De Profundis, The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Writings - Oscar Wilde ücretsiz kitap indir

Andrea Lecca andrealecca — So, when I was 14, I was really into this YA series called "Fearless" about this girl who was "born without fear." Her father was a spy but she didn't really know it until she was older, and her mother was Russian (cliché much, I know). They taught her all these different languages and how to play chess and also awesome fighting skills; she was basically a genius with superpowers, but no friends. She was very much an anti-hero, self-conscious, reclusive, depressed and generally unaware of her own awesomeness. Her best friend was a guy in a wheelchair. I'm still convinced that both Dark Angel and Alias (especially Alias) were completely ripped off this book series. What does this have to do with Camus? Well, in one of the books, she references "The Stranger" continuously throughout, as she expresses her own feelings of isolation and spiritual "nausea" with the world. The really cool part was that she referenced it in French. I can remember her quoting the first line, clear as day: "...maman est morte." After I finished reading that volume, so full of Camus references, I went straight to B&N and picked a copy of "The Stranger" off the shelf. I read the first line and was immediately dissatisfied with the translation. I don't know why exactly, I just remember being disgusted enough that I refused to read beyond the first line, and I vowed to never read any further in English. I decided right there that I would learn French, and someday I would read "L'étranger" the way it was meant to be read. Almost ten years later, I have finally accomplished that goal. I suppose ten years is quite a long time to take to accomplish something so simple as reading a book, but at least now I feel like I've really seen something through.