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Jersey Posted 21 years ago
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has anyone read Lolita
Has anyone read the book Lolita ,by Vladimir Nabokov.
I am reading it and find it a little difficult to understand,
I was wondering if it suitable to a beginner,
or maybe someone recommend some "right" books for me.
thank you
Jersey
I am reading it and find it a little difficult to understand,
I was wondering if it suitable to a beginner,
or maybe someone recommend some "right" books for me.
thank you
Jersey
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Hello Jersey I wouldn't say it was suitable for a beginner. Nabokov uses some quite unusual vocabulary; his English is sometimes quite 'mannered'. If you tell us the titles of some other books you've read recently, it will give us an idea of the level you're at.
- Hello Jersey I wouldn't say it was suitable for a beginner.
- Nabokov uses some quite unusual vocabulary; his English is sometimes quite 'mannered'.
- If you tell us the titles of some other books you've read recently, it will give us an idea of the level you're at.
- Then we'll be able to suggest some alternatives.
- MrP
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Hello Jersey
I wouldn't say it was suitable for a beginner. Nabokov uses some quite unusual vocabulary; his English is sometimes quite 'mannered'.
If you tell us the titles of some other books you've read recently, it will give us an idea of the level you're at. Then we'll be able to suggest some alternatives.
MrP
I wouldn't say it was suitable for a beginner. Nabokov uses some quite unusual vocabulary; his English is sometimes quite 'mannered'.
If you tell us the titles of some other books you've read recently, it will give us an idea of the level you're at. Then we'll be able to suggest some alternatives.
MrP
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Hi Jersey
you should read "Reading Lolita in Tehran". The (true) story is about a woman teacher in Iran who, during the Islamic Revolution, keeps teaching in her house literature to her girls students, and one of the books they talk about is " Lolita".
I have never read " Lolita" but " Reading Lolita in Tehran" shouldn't be hard to understand..I hope you will enjoy it!
you should read "Reading Lolita in Tehran". The (true) story is about a woman teacher in Iran who, during the Islamic Revolution, keeps teaching in her house literature to her girls students, and one of the books they talk about is " Lolita".
I have never read " Lolita" but " Reading Lolita in Tehran" shouldn't be hard to understand..I hope you will enjoy it!
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Hi, MrPedantic
I 've read the book Out Of Africa recently,and I find it is not very difficult except some new words in it.
so when i read it i have a english dictionary.
I am going to read The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie,is it the "right" book for me?
I 've read the book Out Of Africa recently,and I find it is not very difficult except some new words in it.
so when i read it i have a english dictionary.
I am going to read The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie,is it the "right" book for me?
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Hi Jersey!
I'm sure Nabokov deserves to be on the reading list of you, but I'd sincerely advise you to read it leisurely, with pleasure (not to learn English in any case!).
He is very famous as a trial to translators. His novels are full of hints at / quote from Russian literature, to say nothing of metaphors!
..........{quote from 'Spring in Fialta'}......................
I'm sure Nabokov deserves to be on the reading list of you, but I'd sincerely advise you to read it leisurely, with pleasure (not to learn English in any case!).
He is very famous as a trial to translators. His novels are full of hints at / quote from Russian literature, to say nothing of metaphors!
..........{quote from 'Spring in Fialta'}......................
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Hello Jersey
Agatha Christie's fiction contains quite a lot of dialogue, and mostly uses very common words. So it should be quite suitable.
Other straightforward but interesting texts are:
Agatha Christie's fiction contains quite a lot of dialogue, and mostly uses very common words. So it should be quite suitable.
Other straightforward but interesting texts are:
Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
Orwell's Animal Farm
Crane's The Red Badge of Courage
Austen's Emma
Conan-Doyle's Sherlock Holmes s
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Hi Jersey, thanks ;-)
For mentioning Nabokov's Lolita!
By the way, in the quote above there's an expression:
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... the alto-like name of a lovely Crimean town is echoed by its viola ...
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The health resort town Yalta (? an alto-like name ?) is mentioned here, I guess. The name 'Yalta' i
For mentioning Nabokov's Lolita!
By the way, in the quote above there's an expression:
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... the alto-like name of a lovely Crimean town is echoed by its viola ...
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The health resort town Yalta (? an alto-like name ?) is mentioned here, I guess. The name 'Yalta' i
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Hallow! I haven't read Nabokov's book in English, but in Russian they produce a strong impression.
Yalta is a wonderful place something like Cannes or Nice.
Yalta is a wonderful place something like Cannes or Nice.
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Hey Vasiliy, nice to meet you.
I've never been to Yalta. But I've been to your Piter! In Summer! Are you having white nights now? (What gave me an impression then was: you can tell morning from dawn by birds' singing. It is light outside, but sooo quiet, before morning, isn't it. Wonderful city. I envy you..!)
Nabokov is great. Especially in original. But I think Lolita is written i
I've never been to Yalta. But I've been to your Piter! In Summer! Are you having white nights now? (What gave me an impression then was: you can tell morning from dawn by birds' singing. It is light outside, but sooo quiet, before morning, isn't it. Wonderful city. I envy you..!)
Nabokov is great. Especially in original. But I think Lolita is written i
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