Out of the authors below, who writes the most interesting, preferably easy, books or poems to read?

Question

Out of the authurs below, who writes the most interesting, perfeably easy, books or peoms to read?
And if you could, tell me why you think so.
Thank you!


Benjamin Franklin
Washington Irving
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Edgar Allen Poe
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
Walt Whitman
Harriet Beecher Stower
Emily Dickinson
Mark Twain
Henry James
Stephen Crane
Robert Frost
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
William Faulkner
John Steinbeck
Ayn Rand
Eugene O'Neill
Tennessee Williams
Arthur Miller
Truman Capote
Zora Neale Hurston

Answer 1

Fitzgerald or Hemingway. Fitzgerald because he creates compassion in the reader through his writing that draws you in, despite the general failure of all his male protagonists, and Hemingway, because he generally uses shorter sentences and also has some captivating plots (avoid The Old Man and the Sea and A Moveable Feast, but everything else is fair game). I would try some short stories first -- The Ice Palace is good and I just found it online here: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/icepalace/icepalace.html.



I would also advise you to read The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. It will really make you think about how he is portrayed and how he actually was.

Answer 2

going through the list, they all have benefit to your education and literacy but many of them are a chore to get through or very boring to read.



I'd have to say Mark Twain is an easy author full of wit and satire. I am personally a fan of Henry David Thoreau, but I wouldn't recommend him if you're looking for easy.

If you're reading Herman Melville I'm going to assume you're reading his most popular book, Moby Dick which I think is a great story and is engaging. I'd still pick Mark Twain.



I'm not a big fan of poetry, personally, but Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson are both REALLY easy to read and understand.

A few books that I think you should steer clear of are: Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter as it is a boring read and the moral and plot are both terrible and there's no real value to it at all, Ayn Rand's Fountainhead as it is terribly long and boring.



The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald I'm kind of on the fence about recommending. When I read it I felt no attachment to the characters, I felt they were all twats and I hated them, and there was no plot and nothing was really going on but then when I finished it occurred to me that though I didn't think I liked the book I couldn't think of a single book I've read that was better.



A lot of these authors I have not yet read, but I want to say again that this list is FULL of great literature and anything you pick from it is going to be good for you.

Answer 3

Nathanial Hawethorn and Emily Dickinson both write using a lot of description, which sometimes makes it difficult to read. Arthur Miller writes lots of plays and those are generally kinda challenging to read. I never really liked John Steinbeck or F. Scott Fitzgerald.



Robert Frost is one of the best poets of all time.



Benjamin Franklin isnt that hard to read but I personally do not find it interesting, and Washington Irving is good but his stories sometimes confuse me.



The most interesting person on this list is Edgar Allen Poe. His poems and short stories are amazing. I love Poe, but his stories tend to have lots of sybolism so if you cant understand symbolism then you probly wont like Poe.

Hope I helped! =)

Answer 4

Emerson and Thoreau are pretty hard to read. They're generally very dry.



Poe and Melville are interesting and that makes it easy to read.



Whitman and Dickinson are both good if you like poetry.



Twain is very easy but I was never interested.



Frost is one of the best poets of all time, but his poetry is about nature generally, so if that doesn't interest you, don't read it.



I adore Hemingway and I can never put his books or stories down.



I hated Rand and Steinbeck.



Arthur Miller is great if you don't mind reading plays, I know that's hard for some people.



Good luck!

Answer 5

Writing is something I personally love. I have a large imagination and ideas flow into my head time and time again and with a little planning, a story can be made out of them. They're fun to work on and sometimes the longer it takes, the better. I love getting to see how my characters progress and when I complete a book, it gives me a sense of achievement. Even if I don’t share the book with my friends or post it on websites, it doesn't stop me from writing more. It is actually really enjoyable to many people and it can get their feelings across in a creative and exciting way. It is quite calming to write too, I often either listen to music while writing or just focus in silence. It takes me to a whole world which I created and control. I can write about anything at all, there are no limits, you can run free. Writing can be done anywhere and anytime, and I love it. Reading creates freedom in a similar way. It shows me a whole new world, it helps me to write better too. Books are virtually endless, so I never run out of them; there's always something new.

Answer 6

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Zora Neale Hurston. Her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God" is an amazing book!



I also like Arthur Miller's plays, they are easy reads and really draw you in. Poe and Twain are pretty easy to read.



Most of the rest of these are, in my opinion, pretty dry and long-winded. However, they are all great authors and well worth reading.



The only one I wouldn't recommend is Hawthorne. I never read anything of his that I actually liked.

Answer 7

Arthur Miller is good because he writes plays which are fast to read. I've read The Crucible and Death of a Salesman by him and they were fairly easy to understand and were interesting.



Edgar Allan Poe is also good too because he writes poems and short stories that are interesting and easy to understand. He's good if you like dark and mysterious writers. I kinda found The Masque of the Red Death to be good.



I don't care for Mark Twain. I've read Huck Finn and it was long and not very easy to understand.



Hawthorne and Hemmingway are very boring and dry.



Hope this helps

Answer 8

Edgar Allen Poe is middle school material, so he writes relatively easy to understand poems. Take his poem The Raven. It has readable words, and is interesting.



Mark Twain has written well known stories. I haven't read much of his works, but I hear some say his works are hard and boring, while others say they are easy and fun.



Robert Frost's poems are amazing and relatively easy.



Those three writers are very well known. I would suggest you research the works of others, becuase you might find one that is easier, or possibly more intresting.

Answer 9

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Hemingway are easy to read and not long-winded. Hemingway is my favorite... they're both amazing and quick, easy reads. If you go with Hawthorne or Dickenson you will fall asleep in a sea of excess description.

Answer 10

hemingway is the best of the lot, and also the easiest. dont read ayn rand.