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Il titolo originale, con cui lo stesso autore designa il suo poema, fu Comedia (probabilmente pronunciata con accento tonico sulla i) e così è intitolata anche l'editio princeps del 1472. L'aggettivo «Divina» le fu attribuito dal Boccaccio nel Trattatello in laude di Dante, scritto fra il 1357 e il 1362 e stampato nel 1477. Ma è nella prestigiosa edizione giolitina, a cura di Ludovico Dolce e stampata da Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari nel 1555, che la Commedia di Dante viene per la prima volta intitolata come da allora fu sempre conosciuta, ovvero "La Divina Comedia".

Era una giornata freddissima del mese di febbraio, e nella città di P…, nel Kentucky ad ora già avanzata due gentlemen, seduti col bicchiere in mano in una ricca sala da pranzo, liberi dall’incomoda presenza dei servi, discorrevano con molto calore sopra un argomento di alta importanza.Abbiamo detto due gentlemen, ma per modo di dire; perché uno di essi, attentamente osservato, a tutto rigore non appariva tale.Era bassotto e atticciato, aveva lineamenti comuni e grossolani; il suo fare pretenzioso e superbo mostrava l’uomo plebeo che agogna di uscire dalla sua sfera.Il panciotto ...

Emily Jane Brontë was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. Emily was the third eldest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. She wrote under the pen name Ellis Bell. ( Wikipedia )

A tale of passion and vengeance set in the bleak Yorkshire moors, Wuthering Heights depicts the mutual love of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff till destruction and death rend the narration. There is no place for remorse in our antihero's breast as he sets about ruining the lives of those he considers responsible for his own misery. Yet cruelty is only to be met with compassion in the following generations. Romantic, impassioned and wild, it is also a dark journey in the human soul. (Summary by Lady Maria).

En 1869, tras seis años de arduo trabajo con la colaboración de su esposa Sophia Tolstaya, Tolstoy publicó la versión final de La Guerra y la Paz, considerada una de las obras cumbres de la literatura universal.La maestría narrativa del autor y su acabado conocimiento de fuentes documentales nos sumergen verazmente en el contexto de la invasión napoleónica de 1805 en esta novela histórica de corte realista.Enriquecida por los detalles visuales, la narración se mueve fluidamente través de los distintos planos, desde el amplio escenario de la guerra, pasando por la vida social en los ...

Written after Tolstoy suffered a spiritual crisis, Ivan the Fool is a fairy tale that offers children instruction in how to live rightly, simply, and generously. The story emphasizes the destructive aspects of materialism and militarism while idealizing manual labor and the peasant life. (Introduction by Dorlene Kaplan)

Der Kaufmann Wasili Andrejitsch Brechunow und sein Knecht Nikita machen sich an einem Dezembernachmittag trotz eisiger Kälte und Schneegestöber mit dem Pferdeschlitten auf, da Wasili Andrejitsch einem benachbarten Gutsbesitzer einen Wald abkaufen will. Während der Fahrt nimmt der Schneesturm zu, sie kommen vom Weg ab und verirren sich, landen jedoch in einem Nachbarort. Mehrfach bietet sich die Möglichkeit, von der Weiterfahrt abzusehen und den nächsten Tag abzuwarten, aber der rücksichtslose und dabei selbstgerechte Wasili Andrejitsch will sich das günstige Geschäft nicht entgehen ...

En 1869, tras seis años de arduo trabajo con la colaboración de su esposa Sophia Tolstaya, Tolstoy publicó la versión final de La Guerra y la Paz, considerada una de las obras cumbres de la literatura universal.La maestría narrativa del autor y su acabado conocimiento de fuentes documentales nos sumergen verazmente en el contexto de la invasión napoleónica de 1805 en esta novela histórica de corte realista.Enriquecida por los detalles visuales, la narración se mueve fluidamente través de los distintos planos, desde el amplio escenario de la guerra, pasando por la vida social en los ...

"My Confession" is a brief autobiographical story of Leo Tolstoy's struggle with a mid-life existential crisis of melancholia. It describes his search for answers to the profound questions "What will come of my life?" and "What is the meaning of life?", without answers to which life, for him, had become "impossible." Tolstoy reflects on the arc of his philosophical life until then: his childhood abandonment of his Russian orthodox faith; his mastery of strength, will, power, and reason; and how, after he had achieved tremendous financial success and social status, life to him seemed ...

En 1869, tras seis años de arduo trabajo con la colaboración de su esposa Sophia Tolstaya, Tolstoy publicó la versión final de La Guerra y la Paz, considerada una de las obras cumbres de la literatura universal.La maestría narrativa del autor y su acabado conocimiento de fuentes documentales nos sumergen verazmente en el contexto de la invasión napoleónica de 1805 en esta novela histórica de corte realista.Enriquecida por los detalles visuales, la narración se mueve fluidamente través de los distintos planos, desde el amplio escenario de la guerra, pasando por la vida social en los ...

A land owner, Vasili Andreevich, takes along one of his peasants, Nikita, for a short journey to another town. He wishes to get to the town quickly 'for business'. They find themselves in the middle of a blizzard, but the master in his avarice wishes to press on. They eventually get lost off the road and they try to camp. The master's peasant soon finds himself about to die from hypothermia. The master leaves him on the horse to stubbornly try to find the road. When he returns, he attains a spiritual/moral revelation, and Tolstoy once again repeats one of his famous themes: that the only true ...

Grabación-homenaje en el cuarto centenario de la obra y de la muerte del autor. Periandro es rescatado de un naufragio y se ofrece para ser vendido, en lugar de una doncella, ataviado como mujer, a unos bárbaros que en cumplimiento de una profecía roban y compran bellas jóvenes para casar con su futuro rey. Summary by Tux

Unamuno nos pone frente a frente con una de las pasiones humanas más viles y destructivas: La envidia.Joaquín y Abel son amigos íntimos desde la infancia y ya desde el instituto Joaquín quiere tener y ser todo lo que representa Abel. Abel es un muchacho popular entre los compañeros, simpático, al que le encanta la pintura y mucho menos los libros. Joaquín por el contrario es aplicado y estudioso, pero no goza del encanto y la simpatía de Abel.Unamuno hace una magnífica radiografía de esta pasión malsana que se apodera de Joaquín y que desgraciadamente está presente en todas las ...

Thomas Mann’s epic novel depicts a decaying, corrupted European society on the eve of the First World War. Set in a luxurious sanatorium high up in the Swiss mountains, we follow the destinies of a variety of exotic characters – members of a bourgeois elite drawn from all parts of Europe. Most suffer from consumption, dream of a cure - yet are at the same time squeezing as much pleasure and distraction as they can out of a situation ever-shadowed by sickness, pain, and death. Part surreal comedy, part grim tragedy, part allegory, and part novel of ideas, Mann’s novel is regarded by many ...

The 1769 Oxford Edition. The King James Bible is one of the most important books in the English speaking world, so influential that its language permeates facets of society from religion, politics, literature, art, education and music. (Summary by Michael Armenta)

The Chestermarke Instinct by J. S. Fletcher. Bank manager John Hornbury is missing, as are securities and jewels from the bank’s vault. Gabriel Chestermarke and his nephew Joseph have unaccountably refused to call in the police to investigate the theft from their bank. When Betty Fosdyke shows up to visit her Uncle John, she finds it past belief that he would simply disappear – let alone that he would commit larceny. Unable to simply sit by and wait while a detective from Scotland Yard investigates, Betty elicits the help of the chief clerk at Chestermarke’s bank and launches into the ...

A Tale of Two Cities (Nederlands: In Londen en Parijs of De Geschiedenis van Twee Steden) is een roman van Charles Dickens, die zich afspeelt in Londen en Parijs ten tijde van de Franse Revolutie. De roman verscheen in wekelijkse afleveringen in het tijdschrift All the Year Round, tussen april en november 1859.

The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, A Fancy for Christmas-Time, (better known as The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain) is a novella by Charles Dickens first published in 1848. It is the fifth and last of Dickens' Christmas novellas. The story is more about the spirit of the holidays than about the holidays themselves, harking back to the first of the series, A Christmas Carol. The tale centers around a Professor Redlaw and those close to him. (Summary from the Wikipedia)

Vertaling van het kerstverhaal van 1867. Een verwisseling van twee vondelingen in hun vroege jeugd veroorzaakt op volwassen leeftijd de nodige complicaties. Bijzonder is dat dit boek de noodzaak aantoont van snelle en betrouwbare internationale communicatie tussen banken zoals dat pas 100 jaar later in 1977 operationeel is. (Introductie door Marcel Coenders)

David Copperfield von Charles Dickens ist ein viktorianischer Bildungsroman, der die Lebensgeschichte des Protagonisten David Copperfield erzählt.David wird als Waise geboren und wächst in schwierigen Verhältnissen auf. Nach dem Tod seines Vaters und der Wiederverheiratung seiner Mutter wird er von seinem grausamen Stiefvater Mr. Murdstone und dessen Schwester misshandelt. Nach dem Tod seiner Mutter wird David in ein Internat geschickt und später gezwungen, als Kind in einer Fabrik zu arbeiten.Trotz der Widrigkeiten kämpft David sich durch sein Leben, unterstützt von Figuren wie seiner ...