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Verga, Giovanni – I Malavoglia –
Language: Italian, Novel – Format: ePub, iSilo

I Malavoglia è il titolo del romanzo più conosciuto dello scrittore siciliano Giovanni Verga, pubblicato a Milano dall’editore Treves nel 1881. Il romanzo narra la storia di una famiglia di pescatori che vive e lavora ad Aci (More) Trezza, un piccolo paese siciliano nei pressi di Catania. Il romanzo ha un’impostazione corale, e rappresenta personaggi uniti dalla stessa cultura ma divisi dalle loro diverse scelte di vita, soverchiate comunque da un destino ineluttabile. Lo scrittore adotta la tecnica dell’impersonalità, riproducendo alcune caratteristiche del dialetto e adattandosi quanto più possibile al punto di vista dei differenti personaggi, rinunciando così all’abituale mediazione del narratore. L’opera va inserita nel Ciclo dei vinti, insieme a Mastro-don Gesualdo e a La Duchessa de Leyra, opere che affrontano il tema del progresso, visto dal punto di vista degli “sconfitti” di ogni strato sociale. La Duchessa de Leyra rimase solo abbozzato, mentre altri due romanzi previsti nel Ciclo (L’Onorevole Scipioni e L’uomo di lusso) non vennero neppure iniziati.

Baroja, Pio – Las Inquitudes de Shanti Andía –
Language: Spanish, Novel – Format: ePub, iSilo

El protagonista de Las inquietudes de Shanti Andía (1911) va recopilando, en su vejez desengañada, los fragmentos de un diario escrito en diferentes épocas de su vida. Por él conocemos su infancia en el pueblecito vasco de Lúzaro, (More) su juventud soñadora en tierras gaditanas, sus venturas y desventuras como capitán de fragata, y sobre todo la fascinación por su tío Juan de Aguirre, trasunto de antiguos marinos vascos y verdadero héroe de la novela, cuya vida aventurera está plagada de pintorescas peripecias. Desde la conciencia de una vida malgastada, Shanti Andía muestra una nostalgia inmensa por el mar de antaño, que recorrían hombres llenos de impulso viril y de anhelo de aventura, siempre en conflicto con la sociedad convencional.

Baroja, Pio – Zalacaín el Aventurero –
Language: Spanish, Novel – Format: ePub, iSilo

Zalacaín el aventurero es la última novela de la trilogía Tierras vascas, junto con La casa de Aitzgorri (1900) y El mayorazgo de Labraz (1903), del escritor donostiarra Pío Baroja. La primera edición fue impresa en 1908, y hoy (More) ocupa un lugar de honor en la biblioteca de los clásicos españoles. Esta novela fue incluida en la lista de las 100 mejores novelas en español del siglo XX del periódico español «El Mundo».

Aristoteles (Aristotle) – Etica a Nicómaco –
Language: Spanish, Essay & Philosophy – Format: ePub

Ética nicomáquea o Ética a Nicómaco (griego Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, transliterado Ethika Nikomacheia; gen.: Ἠθικῶν Νικομαχείων, Ethikōn Nikomacheiōn; latín Ethica Nicomachea) es una obra de Aristóteles escrita en el siglo IV a. C. Se (More) trata de uno de los primeros tratados conservados sobre ética y moral de la filosofía occidental, y sin duda el más completo de la ética aristotélica. Está compuesto por diez libros que se consideran basados en notas sobre sus ponencias magistrales en el Liceo. La obra abarca un análisis de la relación del carácter y la inteligencia con la felicidad. Junto con el mensaje bíblico judeocristiano, constituye uno de los pilares fundamentales sobre los que posteriormente se erigió la ética occidental.

Aristoteles (Aristotle) – Etica a Eudemo –
Language: Spanish, Essay & Philosophy – Format: ePub

Existen tres grandes obras sobre ética atribuidas a Aristóteles: la Ética nicomáquea, que consta de diez libros; la Ética eudemia, que consta de siete libros (tres de los cuales, los libros IV-VI, coinciden con otros tres libros (More) de la Ética nicomáquea, los libros V-VII); y la Magna Moralia (Gran ética), de la cual todavía se duda si fue escrita por él o por un recopilador posterior.

Lee, Harper – To Kill a Mockingbird –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub, iSilo

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on the (More) author’s observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old.
The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator’s father, Atticus Finch, has served as a moral hero for many readers and as a model of integrity for lawyers. One critic explains the novel’s impact by writing, “In the twentieth century, To Kill a Mockingbird is probably the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and its protagonist, Atticus Finch, the most enduring fictional image of racial heroism.”

Melville, Herman – Moby-Dick –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub, iSilo

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851), the sixth book by American writer Herman Melville, is a sea story of Captain Ahab’s voyage in vengeful pursuit of a white whale, Moby Dick. Published in London in October and in New York the (More) following month, the book was a commercial failure, out of print at the time of the author’s death in 1891, but its reputation rose during the twentieth century. D.H. Lawrence called it “the greatest book of the sea ever written.” Today it is considered one of the Great American Novels and a leading work of American Romanticism and the opening words, “Call me Ishmael,” form one of the most recognizable opening lines in Western literature.

Wallace, Lew – Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a novel by Lew Wallace published on November 12, 1880 by Harper & Brothers. Considered “the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century”, it was the best-selling American novel (More) from the time of its publication, superseding Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852). It remained at the top until the publication of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind (1936). Following release of the 1959 MGM film adaptation of Ben-Hur, which was seen by tens of millions and won 11 Academy Awards in 1960, book sales surpassed Gone with the Wind. Blessed by Pope Leo XIII, the novel was the first work of fiction to be so honored.

Carnegie, Dale – The Art of Public Speaking –
Language: English, Self-Help – Format: ePub

Dale Carnegie (spelled Carnagey until c. 1922) (November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955) was an American writer and lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, (More) and interpersonal skills. Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), a massive bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), Lincoln the Unknown (1932), and several other books. In 1915 wrote The Art of Public Speaking.

Brontë, Emily – Wuthering Heights –
Language: English, Novel – Format: ePub, iSilo

Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Brontë, written between October 1845 and June 1846, and published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It was her first and only published novel: she died the following year, aged 30. The (More) decision to publish came after the success of her sister Charlotte’s novel, Jane Eyre. After Emily’s death, Charlotte edited the manuscript of Wuthering Heights, and arranged for the edited version to be published as a posthumous second edition in 1850.
Wuthering Heights is the name of the farmhouse where the story unfolds. The book’s core theme is the destructive effect of jealousy and vengefulness both on the jealous or vengeful individuals and on their communities.