I need to read The Scarlet Pimpernel because I LOVE the movie. Its so great. Yay for period films!

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I know exactly what you mean by not having anything to read but books for university. Bleh. That's exactly were I am right now...not that I have any time to read "outside" stuff.
However, I recommend "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. I'm currently reading it right now for my Politcal Theory class. Most definately an "adult fiction" novel. Maybe I'm so into it because it's a great refresher from blasted Plato and Aristotle...talk about "adult" books. Yikes...

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Thanks very much for all the suggestions



That does sound very interesting and I loved the Poisonwood Bible by her. I'll need to look out for it.

I havn't read Memoirs of a Geisha Arwen but I've been meaning to read it for a while especially since the film came out. And from what I found on Amazon I really like the sound of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

I did try to read The Scarlet Pimpernel but I never got into it, maybe I should try it again though, I was pretty young when I first tried to read it.





Oh Brave New World is really great. I definitly prefered it to 1984. And have fun reading Plato and Aristotle We read Plato's Gorgias last year, not one of my favourites but that was also the lecturer. We're looking at Bertram Russell at the moment and his book we're studying is actually pretty short and to the point. Most unusual in a Philosopher

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The Scarlet Pimpernel is by Baroness Orczy, who also wrote The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, which is a collection of fantastic short stories about the S.P. If you like that, you'll probably also like Dumas' The Three Musketeers and follow-ups.
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I highly recommend the Patricia McKillip's Riddlemaster Trilogy - not quite LOTR, but almost, almost there. I stayed up for two nights in a row reading it. Superb!

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For those that are really into Colonial-era history, the novelizations by Edward Cline ("Sparrowhawk") series are outstanding books. They are told from the viewpoint of the leadup to the American Revolution. They start in England with the first two books, about two differnet young men Jack Fake and Hugh Kenrick.

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Have you ever tried Dorothy L. Sayers? She wrote some very good fiction. They're mysteries, but intelligent mysteries, which include all kinds of quotes from classics, uses real logic, etc. They're so different from Agatha Christie that I'd have to think about it more to add.

Then there's Eudora Welty, the modern classic Mississippi authoress and Pulitzer Prize winner. My favorite of her works, so far, is "The Ponder Heart," which is a very touching story. She wrote a variety of works, so you'd have quite a bit to choose from with her. Many consider her works sophisticated.

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If you like fantasy you might want to try Marion Zimmer Bradley. If you don't then what about Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series?? They're definately adult fiction (if you're picky, don't read them, they're pretty ... well free and easy I suppose )

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Marion Zimmer Bradley's written stories about King Arther hasn't she? I do really like that kind of thing. (BTW thanks Herenya for recommending Mary Stewart's Merlin trilogy. I'm re-reading it at the moment and enjoying it way more than I did last time I read it)

I looked up the Outlander books on Amazon and they look as if they might be pretty good. I wouldn't say I was picky in that sort of way I image I'd be more likely to object to the inaccurate descriptions of Scotland that some people are talking about in the books

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Yes, I love Dorothy L Sayers! Especially Gaudy Night, it's one of my favourite books! It's not just a basic 'whodunit', it's quite intellectual, about a novelist at Oxford during the 1930s, and it talks about feminism and relationships and women's education and pscyhology and ... I wrote a review of it here if anyone is interested... I also found it quite amusing.

Elanor, I'm glad you're enjoying the Merlin trilogy!

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You're right about MZB Elanor, she has written about King Arthur. But that's only one of the Avalon series.

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