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The Blue Castle

Autor Lucy Maud Montgomery
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en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 mai 2024

În Ontario anilor 1920, timpul pare să fi încremenit pentru Valancy Stirling, o femeie de 29 de ani care nu a cunoscut niciodată iubirea sau autonomia sub privirea severă a familiei sale conservatoare. Alegerea acestui cadru temporal și spațial nu este întâmplătoare; remarcăm cum Montgomery folosește rigiditatea epocii pentru a accentua contrastul cu universul interior al protagonistei. Spre deosebire de peisajele idilice din Prince Edward Island, aici atmosfera este inițial sufocantă, până când un diagnostic medical implacabil devine, paradoxal, motorul unei eliberări radicale. Apreciem modul în care această narațiune se distanțează de tonul juvenil al altor scrieri ale autoarei. În tradiția personajelor create de Lucy Maud Montgomery în Anne of Green Gables, Valancy păstrează acea capacitate de a evada prin imaginație, însă aici 'Castelul Albastru' nu este doar o fantezie infantilă, ci un refugiu matur în fața mortalității. Dacă în opera sa cea mai cunoscută, CLASSICS ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, exploram formarea unei fetițe, aici asistăm la transformarea unei femei care decide că nu mai are nimic de pierdut. Este o reinventare a temei „refulării”, unde natura sălbatică devine spațiul mistic al regăsirii de sine. Stilul este unul contemplativ, presărat cu un umor fin, subversiv, care taxează ipocrizia socială. Ritmul lecturii se schimbă odată cu evadarea lui Valancy, trecând de la sobrietatea domestică la o vitalitate poetică. Această ediție din seria Arcturus Classics oferă o perspectivă proaspătă asupra modului în care subiecții marginalizați își pot revendica destinul, fiind o piesă esențială pentru a înțelege profunzimea psihologică a operei lui Montgomery dincolo de universul din Avonlea.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9798869374363
Pagini: 114
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.12 kg
Editura: Kiss Books

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Maria Nastasia a dat nota:

Montgomery wrote many angry and disillusioned characters, but in my opinion Leslie Moore is the most nuanced character in the entire series - and that includes Anne. It's also the most romantic book in the series- there's not only the sweet newlywed relationship between Anne and Gilbert, but also Captain Jim and Lost Margaret, Leslie and Owen. And the setting is romance personified - an out of the way cottage, a wild seashore, a lighthouse still manually operated by its keeper. This is not the close-knit village of Avonlea, or the large, rambling, center of town Ingleside manor where Anne and Gilbert will raise their family. In those books, the greater community plays a large role in Anne's life. "Anne's House of Dreams" is more self-contained, centering on a smaller cast of characters: Anne, Gilbert and their immediate neighbors Miss Cornelia, Leslie and Captain Jim.

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Recomandăm această carte celor care caută o poveste despre curaj târziu și eliberare interioară. Cititorul va descoperi o latură mai matură și mai tăioasă a lui Lucy Maud Montgomery, câștigând o perspectivă emoționantă despre ce înseamnă să trăiești autentic atunci când timpul devine limitat. Este lectura ideală pentru iubitorii de clasici care apreciază triumful spiritului individual asupra convențiilor sociale rigide.


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Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) a fost o scriitoare canadiană de renume internațional, celebră pentru crearea personajului Anne Shirley în Anne of Green Gables. Deși succesul său a fost clădit pe literatura pentru tineri, Montgomery a explorat în jurnalele și romanele sale pentru adulți teme complexe legate de izolare, natura umană și constrângerile feminine. Originară din Insula Prințului Edward, peisajele acesteia au devenit, prin scrisul său, repere literare mondiale. În 1935, a fost decorată cu Ordinul Imperiului Britanic, recunoscându-i-se contribuția excepțională la literatura de limbă engleză.


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At twenty-nine, Valancy has never been in love, and it seems romance has passed her by. Living with her overbearing mother and meddlesome aunt, she finds her only consolations in the 'forbidden' books of John Foster and her daydreams of the Blue Castle. Then a letter arrives from Dr. Trent - and Valancy decides to throw caution to the winds. For the first time in her life Valancy does and says exactly what she wants. Soon she discovers a surprising new world, full of love and adventures far beyond her most secret dreams.

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Notă biografică

The best-known works by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE, also known by her pen as L M Montgomery (November 30, 1874 April 24, 1942), include a number of novels, essays, short tales, and poems that began with Anne of Green Gables in 1908. Along with 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 articles, she also authored 20 novels. The novel Anne of Green Gables was an instant hit, and the titular character, the orphan Anne Shirley, helped make Lucy Maud Montgomery famous and earned her a global following. The majority of the novels were set in Prince Edward Island, and those parts of Canada's tiniest province specifically, Green Gables farm, which served as the inspiration for Prince Edward Island National Park became literary landmarks and well-liked tourist destinations. In 1935, she received the title of officer of the Order of the British Empire. Scholars and readers from all over the world have read and studied Montgomery's writings, journals, and correspondence. The University of Prince Edward Island's L. M. Montgomery Institute is in charge of doing academic research into L. M. Montgomery's life, works, culture, and influence. On November 30, 1874, Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island (now New London).