Resultados para "Novelle" en Comedia y humor

In questo racconto di Cechov, l’assillante ansia di sdebitarsi da parte di una madre e del suo unico figlio nei confronti del loro benefattore, il dottor Koscelkòv, fa sì che quest’ultimo si trovi a dover accettare un dono per lui ingombrante: un candelabro di bronzo antico, scabroso nelle decorazioni, di cui cercherà invano di disfarsi. ..

A volte la suggestione è più forte della ragione e può dare adito ad equivoci... Nervi è uno degli audiolibri che Bronteion Audiolibri ha selezionato per il ciclo di racconti dedicato ad Anton Cechov; si tratta di racconti carichi di ironia, ma che dietro il sorriso svelano le debolezze dell'animo umano e tratteggiano situazioni e comportamenti ancora oggi di grande attualità.

Questo racconto, tratto "Dalle memorie di un uomo irascibile", che Anton Cechov scrisse il 15 novembre del 1886, ci mostra che, allora come oggi, si può essere delle persone considerate importanti al lavoro e succubi di parenti e amici in casa, oppure, al contrario, essere sovrastimati tra le mura domestiche, anche facendo un lavoro mediocre...

Desideriamo introdurre questo originalissimo e divertenete racconto tratto dalle "Memorie di un uomo Irascibile" di Checov, mediante alcune frasi tratte dal racconto stesso. Intorno a una tavola ingombra di grandi fogli di contabilità, alla luce di due lampade, stavan seduti quattro impiegati e giocavano a carte... A giudicare dai loro modi e dai termini di giuoco ch'essi ogni tanto gridavano, quello era un "vint"; giudicando invece da tutto ciò che udì Peressolìn, quel giuoco non si poteva chiamarlo un "vint", e nemmeno un giuoco di carte.

E' veramente un essere debole, indifeso, malaticcio, quello che si presenta una mattina in ufficio davanti a Kistunov o, al contrario... Per scoprirlo non si deve fare altro che ascoltare questa divertente novella tratta dalle Memorie di un Uomo Irascibile di Anton Cechov.

Questo audiolibro è tratto da una famosa novella di Anton Cechov, che riprende il tema della vendita dell'anima al diavolo in cambio di favori e ricchezze; il racconto è condito da una buone dose di ironia, e con un finale a sorpresa.

Un cocchiere non può sfogare con nessuno il dolore per la morte del figlio. Una storia dominata dalla coscienza della morte, dal senso della vita, dal silenzio delle cose e delle persone, da un'inerzia esistenziale riscattata solo da pochi fiochi barlumi di umanità.

Il punto esclamativo, noto anche in passato come "punto ammirativo", si colloca nei rimproveri, nelle esclamazioni e nelle espressioni di entusiasmo, di sdegno, di gioia, di collera e di altri sentimenti. Nel 1885 Anton Cechov scrisse il divertentissimo racconto intitolato “Il punto esclamativo”. In questa lieve parodia dei racconti natalizi, il segretario Perekladin trascorre una notte di Natale agitata e insonne, proprio per colpa di questo segno di punteggiatura..

A teenage girl meets Satan in the form of a dog. Mild acts of mayhem ensue.

The mighty river has broken. Everyone wants to get to the other side. Ain’t that always the way?

To Pom Trager, humanity’s entire history is one big joke - and he delivers the punchlines, broadcasting hilarious exploits back to his home planet to boost the ratings of his reality show, The Prankster. But when a system malfunction strands Trager in modern-day Santa Fe, his only hope rests in a nebbish assistant he recently fired, a headstrong human woman, and his ability to outrun a relentless sheriff hot on his trail. Now Trager must hightail it to the pickup point in San Francisco, all the while dealing with car thieves, time loops, all-American truck stop food - and a rapidly closing rescue window.

Rinpoche's Remarkable Ten-Week Weight Loss Clinic brings back two main characters from Roland Merullo's beloved Breakfast with Buddha series. This time, though, instead of cruising the American road together, Otto Ringling and Volya Rinpoche are part of the famous meditation master's offbeat weight loss clinic, held over the course of ten Saturdays in a New York City yoga studio.

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry and Britt-Marie Was Here, a profoundly moving novella about an elderly man’s struggle to hold on to his happy memories, face his regrets, and help his son and grandson learn to say...

Hip-hop-loving best friends Moore and Spit are back in Copper Cobra, Book 4 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet series—a whip-smart, laugh-out-loud climate caper where friendship, activism, and Alaskan absurdity collide. Signing on for a summer salmon season, the duo expects long hours and big fish—not a toxic mining scheme slithering through backroom deals and straight into the heart of the world’s largest wild salmon run.

Interior designer Beckett Camdon is decidedly not full of Christmas cheer. His idea of a perfect holiday is sitting by his sleek, gas fireplace with a brandy, a good book, and his cat. But when his boss asks him to pair up with Gemma, the resident ray of light and lover of all things Christmas, he has his work cut out for him. Gemma Woodard is a project manager for flipping houses, and she’s damn good at it. Not that any of the men she works with notice.

Mix the horror of The Relic with the humor of Midnight at the Museum and imagine twists and turns that keep you guessing and questioning the meaning of true honor, duty, courage, and the rules of reality. When the famous Bushman exhibit of a lowland gorilla goes missing from Chicago’s Museum of Natural History, no self-respecting Chicago police detective wants the case. So the assignment is pawned off on an "Old Fart Squad" of Dirty Harrys, retirees called back into service and led by the classy Aubrey Hamilton.

Marvin Hoeff never thought he was a selfish bastard. Unfortunately for him, the universe begs to differ. After surveying the grim aftermath of tenant Colette Finch’s death, all petty, miserly landlord Marvin Hoeff wants is his evening takeout and a long, hot shower. The problem is, something has followed him home… something sopping wet, sharp-tongued, and absolutely furious with him. Before he can say “lease violation,” Marvin finds himself the newest guinea pig of a cosmic bureaucracy’s experimental reformation method.

It’s salmon season, the summer of 2022, in Sitka, Alaska. Emily Morrison is a seasonal office intern. Jasper Patchett is a seafood processor at the bayside plant, along with his friends Mason and Luis. And Alma Mendoza, Jasper’s cousin, is a social media influencer—beautiful, charming, and manipulative—and she’s tagging along for the ride. Jasper has fallen obsessively under his cousin’s spell, but he doesn’t know that Alma and Emily are lovers.

Oliver Smith, known as Food to his friends, so called on account of the fact he can’t afford to feed himself, is a vagrant. After being turfed out from the family home by his wife, Food moves into a lads’ flat in the big city. However, things are not so easy for Food as he struggles with advancing his nonexistent career, housemates who refuse to give him a break, as well as the government, who Food is convinced are stalking him. These are the least of Food’s problems, however, given that due to his impoverished nature, he struggles on a daily basis to even feed himself.

As assistant buyer for the world's second-largest Christmas store, Kelsey Parker feels like a holiday harlot. She's contractually obligated to promote the yuletide season. All. Year. Long. And it's taking a toll on her spirit. But when her clueless, self-absorbed boyfriend goes on their long-anticipated romantic vacation - without her! - Kelsey is beyond disappointed to find herself tromping through the Bell Harbor snow instead of lounging on a tropical beach.