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Literary career of English novelist and playwright John Galsworthy, who used John Sinjohn as a pseudonym, spanned the Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian eras.
In addition to his prolific literary status, Galsworthy was also a renowned social activist. He was an outspoken advocate for the women's suffrage movement, prison reform and animal rights. Galsworthy was the president of PEN, an organization that sought to promote international cooperation through literature.
John Galsworthy was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1932 "for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga."
Galsworthy, mio amato, e l'ode all'opera giudiziaria.
"The First And The Last" ("Il primo e l'ultimo", in italiano pubblicato da Sellerio) racconta con tinte forti e decisamente melodrammatiche di un noto avvocato il quale per ragioni di convenienza sociale brucia le prove di un assassinio commesso dal fratello, per il quale 猫 stato incolpato e processato un innocente.
Il barrister che incarna il successo (e che in pi霉 di un tratto ricorda un cattivone dickensiano) e il di lui fratello che altro non viene ritenuto che un fallimento sociale, in un'atmosfera tesa che nella sua brevit脿 cela il potenziale. Del resto a Galsworthy non darei meno di 4 stelle neanche se scrivesse un romanzo di sole dieci pagine.
Each time when I reread this play/story I asked myself what I would do if I were one of Darrants. the hard life dilemma, in which everyone makes his/her own choise. At the end of the novel Larry seems more noble than his brother Keith, who takes a burden of silence for keeping his position and "quiet" life.
Wanda is a female unjudgeble personage. In some sence she reminds me Tess, who has commited crime, but whom we have no rights to judge.
賵賯亘賱 丿禺賵賱賴 貙 賰丕賳 賷賯賮 毓賱賶 賲爻丕賮丞 禺賲爻 丿賯丕卅賯 賰丕賲賱丞 賲鬲乇丕爻丕賸 毓賱賶 卮乇賮丞 丕賱卮乇賮丞 兀賲丕賲 賲賳夭賱賴 貙 賵賴賵 賷丨丿賯 賮賷 丕賱爻賲丕亍 丕賱賲鬲噩賲丿丞 亘丕賱賳噩賵賲 貙 賵賷賯胤毓 丕賱賳賴乇 亘丕賱兀卮噩丕乇 廿賱賶 亘乇賰 爻賵丿丕亍 貙 賷鬲兀賱賯 賮賵賯賴丕 丕賱賱賲毓丕賳 賲賳 賲氐丕亘賷丨 丕賱丨丕噩夭. 賵賮賷 兀毓賲丕賯賴 貙 禺賱賮 兀賮賰丕乇賴 丕賱賲噩乇丿丞 貙 賰丕賳 賷鬲兀賱賲 亘胤乇賷賯丞 賲丕. 賵亘禺賱丕賮 丕賱賯賮氐 丕賱匕賷 乇丌賴 賵爻賲毓賴 賵賮賰乇賴 貙 賰丕賳 賷賳馗乇 廿賱賶 卮賷亍 賱賲 賷爻鬲胤毓 丕賱賵氐賵賱 廿賱賷賴. Before going in, he stood full five minutes leaning on the terrace parapet before his house, gazing at the star-frosted sky, and the river cut by the trees into black pools, oiled over by gleams from the Embankment lamps. And, deep down, behind his mere thoughts, he ached-somehow, somewhere ached. Beyond the cage of all that he saw and heard and thought, he had perceived something he could not reach.
Everything that a short story should be. Galswothy's command of language, detail and subtext is top-notch. In just a few words he conveys the fears and longings of a character. All the while challenging the reader to explore their own conscience.
................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ The First and the Last, by John Galsworthy. ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................
Very reminiscent of Camille, but different on the whole. Honour vs name, honesty vs security, love vs caution, ... ! ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................
Aangrijpend drama van 100 jaar oud over morele keuzes: is geweld gerechtvaardigd tegen onrecht? Heb je recht om te leven als je leven leidt tot de dood van een onschuldige? Britse degelijkheid en eerlijkheid van de Nobelprijswinnaar Galsworthy.