Book Menu for Eldest by Christopher Paolini
ISBN of edition I read: 037582670X
This is the second book in Paolini's Inheritance series. It is pure high fantasy and pure adventure!
Food mentioned in Eldest:
Jerky, 43, 429, 578
Mead, 50, 110
Raspberries, 69
Meat pies, 107
Fruit, 107
Honey cakes and raspberry preserves, 107, 223
Sourdough bread, 131
Bread with soft cheese, 183
Mulled cider mixed with mead, 232
Seedcakes, 242
Bread and hazelnut butter, 346, 441
Pastries, 489
Apricot brandy, 489
Biscuits and dried apples, 566
Music mentioned in Eldest :
Harps and lutes, 51, 459
Reed Pipe, 168, 232, 300
Harps, 232, 459
Great vocabulary in Eldest :
vassal, 24
gregarious, 34
inebriated, 51
boisterously, 51
insensate, 52
ethereal, 56, 113
equanimity, 61, 129
abeyance, 71
placate, 72
crenulated, 74, 574
chortled, 76
fortuitous, 76
ruminations, 85
lambent, 85
soporific, 96
immutable, 99
harbingers, 102
frippery, 103
surreptitiously, 104, 289
ponderously, 114
elucidated, 115
contentious, 121, 603
ostracized, 122
tenacious, 133
abated, 133
inexorable, 133
undulating, 141, 436, 468, 577
impunity, 145
deferential, 153
deference, 258
fecund, 160
lithe, 168
panoply, 170
acquiesce, 178
carapace, 195
attenuated, 198
verdant, 200, 219
aphorisms, 200
depravities, 202
abdicated, 203, 219
ephemeral, 203
reciprocate, 204
susurration, 212
imperious, 224
languid, 224
diaphonous, 239
raiment, 242
sinous, 277
escarpment, 278
impugn, 279, 478
askance, 283
beleaguered, 291
tumultuous, 298
taciturn, 298
precipitous, 299
mellifluous, 300
bemused, 308
bulbous, 311
jocular, 312
sardonic, 313
wended, 315
embrasure, 314
dolorous, 320, 366
ablutions, 341, 370
ameliorated, 344
acuity, 344
detritus, 355, 449
redolent, 372
derisive, 372
deign, 372
impregnable, 378, 482
quailed, 386
bandy, 394
temerity, 394
promontory, 403
pestilence, 404
ululation, 416
untenable, 427, 600
trundled, 431
eyrie, 431
ubiquitous, 436
iridescent, 467
vociferous, 476
prodigious, 507
acrimonious, 527
obsidian, 559
precipitous, 559
provender, 579
turgid, 581, 623
circumspect, 586
irrevocable, 596
rapacious, 604
adamantine, 606
musculature, 607
alacrity, 614
mephitic, 623
resplendent, 657
Discussion questions for Eldest :
What does this fantasy fiction novel have in common with other fantasy books you've read? How does it differ from them?
What do you think will happen in the third book?
What did you think of the map? Did you refer to it?
What are Eragon's biggest weaknesses?
What goals did Eragon set out to accomplish but failed at?
Which was your favorite race? (Dwarves, elves, men, urgals, dragons?)
What do you think was the most valuable thing Eragon learned? Roran?
Discuss the book's cover and title.
Libraries mentioned in Eldest :
page 465: Islanzadi raised one pale had. "Your work shall be added to the great library in Tialdari Hall, Eragon-finiarel, so that all who wish can appreciate. Though your poem is allegory, I believe that it has helped many of us to better understand the hardships you have face since Saphira's egg appeared to you...
