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Le Roi s’amuse
Le Roi s’amuse – Victor Hugo Le roi s’amuse, best translated as ‘The King Amuses Himself’, is a play in five acts. It is set in Paris in the 1520s and the plot was used for Verdi’s 1851 opera Rigoletto. The main person of the play is Triboulet, a witty court jester, through whose words […]
The Odyssey Of Homer
The Odyssey Of Homer – Andrew Lang This book contains one of the most famous literary works in history, „The Odyssey“ rendered into beautiful English prose. There can be, however, it appears, no final English translation of Homer. In each there must be, in addition to what is Greek and eternal, the element of what […]
What I saw in America
What I saw in America – Gilbert Keith Chesterton Americans like to read the opinions of other people from other lands about them, and particularly will they delight in this volume by G. K. Chesterton. There is a rich vein of humor in all of Chesterton’s work, and its warmth runs through this book. There […]
Eugenics and other Evils
Eugenics and other Evils – Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Zionists have often spoken about the hoped-for Jewish homeland in Palestine becoming a center whence would emanate, as of old, great ideas and ideals. Such a radiation has already begun, but it is interesting, indeed curious, that among the firstlings of the New Jerusalem is a […]
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Man Who Knew Too Much – Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Zionists have often spoken about the hoped-for Jewish homeland in Palestine becoming a center whence would emanate, as of old, great ideas and ideals. Such a radiation has already begun, but it is interesting, indeed curious, that among the firstlings of the New Jerusalem […]
The New Jerusalem
The New Jerusalem – Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Zionists have often spoken about the hoped-for Jewish homeland in Palestine becoming a center whence would emanate, as of old, great ideas and ideals. Such a radiation has already begun, but it is interesting, indeed curious, that among the firstlings of the New Jerusalem is a product […]
The Uses of Diversity
The Uses of Diversity – Gilbert Keith Chesterton In this collection of papers the author, in his characteristically discursive fashion, gives his impressions of the Irish character as an almost paradoxical combination of visionary dreamer and practical peasant. He emphasizes the fundamental differences between the English and the Irish out of which arise many if […]
The Superstition of Divorce
The Superstition of Divorce – Gilbert Keith Chesterton In this collection of papers the author, in his characteristically discursive fashion, gives his impressions of the Irish character as an almost paradoxical combination of visionary dreamer and practical peasant. He emphasizes the fundamental differences between the English and the Irish out of which arise many if […]
Marion de Lorme
Marion de Lorme – Victor Hugo Marion De Lorme the heroine, and Didier the hero, are simple figures, and more like those to be found in the ‚Hernani.‘ Didier is another brother of the Giaour, — mysterious, melancholic, misanthropic. Like Hernani, he is a wanderer on the face of the earth, and has great capacity […]
Esmeralda
Esmeralda – Victor Hugo Victor Hugo wrote the dramatic libretto for the opera “La Esmeralda” in 1836. Although the premiere of the opera was a failure, the libretto, based on Hugo’s novel ‘The Hunchback of Notre-Dame’, is still worth a read. Format: Paperback Esmeralda. ISBN: 9783849677596. Available at amazon.com and other venues. The Writings […]