Resultados para "A Confession" en Ficción biográfica

Alfred de Musset, una delle figure emblematiche del romanticismo letterario, nacque a Parigi nel 1810 e morì a 47anni per una malattia cardiaca aggravata dall’alcolismo e dalla sua dedizione all’assenzio. In questa sua opera autobiografica, scritta a 26 anni, narra il suo amore con la scrittrice George Sand. Cornice musicale: Notturno Op 37 No 2 di Chopin. Please note: This audiobook is in Italian.

En 1833 Musset rencontre George Sand, avec qui il entretiendra une relation passionnelle et tumultueuse, source d'une grande inspiration créatrice. De fait, la douleur est au centre de la créativité de l'auteur, et la souffrance vive qu'il ressent pendant sa relation avec Sand et à la suite de leur séparation lui inspirera plusieurs chefs-d'œuvre.

Quattro persone entrarono nel Pardès, nel giardino dell'Eden, è scritto nel Talmud, ma soltanto una ne uscì incolume. Le vie dell'Eden, infatti, dove maturano i frutti più preziosi della vita, sono lastricate di pericoli. Lo sanno bene i personaggi che compongono questo trittico dove, ancora una volta, Eshkol Nevo indaga dietro le maschere che vestiamo per gli altri, ma anche su quelle che indossiamo quando ci troviamo di fronte a verità troppo difficili, o pericolose, da accettare.

Barely five feet tall, suicidally courageous, obsessed with tigers, and sexually eccentric, Mabel Stark was the greatest female tiger trainer in history. Clad in her leather suits and married five times, she was the Mae West of tiger taming. In the 1910s and 1920s, when circus was the most popular entertainment in America, Mabel Stark was the biggest attraction for the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey circus.

I’ve often wondered at the meaning lurking behind the reported final words—moose, Indian—of Henry David Thoreau. For some reason, I’ve always imagined a somewhat dark, untold tale at their root. MOOSE. INDIAN. is just such a reimagining of Thoreau’s first trip to the Maine Woods—as he recalls the uncomfortably gruesome truth on his deathbed.

Officer Justice is a real life serial killer who is still at large in 2021. Justice is sharing his true life story now because he has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. This audiobook continues where book number one left off. In book number one, Officer Justice shared how he discovered his calling. Justice wants like-minded supporters to know he eliminated criminals so law-abiding citizens like you could live in peace. Officer Justice was employed as a Deputy Probation Officer when he began targeting probationers.

Dracula. A name of horror, depravity and the darkest sensuality. Yet the real Dracula was just as alluring, just as terrifying, his story not of a monster but of a man - and a contradiction. For the one they called 'The Devil's Son' was both tyrant and lawgiver, crusader and mass slaughterer, torturer and hero, lover and murderer. His tale is told by those who knew him best. The only woman he ever loved, who he must sacrifice. His closest comrade and traitor.