1 LE DUE MARIE 1b – Maria Gravina Anche l’altra Maria non ebbe una sorte molto fausta. Le due Marie non erano come le altre donne, quelle di cui mi sentivo così gelosa, un sentimento che ho sempre dovuto tenere ben celato perché il Divino odia le donne che si mostrano troppo possessive e non… Read More Le donne del mio Vate – ☾IV☽
1a – Maria Hardouin Aperta la porta del salotto, si trovarono davanti a uno spettacolo inaspettato. Videro il padre che sembrava stesse giocando, sdraiato sui cuscini di uno dei grandi divani. Non era solo su quel sofà davanti al caminetto, le cui fiamme scoppiettanti dovevano emanare un gran calore perché sia lui sia l’altro giocatore… Read More Le donne del mio Vate – ☾III☽
1a – Maria Hardouin “Or così fu; pe ‘l bosco andavamo. Sottileella era e tutta bionda; ………Così, vinta, si stese. Un irrigidimentodi piacere le prese il corpo; semispentol’occhio le naufragava ne l’onda de ‘l piacere.” Dopo averla sedotta, nel 1883, il novello sposo compose il “Peccato di maggio”, descrivendo per filo e per segno l’amplesso… Read More Le donne del mio Vate – ☾II☽
Please scroll down for English version Questa serie di racconti sulle donne di Gabriele D’Annunzio (o anche d’Annunzio) si basa liberamente su scritti suoi o che si riferiscono a lui (messi tra virgolette e/o in corsivo). Il narratore è la fedele Aélis. Alla nascita, mi è stato dato il nome di Amélie ma l’Immaginifico l’ha… Read More Le donne del mio Vate – ☾I☽
Shortly before Nelson’s statue was raised onto the platform at top of the column, there was a special celebration up there.It was 23 October 1843, the landmark was nearing completion, and to toast their success fourteen of the stonemasons who had worked on the column climbed the scaffolding up to the platform, where the statue… Read More Horatia Nelson: Nelson’s Column (part 78)
During the legal negotiations for the long disputes over tithes, Horatia’s role was really important: it was she who underwent the drudgery of most of the stagecoach journeys from Tenterden to London, over ninety kilometres away.Horatia was always held in high regard both in Tenterden and in London and she was well received by society,… Read More Horatia Nelson: Nelson’s Column (part 77)
You know Cassandro because he sometimes publishes his poems in the comments on my posts: he sent me this poem and asked me to translate it into English.It refers to yesterday’s article where I mentioned parental love.As you know, it’s easier for me to translate poems from English into Italian.I’ve had trouble with rhymes and… Read More Asking for help
Ten months after the marriage, Horatia gave birth to a son: Horatio Nelson Ward, who was baptized on his mother’s 22nd birthday, on 29th January 1823.He was the eldest of ten children, seven boys and three girls, of whom only six reached adulthood, After some years, Philip Ward was raised to a higher position and… Read More Horatia Nelson in England (part 74)
Samuel Lover, born on 24 February 1797 in Dublin, was an Irish novelist, poet, songwriter, and a portrait painter, also known by the pseudonym “Ben Trovato”, meaning “well invented“.This derives from an aphorism by Giordano Bruno (Italian monk, philosopher, cosmologist who was burned at the stake in Rome, in 1600 for his opinions on astronomy… Read More Samuel Lover aka Ben Trovato
Charles Dickens mentioned some prisons in his works, and specifically wrote of the prison in which Emma and Horatia were consigned in three oh his novels.In “David Copperfield” the ever-optimistic Mr Micawber is imprisoned for debt there; in “Nicholas Nickleby” Madeleine Bray and her father live “within the Rules”; and in “Little Dorrit” Mr Rugg… Read More Lady Hamilton & Horatia in Prison (part 58)
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