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A provocative, moving, kinky, and often absurdly funny memoir about Shakespeare, love, obsession, and spanking When it came to understanding love, a teenage Jillian Keenan had nothing to guide her—until a production of The Tempest sent Shakespeare’s language flowing through her blood for the...

"L'autore è regista del suo scrivere, del suo saper trasformare ricordi in purezza poetica... Ammalia l'indole dei suoi pensieri, siano sentimenti d'amore anche sensuale, o sentimenti affettivi familiari. Leggere è osservare lo spirito che lo impregna di stupore, di ansia, di rimpianto, di acuta malinconia ma di un perfetto insieme con i sogni che sempre inseguono la sua realtà!" (dalla prefazione di Mariella Mulas).

You already know Mr. Darcy—at least you think you do! The romantic hero of Pride and Prejudice, Darcy initially insults and ignores the witty heroine but eventually succumbs to her charms. It’s a classic enemies-to-lovers plot and one that has profoundly influenced our cultural ideas about courtship. But what if this classic isn’t just a grand romance but a horror novel about how scary love and marriage can be for women? In The Darcy Myth, literature scholar Rachel Feder unpacks Austen’s Gothic influences and how they have led us to a romantic ideal that is halfway to being a monster story.

De entre todos los grandes autores de la literatura universal, ninguno profundizó en los misterios del amor ni ha tratado el asunto del corazón desde una perspectiva tan lúcida como William Shakespeare. Todavía hoy, sus obras y poemas son una herramienta poderosa para comprender los insondables secretos de nuestro corazón.

Winter of Summers is the fourth book of internationally bestselling poet Michael Faudet, author of Smoke & Mirrors, Bitter Sweet Love, and Dirty Pretty Things--a finalist in the Goodreads Readers Choice awards. His whimsical and sometimes erotic writing has captured the hearts and minds of...