Favourite stories .... all J.K. Rowling books and Roald Dahl books .... all the stories written by Dahl are simply amazing ... what a riveting imagination that guy had. Same for J.K. Rowling. Cannot wait for book 5 ... out this month I believe! Woooo hoooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
David Copperfield, A Tale Of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Pickwick Papers, by Dickens.
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen.
The Far Pavilions, M.M. Kaye.
The Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling
And anything and everything by Wodehouse+Dickens. They are the best undoubtedly.Right now I cannot remember some of them...but there are lots of stories I love. and in short storie writers I like Maugham.
i used to read alot of urdu litrature, fictions, travelages, biographies, novels. i started reading likes of Ibn-E-safi and Mazhar kaleem from 2nd grade and Mustanser Husssain Tarrer, tariq Ismail Sagaar, Colonal Ishfaq from 4th grade. since last few years i have feeling that MHT and TIS are kindaa type writers, but i still enjoy them. in urdu novels and fiction among few others Qamar Ajnalwi is absoulte brillient. i was going to bring some of these books but my cricket videos were making my laguage too heavy.
so far i have not tried anything in english ltrature except a couple of fiction novels. may be u guys could recommend something.
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Favourite stories .... all J.K. Rowling books and Roald Dahl books .... all the stories written by Dahl are simply amazing ... what a riveting imagination that guy had. Same for J.K. Rowling. Cannot wait for book 5 ... out this month I believe! Woooo hoooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
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Dear MehnazQ,
I am unfamiliar with Roald Dahl. What story would you reccomend?
another Plum fan :k: i luvvv Jeeves & Wooster, and Psmith… in fact i recently bought the entire series on DVD from PBS other favourites are Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice. Also, The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffrey Archer. Scarlet Pimpernel and A Tale of Two Cities. Also, Floreana, the autobiography of a couple who moved to the remote and uninhabited Galapagos Islands and made it their home, all for the sake of adventure :k: when i was younger i was a huge Enid Blyton fan, i still enjoy Malory Towers and the Famous Five when i read them to the kids i tutor.
The Far Pavilions - M.M.Kaye
The Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
The Secret Garden - Frances Burnett
Anne of Green Gables - L.M.Montgomery
The Nightingale and the Rose - Oscar Wilde
i used to read alot of urdu litrature, fictions, travelages, biographies, novels. i started reading likes of Ibn-E-safi and Mazhar kaleem from 2nd grade and Mustanser Husssain Tarrer, tariq Ismail Sagaar, Colonal Ishfaq from 4th grade. since last few years i have feeling that MHT and TIS are kindaa type writers, but i still enjoy them. in urdu novels and fiction among few others Qamar Ajnalwi is absoulte brillient. i was going to bring some of these books but my cricket videos were making my laguage too heavy.
so far i have not tried anything in english ltrature except a couple of fiction novels. may be u guys could recommend something.
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I like Mustansar Hussain Tarar. Have you read any thing by Mumtaz Mufti or Qudratullah Shahab?
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Off the top of my head,
The Far Pavilions - M.M.Kaye
The Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
The Secret Garden - Frances Burnett
Anne of Green Gables - L.M.Montgomery
The Nightingale and the Rose - Oscar Wilde
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I forgot about Lucy Maud Montgomery. I love all the Ann books.
Also
Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott.
I don't think I ever read The Shell Seekers, but I did read Coming Home...by I think the same author.
Coming Home was interesting..but IMOH not really an enjoyable keep you glued to the book type of story.
other favourites are Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice. Also, The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffrey Archer. Scarlet Pimpernel and A Tale of Two Cities. Also, Floreana, the autobiography of a couple who moved to the remote and uninhabited Galapagos Islands and made it their home, all for the sake of adventure :k: when i was younger i was a huge Enid Blyton fan, i still enjoy Malory Towers and the Famous Five when i read them to the kids i tutor.