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With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature.Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML)War and Peace is a novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russkii Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. It is usually described as one of Tolstoys two major masterpieces (the other being Anna Karenina) as well as one of the worlds greatest novels.War and Peace offered a new kind of fiction, with a great many characters caught up in a plot that covered nothing less than the grand subjects indicated by the title, combined with the equally large topics of youth, marriage, age, and death. Though it is often called a novel today, it broke so many conventions of the form that it was not considered a novel in its time. Indeed, Tolstoy himself considered Anna Karenina (1878) to be his first attempt at a novel in the European sense.

War and Peace (Pre-reform Russian: ????? ? ????, Voyna i mir) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in its entirety in 1869. Epic in scale, it is regarded as one of the central works of world literature. It is considered Tolstoys finest literary achievement, along with his other major prose work, Anna Karenina (18731877). War and Peace delineates in graphic detail events surrounding the French invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, as seen through the eyes of five Russian aristocratic families. Portions of an earlier version of the novel, then known as The Year 1805, were serialized in the magazine The Russian Messenger between 1865 and 1867. The novel was first published in its entirety in 1869. Newsweek in 2009 ranked it first in its list of the Top 100 Books. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 20 on the BBCs survey The Big Read.Tolstoy himself, somewhat enigmatically, said of War and Peace that it is "not a novel, even less is it a poem, and still less a historical chronicle". Large sections of the work, especially in the later chapters, are philosophical discussion rather than narrative. He went on to elaborate that the best Russian literature does not conform to standards and hence hesitated to call War and Peace a novel. (Instead, Tolstoy regarded Anna Karenina as his first true novel.) (font: Wikipedia)

V olpone, childless, rich, feigns sick, despairs,O ffers his state to hopes of several heirs,L ies languishing: his parasite receivesP resents of all, assures, deludes; then weavesO ther cross plots, which ope themselves, are told.N ew tricks for safety are sought; they thrive: when bold,E ach tempts the other again, and all are sold.

A nove anni Ibu ha due sogni da realizzare. Il primo: diventare una star della musica come il suo idolo, Takana Ja. E tra un dispetto e laltro alla sorellina Fatu, si sta gia impratichendo con il suo tamburo e insiste con mamma e papa a farsi iscrivere alla scuola di musica. Mamadou e Adama, i suoi genitori, sanno che Ibu non basta saperlo prendere; no, bisogna proprio dargliela vinta: in effetti, rispetto agli altri bambini della sua eta, dire che Ibu e competitivo e riduttivo; gli piacciono sempre e solo le cose da grandi, come il caffe o i film dazione di Van Damme. Ecco, infatti, il suo secondo sogno: diventare un adulto, e prima possibile. Il destino lo accontenta in una mattina di luglio: mentre in lontananza si intravedono i fumi neri causati dalle esplosioni di una protesta politica, a casa di Ibu si abbatte una tragedia famigliare che cambiera per sempre il corso della sua vita. Da quel momento, comincia per lui unepopea verso leta adulta. Un viaggio lungo dieci anni che, da Conakry, capitale della Guinea, lo portera negli inferi del continente africano.Con una prefazione di Nello Scavo.

XXI SECOLO. Luca e figlio di un tempo che presume di avere un tempo infinito. Per questo vive la propria vita lasciandosi trasportare dalle passioni e dalle esperienze fino a che, nel pieno delle aspettative, non incappa in Pippa. Per lui e il primo confronto con unemotivita complessa e distorta che lo porta a specchiarsi e che lo costringe a vedere la realta come tale. Dopo cio che lui considera un lutto, la sua vita riprende nella trasgressione, esaltato da un ego che sembra riscattarsi solo nel divertimento e nella superficialita. Ma la corsa smaniosa si arresta di fronte ad un reale sentimento che sovrasta e annichilisce quanto provato fino ad allora. E -solo allora- Luca diviene completo: gia uomo di successo e benestante conosce Anastasia e, attraverso lei, si scopre, finalmente, uomo oltre che maschio, padre oltre che marito. Il racconto della sua ascesa si colora di presenze e di fili che lo legano ad una realta sfaccettata e ad una famiglia prima disunita, poi tristemente mancante, i cui attori recitano parti contrastanti e intrecciano relazioni falsate e non sempre genuine, alla ricerca di vantaggi e del soddisfacimento di bisogni materiali o affettivi. Ma, come natura vuole, il tempo a sua disposizione ha un limite: Luca se ne va, ma e sul suo ultimo palcoscenico che e possibile scoprire il senso di un cammino interrotto, in cui ogni maschera acquisisce un proprio significato ed una specifica collocazione, specie se vista dall alto.

Si puo semplificare la trama dellopera in tre momenti fondamentali della vita dellautore: una prima fase in cui Beatrice gli concede il saluto, fonte di beatitudine e salvezza, una seconda in cui cio non gli e piu concesso, cosa che arreca in Dante una profonda sofferenza (dove Dante non vuole piu ottenere da Beatrice qualcosa in cambio, ma semplicemente un amore fine a se stesso), una terza in cui Beatrice muore e il rapporto non e piu tra il poeta e la donna amata, ma tra il poeta e lanima della donna amata. Dante narra di incontrare per la prima volta Beatrice quandegli aveva appena nove anni e nove mesi e lei nove anni e tre mesi (il numero nove, evidente richiamo alla Trinita appare diverse volte nellopera: rappresenta il miracolo), e qui inizia la "tirannia di Amore" che egli stesso indica come causa dei suoi comportamenti.

Jack Cage e un agente speciale dellFBI allo sbando, da quando uno dei criminali che avrebbe dovuto catturare gli ha sterminato la famiglia. Nel dolore si trascina in unesistenza di eccessi, rifiutando i canoni di una societa alla quale percepisce di non appartenere piu e sprecando il suo incredibile talento. Tuttavia un nuovo caso scuote la citta di New York, frenetica ed indifferente: un serial killer abbatte la propria furia su vittime allapparenza incolpevoli nel giorno del loro compleanno. Il capo dipartimento Helen Soren decide di affidare il caso al detective Cage sperando di scuoterlo dal suo dramma e di porre rapidamente fine alla scia di efferati delitti. Ma quanto piu Jack approfondisce, tanto piu la trama si espande come una densa macchia dolio che portera linvestigatore a misurarsi con politici senza scrupoli, squilibrati ex agenti privati ed un serial killer sadico ed inarrestabile che recapita macabri regali ai propri ignari bersagli. Per giungere alla verita, in bilico tra redenzione e perdizione, il detective Cage dovra affrontare i propri demoni e fare i conti con un passato da cui sta fuggendo da troppo tempo, realizzando che, per la seconda volta come gia drammaticamente accaduto anni prima, si e lasciato avvicinare troppo dallorrore che tenta di fermare e che rischia di sedurlo.

Vickie es una ejecutiva corporativa de carrera, con una personalidad brillante, creativa y letal. Es como una rosa roja, de apariencia hermosa, y ojos que se asemejan a la flor de la violeta, pero llena de espinas para los que no tienen cuidado. A pesar de que las adversidades de la vida la han convertido en victima, tambien la ayudaron a fortalecer las habilidades que le permiten salir airosa de diferentes situaciones con otras personas. Ella es fuerte desde el punto de vista fisico y brillante desde el punto de vista intelectural y aquellos que entran en su radar obtienen un tratamiento especial. VIC-TIM-AS es un libro que recorre su viaje a traves situaciones y relaciones nuevas. En el, ella despliega su humor negro y su paradogico estilo de justicia sobre algunos, mientras salva a otros en el proceso. Una heroina reacia, como una Valquiria que hace lo que piensa que es necesario sin sacar provecho ni hacer alarde de ello. Y aprende que las vidas que ella intenta modificar, tambien modifican la suya.

Ein dramatisches Gedicht uber funf junge Manner, die sich zwischen Identitatssuche, chaotischen Liebesbeziehungen und Intrigen wiederfinden mussen.Alle Konige sind verschwunden, sie sind nicht mehr auf der Erde, sondern auf dem Mond. Erschuttert von dieser Nachricht und aus Angst vor dem drohenden Chaos schmieden die Helden einen Plan, um die Konige zuruckzuholen und die alte Ordnung wiederherzustellen. Die Herausforderungen aber, welche sich ihnen auf der Reise stellen, wirbeln ihre innere und auere Welt zusehends durcheinander.Verlorene Konige ist eine dystopische Dichtung, die Welt eine Homotopie, in der es nur Manner gibt und prinzipiell jeder jeden lieben kann. Doch was geschieht mit denen, die niemand liebt oder keinen lieben? Wie geht man damit um, wenn sich die Machtverhaltnisse plotzlich verschieben? Welche Bedeutung haben Mannlichkeit, Eifersucht, Sex, Macht und Gewalt auf die Beziehungen der Protagonisten und ihr Vorhaben, die Konige zu retten, und welche Parallelen finden sich in dieser Geschichte zu unserer heutigen politischen und gesellschaftlichen Situation?

"Dietro Vera ci sono tutte le donne che di li in poi hanno ingaggiato, sovente con il prezzo della galera o addirittura della vita, la lotta per affermare i propri diritti nella fabbrica, nella societa, nella famiglia, lasciando traspirare la grande ammirazione che Wilde nutriva per le donne, in primis per le attrici, che si contrapponevano allo stereotipo vittoriano, per quella che Sara Grand definira la New Woman. Dietro i nichilisti si scorgono, con il senno di poi, i gruppi e le organizzazioni che combatteranno contro le disuguaglianze e la violenza razziale o omofoba. [...] Non e un caso, quindi, che nel 2014, il 12 febbraio, dopo centoquaranta anni di silenzio imposto, le battute di Vera o i nichilisti siano tornate a risuonare su di un palcoscenico, ancora una volta e forse non a caso newyorchese." (dalla prefazione di Alessandro Gebbia)

Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeares first publication.The poem tells the story of Venus, the goddess of Love; of her unrequited love; and of her attempted seduction of Adonis, an extremely handsome young man, who would rather go hunting.The poem is pastoral, and at times erotic, comic and tragic. It contains discourses on the nature of love, and observations of nature.It is written in stanzas of six lines of iambic pentameter rhyming ABABCC; although this verse form was known before Shakespeares use, it is now commonly known as the Venus and Adonis stanza, after this poem. This form was also used by Edmund Spenser and Thomas Lodge. The poem consists of 199 stanzas or 1,194 lines.It was published originally as a quarto pamphlet and published with great care. It was probably printed using Shakespeares fair copy. The printer was Richard Field, who, like Shakespeare, was from Stratford. Venus and Adonis appeared in print before any of Shakespeares plays were published, but not before some of his plays had been acted on stage.It has certain qualities in common with A Midsummer Nights Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Loves Labours Lost. It was written when the London theatres were closed for a time due to the plague.

This book "Vanina Vanini" is a short story published in 1829 by Stendhal. It is set in 1830 during the Risorgimento, when Italy was under Austrian control. The plot of the story is focused on the love story of a young Princess romana and a revolutionary carbonari. Vanina Vanini, nineteen-year-old daughter of a Roman Aristocrat, Don Asdrubale Vanini, is sought after by all the young Princes of Rome, but she rejects them all. Vanina discovers a secret room in the fathers House. There, she sees a wounded woman lying in bed, as well as the clothes of the woman who seems to have been stabbed several times with a knife stained with blood. She realizes her father come up to the room and talk to the woman, although she cannot hear what they say. Vanina is fascinated by the mysterious woman, and when, one evening, the woman sees Vanina was born between the two a secret friendship.

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three childrens novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 18851886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).Frances Eliza Hodgson was born in Cheetham, Manchester, England. After her father died in 1852, the family fell on straitened circumstances and in 1865 immigrated to the United States, settling near Knoxville, Tennessee. There Frances began writing to help earn money for the family, publishing stories in magazines from the age of 19. In 1870, her mother died, and in 1872 Frances married Swan Burnett, who became a medical doctor. The Burnetts lived for two years in Paris, where their two sons were born, before returning to the United States to live in Washington, D.C., Burnett then began to write novels, the first of which (That Lass o Lowries), was published to good reviews. Little Lord Fauntleroy was published in 1886 and made her a popular writer of childrens fiction, although her romantic adult novels written in the 1890s were also popular. She wrote and helped to produce stage versions of Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess.Burnett enjoyed socializing and lived a lavish lifestyle. Beginning in the 1880s, she began to travel to England frequently and in the 1890s bought a home there, where she wrote The Secret Garden. Her oldest son, Lionel, died of tuberculosis in 1890, which caused a relapse of the depression she had struggled with for much of her life.She divorced Swan Burnett in 1898, married Stephen Townsend in 1900, and divorced him in 1902. A few years later she settled in Nassau County, Long Island, where she died in 1924 and is buried in Roslyn Cemetery.In 1936 a memorial sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh was erected in her honour in Central Parks Conservatory Garden. The statue depicts her two famous Secret Garden characters, Mary and Dickon.

The world is slowlydying. The streets are not safe, for ones attempt to scavenge for food may be someone elses bountiful hunt. Meanwhile, a mother and daughter struggle to survive the hunger and the

Il protagonista di questa vicenda, Vitangelo Moscarda, e una persona ordinaria, che ha ereditato da giovane la banca del padre e vive di rendita. Un giorno, tuttavia, in seguito allosservazione da parte della moglie la quale gli dice che il suo naso e leggermente storto, inizia ad avere una crisi di identita, a rendersi conto che le persone intorno a lui hanno unimmagine della sua persona completamente diversa. Da quel momento lobiettivo di Vitangelo sara quello di scoprire chi e veramente.

Nora mène une vie en apparence idyllique avec son mari Torvald et leurs enfants. Mais derrière cette façade se cache un mariage étouffant où elle étouffe. Traitée comme une poupée fragile par son épo

Publiée en 1888, "Une demande en mariage" est une pièce de théâtre dAnton Pavlovitch Tchekhov dont le sujet est limpossibilité de se maîtriser. "Une demande en mariage" se situe dans la meilleure tra

Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson of Columbia University president Charles King, and great grandson of Rufus King, who was one the signers of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from West Point in 1866 and served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook. He was wounded in the arm and head during the Battle of Sunset Pass forcing his retirement from the regular army. During this time he became acquainted with Buffalo Bill Cody. King would later write scripts for several of Codys silents films. He also served in the Wisconsin National Guard from 1882 until 1897, becoming Adjutant General in 1895.In the spring of 1885, General King (at that time Captain) was riding in the area of Delafield, Wisconsin after visiting the Cushing homestead on the Bark River (present day Cushing Park) and the parents of the three historic Cushing Brothers. Captain King came upon a man dressed in a bathrobe drilling young men with broomsticks. Watching this futile exercise by toy soldiers, General King began to chuckle. Reverend Sydney T. Smythe asked what was so funny, and the reply was, "I mean no disrespect, sir, but let me show you how it is done." He then proceeded to teach the young men the West Point Manual of Arms. The now Impressed Head Master of the St. Johns Military Academy (now the St. Johns Northwestern Military Academy) inquired as to the gentlemens name. Upon answering, Reverend Smythe shook hands and inquired on the spot of General Kings availability

Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson of Columbia University president Charles King, and great grandson of Rufus King, who was one the signers of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from West Point in 1866 and served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook. He was wounded in the arm and head during the Battle of Sunset Pass forcing his retirement from the regular army. During this time he became acquainted with Buffalo Bill Cody. King would later write scripts for several of Codys silents films. He also served in the Wisconsin National Guard from 1882 until 1897, becoming Adjutant General in 1895.In the spring of 1885, General King (at that time Captain) was riding in the area of Delafield, Wisconsin after visiting the Cushing homestead on the Bark River (present day Cushing Park) and the parents of the three historic Cushing Brothers. Captain King came upon a man dressed in a bathrobe drilling young men with broomsticks. Watching this futile exercise by toy soldiers, General King began to chuckle. Reverend Sydney T. Smythe asked what was so funny, and the reply was, "I mean no disrespect, sir, but let me show you how it is done." He then proceeded to teach the young men the West Point Manual of Arms. The now Impressed Head Master of the St. Johns Military Academy (now the St. Johns Northwestern Military Academy) inquired as to the gentlemens name. Upon answering, Reverend Smythe shook hands and inquired on the spot of General Kings availability.

"Uncle Vanya", Anton Chekhovs masterpiece of frustrated longing and wasted lives, was originally a much more conventional drama in its earlier incarnation. Previously known as "The Wood Demon", the play was rejected by two theatres before premiering in Moscow in December of 1889 to a very poor reception (it closed after three performances). Sometime between that date and 1896, Chekhov revised the play, altering it radically. Chekhovs "Uncle Vanya" explores the disruption and discontent of a small group of people in rural 19th century Russia, and since its publication has helped pave the way for many of the worlds finest contemporary playwrights.Uncle Vanya spends his time idling around the country estate of his brother-in-law, Serebryakov, a retired professor, in Russia, 1898. His sister (the professors wife) dead, Vanya indulges in a romantic malaise over Serebryakovs beautiful, young second wife, Yelena. Meanwhile Doctor Astrov, summoned to the estate to tend to the professors myriad imagined aches and pains, is also in love with the enigmatic Yelena and remains oblivious to the fact that Serebryakovs daughter, Sonya, yearns for him. Trouble develops when Serebryakov announces his plan to sell the estate (Vanya and Sonyas home) in order to invest the profits and make a fortune for himself and Yelena.