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Monday, 27 July 2026

Crooked House

Even if he hasn’t made a mistake, it won’t matter—so long as the right person killed him.
Sophia

Tuesday, 23 June 2026

Memoirs of a Geisha

We don’t become geisha so our lives will be satisfying. We become geisha because we have no other choice.
Mameha

Monday, 25 May 2026

The Killings at Badger’s Drift

It was the chief inspector’s belief that anyone was capable of anything. Strangely enough this did not depress him. He did not even regard it as a pessimistic point of view but rather as the only sensible one for a policeman to hold.

Era convinzione dell’ispettore capo che chiunque fosse capace di qualsiasi cosa. Abbastanza stranamente questo non lo deprimeva. Non lo considerava nemmeno un punto di vista pessimistico, ma piuttosto l’unico sensato da sostenere per un poliziotto.

(Pagina 17)

Saturday, 26 July 2025

A Murder is Announced (Un delitto avrà luogo)

A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m. Friends please accept this, the only intimation.

Un delitto avrà luogo venerdì 29 ottobre alle 18,30 a Little Paddocks. Si pregano gli amici di voler prendere nota di questo avvertimento che non sarà più ripetuto.

(Pagina 5)

Saturday, 5 July 2025

Anne Shirley

When I make up my mind to do a thing it stays made up.

Quando mi metto in testa di fare una cosa, rimane messa.

Anne
(Pagina 64)

Saturday, 14 June 2025

Anne of Green Gables

She was sitting there waiting for something or somebody and, since sitting and waiting was the only thing to do just then, she sat and waited with all her might and main.

Era seduta lì in attesa di qualcosa o qualcuno e, poiché sedersi e aspettare era l’unica cosa da fare in quel momento, era seduta e aspettava con tutte le sue forze.

(Pagina 15, la prima volta che vediamo Anne)

Wednesday, 19 February 2025

The Princess and Curdie

There is this difference between the growth of some human beings and that of others: in the one case it is a continuous dying, in the other a continuous resurrection.

C’è questa differenza tra la crescita di alcuni esseri umani e quella di altri: in un caso è una continua morte, nell’altro una continua resurrezione.

(Pagina 13)

The Hobbit

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry...

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