Libri di narrativa e argomenti correlati
Opere di narrativa e argomenti correlati
Candido. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Voltaire - Simone Vannini, 2016 -
En la quinta del Señor baron de Tunderten-tronck, título de la Vesfalia, vivia un mancebo que habia dotado de la índole mas apacible naturaleza. Víase en su fisonomía su alma: tenia bastante sano juicio, y alma muy sensible; y por eso creo que le llamaban Candido. Sospechaban los criados antiguos de la casa, que era hijo de la hermana del señor baron, y de un honrado hidalgo, vecino suyo, con quien jamas consintió en casarse la doncella, visto que no podia probar arriba de setenta y un quarteles, porque la injuria de los tiempos habia acabado con el resto de su árbol genealógico.Era el señor baron uno de los caballeros mas poderosos de la Vesfalia; su quinta tenia puerta y ventanas, y en la sala estrado habia una colgadura. Los perros de su casa componian una xauria quando era menester; los mozos de su caballeriza eran sus picadores, y el teniente-cura del lugar su primer capellan: todos le daban señoría, y se echaban á reir quando decia algun chiste.
Candide. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Voltaire - Simone Vannini, 2015 -
In a castle of Westphalia, belonging to the Baron of Thunder-ten-Tronckh, lived a youth, whom nature had endowed with the most gentle manners. His countenance was a true picture of his soul. He combined a true judgment with simplicity of spirit, which was the reason, I apprehend, of his being called Candide. The old servants of the family suspected him to have been the son of the Baron's sister, by a good, honest gentleman of the neighborhood, whom that young lady would never marry because he had been able to prove only seventy-one quarterings, the rest of his genealogical tree having been lost through the injuries of time.The Baron was one of the most powerful lords in Westphalia, for his castle had not only a gate, but windows. His great hall, even, was hung with tapestry. All the dogs of his farm-yards formed a pack of hounds at need; his grooms were his huntsmen; and the curate of the village was his grand almoner. They called him "My Lord," and laughed at all his stories.
Zadig . E-book. Formato Mobipocket Voltaire - Simone Vannini, 2015 -
In the Reign of King Moabdar, there was a young Man, a Native of Babylon, by name Zadig; who was not only endowed by Nature with an uncommon Genius, but born of illustrious Parents, who bestowed on him an Education no ways inferior to his Birth. Tho’ rich and young, he knew how to give a Check to his Passions; he was no ways self-conceited; he didn’t always act up to the strictest Rules of Reason himself, and knew how to look on the Foibles of others, with an Eye of Indulgence. Every one was surpriz’d to find, that notwithstanding he had such a Fund of Wit, he never insulted; nay, never so much as rallied any of his Companions, for that Tittle Tattle, which was so vague and empty, so noisy and confus’d; for those rash Reflections, those illiterate Conclusions, and those insipid Jokes; and, in short, for that Flow of unmeaning Words, which was call’d polite Conversation in Babylon.