Willa Cather My Ántonia : Unabridged Text with Introduction, Biography and Analysis My Ántonia is a novel published in 1918 by American writer Willa Cather, considered one of her best works. It is the final book of her "prairie trilogy" of novels, preceded by O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century. Both the pioneers who first break the prairie sod for farming, as well as of the harsh but fertile land itself, feature in this American novel. The first year in the very new place leaves strong impressions in both children, affecting them lifelong. This novel is considered Cather's first masterpiece. Cather was praised for bringing the American West to life and making it personally interesting.

This edition includes the full original version of the Willa Cather's book and provides other valuable features under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, including a commented introduction, helpful bibliography, author's biography, notes, references, and much more.
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"Anna Karenina, odin iz samyh znamenityh romanov L'va Tolstogo, nachinaetsya stavshej aforizmom frazoj: ""Vse schastlivye sem'i pohozhi drug na druga, kazhdaya neschastlivaya sem'ya neschastliva po-svoemu"". Eto kniga o vechnyh cennostyah: o lyubvi, o vere, o sem'e, o chelovecheskom dostoinstve."

The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come is a 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print.It has also been cited as the first novel written in English.

Bunyan began his work while in the Bedfordshire county prison for violations of the Conventicle Act of 1664, which prohibited the holding of religious services outside the auspices of the established Church of England. Early Bunyan scholars such as John Brown believed The Pilgrim's Progress was begun in Bunyan's second, shorter imprisonment for six months in 1675, but more recent scholars such as Roger Sharrock believe that it was begun during Bunyan's initial, more lengthy imprisonment from 1660 to 1672 right after he had written his spiritual autobiography Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners.

The English text comprises 108,260 words and is divided into two parts, each reading as a continuous narrative with no chapter divisions. The first part was completed in 1677 and entered into the Stationers' Register on 22 December 1677. It was licensed and entered in the "Term Catalogue" on 18 February 1678, which is looked upon as the date of first publication.[10] After the first edition of the first part in 1678, an expanded edition, with additions written after Bunyan was freed, appeared in 1679. The Second Part appeared in 1684. There were eleven editions of the first part in John Bunyan's lifetime, published in successive years from 1678 to 1685 and in 1688, and there were two editions of the second part, published in 1684 and 1686.
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I miei ricordi mi portano ad anni remoti. Rammento del mio amico Angelo, seduto, attento, contento e concentrato tra i suoi fogli, per apprendere questa lingua araba all'Istituto di Studi Orientali di Milano, interessato dalla storia delle Mille e una notte que lo spingono verso sogni lontani. Così è nato questo poeta, appassionato dai sentimenti, dai colori e sopratutto dal senso della verità, che ha toccato con le sue dita con una semplicità inabituale...
L'autenticità dell'esperienza, l'eccellenza nella scelta dei vocaboli, un cuore colmo di vita. É con grande piacere che gli dedico le mie parole e la mia ammirazione.

Viaggiatore atemporale, reminescenza di vite anteriori, gioco, finzione. L'io narrante attraversa la storia del Mediterraneo fino all'epoca delle grandi esplorazioni marittime che hanno avvicinato il Levante al Ponente. Un libro che seduce per la sua originalità, raccontato in prosa, pur mantenendo lo stile della scrittura in versi. Leggendolo, fa pensare a vecchi manoscritti rilegati, allineati in biblioteche o sparsi per il mondo.

La pittura d'arte incontra la natura. Cosi' si potrebbe riassumere questa originale raccolta di poesie, dove la lirica dei versi si abbina alla lirica dei paesaggi, quelli della Costa Azzurra. I colori in acrilico si disseminano in queste pagine, aggiungendo l'arte della pittura all'arte della poesia. La natura non fa solo da sfondo, anzi al contrario, è un elemento portante e inscindibile di questo libro. Natura, pittura, poesia. Un felice e ben riuscito triumvirato che domina tutta la silloge durante le sessanta poesie.

Geniale Gedichte eines jungen Künstlers mit kompromissloser Bereitschaft zum Risiko, zur Leidenschaft, aber auch zum Hoffen und Träumen. Es geht um Leiden, Furcht, verlorene Liebe, den Wunsch nach Gegenseitigkeit, nach Geborgenheit, das unsichere Herantasten an den Anderen. Auch um den Versuch, sich selbst in seiner vollen Widersprüchlichkeit wahrzunehmen, die Grenzerfahrungen mit Drogen, für die er zuweilen apokalyptische Bilder findet.

Das sprachliche Draufgängertum, mit dem Adelino Antworten auf diese Fragen (ver)dichtet, gibt seiner Poesie eine ganz eigene, surreale Färbung. Er schreibt sich dabei so nah wie möglich an das Noch-Sagbare heran. Adelino findet Worte und Bilder, die bei aller Kraft eine Zerbrechlichkeit ausdrücken, die seinen Gedichten einen musikalischen Klang und inneren Zusammenhalt geben.

Der Dichter lebt von künstlerischen Herausforderungen, sprachlichen wie biografischen Brüchen und von dem unbedingten Willen, Leben und Schreiben zu einem Kunstwerk zu formen.

Die Zeichnungen von Vadim Korniloff entwickeln eine selbständige Traumwelt, die sich in wundersamer Weise mit den Texten zu einer Symbiose fügen.
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Les Fleurs du mal (English: The Flowers of Evil) is a volume of French poetry by Charles Baudelaire. First published in 1857, it was important in the symbolist and modernist movements. The poems deal with themes relating to decadence and eroticism. This Bilingual English - French edition provides the original text by Baudelaire and its English translation by Cyril Scott. The initial publication of the book was arranged in six thematically segregated sections: 1. Spleen et Idéal (Spleen and Ideal) 2. Tableaux parisiens (Parisian Scenes) 3. Le Vin (Wine) 4. Fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil) 5. Révolte (Revolt) 6. La Mort (Death) Baudelaire dedicated the book to the poet Théophile Gautier, describing him as a parfait magicien des lettres françaises ( a perfect magician of French letters ). The foreword to the volume, Au Lecteur ( To the Reader ), identifying Satan with the pseudonymous alchemist Hermes Trismegistus. The author and the publisher were prosecuted under the regime of the Second Empire as an outrage aux bonnes moeurs ( an insult to public decency ). As a consequence of this prosecution, Baudelaire was fined 300 francs. Six poems from the work were suppressed and the ban on their publication was not lifted in France until 1949. These poems were Lesbos Femmes damnées (À la pâle clarté) (or Women Doomed (In the pale glimmer...) ) Le Léthé (or Lethe ) À celle qui est trop gaie (or To Her Who Is Too Joyful ) Les Bijoux (or The Jewels ) and Les Métamorphoses du Vampire (or The Vampire's Metamorphoses ). These were later published in Brussels in a small volume entitled Les Épaves (Scraps or Jetsam). On the other hand, upon reading The Swan (or Le Cygne ) from Les Fleurs du mal, Victor Hugo announced that Baudelaire had created un nouveau frisson (a new shudder, a new thrill) in literature. In the wake of the prosecution, a second edition was issued in 1861 which added 35 new poems, removed the six suppressed poems, and added a new section entitled Tableaux Parisiens. A posthumous third edition, with a preface by Théophile Gautier and including 14 previously unpublished poems, was issued in 1868.
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Angelo Rizzi appare in questa sua ottava raccolta di poesie, come un autore poliedrico, toccando e trattando soggetti e argomenti più diversi e disparati. Le opere qui esposte, passano dal sentimento alla sofferenza, dalla rivolta all'entusiasmo, dalla premonizione alla meditazione, l'osservazione della natura e degli esseri umani, conservando lo stile pacato e ironico che da sempre caratterizza la sua scrittura.

(Recueil écrit en Anglais)
Il est toujours difficile de quitter des endroits familiers, apaisants, confortables ou toxiques, mais nécessaires.
"Why I left my hometown" est l'histoire de mon enfance dans un village et toutes les choses qui ont fait de moi qui je suis.
Plus important encore, ce recueil décrit les émotions que j'ai ressenties lorsque j'ai décidé de partir et les raisons m'ayant motivées. Je savais que le reste du monde valait la peine d'être exploré et que j'avais besoin de distance pour ouvrir les yeux.
Trouvez la force de vous évader et de suivre votre propre chemin et rêves dans ce recueil de poèmes écrit en Anglais.

Borderline évoque sous forme poétique tout type de problèmes et de collisions rencontrées lors de relations personnelles et interpersonnelles, j'ai choisis ce titre car à l'âge de 18 ans j'ai été diagnostiquée du trouble de la personnalité limite plus communément appeler trouble borderline.

«Biographies of Working Men» by Grant Allen is a captivating exploration of the lives of ordinary individuals during the Victorian era. This insightful work weaves together biographical sketches with astute sociopolitical commentary, offering readers a unique perspective on the struggles and triumphs of the working class in 19th century Britain.
Allen's narrative style brings to life the experiences of men who, despite their humble origins, made significant contributions to society. Through meticulous research and engaging storytelling, the author paints a vivid picture of the social and economic landscape that shaped these individuals' lives.
The book delves into the personal histories of various working men, from skilled artisans to factory workers, revealing the challenges they faced and the ingenuity they employed to overcome adversity. Allen's work serves as both a historical document and a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit, showcasing how determination and hard work could lead to remarkable achievements even in the face of societal constraints.
Readers interested in social history will find this book a valuable resource, offering insights into the daily lives, aspirations, and hardships of the working class during a pivotal period of industrial and social change. The author's ability to contextualize individual stories within broader historical trends provides a nuanced understanding of the era's social dynamics.
«Biographies of Working Men» is not merely a collection of life stories; it is a thoughtful examination of class, labor, and social mobility in Victorian society. Allen's progressive views shine through as he highlights the often-overlooked contributions of working-class individuals to the nation's progress and cultural development.
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"Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie" is a captivating journey through the life of one of America's most iconic industrialists and philanthropists. Born in 1835 in Dunfermline, Scotland, Carnegie's story epitomizes the quintessential rags-to-riches tale of the American Dream.
The narrative begins with Carnegie's humble beginnings in Scotland, where he was born into a working-class family. His early experiences, including his family's immigration to America when he was 13, shaped his worldview and instilled in him a strong work ethic. Carnegie vividly recounts his first job in a Pittsburgh cotton mill, working 12-hour days for a mere $1.20 per week.
As readers delve into Carnegie's rise through the ranks of the business world, they witness his keen ability to recognize opportunities and his unwavering ambition. From his start as a telegraph operator to his ascent in the railroad industry, and finally to his dominance in the steel industry, Carnegie's journey is a masterclass in business acumen and strategic thinking.
The autobiography doesn't shy away from controversial topics, including the Homestead Strike, offering insights into the complex relationship between labor and management during the Industrial Revolution. Carnegie's philosophy on wealth, later known as the "Gospel of Wealth," is also explored, providing context to his later philanthropic endeavors.
This book is essential reading for those interested in business biographies, offering invaluable lessons in entrepreneurship and leadership. History enthusiasts will appreciate Carnegie's firsthand account of the Gilded Age, while readers of self-help literature will find inspiration in his self-made success story.
Carnegie's writing style is engaging and accessible, making this autobiography a compelling read for a wide audience. His reflections on success, wealth, and social responsibility remain relevant in today's business world, making this book a timeless piece of literature. Lire la suite Fermer

«George Alfred Henty: The Story of An Active Life» by George Manville Fenn is a definitive Victorian biography of one of Britain's most prolific boys' adventure writers, published shortly after Henty's death in 1907. This intimate portrait traces Henty's extraordinary journey from sickly Cambridge child to Crimean War volunteer, then to pioneering war correspondent covering nine conflicts across three continents, before becoming the era's dominant writer of historical fiction for young readers.
Fenn structures this literary biography around Henty's dual careers, first documenting his groundbreaking frontline journalism from witnessing Garibaldi's campaigns to reporting on the opening of the Suez Canal then analyzing how these experiences informed his 144 adventure novels. The biography reveals how Henty's military service shaped classics like Under Drake's Flag, with Fenn noting his unique ability to "make history live" through protagonists who embody Victorian ideals of courage and fair play.
Particularly valuable are chapters detailing Henty's writing discipline (producing 2,000 words daily before breakfast) and his collaboration with illustrators like Gordon Browne. Fenn also addresses criticisms of Henty's imperialist themes, contextualizing them within late 19th century authors' worldview. The work includes rare personal insights, from Henty's grief after his wife's early death to his mentoring of younger writers like Rider Haggard.
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«Eminent Victorians» by Lytton Strachey shattered conventions when published in 1918, launching a new era of iconoclastic history with its irreverent portraits of four Victorian icons: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Thomas Arnold, and General Gordon. Strachey, a leading light of the Bloomsbury Group, wielded satire and psychological insight to expose the contradictions beneath their saintly reputations, forever changing how biography was written.
The work opens with Manning's ecclesiastical power struggles, revealing how ambition masked as piety shaped the Oxford Movement. Nightingale emerges as both heroic reformer and tyrannical perfectionist her wartime achievements juxtaposed with personal ruthlessness. Strachey's take on Arnold dismantles the myth of the benign educator, showing how his Rugby School reforms bred militaristic conformity. The final portrait of Gordon, the doomed imperialist in Khartoum, becomes a searing indictment of British hubris.
More than just Victorian biographies, these essays dissect an entire age's moral pretensions. Strachey's razor-sharp prose mocking Arnold's "neat little sermons" or Gordon's messianic delusions pioneered literary modernism in historical writing. His archival rigor (digging through diaries and letters) pairs with wicked humor to humanize legends, making this essential reading for understanding how Edwardians rejected Victorian certainties after World War I's trauma. Lire la suite Fermer

«Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life» by W.H. Hudson is a luminous naturalist memoir that transports readers to the Argentine pampas of the 1850s, where the author spent his extraordinary childhood. This 19th century autobiography, written when Hudson was seventy six, vibrates with youthful wonder as it reconstructs his formative years amid the untamed landscapes and colonial outposts of South America.
The narrative unfolds through Hudson's dual lenses: the wide eyed boy discovering the pampas' teeming wildlife (from ovenbirds to pumas), and the seasoned naturalist reflecting on how these encounters shaped his life's work. Vignettes alternate between ecological observations like his account of riding through locust plagues and colonial life portraits: gaucho knife fights, British expatriate eccentricities, and indigenous horse tamers. A pivotal chapter details Hudson's near fatal childhood illness that awakened his preternatural sensitivity to nature's voices.
What elevates this beyond typical nature writing is Hudson's unsentimental yet poetic style. His description of watching a flock of plovers "moving like a gray cloud" demonstrates the precise observation that later influenced conservationists. The memoir's second half darkens as Hudson witnesses the pampas' transformation by European settlers an early ecological lament that makes this a foundational text in environmental literature. Lire la suite Fermer

In an undetermined future, Armenia, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, ­Jordan, Kuwait, Kurdistan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Turkey are the member States of the Community of the Levant since twelve or so years. Twenty-four experts chosen by the leaders of these twelve countries had secretly prepared its advent. How did they organize, articulate and develop their discussions and solutions? How were their plans defined, and then realized? Why did centuries of violence in the Near East come to a sudden end in a single night? What have been the consequences?
A "report from the future" to meet actors of this renewal who reveal hitherto confidential facts, and to discover some of the achievements of the Community: its earthquake warning centre in Ani on the border between Turkey and Armenia, its capital city on the Golan Heights, the Aquarius Project and the underground pipework channelling water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, an ecumenical dialogue centre in the Sinai, etc.
And also an initiatory journey, inviting to wonder about the construction of the European Union.

Translated from the 2nd French edition (2014)
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Poésies en occitan et français, saupoudrés de quelques mots d'arabe, d'anglais, d'espagnol et d'allemand. Variété quant à la forme qui va de la prose poétique à l'alexandrin en passant par le vers libre, mais unité du fond qui est avant tout une recherche de soi-même.

Le Ramdam des mots, traduit en anglais est le messager, le réconciliateur, la voix du solitaire, l'avocat des opprimés, des désarmés et le consolateur des affligés. Le chant lointain de l'Afrique résonne dans ses pages avec des titres comme: Je suis un nègre, exil, Sang-mêlé...
Il rend aussi hommage à quelques hommes tels que A. Césaire, N. Mandela, ou encore S. Déterville.
A 36 ans, Georges Cocks auteur guadeloupéen d'origine Saint-Martinoise contrarie le silence des mots avec ce recueil bilingue. Comme un chant de tambours, la candeur de ses mots vous invite à la danse.

Tu sais que ton histoire mériterait un livre, c'est un vrai scénario, un conte de fées des temps modernes.
Voilà les commentaires que je pouvais recevoir en contant mon histoire. En toute humilité j'ai donc décidé de l'écrire tout d'abord pour celui grâce à qui je me sens vivante, puis pour tout ceux qui auraient la curiosité de connaître notre aventure de part et d'autre de l'océan atlantique.
Une première lettre reçue à 14 ans va des années plus tard bouleverser le court de mon existence.
Tout eu lieu un 5 mai, jour d'une bataille mémorable entre le Mexique et la France où nous étions repartis la baguette entre les jambes et le béret en berne.
Ce livre est une tranche de vie écrit sans langue de bois, avec des traits d'humour. La rencontre d'un correspondant mexicain qu'elle connait depuis la moitié de sa vie par lettres interposées. Les choix ou les non choix qu'elle aura à faire. Sacrifier ce possible amour, risquer de détruire leur amitié ou tout lâcher, famille, amis, travail pour lui.
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This poetry collection was compiled by poems by Marlies van den Broek. She is committed to culture. The topics are: love, life, future and happiness. These are messages that relate directly to the progress of retirement of a loyal and dear relation.

This book is compiled with children riddle, rhymes and laughing stocks. Riddles are the perfect medium for learning how to manipulate language for many and motivation for reading them. Home literacy and awareness is created for children with different effects for rhyme and poems. All fun and joy! This book can be read by each child with a lot of fun. In addition, it is a very educational book. Author M.B van den Broek whom is also writer of the adult fiction book of The Avenue of Yawiza and Poems Love, Life Future and Happiness made this book.

Livre bilingue français-catalan.
A la fin du XIVème siècle, après la mort en 1391 de Gaston Fébus, comte de Foix, Corbeyran de Foix, seigneur de Rabat et de Fornex, sénéchal de Foix, accueille pour l'hiver dans son château de Rabat (Ravat) un berger des vallées d'Andorre. Celui-ci, lors des veillées d'hiver, parle à la famille seigneuriale et à l'entourage de Corbeyran de Foix de la vie en Andorre. Le berger s'éprend d'une servante du château...
--------------------------------------------------- A la fi del segle XIV, el 1391 després de la mort de Gaston Febus, comte de Foix, Corbeyran de Foix, Senyor de Rabat i Fornex, Senescal de Foix, acull per a l'hivern al seu castell Rabat (Ravat) un pastor de les valls d'Andorra. Aquest últim, durant les tardes d'hivern, parla a la família senyorial i l'entorn de Corbeyran de Foix, de la vida a Andorra. El pastor s'enamora d'una criada del castell ...
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Esther K. Lee was born in 1949. She lived in France, Germany and in the USA. She is currently living in the Provence. A translator, naturopath, massage therapist and an artist, she has always taught children and adults foreign languages, all kinds of other subjects including naturopathy, nutrition, hygiene.
Her first book tells her uncommon life path through difficult relationships and circumstances when the evil sides in humans collide with ideals of love, harmony, happiness...
This is her autobiography about her first fifty years of life unfolding tougher and tougher situations: separations, divorces, betrayals, alcoholism, violence and more... A personal testimony of courage and faith...
BE READY TO LIVE is also Be ready to Love if one wants to make it in dignity.
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