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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
Questo è un libro speciale. L'ho scelto perché avevo letto da qualche parte che era il capolavoro di Lucy Maud Montgomery. Letto in famiglia, ci è piaciuto molto, sia a chi ha iniziato da poco a leggere che alla figlia più grande che fa le medie e anche a me, si merita 5 stelline per la narrazione, la protagonista, l'onestà nei confronti dei lettori, la traduzione di Anna Solinas che se ho capito bene dovrebbe essere figlia di Beatrice Solinas Donghi della quale sono appassionato lettore, infine per i tanti episodi narrati in maniera da essere fonte di spunto per riflessioni su temi attualissimi come la condizione femminile (dopo oltre un secolo, Sic!) e quella dei bambini, diversi approcci all'educazione scolastica, la purezza dell'animo che si scontra con anime meno linde senza però restare macchiata. P.S. Le illustrazioni non hanno aggiunto molto alla storia, mi sono sembrate un po' naive, in contrasto con il realismo del testo, insomma i personaggi non ce li eravamo proprio immaginati così, forse riproporre le illustrazioni originali della prima edizione poteva avere un senso.
My aunt gave these to me in 1987. I thought I had read them. But after reading it this weekend, I'm not sure if I have. I don't remember ANY OF IT.
And although I sincerely liked the book and basically read it in one sitting (quarantine, and all that), I don't think I actually fell in love with anyone in the book, including Emily. This one is a bit dark and has lots to do with death and overbearing, unforgiving people. But, still. It's LM Montgomery and I loved my visit to New Moon and will certainly not wait long to read the 2nd book.
And although I sincerely liked the book and basically read it in one sitting (quarantine, and all that), I don't think I actually fell in love with anyone in the book, including Emily. This one is a bit dark and has lots to do with death and overbearing, unforgiving people. But, still. It's LM Montgomery and I loved my visit to New Moon and will certainly not wait long to read the 2nd book.
I literally hugged this book when I finished the last chapter - that's how much I loved it. Even though I read and liked L.M. Montgomery's Emily series a couple of times when I was young, I don't think I appreciated it enough back then, I suppose because I was so completely obsessed with the author's Anne series that at that point this one didn't compare.
This book is absolutely wonderful in its own right, though, with a darkness and a sense of melancholy that I don't recall the Anne books having, at least not early in the series. At the same time, there's a lot of humor and joy in the novel too, and so many moments made me smile or laugh out loud. Montgomery's ability to write precocious but very real children is one of her strengths and Emily is a great character.
Five very well deserved stars for the delightful Emily Starr. Highly recommended.
This book is absolutely wonderful in its own right, though, with a darkness and a sense of melancholy that I don't recall the Anne books having, at least not early in the series.
Spoiler
From the opening chapters with Emily's father's death, to her difficult relationship with Aunt Elizabeth, to Teddy's disturbingly jealous and apparently unhinged mother (those poor cats, yikes), to the story of what happened to Ilse's mother, this is some pretty intense subject matter. And as for the Dean Priest character - yikes. I know he's set up as someone special and influential in Emily's life, but by modern standards he's super disturbing.Five very well deserved stars for the delightful Emily Starr. Highly recommended.
"Las briznas de hierba marrón congelada eran hebras de terciopelo. El viejo abeto, nudoso, lleno de musgo y medio muerto, debajo del cual se detuvo un momento a mirar el cielo, es una columna de mármol en un palacio de los dioses, las distantes colinas en sombras eran las murallas de una ciudad de ensueño. Y, en cuanto a compañeros, ella tenía a todas las hadas del campo, pues aquí podía creer en ellas : las hadas del trébol blanco y de las candelillas, los elfos de los abetos blancos, duendes del viento y de los helechos silvestres y de los cardos. Aquí podía suceder cualquier cosa, cualquier cosa podía volverse realidad"
Emily, la de Luna Nueva 1923
Lucy Maud Montgomery
@toromitico 2014
Traducción de Esther Cruz
Tras la muerte de sus padres, Emily Starr se irá a vivir con la familia de su madre a la granja Luna Nueva, bajo la estricta vigilancia de su severa tía Elizabeth. Pero, enamorada irremediablemente de Luna Nueva, hallará también el amor de la dulce tía Laura, la complicidad del primo Jimmy y sus nuevos amigos. Y su arrolladora e imaginativa personalidad no tardará en florecer.
La escritora Alice Munro, Nobel en 2013, reconoce esta obra de Lucy Maud Montgomery como una inspiración fundamental en su vida y uno de los mejores libros de la literatura canadiense.
Seguimos leyendo a #lucymaudmontgomery en la #lcemilystarr
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Emily, la de Luna Nueva 1923
Lucy Maud Montgomery
@toromitico 2014
Traducción de Esther Cruz
Tras la muerte de sus padres, Emily Starr se irá a vivir con la familia de su madre a la granja Luna Nueva, bajo la estricta vigilancia de su severa tía Elizabeth. Pero, enamorada irremediablemente de Luna Nueva, hallará también el amor de la dulce tía Laura, la complicidad del primo Jimmy y sus nuevos amigos. Y su arrolladora e imaginativa personalidad no tardará en florecer.
La escritora Alice Munro, Nobel en 2013, reconoce esta obra de Lucy Maud Montgomery como una inspiración fundamental en su vida y uno de los mejores libros de la literatura canadiense.
Seguimos leyendo a #lucymaudmontgomery en la #lcemilystarr
Trimestre aniversario del #clubclásicosjuveniles
#emilyladelunanueva #emilyofnewmoon #lucymaudmontgomery #leoclásicos #leeresvivir #leermola #libros #clubclásicosjuveniles #leoautoras #autumnvibes
همین الان تمومش کردم.
امیلی در نیومون سومین کتابی بود که از مونتگمری خوندم، داستان شیرینی داشت.
امیلی و خاله الیزابت و بحث های بینشون فوق العاده شیرین و جذاب و گاهی خنده دار بودن واسم.
امیلی در نیومون سومین کتابی بود که از مونتگمری خوندم، داستان شیرینی داشت.
امیلی و خاله الیزابت و بحث های بینشون فوق العاده شیرین و جذاب و گاهی خنده دار بودن واسم.
Really wonderful and as lovely as Anne of Green Gables with interesting foreshadowing for Emily’s future. We love a woman who knows what she wants.
Read for Popsugar: A trilogy (1/3)
I grew up loving Anne of Green Gables and I'm kind of amazed I never got around to this one! I like Emily's spunk and determination. The letters to her father are a fun conceit (and create such a good dramatic scene at the end!). There are good friends and good cats. We love her found family at New Moon! I think I'm a little less in love with this story than Anne's, though. Maybe part of it is my grown-up self reading it - I have trouble with the treatment of the "infidels," as well as the Dean Priest situation. Like yikes. As always, the descriptions of nature are sublime and I want to visit PEI so very badly. On to Emily Climbs!
I grew up loving Anne of Green Gables and I'm kind of amazed I never got around to this one! I like Emily's spunk and determination. The letters to her father are a fun conceit (and create such a good dramatic scene at the end!). There are good friends and good cats. We love her found family at New Moon! I think I'm a little less in love with this story than Anne's, though. Maybe part of it is my grown-up self reading it - I have trouble with the treatment of the "infidels," as well as the Dean Priest situation. Like yikes. As always, the descriptions of nature are sublime and I want to visit PEI so very badly. On to Emily Climbs!
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I certainly have a love-hate relationship with LMM for going all the trouble to flesh out intricate girl characters only to diminish them as Mary Sues along the way. If this were a shounen anime, Emily Byrd Starr is definitely the archetypical OP.
Can’t help but compare it to the Anne books, but structure-wise, I think Emily is better. You’d definitely notice how LMM matured as a writer. But boy did she tire me with her formulaic works: orphaned girl who has a knack for nature and is unashamed of her feisty feelings.
Not to mention how LMM writes without any central backbone plot; she writes chronologically, with each chapter seeming like an episode. And because of that, the ending felt weak as there had been no climax at all, no stakes that would have led to a well-earned satisfying conclusion. Things just happen every after chapter.
If anything, I love the flighty and spunky Ilse better than Emily herself. If she were the protagonist, the story would have been more interesting. I’m pretty convinced that Montgomery only made Emily the protagonist because she patterned it after herself.
I’m just too old for Maud’s books. But will that stop me from consuming more of her works which I know at some point would disappoint me? Definitely not.
Can’t help but compare it to the Anne books, but structure-wise, I think Emily is better. You’d definitely notice how LMM matured as a writer. But boy did she tire me with her formulaic works: orphaned girl who has a knack for nature and is unashamed of her feisty feelings.
Not to mention how LMM writes without any central backbone plot; she writes chronologically, with each chapter seeming like an episode. And because of that, the ending felt weak as there had been no climax at all, no stakes that would have led to a well-earned satisfying conclusion. Things just happen every after chapter.
If anything, I love the flighty and spunky Ilse better than Emily herself. If she were the protagonist, the story would have been more interesting. I’m pretty convinced that Montgomery only made Emily the protagonist because she patterned it after herself.
I’m just too old for Maud’s books. But will that stop me from consuming more of her works which I know at some point would disappoint me? Definitely not.
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character