B. J. Harrison Reads The Mechanical Butterfly

Name: B. J. Harrison Reads The Mechanical Butterfly
Brand: Saga Egmont International
SKU: 9788726574920
Price: 5.99 EUR
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 978-8-726-57492-0

de Nathaniel Hawthorne (auteur), B. J. Harrison (lecteur)

Maison d'édition : Saga Egmont International

février 2021

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Résumé

Owen Warland is a genius who wants to create things and break the limitations set by the society and the people surrounding him. He is deeply misunderstood and he often quits his innovative projects when people advise him to take up something more "practical". After many failed attempts to fit in, he finally breaks away from society and finds peace in nature. Will he finally get to finish the creation of his lifetime and will it all have been in vain? Find out in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Mechanical Butterfly".B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere.Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American author who lived in the period 1804-1864. He is best known as novelist and short-story writer. His literary style belongs to dark romanticism. Morality, religion, guilt and sin were topics he often took up in his stories. History, symbolism and psychology were also often intertwined in his works. To this day, he is considered to be one of the greatest fiction writers in American literature. Some of Hawthorne’s most popular novels are "The Scarlet Letter", "The House of Seven Gables" and "The Marble Faun".

Auteur

Nathaniel Hawthorne (auteur)

Nathaniel Hawthorne naquit dans le Massachusetts en 1804. Il reçut une éducation puritaine qu'il ne renia jamais et qui marqua beaucoup son oeuvre. Sa conception pessimiste de la nature humaine commande la psychologie de tous ses romans. Quant à ses personnages, ils vivent de tragiques et douloureux dilemnes. Se défiant des hommes, Hawthorne se plaisait dans la solitude. Et c'est en pleine campagne, dans l'isolement de maisons paysannes, qi'il aimait à écrire. Il composa ainsi les deux livres qui le placèrent au premier rang des romanciers américains : La Lettre écarlate et La Maison aux sept pignons. Le recueil des Contes du Bois Touffu (titre original : Tanglewood Tales), paru en 1853, contient l'adaptation de cinq récits de la mythologie grecque. Le Minotaure est l'un d'entre eux. Le livre connut un immense succès auprès du public anglo-saxon car il est captivant et fort bien écrit. Nathaniel Hawthorne voulait rendre l'imagination enfantine sensible aux légendes antiques. Ses propres enfants furent ses premiers lecteurs. L'écrivain reconnaît avoir eu pour but de substituer un ton gothique ou romantique à la froideur classique. Hawthone mourut à Plymouth en 1864.

Auteur(s) : Nathaniel Hawthorne