Category: books and literature

#WerewolvesWednesday: The Wolf-Leader (9)

A werewolf story by Alexandre Dumas père. Chapter IX: The Wolf-Leader Thibault, fleeing from Madame Polet’s threats and her farm servants’ weapons, turned instinctively towards the forest, thinking to take shelter within it should he chance to come across one of the enemy, for he knew that no one would venture to follow him there […]

#WerewolvesWednesday: The Wolf-Leader (8)

A werewolf story by Alexandre Dumas père. Chapter VIII: Thibault’s Wishes The widow, on perceiving the effect which the sight of the soldiers advancing towards the mill had upon Landry, was almost as frightened as the lad himself. “Ah, dear God!” she cried, “what is the matter, my poor Landry?” “Say, what is the matter?” asked […]

Kindaichi Kōsuke: l’ordine temporale corretto

Mi sono di recente avvicinata alla serie di romanzi gialli di Seishi Yokomizo pubblicati in Italia da Sellerio e che hanno come protagonista Kōsuke Kindaichi, un detective estremamente popolare in Giappone. Ora, indipendentemente dalla qualità dei romanzi, la peculiarità è che in Italia è davvero difficile capire la sequenza in cui sono stati scritti i […]

#WerewolvesWednesday: The Wolf-Leader (3)

A werewolf story by Alexandre Dumas père. Chapter III: Agnelette The Baron took the weapon which Engoulevent handed him, and deliberately examined the boar-spear from point to handle, without saying a word. On the handle had been carved a little wooden shoe, which had served as Thibault’s device while making the tour of France, as thereby […]