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Se, quando io stava lavorando la tragedia del Carmagnola, alcuno mi avesse predetto chessa sarebbe letta da Goethe, mi avrebbe dato il piu grande incoraggiamento, e promesso un premio non aspettato. Ella puo quindi immaginarsi cio chio abbia sentito in vedere chElla si e degnata di osservarla tanto amorevolmente, e di darne dinnanzi al Pubblico un cosi benevolo giudizio. Sono le parole che Manzoni rivolge a Goethe nel 1821 per ringraziarlo della sua recensione di una benevolenza che oserei quasi definire paterna, scrive lo stesso Manzoni in una lettera a Fauriel al Conte di Carmagnola uscita su Kunst und Altertum (Arte e antichita). Questo e gli altri scritti che Goethe dedico a Manzoni furono raccolti e pubblicati nel 1827 nella Theilnahme Goethes an Manzoni (Interesse di Goethe per Manzoni) e tradotti in italiano in quello stesso 1827. Li presentiamo oggi, centonovanta anni dopo, in una nuova traduzione corredata da una nota al testo e da un ampio apparato di note, a testimonianza del rapporto di reciproca ammirazione, ma non privo di divergenze teoriche, fra questi due grandi scrittori.È un ebook dei Dragomanni (www.idragomanni.it).

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (often shortened to Huck Finn) is a novel written by American humorist Mark Twain. It is commonly used and accounted as one of the first Great American Novels. It is also one of the first major American novels written using Local Color Regionalism, or vernacular, told in the first person by the eponymous Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, best friend of Tom Sawyer and hero of three other Mark Twain books.

This is the continuing story of Anne Shirley and the third book in the Anne of Green Gables series. Anne attends Redmond College in Kingsport, where she is studying for her BA. The book is dedicated to "all the girls all over the world who have "wanted more" about ANNE." There was a gap of six years between the publications of Anne of Avonlea and the publication of this book.

Jack Londons novels and ruggedly individual life seemed to embody American hopes, frustrations, and romantic longings in the turbulent first years of the twentieth century, years infused with the wonder and excitement of great technological and historic change. The authors restless spirit, taste for a life of excitement, and probing mind led him on a series of hard-edged adventures from the Klondike to the South Seas. Out of these sometimes harrowing experiences and his fascination with the theories of such thinkers as Darwin, Spencer, and Marx came the inspiration for novels of adventure that would make him one of Americas most popular writers.The Call of the Wild, considered by many Londons greatest novel, is a gripping tale of a heroic dog that, thrust into the brutal life of the Alaska Gold Rush, ultimately faces a choice between living in mans world and returning to nature. Adventure and dog-story enthusiasts as well as students and devotees of American literature will find this classic work a thrilling, memorable reading experience

Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (18321888). Written and published in two parts in 1868 and 1869, the novel follows the lives of four sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March and is loosely based on the authors childhood experiences with her three sisters. The first part of the book was an immediate commercial and critical success and prompted the composition of the books second part, also a huge success. Both parts were first published as a single volume in 1880. The book is an unquestioned American classic.

A classic of world literature, Goethes Faust is a philosophical and poetic drama full of satire, irony, humor, and tragedy. Martin Greenberg re-creates not only the texts varied meter and rhyme but also its diverse tones and stylesdramatic and lyrical, reflective and farcical, pathetic and coarse, colloquial and soaring.

One of the most influential books on statecraft ever written, Niccolo Machiavellis 1532 treatise The Prince invented modern political philosophy and gave the world the term Machiavellian. It was read by Spains King Charles V and King Henry VIII of England and has been influential on world leaders for five centuries. The short but powerful guide outlines a pragmatic path for a prince to be successful, a formula for political victory that is direct and unemotional. The methodology has been called cold and cynical and yet The Prince captures a great deal of truth about human psychology.

Robinson Crusoe /?r?b?ns?n ?kru?so?/ is a novel by Daniel Defoe that was first published in 1719. Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is a fictional autobiography of the title charactera castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers before being rescued.The story was perhaps influenced by Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on the Pacific island called "Mas a Tierra" (in 1966 its name was changed to Robinson Crusoe Island), Chile. The details of Crusoes island were probably based on the Caribbean island of Tobago, since that island lies a short distance north of the Venezuelan coast near the mouth of the Orinoco river, in sight of Trinidad. It is also likely that Defoe was inspired by the Latin or English translations of Ibn Tufails Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, an earlier novel also set on a desert island. Another source for Defoes novel may have been Robert Knoxs account of his abduction by the King of Ceylon in 1659 in "An Historical Account of the Island Ceylon," Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons (Publishers to the University), 1911. Although inspired by a real life event, it was the first notable work of literature where the story was independent of mythology, history, legends, or previous literature.

Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological figure. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913. Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, to pass for a duchess at an ambassadors garden party by teaching her to assume a veneer of gentility, the most important element of which, he believes, is impeccable speech. The play is a sharp lampoon of the rigid British class system of the day and a commentary on womens independence. In ancient Greek mythology, Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life. The general idea of that myth was a popular subject for Victorian era English playwrights, including one of Shaws influences, W. S. Gilbert, who wrote a successful play based on the story called Pygmalion and Galatea that was first presented in 1871. Shaw would also have been familiar with the burlesque version, Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed. Shaws play has been adapted numerous times, most notably as the musical My Fair Lady and its film version. Shaw mentioned that the character of Professor Henry Higgins was inspired by several British professors of phonetics: Alexander Melville Bell, Alexander J. Ellis, Tito Pagliardini, but above all, the cantankerous Henry Sweet.

Don Quixote, errant knight and sane madman, with the company of his faithful squire and wise fool, Sancho Panza, together roam the world and haunt readers imaginations as they have for nearly four hu

Questo titolo sta girando il mondo, con grande piacere dellautrice che ringrazia. (2)RICORDI DI UNA SCRITTRICEDedicato alla professoressa Adele Cilibrizzi ChianconeIl racconto e breve e viene pensato come una dedica allinsegnante della scuola darte Istituto Palizzi, Adele Cilibrizzi. E preceduto da una prefazione dove la Fasano prende in dovuta considerazione la strada complessa che autori ed autrici, come lei, della vecchia scuola debbono praticare per adeguarsi allera del digitale, compiendo quel salto obbligato dalla macchina da scrivere e controverse relazioni con gli editori, al portatile e al self publishing, un cambiamento rapido quanto drastico che ha rivoluzionato il mondo della letteratura.(... Dedicated to Professor Adele Cilibrizzi Chiancone. The story is short and is thought of as a dedication to the teacher of the Istituto Palizzi art school, Adele Cilibrizzi. It is preceded by a preface where Fasano takes into due consideration the complex path that authors, like her, of the "old school" must follow to adapt to the digital age, making that forced leap from the typewriter and controversial relationships with publishers, to laptops and self-publishing, a rapid and drastic change that revolutionized the world of literature.) Nipote darte, giornalista, scultrice, pittrice, poetessa e scrittrice, la Fasano ama sovente annoverarsi nella categoria da lei definita figli di un dio minore, riferendosi alloceano piu o meno invisibile degli autori che non arrivano a godere dei voli promozionali garantiti dai grandi colossi editoriali (comunque in crisi).Fa sorridere, immaginarla seduta davanti alla sua Olivetti a correggere gli errori (oggi si chiamano refusi) col bianchetto, o trascorrere le ore in biblioteche non proprio a chilometro zero, e ritagliarsi gli spazi piu impensabili per le infinite riletture, tra gli impegni di giornalista e di madre, prima di presentare un manoscritto alleditore.Lodore dei libri, per i ragazzi delle sue classi, non potra mai apparire piacevole come appariva a lei, quando ne teneva uno tra le mani. Fosse quello nuovo dei testi scolastici, oppure quello antico dei libri della biblioteca del padre.Il ricordo piu prezioso va alla prof.ssa Cilibrizzi, che col suo sorriso quasi mesto allorche Bianca bambina le confido di voler diventare una scrittrice, anziche metterla in guardia da una strada tutta in salita la fa da inconsapevole sprone; quel sorriso, sulle prime non interpretato, apre un varco nella coscienza della piccola artista, che pensa le poesie sullautobus e a casa le trascrive, accompagnandola fino alleta adulta.Infiniti modi ha lartista di forgiare dentro il suo vissuto piu significativo la misteriosa spinta a procedere.Loredana Zino

White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London (18761916) and the name of the books eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906. The story takes place in Yukon Territory, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush and details White Fangs journey to domestication. It is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to Londons best-known work, The Call of the Wild, which is about a kidnapped, domesticated dog embracing his wild ancestry to survive and thrive in the wild.Much of White Fang is written from the viewpoint of the titular canine character, enabling London to explore how animals view their world and how they view humans. White Fang examines the violent world of wild animals and the equally violent world of humans. The book also explores complex themes including morality and redemption.

"Peter Pan, the book based on J.M. Barries famous play, is filled with unforgettable characters: Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up; the fairy, Tinker Bell; the evil pirate, Captain Hook; and the three children--Wendy, John, and Michael--who fly off with Peter Pan to Neverland, where they meet Indians and pirates and a crocodile that ticks. Renowned childrens-book artist Michael Hague has brought the amazing adventures of Peter Pan to life. His beautiful illustrations capture the wild, seductive power of this classic book. This newly designed edition will be enjoyed by fans young and old alike.

The Marvellous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum Set shortly after the events in the first book, The story follows Tip, who for as long as he can remember has been under the guardianship of a witch named Mombi in Gillikin Country. As Mombi is returning home, Tip plans to frighten her with a scarecrow he has made named Jack Pumpkinhead. Mombi is not fooled, and she sprinkles the Powder of Life that she bought from another sorcerer on Jack, bringing him to life and startling Tip, whom Mombi catches and threatens to turn into a marble statue. This is a classic and part of the Oz series.

"A Little Princess" is one of Frances Hodgson Burnetts most loved stories. It is the story of young Sara Crewe who while growing up in a well to do household suddenly finds herself impoverished when her father, Captain Crewe, dies penniless in India. Sara is forced to abandon her life of privilege for a life of bare existence at Miss Minchins boarding school. To survive those hard times she imagines herself to be a little princess as she awaits her rescue from a mysterious benefactor.

Mary Lennox is a sour-faced 10-year-old girl, who is born in India to selfish wealthy British parents who had not wanted her and were too wrapped up in their own lives. She was taken care of primarily by servants, who pacify her as much as possible to keep her out of the way. Spoiled and with a temper, she is unaffectionate, angry, rude and obstinate. Later, there is a cholera epidemic which hits India and kills her mother, father and all the servants. She is discovered alone but alive after the house is empty. She is sent to Yorkshire, England to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven at his home called Misselthwaite Manor.

The Love Books of Ovid is a combination of four books of the Roman poets verse translated into prose. This volume includes Amores or The Loves, Ars Amatoria or The Art of Love, Remedia Amoris or Loves Cure, and Medicamina Faciei Feminae or The Art of Beauty. Considered to be a master of the elegy form of poetry, Ovid, is faithfully represented here in this English prose translation. Students of classical literature and fans of romantic poetry will both delight in this volume of works by Ovid.This is Julian Mays translation of Ovids erotic works: The Amores (the Loves), Ars Amatoria (the Art of Love), Remedia Amoris (The Cure for Love) and the fragmentary Medicamina Faciei Feminae (Womens Facial Cosmetics). This version was published in 1930 in a limited edition with sensual art deco illustrations by Jean de Bosschere.In the Amores, published about 18 BCE, Ovid portrays the evolution of an affair with a married woman named Corinna. It is unclear as to whether this is fictional or autobiographical, but it is obviously based on the experiences of a sophisticated lover. The Ars Amatoria, published about 1 BCE, is a guidebook for seduction; it includes many tips and tricks which would not be out of place in a modern dating manual, while giving intimate vignettes of daily life in Ancient Rome. The first two books are written from a male point of view; the last book, which was probably written at a later date, is addressed to women. It is believed that this work, which celebrates extramarital sex, was one of the reasons that Ovid was banished by the Emperor Augustus, who was attempting to promote a more austere morality.

This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twains to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end. By trying the experiment upon only one man in a perfectly normal world I have scarcely given his idea a fair trial. Several weeks after completing it, I discovered an almost identical plot in Samuel Butlers "Note-books."The story was published in "Colliers" last summer and provoked this startling letter from an anonymous admirer in Cincinnati:"Sir--I have read the story Benjamin Button in Colliers and I wish to say that as a short story writer you would make a good lunatic I have seen many peices of cheese in my life but of all the peices of cheese I have ever seen you are the biggest peice. I hate to waste a peice of stationary on you but I will."

As You Like It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncles court, accompanied by her cousin Celia and Touchstone the court jester, to find safety and, eventually, love, in the Forest of Arden. Historically, critical response has varied, with some critics finding the work of lesser quality than other Shakespearean works and some finding the play a work of great merit. The play features one of Shakespeares most famous and oft-quoted speeches, "All the worlds a stage", and is the origin of the phrase "too much of a good thing". The play remains a favorite among audiences and has been adapted for radio, film, and musical theater.

When it comes to the world of psychiatry, one name has long stood out among the rest. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was an Austrian neurologist who came to be known as the Father of Psychoanalysis. Freud himself suffered from psychosomatic symptoms yet would go on to develop groundbreaking theories on the unconscious mind and repression. Freuds work in analyzing dreams has helped aid psychiatrists and patients alike to treat various physical and mental ailments.This version of Leonardo Da Vinci includes a table of contents.