Nghệ Thuật Giao Tiếp - Tái bản 10/09/2009 tải về miễn phí cuốn sách

дмитрий д _200785cc — You can’t be lily-livered and read Thomas Hardy. You have to have grit. This is equally true of The Woodlanders, written by Hardy in 1887 as one in the series of his Wessex novels. The Woodlanders is a “Gatsby-esk” look at class distinctions; how the privileged class invariably and uncaringly run rough shod over the lower and middle class – in this case in mid-19th Century England. Fitzgerald’s book followed some 38 years later and dealt with the same issue on American soil. Giles Winterborne (the hero) and Grace Melbury (the semi-heroine) are born to lower to middle class families in rural England and are promised to each other early in life (at least by Grace’s father, who does so to ease his conscience). Mr. Melbury, however, has prospered enough to send Grace away to school to provide her with education and refinement. Upon her return, he thinks her worthy of someone better than Giles. He becomes for her the “fly in the ointment” and sets in motion through his intransigence a concatenation of events which lead Grace into misery and disaster. Not really a bad man, he is a bumbler. Ultimately, there is no fulfillment for any of the characters. Grace seems to find partial redemption at the end, but the reader is left with the notion that she has merely jumped from the frying pan into the fire. As with The Mayor of Casterbridge and Tess of the D’urbervilles, Hardy deals with issues affecting rural England during the first half of the 19th century – additionally, he explores the vagaries of class distinction, marriage relationships and morality. His literary style is unsurpassable – he may have equals among the Victorian authors, but no master. Hardy’s novels carry great emotional impact – I conclude each one feeling that I have been smacked right between the eyes. The final impact always seems to come at the end of the novel – often the last page. I added this book to my third topten.

Iris Rangil irisrangil27f9 — amazing. it's like you're spying on someone.

Andy Proctor andyproctor — This book surprised me in a good way, with a deeper back story and an adventure that I found to be both exciting and truly unpredictable. There was more to the plot than in most Goosebumps books. Again, the Horrorland story continued well, leaving me wanting more, but not wanting to wait for it! Fortunately, R.L. Stine seems to be releasing these books two at a time!

Gimena Fernández _imena_ernandez — Liked the writing, and really enjoyed the story while it was set at Smith, but I felt like things unraveled a bit in the second half of the book. I didn't think such dramatic events were really necessary to underscore the theme of friendship and how it changes over time.