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Welcome to the3 Books To Knowseries, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, historical documents or even biographies. We will always select for you three great works to instigate your mind, this time the topic is:Horatian Satire.
– The True-Born Englishman by Daniel Defoe. – The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope. – Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol.Named after the Roman satirist Horace, the Horatian Satire is indulgent, tolerant, amusing and witty. The speaker holds up to gentle ridicule the absurdities and follies of human beings, aiming at producing in the reader not the anger of a Juvenal, but a wry smile. The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical dictionary written by American Civil War soldier, journalist, and writer Ambrose Bierce consisting of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The Way We Live Now is a satirical novel by Anthony Trollope, it was inspired by the financial scandals of the early 1870s. Dead Souls is a novel by Russian author Nikolai Gogol. Along with Gogol's short stories, it is considered a masterpiece. Although it is primarily concerned with Russian society during the early 19th century, Gogol's wit and fresh prose make it a joy to read today. This is one of many books in the series 3 Books To Know. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the topics.
– The True-Born Englishman by Daniel Defoe. – The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope. – Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol.Named after the Roman satirist Horace, the Horatian Satire is indulgent, tolerant, amusing and witty. The speaker holds up to gentle ridicule the absurdities and follies of human beings, aiming at producing in the reader not the anger of a Juvenal, but a wry smile. The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical dictionary written by American Civil War soldier, journalist, and writer Ambrose Bierce consisting of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The Way We Live Now is a satirical novel by Anthony Trollope, it was inspired by the financial scandals of the early 1870s. Dead Souls is a novel by Russian author Nikolai Gogol. Along with Gogol's short stories, it is considered a masterpiece. Although it is primarily concerned with Russian society during the early 19th century, Gogol's wit and fresh prose make it a joy to read today. This is one of many books in the series 3 Books To Know. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the topics.
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Una magistral novela contra la corrupción y la codicia. Augustus Melmotte, un banquero sin escrúpulos recién llegado a Londres, vende a sus inversores un producto sin valor y crea una burbuja que hace subir el precio de las acciones para acaparar beneficios. Esta historia, que podría pasar hoy, es la que se cuenta en esta novela de Anthony Trollope. El mundo en que vivimos está ambientada en el Londres de finales del siglo XIX y es una obra maestra, reconocida por la crítica como la mejor novela de Trollope. Su origen se encuentra en que el autor, tras regresar a Inglaterra de las colonias en 1872, se quedó horrorizado por la inmoralidad y deshonestidad que encontró en su país. Indignado, se sentó a escribir El mundo en que vivimos, y nada escapó a la sátira de su pluma: ni los políticos, ni los banqueros, ni el mundillo literario, ni los apostadores, ni siquiera el sexo. En un mundo de sobornos, venganzas y en el que las herederas se ganan como fichas de casino, los personajes de Trollope personifican los vicios de su sociedad, que son también los de la nuestra. «Trollope no escribía para la posteridad, sino para su tiempo y momento, pero ese es precisamente el tipo de escritores a los que la posteridad prefiere.» Henry James"Su sutil descripción de las relaciones humanas y del amor, así como del esfuerzo que supone tomar decisiones, no tiene rival. Es tan gracioso, tan sensible y tan lúcido respecto a cómo la gente busca dinero, poder y reconocimiento social que debería leerlo todo el que tenga pulso." The Guardian
