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Sugestão de leitura - TESS

Tess of the d’Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

O autor de Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy, nasceu em 02 de junho de 1840 em uma região rural da Inglaterra, Dorset. Por vários anos Hardy permaneceu um autor obscuro até a publicação de Far from the Madding Crowd em 1874 e, finalmente, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, publicado em 1891, garantiu de vez o seu futuro financeiro. Esta novela, seguida de Jude the Obscure (1895) trouxe-lhe fama e conforto, mas também muitos aborrecimentos por parte da sociedade conservadora da época.
Tess of the d’Urbervilles, a mais famosa de suas novelas, foi levada ao cinema por Roman Polanski em 1979 com Nastassja Kinski no papel de Tess Durbeyfield, a personagem principal. Esta é a história de uma bela moça de família simples, vítima das circunstâncias, da moral cristã e vitoriana e do próprio encanto. O pai, Mr. John Durbeyfield não tem muito senso de responsabilidade, prefere beber a trabalhar ou se dedicar à família. Um dia esse homem descobre, por acaso, que descende de uma família nobre, os d’Urbervilles, corre para o pub contar a novidade aos amigos e ali ouve dizer que há uma senhora d’Ubervilles muita rica, vivendo em mansão, não muito longe de Marlott que é onde vive Tess e os seus. Mr. John e esposa, Mrs. Joan Durbeyfield, enviam Tess a essa senhora com a missão de pedir-lhe ajuda financeira. É aí que os verdadeiros problemas de Tess começam, exatamente onde Alec d’Urberville entra na história. Este que ele supõe ser seu primo, na realidade não o é, o pai de Alec juntou uma grande fortuna, mas faltava-lhe um nome nobre, ele pesquisou a história de algumas famílias e decidiu tomar este nome de ‘empréstimo’ para dar uma ‘envernizada’ no passado. Tess é seduzida, nos termos de hoje diríamos violentada, por Alec e perde o único valor que uma mulher tinha na época, a honra. Ela segue até o fim pagando por um crime que não cometeu, muito ao contrário, foi vítima.
Algum tempo depois Tess encontra Angel, um dos personagens mais interessantes do romance, um livre pensador, um homem que abandona as certezas e o caminho traçado pelo pai para seguir fiel a si mesmo, respeitando o seu próprio modo de ver o mundo. Nem mesmo Angel com o seu refinamento e sua bondade consegue entender e aceitar o drama de Tess, ou melhor, precisa deixar o seu meio, vir ao Brasil e quebrar a cara, para voltar arrependido quando já era tarde demais.
Thomas Hardy trata principalmente desta hipocrisia da moral cristã, da dominação masculina, das injustiças da era vitoriana ligadas à idéia de classe social e da confusão e mudanças que ocorriam nessa época. Os D´Urbervilles tinham um nome nobre, mas era só, a família de Alec tinha dinheiro, mas eram vulgares e tentaram resolver a questão usurpando um nome.

As controvérsias envolvendo Tess of the d’Urbervilles e Jude the Obscure desaninaram Hardy que abandonou as novelas e passou a se dedicar inteiramente à poesia.

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It's Springtime

Blossoms in the Springtime

know that sweetheart time is here

My love that blossoms in the springtime

Blooms in my heart through all the year

I love the blossoms in the springtime

Kissed by the sunshine and the rain

I love to hold you, oh my darlin'

When kisses bloom in sweetheart's lane

Sometimes a spark of love may smoulder

Never to flame all winter long

Then like the blossoms in the springtime

Burst with the first red robin's song

I love the blossoms in the springtime

Kissed by the sunshine and the rain

I love to hold you, oh my darlin'

When kisses bloom in sweetheart's lane

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THE SHINING

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Writers: Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson

(based on a novel by Stephen King)

Producer: Stanley KubrickA

ctors: Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance, Shelley Duvall as Torrance, Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance, Scatman Crothers as Dick Hallorann

Genre: Thriller

Year of Release: 1980

Terrifyingly, amazing achievement in filmmaking and the art of terror, this movie classic graces us with one of director Stanley Kubrick's sporatic directing gigs, only 5 years after his last acclaimed feature, BARRY LYNDON, and 10 after his timely masterpiece CLOCKWORK ORANGE (9/10). This movie is based on author Stephen King's best-selling novel of the same name, and stars the always-interesting Jack Nicholson.

PLOT:A nice man, his wife and young boy, take on the task of overlooking a winter resort during its off season. The nice man is there for peace and quiet, as his profession as a writer requires just that. The boy has a special skill called "the shine" which allows him to hear and see things that others cannot. As their time in the grand hotel ticks away, the mansion begins to exude thoughts of the past and chills of the present. In time, the nice man transforms into a "not-so-nice" man, and begins to terrify his own flesh and blood.

CRITIQUE:Chilling, majestic piece of cinematic fright, this film combines all the great elements of an intellectual thriller, with the grand vision of a director who has the instinctual capacity to pace a moody horror flick within the realm of his filmmaking genius that includes an eye for the original shot, an ice-cold soundtrack and an overall sense of dehumanization. This movie cuts through all the typical horror movies like a red-poker through a human eye, as it allows the viewer to not only feel the violence and psychosis of its protagonist, but appreciate the seed from which the derangement stems. One of the scariest things for people to face is the unknown and this film presents its plotting with just that thought in mind. The setting is perfect, in a desolate winter hideaway. The quietness of the moment is a character in itself, as the fermenting aggressor in Jack Torrance's mind wallows in this idle time, and breeds the devil's new playground. I always felt like the presence of evil was dormant in all of our minds, with only the circumstances of the moment, and the reasons given therein, needed to wake its violent ass and pounce over its unsuspecting victims. This film is a perfect example of this very thought.

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KINKY FRIEDMAN FOR GOVERNOR OF TEXAS

Kinky Friedman, also known as the kinkster is the independent party challeger to the governorship of the great State of Texas. His folksy philosophy and strange humor has often put him at odds with the establishment.
Nevertheless, his fresh ideas challenge many voters and he is the only true alternative to the false two-party system

suggested reading for intermediate level

Titles(Intermediate level plus) available from the library:

• LITTLE WOMEN Louisa May Alcott
  LONDON John Escott
  LOVE OR MONEY Rowena Akinyemi
  MADAME DOUBTFIRE Anne Fine
  MAN AND MODERN SCIENCE Norman Wymer
  MEET ME IN ISTANBUL Richard Chisholm
  NA AMERICAN TRAGEDY Nelson Readers
  NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH George kershaw
  PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Jane Austen
  PROJECT SURVIVA E. Amos, E. P. Martins
  RAIN MAN Leonore Fleischer
  SEVEN Anthony Bruno
  SEVEN ONE ACT PLAYS Donn Byrne
  SPEAKUP The Newsmagazine
  STAYING TOGETHER Judith Wilson
  SWITCHERS Kate Thompson
  TESS OF THE D´URBERVILLES Thomas Hardy
  THE BIRDS AND OTHER STORIES D. Maurier
  THE BLACK ARROW Robert Louis Stevenson
  THE BLACK CAT John Milne
  THE BODY Stephen King
  THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL Ira Levin
  THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST Captain Marryat
  THE GREAT GATSBY F. Scott Fitzgerald
  THE HORRIBLE NIGHT OF BERTHA THE BAT Sylvie Auzary-Luton
  THE LOST TWIN Raymond Pizante
  THE LOST WORLD Michael Crichton
  THE MAN WITH NO NAME E. Davies and Peter Town
  THE RAINMAKER John Grisham
  WEEP NOT, CHILD Margaret Tarner
  WHITE FANG Jack London
  WUTHERING HEIGHTS Emily Bronte

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"The Blower’s Daughter"

And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...
Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind...
My mind...my mind...
'Til I find somebody new

DAMIEN RICE