Era già buio e la neve continuava a cadere: il giardino era imbiancato e cani facevano festa ballando in quel soffice strato.La nonna Adele l’aveva fatta venire nella grande casa, adesso che la gravidanza era al termine. Almeno lì sarebbe stata bene, sotto controllo, circondata da affetto e confort. Da quando la mamma Mariuccia aveva… Read More I cani, la neve, la nascita
➡️ Part 1 The fourteen letter of Mrs Silence Dogood (pen name of young Benjamin Franklin who, despite having less than two years of formal education, according to his Autobiography, “was anxious to try his hand” as an author) covered a wide range of subjects, including politics, religion and social issues, written from the point… Read More Benjamin & Silence/2
Oggi, venticinque agosto, ho appena iniziato a leggere il romanzo di Milena Milani “La ragazza di nome Giulio” uscito nel 1964 e subito sequestrato per oltraggio al pudore,L’autrice fu sottoposta ad un processo per oscenità e venne condannata a sei mesi di reclusione. Negli anni successivi però la sentenza fu ribaltata perché al romanzo vennero… Read More Il venticinque agosto/The Twenty-fifth of August
Pamela Lyndon Travers, creator of the “Mary Poppins” series, was born Helen Lyndon Goff on 9 August 1899 in Australia. When she emigrated to England in 1924, she began to regularly use the name P.L. Travers, already employed in her days as a dancer and Shakespearean actor on the Australian stage. It is said that… Read More P.L. Travers & Mary Poppins
Newwhitebear nel post Compagnia per l’estate – 1 – La danza ha proposto un mini racconto di non più di 200 parole sul tema: “La danza”. Ecco il mio: Ancheggiava felice lanciata e poi ripresa tra le braccia di lui. Quando i corpi si univano, sentiva il suo cuore battere veloce contro quello di lui. Comunicava… Read More Microstoria/Flash Fiction
George Orwell, pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, was born on 25 June 1903 in Motihari, Bengal (now Bihar), British India English novelist, essayist, and critic, his work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, and strong opposition to totalitarianism. His most famous novels are “Animal Farm” a satire which allegorically depicts Stalin’s betrayal of… Read More George Orwell: What’s in a Name?
➡️ Part 1➡️ Part 2 When Oscar Wilde enlarged the story for the novel-length version, he responded to his critics by further toning down its “immoral” elements, obscuring the homoeroticism of the plot and expanding the personal background of the characters. The amended version, extended from 13 to 20 chapters, was published in a single… Read More The Picture of Dorian Gray: Preface/3
➡️ Part 1 When J.M. Stoddart finally received Oscar Wilde’s novella “The Portrait of Dorian Gray” and began reading it, he was immediately impressed by the literary merits of the work . But there were some aspects that left him much less enthusiastic, indeed, decidedly perplexed. He told the publisher, George Lippincott, that the story… Read More The Picture of Dorian Gray: a novella/2
On 20 June 1890 the reading public began to hear about “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, Oscar Wilde’s famous tale of a young man who purchases eternal youth at the expense of his soul.It was on that day that a shorter novella-length version of the novel was published on both sides of the Atlantic in… Read More The Picture of Dorian Gray: a novella/1
James Branch Cabell born on 14 April1879 was an American author of fantasy fiction Since his surname was often mispronounced, he composed this rhyme: “Tell the rabble my name is Cabell” to clear up pronunciation issues.His works were considered escapist: according to him truthfulness was “the one unpardonable sin, not merely against art, but against… Read More Fantasy & Optimism
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