Tag Archives: translated works

If on a winter’s night a traveller – Italo Calvino

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Ela

(Vintage e-book, originally published 1980, translated by William Weaver) This is a strange, unusual book about books and reading, where the author(s) – whoever he may be – constantly addresses the reader, and where one is always aware of the … Continue reading →

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea – Jules Verne

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Ela

(electronic book © Pennsylvania State University, originally published 1869) I recall reading this when I was a child (in, I think, a heavily abridged version with sensational pictures), but had remembered so little of the book (apart from the pearl fisher … Continue reading →

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