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1984

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1984 tells us about a world ruled by a totalitarian government: in the novel, society is dominated by “Big Brother,” a mysterious character whom no one has ever met in person and who constantly spies on citizens’ lives through the use of special telescreens. In this world where freedom has been completely abolished, the protagonist of the novel, Winston Smith, decides to rebel and, although aware that this is considered a highly subversive activity, begins to write a diary. And when Winston falls in love with Julia, he must choose whether to submit to power or fight for a different world, one in which history is not rewritten by the ruling Party and in which even people’s thoughts are controlled. 1984 is one of the greatest political novels of the last century, capable of shaking our conscience with its visionary nature. It is both a denunciation of totalitarianism and a strenuous defense of individual integrity. The entire novel focuses on the contradictions of power, the conflict between the individual and society, and the deceptions of utopia. Never before, in the age of the Internet, has it been so surprisingly relevant.

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Little women

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Amy, the most frivolous; Beth, the most tender; Jo, the most impulsive (and the most loved); Meg, the wisest. These four sisters in the America of Civil War hardly have time to be children and then girls, given how high the expectations are for them. They must be patient, persevering, and hard-working, according to the wishes of their father – who is busy fighting at the front – and their mother. Overcoming their flaws and practicing virtue is their daily task. But fortunately, the chaos of life disrupts the rhythm of this exhausting routine: tantrums, fights, ambitions, dances and sweets, stained or lost gloves, domestic rats and ink stains, experiments in the kitchen, jealousy, love. Louisa May Alcott has given countless generations an unforgettable story.

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A room of one’s own

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In October 1928, Virginia Woolf participated as a speaker in two conferences on the theme “Women and the Novel.” On this occasion, she elaborated on many reflections on the female universe and literary creativity. The result is this extraordinary essay, a veritable “manifesto” on the condition of women from the beginning of time to the present day. In particular, the author focuses on the relationship between “women and writing,” starting from the fact that for centuries literature has systematically excluded women. How could a woman, Virginia Woolf asks, try her hand at writing if she did not have “money and a room of her own”? Through this fair and bitter reflection, a journey through the literature of the last few centuries begins, which over the years has become a classic of writing and thought.

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Dubliners

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A collection of fifteen short stories, completed in 1906 and published in 1914 after being rejected by many publishers, which represents one of the greatest masterpieces of 20th-century literature. Stories of everyday life that outline the fundamental stages of human life: childhood, adolescence, maturity, old age, and finally death. The schoolboy who does not go to school and encounters the latent perversity of his world, the girl in love mortally bound to her destiny, money as a daily obsession and work as a punishment to be served, the infidelities of life and unfaithful love, conjugal sensuality corroded by an invisible world… Joyce paints an intense portrait of our human condition. Take away the name Dublin from the Dublin in which his characters move, and his stories can explain the loves and moods of men and women everywhere.

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The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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In versione integrale, i più grandi classici della letteratura angloamericana in lingua originale. Le opere sono accuratamente commentate e riportano la biografia dei singoli autori.

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