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2018-08-25 06:30

100 Nhà Quân Sự Có Ảnh Hưởng Đến Thế Giới Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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I'm currently rehearsing this show with a Russian theatre group - although none of the cast is, or even speaks, Russian. It was written by Alexander Pushkin back in the early 19th century. Wikipedia calls Pushkin 'the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature' because of his revolutionary use of the vernacular. And - as with Shakespeare - there's a lot of debate on the effectiveness of translating Pushkin. The Little Tragedies consists of four rather large tragedies taken from common stories. Act one, The Miserly Knight, is the story of a miserly father refusing to give his money wasting son his inheritance. In the end the two take the matter to court where the argument escalates into the challenge of a duel and the father dies rather suddenly of a ?heart attack? Act two's only characters are Mozart and his teacher/mentor/contemporary Salieri. This is where Peter Schaffer takes his inspiration for Amadeus. The story is simple: After dedicating his life to music, Salieri is enraged by Mozart's disregard for his incredible gift and poisons him. Third, The Stone Guest, is a tale about Don Juan returning from his exile to continue ruining young women in Madrid. On his first night in town he kills Don Carlos, the brother of the the knight-commander (whom he killed prior to banishment), when he finds him in the bedroom of his lover, Laura. He then tries to seduce the knight-commander's widow, Dona Anna, and is doing pretty well until he jokingly invites the statue of the knight-commander to guard the door of Dona Anna's house when he pays her a visit. Well, you guessed it, the statue arrives, the lady faints, and the stone guest crushes poor Don Juan. And the last act, and my favorite, is A Feast During the Plague - this haunting story about a group of young people reveling while their city is dying. It's based on John Wilson's play The City of the Plague written just a few years before and their isn't a lot of plot per se, but some creepy melodies as the group sings and shouts, all the while, taking pauses to remember the dead and contemplate their own end. A priest tries to disband the troupe chastising them for hosting a 'joyous' event with the world practically ending around them, but the chairman holds his ground. When the priest brings up the chairman's dead wife 'Matilda's pure soul calls you!' The Chairman loses it and tells his 'Holy child of light!' that he will die in hell. It's quite disturbing. Okay, Thank you.

2020-08-06 20:37

Hai Lần Gặp Gỡ Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Đinh Mặc

A brief forward to the review: “Dragonsong” is the first book in Anne McCaffrey’s Harper Hall trilogy. The series is generally catalogued as children’s (at least in the nypl catalog) but is really for any readers. Like many of McCaffrey’s novels, it’s set in the world of Pern. I haven’t read anything but this trilogy yet, but am pretty sure these novels (from the 1970s) operate as prequels to the other more adult oriented novels. Oh, and I absolutely loved the entire trilogy. On to the review: Menolly was born in the small fishing village of Half Circle Sea Hold on Pern. Despite her father’s leadership position in the community, Menolly finds herself with very little freedom–especially freedom to make music, her one bliss. When Petiron, the village’s old Harper, passes away Menolly’s parents realize with some horror that their daughter is the only one who can take up the Harper’s duties until a replacement is sent from the Harper Hall. Once this replacement arrives, Menolly is ordered to abandon her music (even in her head) on threat of physical harm in order to save her family and the hold from the scandal of having produced a girl Harper. Her hopes shattered, Menolly runs away from the hold and takes refuge in a beach cave where Menolly discovers a nest of the much sought after (and semi-mythical) fire lizards. After finding her new friends, things begin to look up for Menolly who realizes that anything is possible if you aren’t afraid of going after what you want. There’s more to the plot, of course, but all of that is better learned by reading the book instead of this review. “Dragonsong” is written in what I would call an understated style. McCaffrey isn’t at pains to illustrate her talent as a writer–she knows she’s good and has a story worth telling. Having never read about Pern, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Despite a mildly confusing start, McCaffrey created a story here that functions as a standalone from the larger world of the Pern series. Furthermore, she also expertly builds up the landscapes and cities of Pern the better for readers to imagine them. The other thing that I really like about this story is that it has a fairly narrow focus. The novel centers on Menolly and her journey to the Harper Hall. There are a lot of stories out there about girls who are told they don’t deserve much from life, or girls who think they can’t do what they really want to do. In a way, Menolly has that problem–especially because of her parents. But she’s more than that too. As the novel progresses, Menolly begins to realize with the help of her friends (fire lizard and otherwise) that she deserves better and that there is more to life than pleasing others. So, on the one hand we have a wonderfully written fantasy novel that is arguably the first word on Dragon stories in the genre. On the other hand we have the story of a girl finding her own way in the world as she discovers that she’s a much stronger, smarter and more vibrant girl than her parents would have her believe.

Người đọc Chao Man từ Pialba QLD , Australia

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.