using System; using System.Linq; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Xml; using System.Xml.Linq; public class MainClass { public static void Main() { XElement firstParticipant; XDocument xDocument = new XDocument( new XElement("Books", firstParticipant = new XElement("Book", new XAttribute("type", "Author"), new XElement("FirstName", "A"), new XElement("LastName", "B")), new XElement("Book", new XAttribute("type", "Author"), new XElement("FirstName", "C"), new XElement("LastName", "D")))); Console.WriteLine(xDocument); firstParticipant.Remove(); Console.WriteLine(xDocument); } }