However,reading novels is not the only way to improve your English.In fact,if you restrict yourself to novels you will miss a lot of treasures.English essays can at once inform you,entertain you,and refine your taste in English.The best example is Bertrand Russell’s work.Its language is plain,yet you cannot help feeling the elegance and the peculiar sense of humor.His simple language enables his philosophy within the reach of ordinary people.The same is true of George Orwell’s work.Here comes my second suggestion—essays are necessary.
My last advise is never follow others’ recommendations and opinions blindly,however famous or influential the person might be.Some days ago,I listened to the audiobook of Somerset Maugham’s autobiography The Summing Up.In a chapter he regards Edward Gibbon and Samuel Johnson’s style as pompous.Though I admire Maugham’s prose,I cannot agree with his view.Probably one can label Johnson’s work as pretentious,but definitely not Gibbon’s.In fact,his lucid style makes his works highly readable,and you can hardly believe they were written over 200 years ago.Therefore,we should be open to various ideas,but always think and determine for ourselves.As a saying goes,one man’s meat is another man’s poison.With that in mind,we are bound to find out our favourite writers through reading and develop our fine taste in English.
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