Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit

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Les Misérables Victor Hugo, tradotto da Isabel F. Hapgood English
Yes, it's huge, and Hugo will stop everything for fifty pages on the Paris sewers, but Jean Valjean lifting that cart, or the bishop handing over his candlesticks, will sit in your chest for years. Skim the digressions if you must; the mercy at the center holds.
Meditations Marcus Aurelius, tradotto da George Long English
You're basically reading a Roman emperor's private notebook, him talking himself down after hard days, reminding himself to be patient with annoying people and not to fear dying. It's repetitive by design, better dipped into than read straight through, and oddly comforting at 2am.
Oedipus Rex Sophocles, tradotto da Francis Storr English
You watch Oedipus investigate the plague-stricken Thebes with fierce intelligence and a stubborn faith in truth, even as every answer makes his position more precarious. The play is spare, formal, and emotionally severe, but its pressure builds with remarkable clarity, leaving you thinking about knowledge, responsibility, and what you can bear to learn.

3 libri letti per LibriVox

filtra ordina genere epoca audiolibri

Les Misérables Victor Hugo, tradotto da Isabel F. Hapgood English
Yes, it's huge, and Hugo will stop everything for fifty pages on the Paris sewers, but Jean Valjean lifting that cart, or the bishop handing over his candlesticks, will sit in your chest for years. Skim the digressions if you must; the mercy at the center holds.
Meditations Marcus Aurelius, tradotto da George Long English
You're basically reading a Roman emperor's private notebook, him talking himself down after hard days, reminding himself to be patient with annoying people and not to fear dying. It's repetitive by design, better dipped into than read straight through, and oddly comforting at 2am.
Oedipus Rex Sophocles, tradotto da Francis Storr English
You watch Oedipus investigate the plague-stricken Thebes with fierce intelligence and a stubborn faith in truth, even as every answer makes his position more precarious. The play is spare, formal, and emotionally severe, but its pressure builds with remarkable clarity, leaving you thinking about knowledge, responsibility, and what you can bear to learn.