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Book-length poem, in the original German. According to Wikipedia: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 - 22 March 1832) was a German writer. George Eliot called him "Germany's greatest man of letters... and the last true polymath to walk the earth." Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama,...

English translation of the classic play. According to Wikipedia: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 - 22 March 1832) was a German writer. George Eliot called him "Germany's greatest man of letters... and the last true polymath to walk the earth." Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama,...

Hailed as Germany's greatest contribution to world literature, Goethe's Faust drew upon a folktale and Marlowe's Dr. Faustus for inspiration. But in this epic version, Faust sells his soul not for magic powers but for a heightened sense of existence. Part One covers his pact with Mephistopheles and...

"That face, that smile, as she glanced at our house. It seemed like all the problems of the world, all her very present and very actual pains, all her harsh fights of the past 8 months, all the doubts regarding her future – they just all vanished. She was thrilled. And we were extremely happy. For...

Inesorabile. Questo è senz’altro il primo aggettivo che si associa alla parola “tempo”. Perché è quello che fa: passa, inesorabile e implacabile. Anche nella sonnacchiosa e immota Trieste il tempo scorre inflessibile giorno dopo giorno: sul mare, sull’imponente piazza, sui tetti, tra i...

19 Oeuvres de Alfred de Vigny Ce livre numérique présente une collection des oeuvres majeures de Alfred de Vigny éditées en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux différentes oeuvres. ...

10 Oeuvres de Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam Ce livre numérique présente une collection des oeuvres majeures de Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam éditées en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement...

Nouvelle édition 2019 sans DRM de Marion Delorme et sa préface de Victor Hugo augmentée d'annexes (Biographie). ERGONOMIE AMÉLIORÉE : L'ouvrage a été spécifiquement mis en forme pour votre liseuse. - Naviguez par simple clic de chapitre à chapitre ou de livre à livre. - Accédez instantanément...

Mi sono sempre piaciuti i dipinti di Salvador Dalì. Un quadro non è una mera rappresentazione, ma un dinamico viaggio emozionale di cui nulla si può programmare. Pensa, ad esempio, alla Tentazione di S. Antonio! Viaggio per l’artista che lo crea, viaggio per l’osservatore che lo contempla....

1894 Avec les «Italiens d'Aujourd'hui», René Bazin signe un récit de voyage. Il y parle des provinces du nord, de Rome et de la campagne autour de Rome, et en troisième partie, des provinces du sud de l'Italie. On y trouve des portraits d'italiens qu'il a trouvés typiques ou intéressants, des...

With a splendid selection from a half century of marvelous poems, a major Polish poet appears in English at last One of Poland's greatest living poets—now in English at last—Ryszard Krynicki was born in 1943 in a Nazi labor camp, the son of Polish slave laborers. His 1969 volume, Act of...

Arguably the most significant modern Hungarian poet, Lajos Walder was born in 1913 and died in 1945 in the Gunskirchen concentration camp, on the day it was liberated by the Allied forces. Exuberant and witty, poignant and severe, trenchant yet light-hearted, Lajos Walder's poems cut to the quick...

EXTRAIT: I Depuis quatre mille ans il tombait dans l'abîme Il n'avait pas encor pu saisir une cime, Ni lever une fois son front démesuré. Il s'enfonçait dans l'ombre et la brume, effaré, Seul, et derrière lui, dans les nuits éternelles, Tombaient...

4 works of Pedro Calderón de la Barca Dramatist, poet and writer of the Spanish Golden Age (1600-1681) This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of Pedro Calderón de la Barca. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of...