18 books like Luces de bohemia

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La casa de Bernarda Alba Federico García Lorca · 1973 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Un título de nivel 4 de la serie Leer y aprender de lecturas graduadas. Adaptado para los estudiantes por D. Carpani. Una casa silenciosa, oscura. Calor asfixiante, campanas que doblan, secretos inconfesables. Un espacio cerrado, rígidamente controlado por Bernarda Alba, donde viven sus cinco hijas, las criadas y una madre anciana enajenada por su locura. A pesar de los esfuerzos de Bernarda, la… Shares: Spanish drama, Criticism and interpretation, Spanish language materials, Drama

Measure for Measure William Shakespeare · 1700 In the Duke's absence, a cruel regent condemns a noble to death under an old law against fornication. When his sister pleads for his life, the regent basely bargains for her virginity, but the Duke restores justice. Shares: Spanish drama, Theater programs, Drama

La vida es sueño Pedro Calderón de la Barca · 1740 · ★ 3.9 · 197p · ≈ 6h · Demanding Si Calderón es el autor teatral barroco por excelencia, cabe también decir que La vida es sueño es una obra que sustancia los grandes temas de este movimiento. La historia del príncipe Segismundo, que sale de la cueva en la que había sido encerrado por su padre para convertirse en rey por breve tiempo -un tiempo que fue un sueño- antes de ser devuelto de nuevo a ella, da pie a un complejo drama… Shares: Spanish drama, Continental european fiction, Criticism and interpretation, Drama

Among my books James Russell Lowell · 1870 · 327p · ≈ 10h · Challenging A book of essays by American poet and writer James Russell Lowell (1819-1891). There are six essays: Dryden Witchcraft Shakespeare Once More New England Two Centuries Ago Lessing Rousseau and the Sentimentalists Shares: Poets, Criticism and interpretation

Bodas de sangre Federico García Lorca · 1944 · 104p · ≈ 3h · Challenging "Bodas de sangre", es una tragedia en verso y en prosa del escritor español Federico García Lorca escrita en 1931. Se estrenó en 1933 en el Teatro Beatriz de Madrid y fue llevada al cine en 1938 y en 1981 en otra versión. Shares: Theater programs, Continental european fiction, Drama

El sí de las ninas Leandro Fernández de Moratín · 1806 · 118p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Estrenada en enero de 1806 en Madrid, fue la obra de mayor aceptación de su tiempo en España y se convirtió en el mayor acontecimiento teatral de todo el siglo. Edición de Juan A. Ríos Carratalá. Shares: Spanish drama, Drama

Fuente Ovejuna Lope de Vega · 1909 · ★ 3.6 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Con probabilidad la más conocida y trascendente de las obras teatrales de Lope de Vega, por su explicito contenido social y critico, representado en la rebelión unánime de todo un pueblo contra su comendador. Los hechos se desarrollan a partir del intento del tirano comendador de forzar a Laurencia, hija del alcalde. Una venganza "justa" y una frase para la posteridad ("Fuente Ovejuna lo hizo")… Shares: Spanish drama, Continental european fiction, Drama

Evangeline Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1847 · ★ 4.3 · 106p · ≈ 3h · Challenging An epic poem set during the expulsion of the Acadians from Acadie, following the fictional Evangeline and her search for her lost love, Gabriel. Shares: Blind, Criticism and interpretation

Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare · 1734 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Demanding Baptista Minola has two daughters, the beautiful Bianca and the shrewish Katherina. A visiting stranger, Petruchio, learns of Katherina's large dowry, marries her and through his own even more extreme actions modifies her behavior. Shares: Theater programs, Drama

Les Misérables Victor Hugo · 1862 · ★ 4.2 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Challenging In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean--a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized, ambiguously malevolent police detective Javert--Hugo achieves the sort of rare imaginative resonance that allows a work of art to transcend its genre. Shares: Poverty, Continental european fiction

Abel Sánchez Miguel de Unamuno · 1917 · ★ 3.8 · 100p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Delve into three of Spanish philosopher Miguel de Unamuno's most haunting parables. This essential Unamuno reader begins with the full-length novel Abel Sanchez, a modern retelling of the story of Cain and Abel. Also included are two remarkable short stories, The Madness of Doctor Montarco and San Manuel Bueno, Martyr, featuring quixotic, philosophically existential characters confronted by the… Shares: Continental european fiction, Criticism and interpretation

Livro do Desassossego Fernando Pessoa · 1982 · ★ 4.4 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate The Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoa's greatest literary achievement. An "autobiography" or "diary" containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. Now, for the first time the texts are presented chronologically, in a complete English edition by master translator Margaret Jull… Shares: Poets, Continental european fiction

Private Peaceful Michael Morpurgo · 1962 · ★ 4.1 · 202p · ≈ 6h · Moderate When Thomas Peaceful's older brother is forced to join the British Army, Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fourteen years old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself. Shares: Poverty, Drama

A preface to Wordsworth John Arthur Purkis · 1970 · ★ 4.0 · 211p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Probably the most famous of the Romantic poets, William Wordsworth worked with and influenced many of the leading poets of the age. This excellent introduction to his life and works sets his writing firmly in the context of his times. John Purkis provides an outline of Wordsworth's life and cultural background and their effect on his work, and examines his verse, from the earliest school poems to… Shares: Poets, Criticism and interpretation

Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand · 1897 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A Representation at the Hotel de Bourgogne. The hall of the Hotel de Bourgogne, in 1640. A sort of tennis-court arranged and decorated for a theatrical performance. The hall is oblong and seen obliquely, so that one of its sides forms the back of the right foreground, and meeting the left background makes an angle with the stage, which is partly visible. On both sides of the stage are benches.… Shares: Drama

The Aspern Papers Henry James · 1890 · ★ 3.7 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Challenging With a decaying Venetian villa as a backdrop, an anonymous narrator relates his obsessive quest for the personal documents of a deceased Romantic poet, one Jeffrey Aspern. Led by his mission into increasingly unscrupulous behavior, he is ultimately faced with relinquishing his heart's desire or attaining it at an overwhelming price. Shares: Poets, Drama

Granny Torrelli Makes Soup Sharon Creech · 2003 · ★ 3.8 · 141p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Bailey, who is usually so nice, Bailey, my neighbor, my friend, my buddy, my pal for my whole life, knowing me better than anybody, that Bailey, that Bailey I am so mad at right now, that Bailey, I hate him today.Twelve-year-old Rosie and her best friend, Bailey, don't always get along, that's true. But Granny Torrelli seems to know just how to make things right again with her interesting stories… Shares: Blind, Spanish language materials

Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats Peter Weiss · 1964 · ★ 4.0 · 132p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (German: Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade), usually shortened to Marat/Sade (pronounced [ma.ʁa.sad]), is a 1963 play by Peter Weiss. The… Shares: Theater programs, Drama

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