Spanish tales for beginners;

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Durante los siglos XVI y XVII, gran parte de la Real Audiencia de Quito es un territorio de frontera. En la mitad septentrional, la autoridad de los funcionarios coloniales se limita a los valles se­rranos y solo en algunas ocasiones se extiende hacia el territorio situado en los contrafuertes andinos. Aunque la población de Qui­to no se encuentra directamente amenazada por los indígenas hostiles, a uno y otro lado de la ciudad, tanto al este como al oeste, es posible encontrar, apenas a un par de jornadas, grupos indíge­nas hostiles, denominados "indios de guerra" en los documentos...

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

Antes de la Revolución de 1789, Francia conoció dos siglos convulsos. Este largo periodo de transformaciones tiene como hilo conductor el salón literario, donde la mujer es la figura central y la conversación, el eje civilizador. Benedetta Craveri hace en este libro, tan riguroso y sugerente como ameno y erudito, un periplo literario apasionante, repleto de voces, de anécdotas de la más variada índole, de dichos memorables, de retratos, de descripciones de ambientes y lugares, y reconstruye de este modo un mundo en el que términos como sociabilidad, ingenio o gracia expresan un ideal...