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Meme: books, books, books!



will I love everything about books, will always read what I'm passionate about other readers, but this MEME intrigued me right away, and I was so anxious to do that I practically 'forced' the sweetest Claire to go!
This is a questionnaire on my reading of 2010, I have to spend my time with five other blogs, here's what I chose:

First Impression
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The wise woman cottage garden
Lande paper
Confession of a Bookaholic

And now for the MEME, even if the first is fair to add that without aNobii'd never been able to provide the answers! Holy aNobii will be so insidious a drug and a whirlpool (especially for compulsive readers), but it is undoubtedly a crucial help to keep constantly updated their readings!



How many books have you read in 2010?
57

How many were fiction and how not?
If you want fiction with a fictional character in the literary genre of pure invention, most of them were fiction. But I also read monographic essays, biographies, and guides.

many writers and many writers?
26 writers and 17 writers.

The best book you read? Many
... The French Lieutenant's Woman , Room with a View, Dangerous Liaisons, The Age of Innocence and the biography of Marie Antoinette written by Fraser.

And the worst?
Pride and prescience, Carrie Bebris, I found the same way as a bad fanfiction. I was curious to see Lizzy and Darcy back on track, but, horror ... They looked like two sketches, two pale shadows of the great characters of Jane, I was upset from the first page. In short, six or Jane Austen, or you're not. In that case, forget it ... the imitations

The oldest book you read?
Richard III by William Shakespeare.

And the latest?
Secrets of a Princess , Lorenzo Borghese.

What the book with the longest title?
Antigone, faces a conundrum. From Sophocles to the Red Brigades , Roberto Alonge.

And the one with the shortest title?
1984 by George Orwell.

How many books have you read again?
No unfortunately, I have a mountain of unread books waiting for me for years and always goes zoom ...

And what would you read?
Many, Jane Eyre and The Count of Monte Cristo mainly.

The most read books by the same author this year?
The saga 'The stranger', by Diana Gabaldon, and this year I won. But I also read several books by Tracy Chevalier.

many books written by Italian authors?
only 9, but I found two wonderful writers: Benedict Craven and Laura Mancinelli

And how many of the books read were taken to the library?
18, having worked in a library are remaining diligent to attend, and I must admit that it is a great saving in space and money, especially for those books that leave time that they find. It must be said, however, that if a book hits me I try to get it to add it to my library.

Of those who had books read ebooks?
None. For now, the rest of the paper an affectionate, if not try to deny a pinch of curiosity ... Who knows, maybe in 2011 I decided to make this new literary experience!

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Dangerous Liaisons



The sarcasm is not added to the cowardly not to my taste: I do not and will not tolerate. When I have something against someone mocks him. Do better: I take revenge. (Marquise de Merteuil)

A preface to the first edition of Dangerous Liaisons, by Choderlos de Laclos 'epistolary novel set in pre-revolutionary France, now considered one of the masterpieces of French literature, bears these words:

L' author, although has tried to seem plausible, then destroyed itself from this verisimilitude, placing the events of his story in modern times. How can we believe in fact that they could live to this day people so bad when you know that our century is the century of philosophy and enlightenment, and wisdom, having spread to every where its beneficial effects, has, as everyone knows , all honest and respectable men and women all mannered and modest?


A book, therefore, morally necessary, at least according to de Laclos, but seems to express itself in an almost ironic. And if this was indeed irony in his intentions, or is perceptible only the eyes of the reader learns that this introduction with a slight smile, we can not know. What is certain is that the publication of Liaisons, with all the conditions imaginable, for ever threw a sinister light on the general Laclos, who was rather a shy, discreet, tied up his wife, as confirmed by a letter from the Baroness de Sinno :

Taranto, Monday, July 11, 1803.
Dear friend,
two days, we receive as a guest in our building, General Laclos. I see you smiling already, dear friend, the news that the author of "Dangerous Liaisons" is staying in our house. You must not cheat. I think, in fact, that has been paid a lot of poison Laclos on this poor and do not see in him nothing of the grim Valmont. He is a tall, good looking, but the dreamy eyes. He arrived in this house very tired and a bit 'sick. We did find the food fresher and more delicate, but has not shown a great appetite. It is very discreet and confidential. Back in the evening, dinner slightly and passes the rest of the time to write long letters to his wife. You see, sweet friend, because the bad reputation of this book could have harmed the career of this person. The accused have the same malice of Monsieur de Sade. Queen Marie Antoinette did not write his name, nor the novel's title on the cover of copy he had. General Laclos was disavowed by the French nobility refused to recognize the traits in his characters.

What, then, the dominant features of these notorious characters, the protagonists of a much-discussed and long-banned book?
Without a doubt the vice. But even cynicism, chutzpah and a subtle hint of wickedness. Yet it is these features that make this one of the great masterpieces of literature, there is therefore no 'Dangerous Liaisons' without the intrigue of two of the greatest literary characters of all time: the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont.



Linceziosi, intriguing, dissolute libertine ... Theirs is a relationship of absolute complicity, born on the ashes of a violent and passionate love, which perhaps has never switched off entirely. Hidden under the guise of pious widow her, proud of his reputation as a vicious, they both live their sexuality in a totally free, confiding in their sins and sustaining pride in each other's pranks against third parties.
So, the day on which the marchioness decides to take revenge on her lover should get married with Cecile de Volanges small, innocent schoolgirl just out of the convent, the first is aimed at by the Vicomte de Valmont. The plan is simple to implement: steal the innocence of the girl to make the future cuckolded husband even before marriage. For
as a seducer Valmont, however, the company turns a boring game, because he has other projects, such as to seduce the Countess de Tourvel woman famous for their devotion. But the Marquise, angry and perhaps even slightly jealous of the attention of the Valmont Tourvel, will not give up so easily to their own plans, offering a challenge to the viscount too tempting to pass up. The relationships that develop between the characters, as a result of this conspiracy, in fact become very 'dangerous', dragging the players to ruin, in line with its own moralizing author. From

de Laclos's masterpiece were taken four films: two entitled Dangerous liaisons, one of the other of Vadim and Frears, Milos Forman's Valmont and Cruel Intentions Kumble.
I have seen to that of Frears and Forman, both well done, although very different from each other.



The film by Stephen Frears and that of Milos Forman were shot almost simultaneously, but Frears has one of the most successful, thanks to a more prestigious cast:
John Malkovich (Vicomte de Valmont), Glenn Close (Marquise de Merteuil), Michelle Pfeiffer (Madame de Tourvel) Uma Thurman (Cecile), Keanu Reeves (Danceny).
Dangerous Liaisons (1988) film is a very elegant and accurate in describing the events of the book, discostandovisi but only for a few, but significant details. Costumes and photography are masterpieces, the acting is excellent, but the actors chosen, in my opinion, not centered with the book by de Laclos. The Marquise and the Vicomte, in fact, even be described as mature people, not to exceed thirty (actually in the eighteenth century was considered already at an advanced age), while Madame de Tourvel has just twenty years, it little Cecilia is fourteen.
Also, the message of the book is slightly distorted by the last words of Viscount, nonexistent book, which alter the profound meaning of the story, leaving spattatore to believe that he is genuinely in love with Tourvel, when in fact all it was tied to the Marquise de Merteuil.







With its Valmont (1989), Milos Forman does a great job, although some also deviates from the plot. But innovations in his film, are consistent with the spirit of the original: the profound relationship between the Marquise and the Vicomte, fueled by a passion that has never turned off, the freshness and candor of Madame de Tourvel, ingenuity and Cecile Chevalier Danceny. Perfect characters, then, and almost maniacal attention to every detail: costumes, photography, dialogue, the result of a careful study of eighteenth-century customs and traditions. And although the ending is different from the original lot, Milos Forman manages to introduce a class assignment and a beautiful reconstruction of the era, with a touch of romanticism in his own way never hurts.








And what can we say about Colin Firth in the role of Valmont? Absolutely perfect. The scene in which the Marquise wants the pledge agreed following the victory over their bet has become a cult.



In conclusion, I would give a seven on the Frears movie, and that of an eight-Forman, and recommend them both to all fans of this era.

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The man said: "The woman you put me next to the tree gave me, and I ate"

Of course, Elena Donazzan, regional minister of the Veneto Region, in proportion PDL, shows you know very well that both the Bible strongly encouraged to read in public schools. And it is certainly aware of the passage above when written comments

M'indigna willing to see little girls all females thrown in the toilet. M'indignano their families. As a woman and as a politician: I wish there was a little 'more style and do not see such bursts girls who dream of doing politics .. .

Now, aside from that one of these "bursts" in his party was elected as the Regional Council of Lombardy, it is not clear why, and generally speaking, the fault of the decadence of customs, "young girls willing to do anything" and not rather those who feed the demand for paid sex, considering that this patron of erotic art, this salesman of young gay, He in fact, not only age and the vaccine, but has also passed the retirement age and a job for more institutional (and thus head should be, gosh, or You do not think the circumvention of an incapable?)

Of course, there are still those believes that if a kid is to blame the drug dealer out of school ....

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Paris: Pere Lachaise Victor Noir and



Also in the wake of my recent trip to Paris, I will now tell you about a place so famous and fascinating, the cemetery of Père Lachaise, and perhaps a bit of a character 'lesser-known, Victor Noir , whose remains are resting at this cemetery and whose grave has been nurturing over the years a strange legend.

With its 43 hectares of the cemetery of Père Lachaise is the largest in Paris and one of the most visited places in the French capital. The reason is that, since the rest are inside many famous literary and artistic personalities, whose tombs are now real places of pilgrimage. But the Père Lachaise, in addition to the reputation given to him by the famous graves, also retains a charm all its own, dark and mysterious, which is easy to become prey as they walk the long paths that wind among the graves are covered with moss and distinctly gloomy crypts Gothic.
In the seventeenth century the Jesuits bought this old domain, which gave the name of Mont Louis. Built a hospice where he spent his last days one of the most famous members of the Society, the father of Lachaise, confessor of Louis XIV. After
Damiens's attack against Louis XV, the Jesuits were expelled from France, and the buildings of Mont Louis end up in the hands of creditors. Napoleon will regain the 'Graveyard of the East', which became such in 1804, but not a great success. In 1815, to convince Parisians to bury their loved ones the administration of the city began to move illustrious citizens, and the first to be buried and the remains were Molière of Abelard and Heloise (who now have, after many vicissitudes, a beautiful tomb in the Gothic style, which unfortunately was not able to photograph because of the restoration work, although I would love to let you see). Père Lachaise
Today welcomes more than a million graves, posing as one of the most famous cemeteries in the world, undoubtedly one of the most historic and unusual in Paris.
Our visit to Père Lachaise took place Jan. 1: the air was cold, dark and gloomy atmosphere, the tourist flow very scarce. As we walked the long avenues, the cawing of the crows on the gravestones laid almost made me think for a split second, to find me in some bleak Victorian novel.
In fact, this place of death, over the years, went to clothe itself in an aura of mystery which has led to numerous legends, necrophilia, vampirism, prostitution, black masses ...








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Victor Noir
The story of this man, little known and probably most unjustly forgotten, is placed during the reign of Napoleon III, and perhaps with good reason , we can say that it caused the fall.



funerary sculpture that adorns his tomb at Pere Lachaise is one of realism, almost bewildering: on a bare slab of stone, the life-size figure of a young man in an elegant eighteenth century house, pour a surprise, the incredible objectivity with which they are treated even the smallest details. An inscription on the stone bears the words: 'A Victor Noir, born July 27, 1848. Killed Jan. 10, 1870. Public subscription '.



Twenty-two years, this age of Victor Noir when he was killed by a bullet in the chest.
Who was Victor Noir? Why to who was murdered?
Victor Noir, aka Yvan Salmon, was a young editor of 'La Marseillaise', a revolutionary paper antibonapartista strongly directed by the deputy of the extreme left of Henri Rochefort.
the origin of the dispute that lead to the tragic murder of Victor Noir, there is a dispute between journalism courses, 'La Revanche', headed by Republican Louis Thomas is the Bonapartist 'L'Avenir de la Corse', in which collaborates Pierre Bonaparte, cousin of Napoleon III. A long series of insults and threats leads to direct confrontation, and since Pierre Bonaparte lived in Paris, Louis Tommasi appeals to the Paris correspondent of 'La Revanche', Pascal Grousset.
few days after being sent by Pascal Grousset two seconds to the home of Pierre Bonaparte. One of them is Victor Noir.
The young man, a simple editor who writes a column that nothing mundane has to do with politics, can not even predict that this will be his last day, and excited to be the bearer of a cartel of defiance to the emperor's cousin, dressing with care and great detail, then demonstrate how sadly his funerary statue.
It so happened, however, that same day Pierre Bonaparte, which had to recognize a violent temper, feeling defamed by an article on 'La Marseillaise', he had sent to the deputy Rochefort a letter of challenge, therefore, when the two sponsors made their entrance at 59 rue d'Auteil, Bonaparte thought were on behalf of Rochefort.
What really happened was never found, given the different testimonies that he gave the present. The only sure thing is that he left a shot of Victor Noir bullet that struck in the chest. The young man barely had time to get to the bottom of the stairs and down the street, where he was rescued by some passers-by, without, however, managed to do something for him.
Victor Noir was dead, murdered at the age of twenty-two years.
Prince Bonaparte was arrested and locked the Conciergierie. There followed a process, whose political repercussions were enormous.
In the classroom, among others, spoke Rochefort:
"A murder was committed yesterday on a young man who was behind a sacred mandate, and that of heads of godfather. The murderess is a member of the imperial family. Ask the Minister of Justice whether it intends to object to the trial and the likely sentence, means delaying tactics such as those applied to citizens affected by other dignitaries of the empire. "
For the emperor, who have long sought a reconciliation with the Left, is a blow.
On January 12, held the funeral of Victor Noir: the crowd is huge, composed mostly by Republicans.
The trial of Pierre Bonaparte ends a week later. The accused was acquitted. But the empire is about to collapse.
Twenty years later, with the advent of the Third Republic, the body of Victor Noir, hero and victim, is moved with all the honors at the Père Lachaise. The memorial, paid for through a public subscription, is entrusted to the sculptor Jules Dalou, famous for its realism.




But we come to the legend.
The pose in which Victor Noir was portrayed by the sculptor Jules Dalou is that of his death, his hands dropped to the sides of the body, rumpled jacket, the cylinder rolled a short distance. The bronze memorial sculpture, made opaque by oxidation occurred over time, however, has three points of instant attraction: the lips, the tip of your shoes, and a very prominent bulge that the sculptor gave him, at the height of ' groin.
The sheen of bronze, these particular points, clearly refers to the thousands of hands, over the years, we have laid. Female hands.
In fact, it seems to visit his tomb, are mostly women.
What intrigued me, and doing some research, I managed to get three different versions of the legend that hovers around the sculpture funeral of Victor Noir. The first
wishes the young man was shot the day before at her wedding, a groom making it very unfortunate, but very well equipped, so that future brides, the day before the wedding, for 'tradition' from traveling to visit him and, in honor of superstition, and rub carezzino that delicate point, which would bring them luck with her future husband. The second myth
on behalf of Victor Noir wants bearer of fertility for women who rubbed his lips, his groin and the tips of his shoes, which is why, a few years ago, the municipality of Paris had decided to put protection around the statue, to prevent their deterioration. But a vast number lives and feel of protests led to almost immediate removal of that barrier.
The third legend, the most romantic, perhaps while taking account of the loss of Victor Noir wedding, said that the girls who quinine to kiss the lips of the statue, having laid some flowers in the hollow cylinder, will receive an offer of marriage the next 365 days.
Personally I had and I have some shame in touching the funerary statue of a man in so intimate places, and not even a future bride.
But a slight kiss on the lips of handsome Victor confess averglielo granted, if only for the compassion I feel for his unfortunate life.
And then, a bit 'lucky in love, do not say never no!

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Another award!

I am shocked and surprised because, in this first month of life, my little blog received another award! A donarmelo, two bloggers, and Susy Sylvia, whom I respect very much and I am very grateful!



rules they want me to tell seven things about me, it then to give this award to ten other blogs.
So, let's see ...

1. I graduated in science with a thesis of cultural sull'Antigone of Anouilh
2. I have a tattoo on his right wrist
3. I hate raw tomatoes are one of the few things that I can not eat
4. Painting is my passion
5. I have three dogs and a cat
6. My favorite season is autumn
7. Have arachnophobia!

And now the list of blogs that I have chosen to reward:

1. The tale of the barrel
2. angle Estel
3. La Maison de Maristella
4. Simply female
5. Aldina's Corner
6. Think Shabby
7. Tea with Jane Austen
8. Georgiana's Garden
9. First impressions
10. Lavender & Rose