Henry Hitchings Libri

L'ultimo romanzo di Jane Austen, pubblicato postumo, è considerato un tesoro tra i fan dell'autrice. Anne Elliot, ventisette anni, è la figlia di mezzo di Sir Walter Elliot, un uomo vanitoso e orgoglioso. Le sue sorelle sono fredde ed egoiste, mentre solo Lady Russell, un'amica materna, si preoccupa per il suo benessere. Tuttavia, è stata proprio Lady Russell a convincere Anne, anni prima, a rompere il fidanzamento con il Capitano Wentworth, il suo grande amore. Da allora, la bellezza e il fascino giovanile di Anne sono svaniti, e non ha mai superato il dolore della separazione. Per un caso del destino, i cammini di Anne e Wentworth si incrociano nuovamente, ma la loro riunione è segnata da malintesi. Attraverso una narrazione ricca di emozioni e complessità, Austen esplora temi di amore, rimpianto e la ricerca della felicità in un contesto sociale restrittivo.

Recalling the story of the first great lexicon of English, the author reveals how Samuel Johnson arduously assembled his eighteenth-century dictionary--a task that ultimately helped make English into a major European language.

The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been acrimonious, and those involved have always really been contesting values to do with morality, politics and class.

Edited and introduced by the writer and critic Henry Hitchings, these fearless, passionate, inquiring essays by award-winning international writers celebrate one of our most essential, but endangered, institutions: the bookshop. From Denmark to Egypt, from the USA to China, Browse brings together some of the world's leading authors to investigate bookshops both in general and in particular - the myriad pleasures, puzzles and possibilities they disclose. The fifteen essays reflect their authors' own inimitable style - romantic, elegant, bold, argumentative, poetic or whimsical - as they ask probing questions about the significance, the cultural and social (even political) function as well as the physical qualities of the institution, and examine our very personal relationship to it. Contributors include: Alaa Al Aswany (Egypt) Stefano Benni (Italy) Michael Dirda (USA) Daniel Kehlmann (Germany) Andrey Kurkov (Ukraine) Yiyun Li (China) Pankaj Mishra (India) Dorthe Nors (Denmark) Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (Kenya) Elif Shafak (Turkey) Ian Sansom (UK) Iain Sinclair (UK) Ali Smith (UK) Saša Stanišic (Germany/Bosnia) Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombia)

Journey into the history of English and discover how words have been absorbed into our language to make it what it is today.

Henry Hitchings presents an amusing, illuminating and quirky audit of English manners. Ranging from basic table manners to appropriate sexual conduct, via hospitality, chivalry, faux pas and online etiquette, he traces the history of our country's customs and courtesies. Putting under the microscope some of our most astute observers of humanity, including Jane Austen and Samuel Pepys, he uses their lives and writings to pry open the often downright peculiar secrets of English behaviour.