RUYSDAELL Y EL ACERTIJO DEL OBELISCO

La acción de La dama de blanco (1860) se desarrolla en Limmeridge, adonde Walter Hartright se traslada para dar clases de dibujo a Laura, una joven rica heredera sobrina del barón Frederick Fairlie. Desde el principio Hartright se siente atraído por Laura, quien ha concertado matrimonio con sir Percival Glyde, un personaje cuyo único objetivo es arrebatarle su herencia. Cuando está a punto de marcharse de Limmeridge, Walter se encuentra con una misteriosa mujer vestida de blanco que le habla de la casa y de su propietaria fallecida, la señora Fairlie. La novela está inspirada en un...

Mariana Pineda (1925) was Lorca's first success in the theatre. Based on a popular Andalusian ballad, it tells the story of Mariana Pineda who was garrotted in 1831 under the reactionary regime of Ferdinand VII for embroidering a Liberal flag and refusing to betray her lover. Written during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, the political message would not have escaped Lorca's audience. But the play is primarily the work of a poet and its appeal lies in the delicate tension that results from a deft blend of lyricism and drama which culminates in an astonishing level of spirituality in the...

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Thomas Mann (1875-1955) es un clásico indiscutible de la literatura alemana. Hizo del ser humano, condicionado por su contexto político y social, y del conflicto que puede surgir entre la vida y el arte o la inteligencia, el centro de buena parte de su extensa obra narrativa, en la que destacan, entre otros títulos, Los Buddenbrook (1901), Tonio Kröger (1903), La muerte en Venecia (1912), La montaña mágica (1924), considerada a menudo su obra más importantes, Mario y el mago (1930), Carlota en Weimar (1939), Doktor Faustus (1947), El Elegido (1951) y Confesiones del estafador Felix...