(édition Penguin Classics, publiée en 2010 pour marquer les 70 ans de la mort de l'auteur ; dans cette édition on trouve six autres titres, dont Tender is the Night.)
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further... And one fine morning..." (F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby", 1926).
@realPeterCrerar The worst is the reader showing off a big pile and saying "here are all the books I read in April!", I mean who cares? Just enjoy the experience, whether you read just one book a year or a hundred or whatever
"Nel corso degli anni Trenta furono numerosi gli stranieri illustri di paesi democratici che considerarono Mussolini con grande rispetto, perché pensavano che il suo regime avesse risolto molti problemi, sia pure sacrificando la libertà."
(Emilio Gentile, In Italia ai tempi...
"Who were these people with money, and what had they done that they should enjoy so much luxury, where others as good seemingly as themselves had nothing?" (Theodore Dreiser, An American Tragedy, 1925)
(Memorial Edition, The World Publishing Company, 1946)
@cosmoslitterair Toute la trilogie dite "Nos ancêtres" ("I nostri antenati") de Calvino, dont Le Baron perché fait partie avec Le Vicomte pourfendu et Le Chevalier inexistant, vaut le coup : https://t.co/Gjy8kWeJw7
"The poor cannot always reach those whom they want to love, and they can hardly ever escape from those whom they love no longer. We rich can." (E.M. Forster, Howards End, 1910)
(Penguin Classics, 2000)
"Elle entra. Le silence de cette pièce où elle avait toujours entendu la respiration bruyante de sa grand-mère lui parut plus étrange et plus sinistre que tout ce qu'elle avait pu imaginer. Alors seulement, elle se sentit en présence de la mort." (Julien green, Mont-Cinère, 1926)