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Moby Dick by AlessandroPalavicini
Moby Dick
AlessandroPalavicini
  • Reads 141,255
  • Votes 2,085
  • Parts 20
Autor: HERMAN MELVILLE La historia la narra Ismael, un superviviente del último viaje del Pequod, el barco ballenero comandado por el Capitán Acab. Ismael nos cuanta como se enrola siendo un chaval en el Pequod, un barco que emprenderá un largo viaje mar adentro cazando ballenas, para extraer su preciado aceite. Al poco de empezar el viaje de caza, según va teniendo noticias de Moby Dick por otros barcos, va desviando la ruta del Pequod, incluso dejando de cazar ballenas en el camino para acercarse rápidamente al objeto de su deseo, siendo recriminado por sus oficiales, y con la amenaza del motín siempre presente. Pero el carácter del capitán y su larga sombra impedirán cualquier tipo de rebelión. Nada se interpondrá entre él y su destino
Los Miserables by MGabriela
Los Miserables
MGabriela
  • Reads 14,188
  • Votes 240
  • Parts 1
Obra original en la que está basado el musical del mismo nombre,llevado al cine por Tom Hooper,con la interpetración de Hugh Jakman,Rusell Crowe,Anne Hathaway,Amanda Seyfried,Eddie Redmayne con Helena Bonham Carter y Sacha Baron Cohen. Rimbaud dijo de esta obra que era «una maravilla y un verdadero poema».El lector se sumerge en una trama magistralmente urdida,poblada de personajes marginales,malvados,verdugos y víctimas que buscan sobrevivir en un marco historico hostil y despiadado.Los Miserables es una novela de «conciencia»,denuncia social y defensa del oprimido.Víctimas circunstanciales que claman justicia y denuncian la imposibilidad de actuar de otra manera en un mundo,que les empuja a delinquir y a vivir en la más absoluta de las miserias.Como dijo el propio autor:«El culpable no es aquel que comete el delito,sino quien instaura las condiciones para este sea cometido». En su ejercicio estilístico,Victor Hugo propio autor nos expone sus más profundas refleciones filosóficas,politicas y sociales.Los Miserables se hace eco del grito ahogado y desesperado de los desheredados sociales;es la luz tenue y la tiniebla,es la visión de lo que agoniza y se desangra y que pide y dota al mismo tiempo de una solución social y redentora.
La decisión más difícil by laralalarraaga
La decisión más difícil
laralalarraaga
  • Reads 12,687
  • Votes 182
  • Parts 12
Se trata de la vida de Anna Fitzegerald, que su hermana esta enferma, tiene leucemia y sus padres traen al mundo a Anna para salvar a su hermana de 16 años .La madre de Anna le dice que tiene que donarle un riñón a su hermana, pero Anna se niega. Que pasara con su hermana? Anna le donara uno de sus riñones a su hermana o no? .... (Jodi picoult)
'90s Problems by AgeOfAdaline
'90s Problems
AgeOfAdaline
  • Reads 132,470
  • Votes 2,989
  • Parts 4
It’s 1999, and curvy funny girl Evianna Moore is about to celebrate her 99th birthday. But rather than the wrinkled nanna she should rightfully be, Evi appears to be only 30 years old. She has a medical condition, which means she does not age. Her hidden condition is rare, feared and misunderstood by most of the world, and Evi is used to living on the fringes of life, never able to make truly deep connections. When she meets Matt, a sexy and enigmatic city mayor, her heart begins to dream of the life they might share together in the new millennium. But will Matt discover her secret? And can love can survive when it can never age evenly?
Un Dolor Imperial by sarahtorres123
Un Dolor Imperial
sarahtorres123
  • Reads 1,404,215
  • Votes 22,685
  • Parts 12
Mi nombre es Anna. Tengo dieciséis años y tengo cáncer. Pero no te preocupes por mí, estoy perfectamente bien. Deberías preocuparte, al contrario, por mi madre obsesionada con los tulipanes, por su amante misterioso, El Tulipán Holandés, y por mi hámster -quien piensa que por correr en su pequeña rueda va a llegar a alguna parte-. Bienvenidos a mi vida.
Designs of Destiny by AgeOfAdaline
Designs of Destiny
AgeOfAdaline
  • Reads 120,223
  • Votes 2,473
  • Parts 4
A woman in an oil painting—a proof of her secrets and a catalyst to his daring mission. In the shadows of a speakeasy, in a time of prohibition and cultural transformation, Charlotte’s world is tilted off its axis at the arrival of an enigmatic stranger who has come to destroy it for justice. She can’t lose her heart to a man who’s come to lose his life to the monsters that lurk in the shadows of her world but she will have no choice when fate comes meddling. Her life on the run will have to come to a standstill and the very thing she is afraid of will be the biggest risk she’ll have to take. Will she let time carry her away once again or will she finally stop, fight and live in the moment?
Up and Down by AgeOfAdaline
Up and Down
AgeOfAdaline
  • Reads 293,511
  • Votes 11,956
  • Parts 4
The tables are turned: having magically stopped aging in the 19th century, Lilly Linton is no longer the secretary slaving for cold, stone-faced business-magnate Rikkard Ambrose. Now, in the 21st century, the roles are reversed. In their fierce struggle for control, who will emerge on top? In this short story, everything about your favourite characters from Robert Thier’s story ‘Storm and Silence’ is turned on its head. A hilarious little trip into the madness of alternative realities.
Forget Me Not by TheChoiceMovie
Forget Me Not
TheChoiceMovie
  • Reads 270,459
  • Votes 13,580
  • Parts 10
Emma Jones doesn't know what to do when the love of her life, Dylan Torres, gets into a car accident. And things seem even bleaker when she finds out that he's suffering from a post-traumatic amnesia that has caused him to lose all memories he has of her. Perhaps leaving little significant mementos around his hospital room could help trigger his memory. Mementos like that football jacket she's so fond of that was originally his. Or a post-it note in her familiar handwriting wishing for him to have a good day. Or even a pot of Forget-Me-Nots that's a blatant reminder of the fact that he's forgotten someone so important to him. But optimism can only last for so long. And the further Dylan gets from her, the more Emma begins to wonder if this relationship is worth holding on to - or if, like the rest of his memories, this relationship has also become a thing of the past. Inspired by The Choice, in theaters February 5.