DE PROFUNDIS: OSCAR WILDE ON LOVE

 

 
 De Profundisis a long letter written by Oscar Wilde in 1897.

Oscar Wilde wrote this letter while he was jailed for sodomy and the addressee of this letter is Lord Alfred Douglas, Bosie, his lover.

ANGELICA'S BOOKS: THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER

 

The Sorrows of Young Werther is an epistolary novel written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and published in 1774.

The protagonist is Werther, a bourgeois young man. He decides to move to Walheim to restore the inner balance he feels lost; here he feels connected to nature. Meanwhile, he sends letters to his friend Wilhelm.

TO ALL THE BOYS, P.S. I STILL LOVE YOU

Yesterday I saw a beautiful film and I think it was perfect for Valentine's day. It is the sequel of the movie "To all the boys I've loved before", called "To all the boys, P.S. I still love you". It is adapted from a best-selling series of books and it's an interesting addition to a story of young love that doesn't end with the first big swoon.

I FIRST SAW MY WIFE 10 YEARS AFTER WE MARRIED

We watch movies. We read stories. Too often we forget that our lives are an adventure too!

We are surrounded by people who are really worth to be known.

 I am going to tell you about the experience of SHANDER. He tells us how everything that makes us different can be a gift.

“When you are blind you imagine how people look. Not by touching their face our gauging their height, but by their voice, and the kind of person they are”.

TOP 10 LOVE STORIES ON SCREEN (PART II)

Do you remember we are incurable romantic and we don’t want to be cur? LOL!!! Here we are with the second part of our 10-list. If you haven’t checked it, we recommend you to have a look at part one of our Top Ten! (HERE) Now, are you ready to daydream again?

TOP 10 LOVE STORIES ON SCREEN (PART I)

We are incurable romantic, guys, and we don’t want to be cured! We love watching romantic comedies and we’d have so many to recommend. But we thought a 10-list could be enough and made a special one for you readers of Let’s Blog! Today the first 5, 5 more are coming soon! Ready to daydream?

CHRISTMAS BOOKS

The Polar Express

The Polar Express was written by Chris Van Allbusrg in 1985.

It's the night of Christmas Eve and a child whose name isn't mentioned, splees in his bedroom and he doesn't believe in Santa Claus. But that night he hears a train whistle, The Polar Express,

which will take him to the Noth Pole, to Santa's house. During the trip he meets many children who love drinking hot chocolate and they sing Christmas songs all together. When he arrives at the North Pole, he meets Santa Claus and he starts believing in him. Santa gives him a bell whichhas the same sound of Santa's sleigh.

IN MEMORY OF PAUL WALKER

Three years have passed since the death of a famous actor, Paul Walker. He was an actor and a filmmaker and everybody knows him because he starred in the street racing action film Fast & Furious as Brian O'Conner. We've personally loved this actor since we saw the first film of the Fast And Furious series. Even though it is the most famous film he starred in, it isn't the only one he was in! For example, he was also in "Into the blue", "Hours", "Vehicle 19" and "Brick Mansions". To remember Paul Walker here's to you 9 curiosities about him:

BOOK REVIEW - THE NOTEBOOK

The Notebook is a novel by Nicholas Sparks published in the U.S.A. in 1996.  

                                                                            
The plot

North Carolina, 1946. Young Noah comes back to his birthplace after WWII to realise his dream of living in the big house near the River.                                                                     

He really misses  Allie, a beautiful girl he met seven years before and really loved in their short happy time together.  They haven’t seen each other since then.                      

Destiny has decided to write a perfect love story for Noah and Allie. The most beautiful one can imagine. However, their relationship was not a fairy-tale …                                                                     

  “They didn’t agree on much. Infact they didn’t agree on anything. They fought all the time and challenged each other ever day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other”. 

The author

Spark was born in Nebraska in 1965 and studied at the University of Notre Dame. He lives with his wife and five children in North Carolina and is commonly called “Love Poet”.

10 THINGS WE LOVED IN ... ME BEFORE YOU

Have you already watched “Me Before You” at cinema?  We have seen it and loved it!

It’s Louisa Clark’s story. She needs a new job and she goes to work for Will Traynor. He has become tetraplegic after a road accident.

It isn’t the classic romantic story with a “happy ending” and this makes it much more interesting. It isn’t only a romantic movie but it’s also a movie that entices you to love life and its value. You can find  this feature in the main character,  Louisa who, with Will’s help, starts finding out the beauty of life. Will is constantly encouraging Lou to try new activities and push the boundaries of her experiences.

These are the 10 best things in  this film for us: