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Nuovo ebook per la collana della Scuola estiva di traduzione di Gina Maneri e Anna Rusconi, lottavo; il corso e la raccolta sono a cura di Maneri, Rusconi e Marina Pugliano.Per i motivi noti a tutti, ledizione 2020 si e svolta giocoforza online, ma il nostro workshop anche questanno e riuscito a produrre degli splendidi racconti tradotti, nellordine, dal tedesco, dallo spagnolo e dallinglese. Nove, per lesattezza: Una regina perfetta, di Ines Garland; Cinque delle mie altre vite: Il lupo, Imparare a leggere, Lorso e il gatto, Energia e Al pianoterra, di Michaela Heissenberger; Caline, La bugia del dottor Chevalier e Un tipo ozioso di Kate Chopin.Non abbiamo voluto rinunciare neppure alla serata conclusiva con la lettura musicata dei racconti, da cui e nato un video che trovate sul canale YouTube della Scuola estiva: https://youtu.be/UgJ-QCVipU8Un ebook dei Dragomanni (www.idragomanni.it).

Paru en 1722, "Moll Flanders" (titre complet: "Heurs et malheurs de la fameuse Moll Flanders") est un roman picaresque de l’écrivain britannique Daniel Defoe.Si la fiction prend lapparence de la réal

Publicada en 1887, "Los habitantes del bosque" es una de las novelas más brillantes, controvertidas y representativas de la narrativa de Thomas Hardy, quien siempre la consideró su obra favorita. Sus evocadores paisajes y sus personajes llenos de fuerza hacen de "Los habitantes del bosque" una obra indispensable. Grace Melbury, la preciosa y delicada hija de un prospero maderero que haria cualquier cosa por ella, regresa al pequeño pueblo de su infancia despues de haber recibido una refinada educacion lejos de alli. Su reencuentro con quien siempre estuvo destinado a ser su marido, Giles Winterborne, les revela a los dos que, pese a todo lo que el pueda amarla, no esta a la altura de sus nuevas expectativas sociales y, en cambio, si lo esta el nuevo medico de la region, el aristocratico Edred Fitzpiers, que aparece rodeado de libros y de un raro halo de misterio. La relacion que se establece entre los tres se vera salpicada de malentendidos y traiciones, pero tambien de una devocion y una lealtad que conduciran a un desenlace extraordinario.

First published in 1876, "Rose in Bloom" is Louisa May Alcotts sequel to "Eight Cousins." Rose Campbell returns to the "Aunt Hill" after two years of traveling around the world. Suddenly, she is surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them. But before she marries anyone, Rose is determined to establish herself as an independent young woman. Besides, she suspects that some of her friends like her more for her money than for herself.

First published in 1845, "Chicot the Jester" (AKA "La Dame de Monsoreau") is a historical novel by French author Alexandre Dumas and the second volume of The Valois Trilogy, also composed by "Queen Margot" and "The Forty Five Guardsmen" in that order."Chicot the Jester" tells the fantastic story of a nobleman jester who has the audacity to mock a king and the guile to disarm a venerable knight in a heated battle.Bristling with political plots, secret assignations, daring escapes, duels, surprising alliances and betrayals, Dumas orchestrates two plotlines to come together in a very scene-driven, absolutely over-the-top novel. The title character isnt a jester in the way we use the term today; instead Chicot is King Henri IIIs advisor with the advantage of being able to speak truth to power. And that power is in jeopardy from within his family and without. Chicot must use all his wiles to keep Henri out of trouble and himself in the position of the real King of France. Against him is the powerful house of de Guise whose head is also the leader of the Catholic League; the Kings brother the Duc dAngou and the leader of the Huguenot faction, King Henry of Navarre. The other principal player is the brave Bussy, or the Comte de Bussy who is allied with the Duc dAnjou. He upsets the Kings minions and while escaping their trap he encounters a strange lady in a strange house and thinks it all a dream until he meets the real lady and falls in love. Tragically shes been tricked into marrying the scheming Comte Monsoreau, chief huntsman to the King and who will do anything to keep his wife away from any man who so much as looks at her. Monsoreau isnt his only worry though; the Duc dAnjou also wants the lovely Diana.Concerning one of Dumass most well-known and marvellously crafted characters, Chicot the Jester is a must-read for fans of Dumass seminal work, and is not to be missed by the discerning collector.

First published in 1845, "Queen Margot" (AKA "Marguerite de Valois") is a historical novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas."Queen Margot" is set in Paris in August 1572 during the reign of Charles IX. The story is based on real characters and events. The novels protagonist is Marguerite de Valois, better known as Margot, daughter of the deceased Henry II and the infamous scheming Catholic power player Catherine de Medici. Catherine decides to make an overture of goodwill by offering up Margot in marriage to prominent Huguenot and King of Navarre, Henri de Bourbon, a marriage that was supposed to cement the hard-fought Peace of Saint-Germain. At the same time, Catherine schemes to bring about the notorious St. Bartholomews Day Massacre of 1572, assassinating many of the most wealthy and prominent Huguenots who were in the largely-Catholic city of Paris to escort the Protestant prince to his weddingAlthough "Queen Margot"is based on real characters and events, certain aspects of the novel may be inconsistent with the historical record; historians have attributed this to artistic licence and the fact that Dumas might have been influenced by propaganda against certain characters, notably Catherine. Written in French, it was almost immediately translated into English, first anonymously, and soon after by David Bogue as "Marguerite de Valois: An Historical Romance"."Queen Margot" is the first book of The Valois Trilogy and followed by "Chicot the Jester" and "The Forty Five Guardsmen."

First published in 1847 and a sequel to “Chicot the Jester," Alexandre Dumas’s historical novel “The Forty Five Guardsmen” tells the story of Diane de Méridor’s quest for revenge upon Duc d’Anjou – f

Written in 1884 by English schoolteacher Edwin Abbott Abbott, "Flatland" (full name "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions") is a literary hybrid, a math- and science-based novella that creates a fictional land while at the same time satirizing Victorian culture and introducing theories of spaces multi-dimensional nature. Flatland is a world that exists on the two-dimensional plane, where its inhabitantsliteral geometrical shapeslive in a highly-structured society organized into classes based on the number of sides of a figure. The narrator and protagonist of "Flatland", mathematician A. Square (a pseudonym originally given as the author of the book), writes from prison, intricately detailing the social organization of his country and recounting the revelations he has received from the sacred Sphere.In Flatland women are straight lines and are considered the lowest of shapes. Men are polygons and the number of sides they have is dependent on their ranking in the social hierarchy. Odd and unexpected incidents bring A. Square together with numerous other geometric shapes. Some of the places he ventures into are Spaceland, which has three dimensions, Lineland, which is one-dimensional, and Pointland, which does not have any dimensions. A. Square also imagines a land with four dimensions, which is considered a subversive concept. While other Victorian literature may be turned to more frequently as classic examples of time and genre, "Flatland" remains intellectually challenging given that it prompts an examination of the elements of society without needing to adhere to a firm delineation between fact and fiction.

First published in 1898, "The Red Lily" is a novel by French author Anatole France that tells of the affair between a woman of the world, married to a politician, with an artist. A trip to Florence (which symbolizes the title) crowns this carnal and mystical union. Soon, jealousy insinuates itself into the lovers heart, who ends the affair.Unique in its genre, "The Red Lily" is partially autobiographical, since it is based on the, at first passionate affair, between the author and Mrs. de Caillavet.

First published in 1850, "Antonina" (or, The Fall of Rome) was Wilkie Collinss first published novel, dedicated to Lady Chantrey, wife of William Collinss friend, the sculptor Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey."Antonina" is written in a laborious, deliberately florid style using detail from Gibbons "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" and modelled on Bulwer-Lyttons "The Last Days of Pompeii". The plot is challenging, with many passages reading like a cross between a guide book to ancient Rome (based on Collinss visit in 1837) and a description of his fathers paintings. Other sections, particularly the more horrific and violent, are vividly written and there are already indications of Collinss interest in physical handicap and abnormal states of mind, and his dislike of all forms of extremism. The conflict between the imaginative and artistic Antonina and her stern father is reworked to better effect in Collinss next novel, "Basil". "Antonina" received good reviews, sold consistently and was reprinted throughout Collinss lifetime and well into the twentieth century.The plot revolves around two separate but related struggles. That of the old pagan and new Christian religions, seen as equally destructive, embodied in the opposing characters of Ulpius and Numerian; and that of the strong figure of the Goth, Goisvintha, (modelled on Norna in Scotts The Pirate) seeking revenge against the weak heroine, Antonina.In the Rome of 408 AD, the young Antonina lives with her father Numerian, zealous in his aims to restore the Christian faith to its former ideals. Numerians steward, Ulpius, brought up in the old religion, secretly lives only to restore the forbidden gods of pagan sacrifice. Vetranio, their wealthy neighbour, has designs on the innocent Antonina. When they are surprised by Numerian in an apparently compromising situation, Antonina flees outside the city walls just before Rome is blockaded by the encircling army of the Goths.Antonina is captured by the chieftain, Hermanric, who falls in love with her. His sister, Goisvintha, was the sole survivor of a Roman massacre in which her children perished and has vowed revenge on Rome and its people. She attempts to kill Antonina but is prevented by Hermanric who allows Antonina to escape. During the weeks of the siege, she lives in a deserted farmhouse, visited nightly by Hermanric. Goisvintha betrays her brother to the Huns who kill him, while Antonina escapes for a second time.Ulpius, meanwhile, has discovered a breach in the city wall and attempts to betray Rome to Alaric in exchange for his destruction of the Christian religion. Alaric is interested only in humbling his enemies into surrender and seizing a large tribute of gold. Returning towards the city, Ulpius discovers Antonina and accompanies her to Rome where she finds her overjoyed but starving father. Antonina begs the last morsels of food from Vetranio at a macabre and suicidal Banquet of Famine, preventing him from making a funeral pyre of his palace. (Source: wilkie-collins.info)

Publié en 1874, "La Conquête de Plassans" est un roman d’Émile Zola, le quatrième de la série Les Rougon-Macquart, histoire naturelle et sociale dune famille sous le Second Empire."La Conquête de Pla

Cosa succede quando un gruppo di aspiranti scrittori e fotografi si incontrano nei musei, archivi e biblioteche delle Marche per raccontarne in quattro ore le peculiarita e scovarne i tesori nascosti? Di certo si trattera di un meraviglioso viaggio al centro di un mondo tutto da scoprire, anche se ci appartiene gia.Ecco allora che il MAB Marche (coordinamento marchigiano tra Musei, Archivi e Biblioteche promosso da ICOM, ANAI e AIB) in collaborazione con la Regione Marche Assessorato alla Cultura e Politiche Sociali, il Garante regionale dei diritti della persona, lAssociazione culturale RaccontidiCitta e con StreetLib propone lottava edizione di un concorso rivolto a tutti gli appassionati di lettura, scrittura e fotografia.Storie da musei, archivi e biblioteche si e svolto dal 14 ottobre 2019 al 9 marzo 2020 e ha coinvolto centootto partecipanti in dieci strutture marchigiane, fra cui musei, archivi, biblioteche comunali e scolastiche.Fra racconti, foto e disegni, in tutto sono stati raccolti centocinque elaborati che raccontano le istituzioni culturali del territorio e limportanza che esse rivestono per le loro comunita di riferimento, con una particolare attenzione al tema delle relazioni.Avventuriamoci dunque fra le sale dei musei e tra i documenti di archivi e biblioteche in questo appassionante tour per ricostruire unimmagine delle nostre strutture che vada al di la di ogni stereotipo!

Also known in English as "The Devils" or "Demons", "The Possessed" is a masterpiece by Russian author Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, published in Russian in 1872 as Besy."The Possessed" is a reflection of Dostoyevskys belief that revolutionists possessed the soul of Russia and that, unless exorcised by a renewed faith in Orthodox Christianity and a pure nationalism, they would drive his country over the precipice. It has become a classic of Russian literature for its searing examination of human evil.Loosely based on sensational press reports of a Moscow students murder by fellow revolutionists, "The Possessed" depicts the destructive chaos caused by outside agitators who move into a moribund provincial town. The enigmatic Stavrogin dominates the novel. His magnetic personality influences his tutor, the liberal intellectual poseur Stepan Verkhovensky, and the teachers revolutionary son Pyotr, as well as other radicals. Stavrogin is portrayed as a man of strength without direction, capable of goodness and nobility. When Stavrogin loses his faith in God, however, he is seized by brutal desires he does not fully understand. In the end...(Source: britannica.com)

Can a love that defies the law of two families divided by an ancient grudge ever survive? Ginevra Rinaldi never knew what freedom was. Living in a golden cage, smothering and full of rules dictated by her father, she is used to obeying and suffering her family punishments for any of her rebellious acts.Lorenzo Orlando has abdicated his place as heir to the Orlando family heritage in order to have the freedom to be and do what he wants, even risking his own life. However, today he is a respected man and is the owner of Rockart City`s most prestigious venue, the Bridge.Determined to break the mold as well as the rules, Ginevra will end up in the wolf`s den. What will happen when she becomes ensnared by Lorenzo`s penetrating gaze and finds out that she can no longer escape him? How much time will Ginevra have before becoming Lorenzos prey?

First published in 1749, "A Journey from This World to the Next" is a fictional work by Henry Fielding in which he purports to discover a portion of manuscript which appears to be the work of a recently deceased spirit describing their experiences after death. The narrator (probably not Fielding) has just died, in the first sentence, and has left his old body through its nose. Through relating his travels in the afterlife, he gently satirizes life here on earth. Other notable books by Henry Fielding include "Tom Jones", "Joseph Andrews", and "The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon".

Darkness ist geheimnisvoll, undurchschaubar und machtig - und sie faszinierte damit viele Leser von Maria Rohreichs Fantasyroman Hexenrot. Doch wie wurde Darkness zu der, die sie in Hexenrot ist? In dieser Geschichte wird nun erzahlt, wie alles begann... Aber auch alle, die Hexenrot noch nicht kennen, konnen Darkness Schicksal ohne Vorkenntnisse lesen und die geheimnisvolle Hexe kennenlernen.Darkness Schicksal von Maria Rohreich ist als kostenloses E-Book (ca. 96 Seiten) im Tomfloor Verlag erschienen.

Originally published as a collection in 1912, "Twixt Land and Sea" contains three long stories written for magazines in the 1909 -1911 period. The Secret Sharer is one of the great tales in the English language, but, although not major works, the othersFreya of the Seven Isles and A Smile of Fortune deserve to be read more than they are. All three tales explore a young captain under stress. Although in this period of renewed personal and financial turmoil Conrads imagination turns nostalgically to life at sea, the sea is no longer the simplified world of "Typhoon" or "The End of the Tether", where moral distinctions are clear. In these tales, a young captain is faced with circumstances and emotional traumas for which neither the maritime code nor his experience has prepared him.

Clarissas Leben ist alles andere als leicht. Ihre Mutter wurde grausam ermordet, in der Schule wird sie gemobbt und dann erfahrt sie auch noch, dass ihr Vater gekidnappt wurde. Um ihren Vater wieder zu sehen, muss sie das Vertrauen des attraktiven Cody Arrington gewinnen und ihn dem mysteriosen Entfuhrer ausliefern.Fur die schuchterne Clarissa ist es alles andere als einfach uberhaupt erst ein Gesprach mit dem gut aussehenden Jungen zu beginnen, der sie zudem auch noch bei jedem Versuch eiskalt abblitzen lasst. Doch um das Leben ihres Vaters zu retten, darf sie nicht aufgeben. Auerdem ist nun auch ihre Neugier geweckt, denn Cody hat ein Geheimnis, das er um jeden Preis zu schutzen versucht Clarissa Der Auftrag ist der Romantasy-Debutauftakt einer spannenden Damonenwolf-Trilogie der Fantasyautorin Doreen KohlerFur Romantasyleserinnen und -leser ab 14 Jahren, die Werwolfgeschichten mit Romantik lieben

First published in 1881, Anatole Frances novel "The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard" is both clever and wise and in the manner of the great masters of literary style - a book that is full of suspense from beginning to end.Sylvestre Bonnard, an elderly and highly esteemed scholar, encounters unexpected problems when he embarks upon a search for an ancient ecclesiastical literary document that takes him from Paris to Sicily and then into his own life history. For the sake of justice and love, he ends up committing acts that at best are of doubtful legality...

Written by French author Émile Zola, "Germinal" was originally published as a serial novel from November 1884 until February 1885 and it was published fully in March 1885. The novel is the 13th of 20 in Zolas Les Rougon-Macquart series and the second novel about working class. It focuses on the influence of heredity in two branches of a family during the Second French Empire.Considered one of Zolas best novels, Germinal takes its name from a spring month in the French Republican Calendar. Written in the naturalist tradition, the book studies how people are the product of both inner forces and their environments."Germinal" takes place in a fictional town in northern FranceMontsou, meaning many sous, a form of French currencyand follows the journey of Etienne Lantier. Etienne is a young coal miner leading his comrades in a strike against the oppressive Company, whose shareholders luxurious lifestyle is made possible by the backbreaking work of the poor.