Lani, I have read The Great...

I couldn't finish Tess of the D'urbevilles (sp?). I tried to read it when I was quite young and had no idea what was going on in it, so gave up. I have since been told what a great novel it is and how I should try to read it again, but I really don't want to go back to it only to discover...

I saw the movie of Rebecca, but never read the book. I've only read Jamaica Inn. What I liked most about it, which is rare for me, was her writing style. Normally I tend to get carried away with the plot and forget to look at other things in a novel, but since I actually had to teach this...

I think the longest one I have ever read would be War and Peace.

Colleen McCullough's book series that begins with The First Man in Rome are quite good for Roman society in the final years of the republic era. They have quite a bit on Pompey, Cisero and Caesar in them.

I put that I wouldn't fire you. If you had a doctor's certificate to prove that you have actually been sick when you had the time off then I think it would be unfair to fire you. The unfortunate thing is when you have to take time off due to other people. This makes employers feel that you...

I've read the first one, Tomorrow When the War Began, but haven't read the others. I liked it. John Marsden is a very good author. If you like his style of writing, he has also writen a lot of other books directed at a teen audience. So Much to tell you and Letters From the Inside are two...

As Gollum said, Kook, he is not very original, but I found his later series not quite as obviously LotR copies as the first. They still involve a quest and elves, dwarves and other magical beings, but for entertainment value, I thought they were pretty good. With the Sword of Shanarra...

I read it a few years ago and enjoyed the story. He has a few more, which come after this one, but I never read them.

I haven't read his speech yet, but I had to teach one of his plays when I taught senior drama and we studied Theatre of the Absurd. I didn't find him too bad at all, but then again, I like most of the Absurdists that I've read. I'll read the speech tonight.

I liked Terry Brooks. His first lot are a lot like LotR, but they get better. Many people don't like him, as Kook said, but I found him entertaining.

I didn't see any from other countries, but I watched the ones in Sydney on TV. I didn't go in because it is far too crowded for me. But they looked sensational.

LOL, they certainly should. :p You forgot to mention how they would grunt as those 'unt' words were punted out of those young runts. ;)

My favourite words are: stuff and thing. I have the worlds worst memory and when I can't remember what you call something I can just say, "Bring me that stuff" or "Get me that thing." Worst words: Any that end in unt. I just think all these words sound really awful.

Well, we are not quite that far yet. Thankfully she is only six, so has no idea what an orgy is. The whole book has a sort of sinister tone to it. Even in the beginning where we meet Mr and Mrs Darling, there seems to be something that isnot quite right - Mr Darling is more concerned with...