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Homer (Homero)

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Homer (Homero)

Ten years have passed since the fall of Troy. The surviving Greek warriors who destroyed that city have returned home. All except Odysseus, whose wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, await him. Claiming that Odysseus is dead, a host of suitors have taken up residence in his home, eating up his wealth and trying to persuade Penelope to marry one of them. Penelope steadfastly ref...

Homer (Homero) / Emily Wilson

Composed at the rosy-fingered dawn of world literature almost three millennia ago, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home.This fresh, authoritative translation captures the beauty of this ancient poem as well as the drama of its narrative. ...

Homer (Homero)

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western ...

Virgil

Virgil's masterpiece, one of the greatest works in Western literature, was written in Latin, between 29 and 19 BCE, recalling events after the Fall of Troy over 1200 years before, as told in the famous Homeric epics of Greek literature the Iliad and the Odyssey. The great adventures of Aeneas' flight from Troy and the prophesy of his founding of a great city linked Roman dynast...

Virgil

The Aeneid is Virgil's Masterpiece. His epic poem recounts the story of Rome's legendary origins from the ashes of Troy and proclaims her destiny of world dominion. This optimistic vision is accompanied by an undertow of sadness at the price that must be paid in human suffering to secure Rome's future greatness. The tension between the public voice of celebration and the tragic...

Sand, George

Germain, un joven labrador viudo y padre de tres hijos, lleva una vida austera en casa de sus suegros. Ante la insistencia de estos, accede con desgana a cortejar a una viuda en un pueblo cercano. En su viaje lleva consigo a Marie, la joven hija de una vecina, con la misión de dejarla en una granja en el camino. Al caer la noche, la niebla envuelve el paraje y, tras un encuentr...

Sand, George

Conocida bajo el alias de George Sand, Amantine Aurore Dupin fue una escritora de espíritu rebelde y libertario, una de las voces que más influyeron en la literatura de su tiempo. «Estábamos, como tantas veces, reunidos bajo el emparrado. Era una noche de tormenta, el aire era denso y el cielo rebosaba de nubes negras surcadas por continuos relámpagos. Guardábamos un melancóli...

Sand, George

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...

Sand, George

El señor Barbeau, próspero agricultor y concejal del pueblo de La Coisse, decide ceder a uno de sus hijos, Landry, a un vecino para que trabaje en sus tierras. Sylvinet, su hermano gemelo, se siente menospreciado por no haber sido el elegido y un buen día, triste y airado, huye de casa. Al partir a buscarlo, Landry se encuentra con Fadette, apodada por los niños del pueblo el C...

Sand, George