using System;

using System.Xml;

using System.Linq;

using System.Xml.Linq;

using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Program

{

      public class People

        {

            public string Name { get; set; }

            public string Age { get; set; }

            public IList<Hobby> Hobbies { get; set; }

        }

        public class Hobby

        {

            public string Title { get; set; }

            public string Description { get; set; }

        }

    public static void Main()

    {

            string xml = @"<people>  

            <person>

                <name>Mr Brown</name>

                <age>40</age>

                <hobby>

                    <title>Eating</title>

                    <description>eats a lot</description>

                </hobby>

                <hobby>

                    <title>Sleeping</title>

                    <description>sleeps a lot</description>

                </hobby>

            </person>

            <person>

                <name>Mr White</name>

                <age>40</age>

                <hobby>

                    <title>Skiing</title>

                    <description>more details on this</description>

                </hobby>

                <hobby>

                    <title>Football</title>

                    <description>watches football</description>

                </hobby>

            </person>

            </people>";

​

​

​

            XElement element=XElement.Parse(xml);

​

​

            var person = from a in element.Descendants("person")

                           select new People

                            {

                                Name = a.Element("name").Value,

                                Age = a.Element("age").Value,

                                Hobbies = a.Descendants("hobby")

                                         .Select(x => new Hobby

                                                    {

                                                        Title = x.Element("title").Value,

                                                        Description = x.Element("description").Value

                                                    }).ToList()

                            };

        foreach(var d in person)

        {

            Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Name = {0}:Age={1}:Hobbies:{2}",d.Name,d.Age,d.Hobbies.Count()));

        }

    }

}