Résultats de "Valerio Di Stefano" dans Toutes les catégories

Attraverso un accurato ed esaustivo approfondimento di una segnalazione-denuncia proveniente da un articolo del "Corriere della Sera" del giugno 2025 a cura di Milena Gabanelli, l'autore ripercorre le pieghe e l'essenza di quello che è stato finora considerato uno dei Concorsi letterari per esordienti e non-, riportando al lettore e all'ascoltatore la realtà palese del Premio Internazionale "Mario Luzi", comune, purtroppo, a molte iniziative analoghe.

After a brief romance, the 17 year old Marya falls in love with the much older Sergyei Mikhailitch, an old family friend, and the two are married. They share an initially blissful life but after moving to St. Petersburg, Marya becomes enchanted with society and a rift opens between the two. (Summary by EvanJ)

1865. La guerre de sécession est aux portes de Richmond. Prisonniers, cinq personnages dérobent un ballon pour fuir la captivité que les Sudistes leurs imposaient. Pris dans un ouragan, ils aboutissent sur une île qui semble déserte. Après l'avoir exploré, les évadés civilisent ce bout de terre. L’île fait partie d’un archipel, un autre naufragé est découvert sur un îlot avoisinant. D’étranges phénomènes et événements se bousculent. Les isolés constatent une étonnante présence qui semble par moments bienfaisante. On retrouve dans cette oeuvre le capitaine Nemo, de ...

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote their Manifesto in December 1847, as a guide to the fundamental principles and practices of Communists. The Manifesto also predicted the ultimate downfall of the capitalist system.(Summary written by Gesine) A recording in the original German language is available here

This short work of Wilde's was written during his two year incarceration for "gross indecency". This work is a letter which sorts out his life, and his love toward Lord Alfred Douglas. Wilde wrote this as a farewell letter to Douglas. (summary by Aaron Elliott) NOTE: "Transcribed from the 1913 Methuen & Co. edition. Note that later editions of De Profundis contained more material. The most complete editions are still in copyright in the U.S.A."

It is a sign of the speed at which events are moving that Hurst and Blackett’s unexpurgated edition of Mein Kampf, published only a year ago, is edited from a pro-Hitler angle. The obvious intention of the translator’s preface and notes is to tone down the book’s ferocity and present Hitler in as kindly a light as possible. For at that date Hitler was still respectable. He had crushed the German labour movement, and for that the property-owning classes were willing to forgive him almost anything. Both Left and Right concurred in the very shallow notion that National Socialism was merely ...

Collection of children’s stories written in 1888, dealing primarily with love and selfishness. These stories are generally sad, with a moralistic message. The collection includes: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, and The Remarkable Rocket. (Summary written by Joy Chan)

What can be said? It's the ASV Bible, copyrighted 1901 by Thomas Nelson & Sons. I have previously recorded the New Living Translation of the Bible and would now like to do this version in order to make the Holy Scriptures more available on LibriVox. (Summary by the reader)

An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedy by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honor. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place within a single day. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely judged by their past." (Summary from Wikipedia) Characters:Narrator – Read by Alex FosterThe Earl Of Caversham, K.G. – Read by LintonViscount Goring, his son – Read by John GonzalezSir Robert Chiltern, Bart., Under-Secretary ...

The Douay Rheims New Testament, published in 1582, is a translation of St Jerome's Latin Vulgate which dates from the fourth century. It influenced production of the King James version of the Bible to come some years afterward, while being the only Roman Catholic authorized vernacular scriptures up until the middle twentieth century. Although updated linguistically in the 18th and 19th centuries to provide easier understanding by the laity and reduce its use of Latinized words, it strove to be faithful to the original translation. The work's importance is that it remains the scriptural texts ...

The King James Version is an English translation of the Christian Bible begun in 1604 and first published in 1611 by the Church of England. In common with most other translations of the period, the New Testament was translated from the Textus Receptus (Received Text) series of the Greek texts. The Old Testament was translated from the Masoretic Hebrew text, while the Apocrypha [not included in this recording] was translated from the Greek Septuagint (LXX). (Summary from Wikipedia, slightly modified)This is a solo recording of Genesis, Exodus and Leviticus.

The Importance of Being Earnest is a classic comedy of manners in which two flippant young men, in order to impress their respected beloveds, pretend that their names are “Ernest,” which both young ladies believe confers magical qualities on the possessor. It was first performed for the public on February 14, 1895 at the St. James’ Theatre in London, and is regarded by many critics and scholars as being the wittiest play in the English language. (Summary from Wikipedia.org)Characters:John Worthing, J.P. - Read by John GonzalezAlgernon Moncrieff - Read by Gord MackenzieRev. Canon Chasuble...

Depiction of a dystopian society in the future in which manipulative social control is exercised on a gullible population… (summary by Peter Tucker)

This book contains a critical essay on Shakespeare by Leo Tolstoy. It is followed by another essay named "Shakespeare's attitude to the working classes" by Ernest Crosby and extracts of a letter by George Bernard Shaw. (Summary by enko)

Un anno scolastico esilarante, una narrazione trascinante con personaggi grotteschi ma affascinanti, narrati da un docente di scuola secondaria di II grado. La scuola non è mai stata così amara e divertente allo stesso tempo. Un libro destinato ai docenti, agli alunni e a quanti vogliano vivere la realtà scolastica senza mai prendersi sul serio. La versione audiolibro di quest'opera include, in appendice, il capitolo inedito "Anche le vongole volano".

Questo libro è stato pubblicato per la prima volta (2024) col titolo di "Il libro di Ester". Questa seconda edizione, in cui sono stati rivisti alcuni errori e refusi di poco conto, porta, nel titolo modificato, il nome e il cognome completi di chi è stata vittima di un crimine tanto efferato quanto dimenticato e sfruttato. Si perde, e non vi sono dubbi, la biblicità del titolo originario, ma si recupera l'identità, unica e individuale della bella persona che fu tolta a tutta la comunità abruzzese. E il modo ancor ci offende. O dovrebbe offenderci ancora e ancora.

Questo audiolibro comprende il capitolo "Cloe" del volume "La buona scuola" di Valerio Di Stefano

La ricezione delle Novelas ejemplares di Miguel de Cervantes, in Italia e fuori di Spagna, non fu delle più semplici e lineari. Di certo è possibile stabilire che furono pubblicate per la prima volta, e con regolare Privilegio Reale, per i tipi di Juan de la Cuesta, nel 1613, e che l'inizio della loro redazione risalirebbe, con ogni probabilità e prudenza, al 1590. Ma al di là di questi scarni ed essenziali riferimenti temporali, per il lettore italiano la corretta interpretazione dell'opera cervantina non risulta priva di ostacoli, fraintendimenti e questioni terminologiche fin dal titolo.

Il romanzo picaresco spagnolo ha contrassegnato una delle fasi più originali e feconde della narrativa di tutti i tempi. Valerio Di Stefano, scrittore, ispanista, filologo e linguista ripropone, attraverso questo breve romanzo, stilemi e artifici letterari in chiave tremendista, con lo sfondo della città che ha sempre amato, Livorno.

Readers of the present book who have not read that named above—though all should read it as well as this—will have no difficulty in joining the story of the castaways to “The Swiss Family Robinson” with the help of the brief sketch of its contents which follows. The story begins with the arrival of the Unicorn, a British corvette commanded by Lieutenant Littlestone, whose commission includes the exploration of the waters in which New Switzerland is situate. He has with him as passengers Mr. and Mrs. Wolston and their daughters Hannah and Dolly. When the Unicorn weighs anchor again Mr. ...