Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (1828)
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Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller EN
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This work details the dramatic final days of Mary, Queen of Scots. The action opens with Mary's unjust imprisonment and ends with her execution, which is ultimately ordered by Mary's morally conflicted cousin, Queen Elizabeth of England. Schiller's play is widely regarded as one of the finest literary distillations of these controversial historical events, and the text served as the basis for the opera Maria Stuarda.
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht EN
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Written in exile during the Second World War, the story of Brecht's classic play subverts an ancient Chinese tale - echoed in the Judgement of Solomon - in which two women claim the same child. The message of Brecht's parable is that resources should go to those who will make best use of them. Thanks to the rascally judge, Azdak, one of Brecht's most vivid creations, this story has a happy outcome: the child is entrusted to the peasant Grusha, who has loved and nurtured it. Published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, this edition features an extensive introduction, Brecht's own notes ... continue
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Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht EN
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Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modem stage, Mother Courage and Her Children is Bertolt Brecht s most passionate and profound statement against war. Set in the seventeenth century, the play follows Anna Fierling ( Mother Courage ), an itinerant trader, as she pulls her wagon of wares and her children through the blood and carnage of Europe s religious wars. Battered by hardships, brutality, and the degradation and death of her children, she ultimately finds herself alone with the one thing in which she truly believes her ramshackle wagon with its tattered flag and ... continue
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Death in Venice by Thomas Mann EN
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A tale of genius in which Thomas Mann explores the artist's relation to life. First published in 1912, Death in Venice tells how Gustave von Aschenbach, a writer utterly absorbed in his work, arrives in Venice as the result of a 'youthfully ardent thirst for distant scenes', and meets a young boy by whose beauty he becomes obsessed. His pitiful pursuit of the object of his affection and its inevitable and pathetic climax are told here with the particular skill the author has for this shorter form of fiction.
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Lily Reyes is trying to win the fight against Depression. Well, more or less trying as childhood trauma lets her believe that the world is too cruel to be living in. In Lily's world, everything makes as much sense as breathing underwater. Yet, as she is preparing her goodbyes, Lily makes one little mistake. She accidentally leaves her notebook for him to find. Colin Carter is the captain of St. Trewery's hockey team. A man that offers more than just good looks. He's facing struggles of his own, ones he feels too guilty to talk about. And yet... Lily's life now lies in his hands. And in only ni... continue
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Der Vorleser by Bernhard Schlink DE
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Sie ist reizbar, rätselhaft und viel älter als er ... und sie wird seine erste Leidenschaft. Sie hütet verzweifelt ein Geheimnis. Eines Tages ist sie spurlos verschwunden. Erst Jahre später sieht er sie wieder. Die fast kriminalistische Erforschung einer sonderbaren Liebe und bedrängenden Vergangenheit.
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The Little French Bistro : A Novel by Nina George EN
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Following a failed suicide attempt inspired by her loveless marriage, Marianne Messman travels to Brittany with the intention of trying again but changes her mind when the guests of a charming bistro reintroduce her to life's delights.
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El arte de amar : una investigación sobre la naturaleza del amor by Erich Fromm ES
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Esta obra, una de las más influyentes del pensamiento contemporáneo, elabora una teoría del amor que se centra en la «necesidad profunda» con que se enfrenta universalmente el hombre: la de superar el estado de separación, acceder a la fusión interpersonal y trascender a la propia vida individual. Un fracaso absoluto en satisfacer tal necesidad puede conducir a la locura; una satisfacción plena de la misma sólo se encuentra en el amor. ¿Y qué es el amor? Fromm lo concibe no sólo como una relación personal ... continue
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Dramatizes Galileo's conflict with the church over his assertion that the Earth revolves around the sun.
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El fin de semana by Bernhard Schlink ES
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Un grupo de antiguos amigos se reúne para pasar un fin de semana en el campo y rememorar los viejos tiempos Pero no se trata de una reunión cualquiera- uno de ellos, Jörg, exmiembro de la Fracción del Ejército Rojo, acaba de salir en libertad Tras más de