European Literature

Pur essendo ormai anziano, il pittore Louis Cuchas, quando qualcuno gli chiede qual è l’immagine che ha di sé stesso, risponde, senza esitazione alcuna, che lui si vede sempre come un ragazzino. Perché di fatto la sua arte è il frutto di quel modo particolare di vedere la realtà che solo l’anima pura di un ragazzino riesce a percepire.

Oscar Wilde told and retold his fairy tales to friends in private readings, refining them further each time before finally publishing them in two collections between 1888 and 1891 to great acclaim and lasting popularity ever since. Much of their charm is due to Wilde's intention that the stories be "studies in prose... meant partly for children, and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy, and who find in simplicity a subtle strangeness."

The Hobbit is one of the most widely read and best-loved books of the 20th century. Now Professor Corey Olsen takes listeners deep within the text to uncover its secrets and delights. Chapter by chapter, he reveals the stories within the story: the dark desires of dwarves and the sublime laughter of elves, the nature of evil and its hopelessness, the mystery of divine providence and human choice, and, most of all, the transformation within the life of Bilbo Baggins.

The new summer house on Sandhamn Island is an architectural dream for its owner, Carsten Jonsson. It’s a nightmare for the locals. The venture capitalist has flouted local traditions, property lines, and the natural beauty of the coastline. He’s also too wealthy and arrogant to heed the anonymous warnings to leave. The threats escalate when his guest lodge is burned to the ground and an unidentifiable corpse is found in the charred ruins.

When Franco, a weary Italian soldier who’s seen some of the worst of World War I, stumbles onto the Martellino vineyard, he’s looking for work - not love. But he finds that and much more with Isabella, the feisty young woman who works there. Franco pours himself into the vineyard, trying to create a wine that will save it from financial ruin and rescue him from his dark memories of war. But it’s not easy when Mussolini's evil shadow continues to loom over all of Italy.

The collection English Fairy Tales of Joseph Jacob includes the following Fairy tales : Binnorie ; Cap O' Rushes ; Childe Rowland ; Earl Mar 's Daughter ; Henny-Penny ; How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune ; Jack and the Beanstalk ; Jack Hannaford ; Jack the Giant-Killer ; Johnny-Cake ; Lazy Jack ; Molly Whuppie ; Mouse and Mouser ; Mr. Fox ; Mr. Miacca ; Mr. Vinegar ; Nix Nought Nothing ; Teeny-Tiny ; The Golden Arm ; The Master and His Pupil ; The Old Woman and Her Pig ; The Red Ettin ; The Rose-Tree.

Lecture par André Falcon de la Comédie française en 1955. "Je suis un mensonge qui dit toujours la vérité." Jean Cocteau. "Thomas l'imposteur" est le lieu clos d'un enjeu et d'un débat impossibles. Une lutte incessante entre le réel et l'imaginaire. Guillaume Thomas, l'imposteur, se fait passer pour ce qu'il n'est pas par amour pour Henriette. Il s'invente un destin de fils de Général.

Crossfire collects Staceyann Chin's empowering, feminist-LGBTQ-Caribbean, activist-driven poetry for the first time in a single work.

Quizá sea ésta la novela de aventuras más leída de la historia de la literatura. Un ilusionado joven originario de Gascuña, región francesa limítrofe con España, va a París con una carta de recomendación para convertirse en un mosquetero del rey. Su nombre es D’Artagnan. Nada más empezar su viaje debe desafiar a un misterioso caballero acompañado por una bella y misteriosa dama. En el momento que llega a París es retado a duelo por 3 mosqueteros Athos, Portos y Aramis, pero justo antes del momento en que van a empezar a batirse, les interrumpe la guardia del cardenal Richelieu.

Ce texte de Rousseau, paru initialement dans l'"Encyclopédie", souvent délaissé, voire tout à fait méconnu au profit du "Contrat social", occupe pourtant toute sa place dans l'œuvre laissée par le philosophe. À ses yeux, l'économie a en charge la bonne administration des questions d'ordre public comme l'éducation, la propriété, l'impôt.

Peau blanche comme la neige, cheveux noirs comme l'ébène, Blanche-Neige est vraiment la plus jolie des princesses ! Pour échapper à la jalousie de la reine, elle va devoir pourtant se réfugier chez les sept nains dans la forêt. Et, grâce à eux, elle pourra peut-être épouser le beau prince charmant !

One of Henry James’ main themes was the interaction between the Old World and the New. Restless Baroness Eugenia Munster and her charming bohemian brother Felix are visiting their American cousins in Boston, New England. The effect these two extravagant characters have on their austere Puritan relations forms the substance of the book and is told in a series of scenes or ‘sketches’.

A Madame de La Fayette, on ne doit pas seulement le premier roman d'analyse, mais une révolution des lettres françaises : pour la première fois, le cœur du roman, c'est la vie d'une femme, "La Princesse de Clèves" ; pour la première fois, dans la société aristocratique du XVIIe siècle, qui la réduit au silence, elle fait entendre sa voix intérieure. Au temps de Henri I, Catherine de Médicis, Diane de Poitiers miroir historique sans doute nécessaire pour risquer l'analyse qu'elle fait des mœurs de son temps - "il parut alors une beauté à la cour".

La produzione in versi più conosciuta di Giacomo Leopardi. La raccolta si divide in quattro fasi: la prima riguarda temi erotici, il suicidio, la natura e il senso della vita; la seconda tratta i piccoli e i grandi idilli; la terza è dedicata alla donna di cui Leopardi si innamorò, Fanny Targioni Tozzetti; la quarta e ultima fase comprende infine due canzoni sepolcrali, la "Palinodia", il capitolo "I nuovi credenti", "La ginestra" e "Il tramonto della Luna". Giacomo Leopardi (1798 – 1837) è stato un filosofo, filologo, poeta e scrittore italiano.

Claudine et son père ont quitté leur village de Montigny pour s'installer à Paris, où la jeune fille va découvrir la vie parisienne avec le soutien de son cousin Marcel, son ami, son confident et son complice. Elle finit par s'habituer à la vie dans cette ville qu'elle trouvait dure au début, et commence à sortir et à mener une vie mondaine. Elle ne tarde pas de tomber amoureuse de Renaud, chroniqueur de la vie mondaine, un grand séducteur aux tempes grisonnantes. Malgré l'hostilité de Marcel dont c'est... le père, elle finit par épouser Renaud.

In The Europeans, Eugenia, Baroness Munster, is about to be repudiated by her husband, a German prince. With her artist brother, she travels to Boston to visit relatives that she has never met in the hope of finding a wealthy new husband. Their uncle, Mr. Wentworth, sets them up in a nearby house, and his children, Gertrude, Charlotte, and Clifford, soon become friends with their newly found cousins.

Eugenia, a baroness divorced from a German prince, and her bohemian brother, Felix, are coming back to America. Raised and cultured in Europe, they are returning destitute to New England to seek out their rich and innocent cousins.

Caroline, jeune généraliste installée dans le Luberon, se bat contre le désert médical qui y fait rage tout en essayant de réinvestir sa vie personnelle mise à mal. Médecin généraliste, Caroline Serval exerce son métier avec passion et dévouement en Provence, à Cavaillon, aux côtés de sa sœur Diane, secrétaire médicale. Depuis son divorce, elle vit seule avec sa fille Gaëlle.

From the acclaimed biographer of Jane Jacobs and Srinivasa Ramanujan comes the first full life and work of arguably the most influential classical scholar of the twentieth century, who overturned long-entrenched notions of ancient epic poetry and enlarged the very idea of literature. In this...

Sotto le luci miserabili e iperboliche di Hollywood, Arturo Bandini sogna il successo di scrittore mentre con la mano sinistra scrive pessime sceneggiature che non vedranno mai la luce. Potrebbe essere la premessa di una tragedia, ma come sempre, in bocca a Bandini, tutte le tragedie finiscono in commedia. Anche in quest'ultimo capolavoro colpisce l'inconfondibile voce fantiana, quell'impasto di humour, candore e cattiveria che ne ha fatto uno degli scrittori piú amati dei nostri anni.