¿Como Victor Hugo foi reparar na existencia de Galicia, e o que é máis: nunha Galicia como país diferenciado, con reinado propio?
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93 conclut le dialogue que Hugo a poursuivi toute sa vie avec la Révolution. 93, c'est la Convention, « assemblée qui a eu un duel avec la royauté comme Cromwell et un duel avec l'univers comme Annibal » et qui a « tranché le nœud gordien de l'histoire ». Immense fresque épique, 93 est aussi l'histoire de trois hommes. Lantenac, l'homme du roi et de tout l'honneur de l'ancienne France. Cimourdain, le génie austère et implacable de la Révolution. Entre eux Gauvain, neveu de Lantenac et fils spirituel de Cimourdain, aristocrate passé au peuple, que Cimourdain fera guillotiner pour avoir permis la fuite de Lantenac et qu'il suit aussitôt dans la mort. « Au moment où la tête de Gauvain roulait dans le panier, Cimourdain se traversait le cœur d'une balle... Ces deux âmes s'envolèrent ensemble, l'ombre de l'une mêlée à la lumière de l'autre. »
Hugo's grand medieval melodrama tells the story of the beautiful Esmeralda, a gypsy girl loved by three men: Archdeacon Frollo, his adoptive son Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame cathedral, an
Where there is love, there is hope. Accompanying a 6-part series on BBC One from the makers of War and Peace, and starring Dominic West, Lily Collins, David Oyelowo and Olivia Coleman, this edition of Les Misérables also has a foreword from screenwriter Andrew Davies (War and Peace, Pride and Prejudice). Les Misérables is Victor Hugo's classic tale of injustice, heroism and love following the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. Those attempts are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert. A compelling and compassionate view of the victims of early nineteenth-century French society, this is a novel on an epic scale, moving from the Battle of Waterloo to the the June rebellion of 1832. With striking intensity and relevance to us today, it is testimony to the struggles of France's underclass. Biografía del autor
Au lendemain de l'incendie de Notre-Dame de Paris, les éditions Points, en partenariat avec le ministère de la Culture, se mobilisent en faveur de la reconstruction. Notre-Dame. Une anthologie de
Nell'Inghilterra di inizio Settecento un bizzarro vagabondo, Ursus, poeta e filosofo di strada, raccoglie due orfani e li educa all'avventurosa vita dei girovaghi. Insieme formano una compagnia di mimi e vanno alla scoperta della splendida e miserabile societa inglese dell'epoca. Ma il ragazzo, deformato nel volto da un continuo ghigno, nasconde un segreto. E quando scopre per caso la sua vera origine, vede il proprio destino incrinarsi... "L'uomo che ride", percorso da un brivido di inquietudine e mistero, e non solo uno dei capolavori dell'autore dei "Miserabili" ma senz'altro la sua opera piu notturna, onirica e visionaria. Con un saggio di Robert Louis Stevenson.
At the center of Hugos classic novel are three extraordinary characters caught in a web of fatal obsession. The grotesque hunchback Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, owes his life to the austere archdeacon, Claude Frollo, who in turn is bound by a hopeless passion to the gypsy dancer Esmeralda. She, meanwhile, is bewitched by a handsome, empty-headed officer, but by an unthinking act of kindness wins Quasimodos selfless devotion. Behind the central figures moves a pageant of picturesque characters, including the underworld of beggars and petty criminals whose assault on the cathedral is one of the most spectacular set-pieces of Romantic literature.
Out of extreme poverty Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread and then spends many years trying to escape his reputation as a criminal. In later years he rises socially and is a respectable member of society; but policeman Javert will not allow him to forget his past and is determined to expose him.
