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I have lots of suggestions for good reads.

Unfortunately, none of them are explicitely Christian.


Unless of course Oscar Wilde counts as being Catholic.

Yay!

Give me a few minutes. I'll list some of my favourites and include brief summaries.

Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann: Basically a modernisation of the original Faust legend, in which a talented pianist sells his soul to gain unparalleled musical talent. It's written like a biography of an actual person (which it's not; it's totally fictional) which makes it a very interesting read.

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde: Another version of the Faust story, though this one is slightly more tweaked. Dorian Gray, a very beautiful young man, gets his portrait painting. After having his eyes opened to all that he can get with his beauty by a friend, he makes a wish that his portrait will age instead of his actual body. His wish comes true, and Dorian is corrupted by sensual pleasure and his own beauty. If I had to pick a favourite book, this would be it.

Dracula by Bram Stoker: I don't think this one needs a summary. Vampire gone wild. But, if you've never read the book, you should. Because it's reallyreally well-written, told through letters and diary entries.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: Continuing with the gothic theme, I'm not sure this one needs a summary either. Victor Frankenstein is a young medical student who creates a monster from the parts of dead bodies. Even though it's a famous story, the actual novel is very different from how it has been portrayed. It raises a lot of great ethical questions, too. I think they make you read it in some schools, though, so you may have already read it.

The Holy Terrors by Jean Cocteau: Very, very strange book about a brother and sister and two of their friends. It concentrates on the relationships between the four characters as they form a very odd love quadralateral, of sorts. It's hard to describe, but it's excellent.




I have tons more, but I'll stop for now. Haha. Letting me see this thread was a bad idea. Now I'll never shut up.

I have a whole long list of books I like on my profile.

No summaries. Just the title and the author.

Some of them are plays, though. I don't think I specified which. But anything listed on there by Marlowe, Shakespeare, or Chekhov is a play.

Hey, I studied a bunch of those authors in French. Have you ever read anything by Jean Paul Sartre?

I almost bought a beautiful leather-bound set of his complete plays from the 1800's today, but I didn't really feel like shelling out the ₤70 for it.

Hm. I paid $10 CND for mine a little while ago. It was a pain in the behind to haul home from the bookstore.