François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon
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A French Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer. He today is remembered mostly as the author of The Adventures of Telemachus, first published in 1699 (Wikipedia).
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Les aventures de Télémaque
Sommaire de l'edition dite de Versailles (1824) - Telemaque, conduit par Minerve, sous la figure de Mentor, est jete par une tempete dans l'ile de Calypso. Cette deesse, inconsolable du depart d'Ulysse, fait au fils de ce heros l'accueil le plus favorable, et, concevant aussitot pour lui une violente passion, elle lui offre l'immortalite, s'il veut demeurer avec elle. Presse par Calypso de faire le recit de ses aventures, il lui raconte son voyage a Pylos et a Lacedemone, son naufrage sur la cote de Sicile, le danger qu'il y courut d'etre immole aux manes d'Anchise, le secours que Mentor et lui donnerent a Aceste, roi de cette contree, dans une incursion de Barbares, et la reconnaissance que ce prince leur en temoigna, en leur donnant un vaisseau phenicien pour retourner dans leur pays.
Let go
Author Sheila Walsh presents a plan for women to find through Christ freedom from the toughest struggles that weigh them down.
Aventures de Télémaque
The Adventures of Telemachus is the first critical edition of Tobias Smollett's 1776 translation of Bishop Fenelon's 1699 "mirror for princes," written especially for Duc de Burgogne, heir presumptive to Louis XIV. Both in its original French and its many translations, The Adventures of Telemachus was one of the most popular and revered works of the eighteenth century. During that time, more than ten English prose and poetry versions appeared, including this masterful prose translation by Smollett. Known for his novels Roderick Random and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, Smollett was also a gifted translator. The Adventures of Telemachus was his final translation, and is one of the finest versions of the work. Long a disputed title in the Smollett canon, it is fully restored to his credit by Leslie A. Chilton.
Reflections and meditations selected from the writings of Fenelon
Fábulas del Mundo
Una colección concebida para abrir el apetito lector hacia los grandes escritores clásicos y modernos de Colombia, de América y del mundo. Cuentos, fábulas, leyendas, relatos costumbristas, poesía, humorismo, textos estimulantes... Una visión crítica y desapasionada de la gran literatura de hoy y de siempre. Una invitación a conocer y a explorar la obra total de los escritores antologizados.