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Sto caricando le informazioni... La principessa di Babilonia (1768)di Voltaire
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A Princesa da Babilônia´ narra a história amorosa de Formosante, filha do rei Belus da Babilônia, e de Amazan, pastor de uma terra imaginária situada às margens do Ganges. Outra principal protagonista é uma fênix, maravilhosa ave, de plumagem belíssima o corpo é dourado e o pescoço ostenta todas as cores do arco-íris. O bico é cor-de-rosa e os pés, uma mescla de prata e púrpura. Tal como na lenda, é uma ave mágica, que renasce das próprias cinzas. « Ce qu'il y avait de plus admirable à Babylone, ce qui éclipsait tout le reste, était la fille unique du roi, nommée Formosante. Ce fut d'après ses portraits et ses statues que dans la suite des siècles, Praxitèle sculpta son Aphrodite et celle qu'on nomma la Vénus aux belles fesses. Que de différence, ô ciel! de l'original aux copies. Aussi Bélus était plus fier de sa fille que de son royaume. Elle avait dix-huit ans : il lui fallait un époux digne d'elle, mais où le trouver ? » ... « Ce qu'il y avait de plus admirable à Babylone, ce qui éclipsait tout le reste, était la fille unique du roi, nommée Formosante. Ce fut d'après ses portraits et ses statues que dans la suite des siècles, Praxitèle sculpta son Aphrodite et celle qu'on nomma la Vénus aux belles fesses. Que de différence, ô ciel! de l'original aux copies. Aussi Bélus était plus fier de sa fille que de son royaume. Elle avait dix-huit ans : il lui fallait un époux digne d'elle, mais où le trouver ? » ... nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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The aged Belus, king of Babylon, thought himself the first man upon earth; for all his courtiers told him so, and his historians proved it. We know that his palace and his park, situated at a few parafangs from Babylon, extended between the Euphrates and the Tigris, which washed those enchanted banks. His vast house, three thousand feet in front, almost reached the clouds. The platform was surrounded with a balustrade of white marble, fifty feet high, which supported colossal statues of all the kings and great men of the empire. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)843.5Literature French French fiction 18th century 1715–89Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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It starts off like ancient myth or history, but aesthetically more akin to 'Gods of Egypt' than say 'Moses'. After a while it gives up on this and becomes more of a satire. Most of the satire is still understandable but some is a little hard to decipher.
The fairytale love story elements take a bit of an interesting turn towards the end but not enough. And then its all over, i can't quite tell whether the author got bored or just ran out of ideas.
Overall its mildly diverting, i'd have given it 3 stars in a void but comparing it to other satires, there's just so many more interesting things to read. ( )