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Based on a true story, this book chronicles the adult life of Martha Carrier, one of the women hanged for being a witch during the Salem Witch Trials in the 1690's. The storyteller is Martha's daughter, Sarah, who is eleven at the time of her mother's trial. Once again, I am amazed at the plight of women throughout history. Life was hard for the early settlers of the New World, and when hysteria overtook reason, the result was the jailing of women and children accused of witchcraft. I liked this book because the author remained true to the language of the 17th century as well as what life was like during that time in Puritan New England. After reading it, I further researched the Salem trials and found that the author told a tale based on facts but in a way that made the book worth readingl.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: 新井 康允
Awesome!!!
This wasn't a bad book. Much better than the last one I read. Again, kind of a typical story so I felt like I had read it before but this book gets MAJOR points for the way the MC Libby handles herself at the end. She demonstrates good decision making and becomes a strong character who learns that she needs to do what's best for her, even if her heart says otherwise. She learns she needs to be able to support herself and finish schooling rather than letting someone with money "take care" of her. I think that's a good lesson for a lot of people to learn.
A Streetcar Named Desire is the most polished and certainly the most intense play of the three Tennessee Williams plays I read. It treats another disturbed family, this time in New Orleans, in a small apartment. Although I loved reading it for its intensity, I am positive that, as with The Night of the Iguana, there is a lot I have missed. This is play that I need to revisit to fully appreciate. I think it’d be all the more powerful to watch it live, or at least one of these days I’ll watch the Marlon Brando movie. There is so much underneath the surface of the words, underneath the surface of the characters. One read of the play has barely introduced them to me. (Although I should add that in some cases, I’m not sure how much more I want to know about the characters!) In the play, Stella and her husband Stanley are visited by Stella’s sister Blanche, who at first appears to be an outgoing and impressive personality. As the play progresses, it becomes clear that Blanche is distressed at the dismantling of the life she’s dreamed up for herself; she’s wearing a type of mask to cover her increasing disappointments. Stanley is a cruel man, and watching his cruelty to his wife (including his beating her) and to Blanche was unpleasant. A Streetcar Named Desire is not a pleasant or happy play. The back cover of the edition of the play that I read indicated that Stanley pushed Blanche over the edge. Reading the play once, I am still not sure what happened in the end. Was Stanley lying, or had Blanche lied? Was Blanche crazy, or was Stanley simply trying to make her life miserable? I am at a loss to truly explain it. But given the emotional draw of the entire play, I am certain there is more to be discovered as I revisit it in the future. As for the title, I think it reflects the dreams that Blanche and others harbor. Blanche arrived at Stella’s home by taking a streetcar named “Desire.” And her entire life, it seems, has been lived by dreaming and hoping and desiring. Stanley’s sensual flirtation with Blanche adds another dimension to “desire.” The play is sexually charged and the characters in it – from weak Blanche to violent Stanley – are emotionally manipulative. Yet, the play as a whole doesn’t seem manipulative. It seems complicated and real, as humans really are. Although I didn’t like it as much as I did the clearer Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire still stands out as the most accurate portrayal of human nature. Since I didn’t quite understand it after one read, that seems quite appropriate: human nature is in many ways complex and unpleasant. I definitely need to reread that one.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Đỗ Nhật Nam
Reviews claims peoples have made of seeing fairies including the famous British photos of two little girls in a garden with fairies.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả
Haven Kimmel went out on a limb by letting Trace (a very disturbed, delusional, college student) tell her own story because it leaves the reader wondering what's real and what's not. I think it may have been the author's purpose to leave the reader confused - allowing us to share in the confusion of life as Trace. I can't say I loved this book but I definitely respected the undertaking and will read it again.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Đinh Mặc
Emily recommended this and I thought it was a fun and fast read with some good practical, old school advice. I didn't agree with every thing he said, but then, I'm a woman and he is advising me to think like a man.
Beautiful, "realistic" fairy tale (not because it wasn't set in a fairy-tale universe, but because the characters and emotions were very real) about two young men who grew up together in an orphanage. Definitely not a traditional telling of a fairy tale, with the menage element added, or the hot sex scenes, but the sentiments are reminiscent of the stories I read as a little girl (and dreamed about). My eyes were definitely NOT dry when I read the sweet ending (and I don't generally cry at stories, which is a testament to Amy's craft). A sweet story without being sappy, and one that I'll be rereading again, I'm sure! MILD SPOILERS:(view spoiler) Told in the first-person narrative of Eirn, the story is sweet and poignant. I loved the second to the last line of the story, "Every dream I ever had as a child has come true, simply because Hammer loved me." And that is the strength and the beauty of this sweet book - the undying love of two men for each other, come what may.
One of the greatest novels ever.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Trudi Trueit
The first of this started out a little intriguing, but the boring tone quickly drove away my interest. I just skimmed it to the ending.
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.