epalm.org

Sotileza es una novela costumbrista del escritor cántabro José María de Pereda del año 1884.

Se desarrolla en el Santander marinero de principios del siglo XIX, centrándose en los amoríos que suscita su protagonista, Silda, una joven huérfana que es acogida por un matrimonio de marineros de la Calle Alta.

Formato: Universal (Palm doc)

Lo strano caso del dottor Jekyll e del signor Hyde (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1886) è un celebre romanzo dello scrittore di Edimburgo Robert Louis Stevenson. Viene considerata la più importante opera di Stevenson, e uno dei più grandi classici della letteratura fantastica di tutti i tempi. Rappresenta il culmine dell’indagine stevensoniana sulla scissione della personalità. La scrittura è inoltre limpida sobria, precisa.

Il racconto ha avuto innumerevoli versioni teatrali, cinematografiche e a fumetti, oltre a numerose parodie.

Formato: Universale (Palm doc)

The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad published in 1907. The story is set in London in 1886 and deals largely with the life of Mr. Verloc and his job as a spy. The Secret Agent is also notable as it is one of Conrad’s later political novels, which move away from his typical tales of seafaring. The novel deals broadly with the notions of anarchism, espionage, and terrorism. It portrays anarchist or revolutionary groups before many of the social uprisings of the twentieth century. However, it also deals with exploitation, particularly with regard to Verloc’s relationship with his brother-in-law Stevie. Because of its terrorist theme, The Secret Agent has been noted as “one of the three works of literature most cited in the American media” since September 11, 2001. The Secret Agent was ranked the 46th best novel of the 20th century by Modern Library.

Format: iSilo

A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens, first published by Chapman and Hall, and first released on 19 December 1843. The book met with instant success and critical acclaim. The novella tells the story of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge, and his transformation into a warm-hearted philanthropist after being visited by several ghosts on Christmas Eve.

The book was written and published at a time when Britain was experiencing a nostalgic interest in its forgotten Christmas traditions, and at the time when new customs such as the Christmas tree and greeting cards were being introduced. Dickens’s sources for the tale appear to be many and varied but are principally the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor, and the Christmas stories of Washington Irving.

Format: iSilo

Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (Cabra, Córdoba, 18 de octubre de 1824 — Madrid, 18 de abril de 1905). Diplomático, político y escritor español.

Juanita la Larga (1895) es una de sus principales obras. La acción se desarrolla en Villalegre, una villa española a mediados del siglo XIX. Juanita es la joven lugareña más bella y deseada del lugar. De extracción humilde, se convierte sin embargo en objeto del deseo de Don Paco. No será sencillo para Juanita responder a ese amor, debido a las presiones sociales..

Formato: Universal (Palm doc)

Vol de nuit est un roman d’Antoine de Saint-Exupéry paru en décembre 1930 et ayant obtenu le Prix Femina en 1931.

En Amérique du Sud, des pilotes sont chargés de transmettre des courriers vers d’autres villes. Fabien, pilote, ramenant à Buenos Aires le courrier de Kénitra, affronte un violent orage. À Buenos Aires, Rivière, son patron, attend impatiemment les avions attendus et, le contact étant perdu avec Fabien, médite dans son bureau sur le fragile équilibre entre danger et autorité, qui permet à la poste aérienne de vivre. La femme de Fabien est très inquiète et se rend à l’aérodrome. Passé au-dessus des nuages pour échapper à l’orage, Fabien découvre bientôt avec son radar qu’il a dévié au-dessus de la mer et que la réserve de carburant ne lui permettra pas de revenir à terre. Dès lors, chacun le sait condamné.

Format: Universal (Palm doc)

The strength, the attraction of The Way is largely due to the fact that it is based on real, living experience, being the fruit of the author’s work as a priest which began in 1925. The book appeared first in 1934 under the title Consideraciones espirituales and later (in 1939) received its definitive title, after being greatly expanded. Over the years, more than four and a half million copies have been sold, in 43 different languages.

This is one of the main attractions of the book-its direct, conversational style, its personal and deeply human character. As a reviewer in Osservatore Romano (March 24, 1950) put it:

Msgr. Escriva de Balaguer has written something more than a masterpiece; he has written straight from the heart, and straight to the heart go the short paragraphs which make up The Way.

Format: iSilo

Il vecchione o Le confessioni del vegliardo, è il quarto romanzo di Italo Svevo, pseudonimo di Aron Hector Schmitz, (Trieste, 19 dicembre 1861 – Motta di Livenza, 13 settembre 1928). Si tratta di una “continuazione” de La Coscienza di Zeno, è rimarrà incompiuto a causa della morte dello scrittore, avvenuta il 13 settembre 1928 nell’ospedale di Motta di Livenza, in seguito ad un incidente stradale avvenuto mentre tornava con la famiglia da un periodo di cure termali a Bormio.

Formato: iSilo

Memorias de Adriano (francés: Mémoires d’Hadrien) es una novela de la escritora belga Marguerite Yourcenar que describe la vida y la muerte del emperador romano Adriano. El libro fue publicado en Francia en 1951, y fue un éxito inmediato, con una gran alabanza de la crítica. El verdadero Adriano escribió una autobiografía, pero se ha perdido.

El libro tiene la forma de una epístola al primo de Adriano y su eventual sucesor “Marco” (Marco Aurelio). El emperador medita acerca de sus triunfos militares, el amor en la poesía y la música, y su pasión por su amante Antínoo, todo de una manera no inconsistente con la “melancolía del mundo antiguo” a la que aludió Gustave Flaubert.

Formato: Universal (Palm doc)

William Wilkie Collins (8 janvier 1824 – 23 septembre 1889) est un écrivain britannique de l’époque victorienne, contemporain et ami de Charles Dickens. Il était grandement populaire à son époque et écrivit 27 romans, plus de 50 nouvelles, au moins 15 pièces de théâtres et plus de 100 essais.

Son roman La Pierre de lune (The Moonstone) décrit les effets de l’opium et sa dépendance. Collins admit, après avoir écrit ce roman, que sa consommation de laudanum était telle, qu’il ne se souvenait plus avoir écrit la majeure partie du roman.

Format: Universal (Palm doc)