Download or read book Love and Sex in the Time of Plague written by Guido Ruggiero and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a pandemic swept across fourteenth-century Europe, the Decameron offered the ill and grieving a symphony of life and love. For Florentines, the world seemed to be coming to an end. In 1348 the first wave of the Black Death swept across the Italian city, reducing its population from more than 100,000 to less than 40,000. The disease would eventually kill at least half of the population of Europe. Amid the devastation, Giovanni BoccaccioÕs Decameron was born. One of the masterpieces of world literature, the Decameron has captivated centuries of readers with its vivid tales of love, loyalty, betrayal, and sex. Despite the death that overwhelmed Florence, BoccaccioÕs collection of novelle was, in Guido RuggieroÕs words, a Òsymphony of life.Ó Love and Sex in the Time of Plague guides twenty-first-century readers back to BoccaccioÕs world to recapture how his work sounded to fourteenth-century ears. Through insightful discussions of the DecameronÕs cherished stories and deep portraits of Florentine culture, Ruggiero explores love and sexual relations in a society undergoing convulsive change. In the century before the plague arrived, Florence had become one of the richest and most powerful cities in Europe. With the medieval nobility in decline, a new polity was emerging, driven by Il PopoloÑthe people, fractious and enterprising. BoccaccioÕs stories had a special resonance in this age of upheaval, as Florentines sought new notions of truth and virtue to meet both the despair and the possibility of the moment.
Download or read book Love in the Time of the Plague written by Katie MacAlister and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Love in the Plague written by Vincent Brome and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two centuries, two tragedies, one fear: Plague. Lucille lectures in 17th century history. Her husband Richard works in cybernetics. Lucille's life in the 17th century world of poverty and disease grows ever more real. The two worlds collide as plague finds its modern counterpart in AIDS, and they find their whole world thrown into doubt.
Download or read book The Plague written by Albert Camus and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1991-05-07 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Its relevance lashes you across the face.” —Stephen Metcalf, The Los Angeles Times • “A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of despair.” —Roger Lowenstein, The Washington Post A haunting tale of human resilience and hope in the face of unrelieved horror, Albert Camus' iconic novel about an epidemic ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature. The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror. An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a timeless story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.
Download or read book Love in the Time of Cholera written by Gabriel García Márquez and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • "A love story of astonishing power" (Newsweek), the acclaimed modern literary classic by the beloved Nobel Prize-winning author. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.
Download or read book After the Plague written by Imogen Keeper and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SPECIAL EDITION - THREE VOLUME SET From award-winning Imogen Keeper, comes a new gut-wrenching saga filled with danger, darkness, and insatiable romance. 99% of the population dies due to a strange unnatural virus, leaving 1% grieving, scared, desperate, capable of anything, plunged into a world without laws, and no one to enforce them anyway. Frankie has zero skills to survive, but when she loses the love of her life, she discovers an untapped well of hope and courage inside herself - to find the others, the left-behind survivors who must now rebuild in the face of gathering clans, rising dictators, and everpresent danger. When Yorke, a lone soldier, who never wanted a family, finds Frankie, he has a single burning conviction: if anyone will make the rules in this strange new lawless world, it will be them. Before the apocalypse they were strangers. Now their lives will forever be entwined. This special edition set includes the first three volumes in one sexy, seductive, breathtaking story that blends romance, adventure, and hope into an unforgettable read. Fans of Laura Thalassa and Diana Gabaldon will love this Romantic saga.
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Download or read book Oh What a Plague Is Love written by Katharine Tynan and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Must Love Plague written by Shelly Chalmers and published by Shelly Chalmers. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spreading plague isn't all it's cracked up to be. Piper Bane wants nothing to do with her pesky Pestilence bloodline and would give anything to be a Normal. In fact, she put Beckwell, Alberta–land of the paranormal and home of the weird–in her rear-view ten years ago and hasn't been back since. But when an invitation to her best friend’s wedding coaxes her back home, she's reminded what it means to continue the legacy of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. And that ten years isn't long enough to forget her ex-fiancé. Daniel Quilan never forgot Piper, the woman who took his heart with her when she left a decade ago. His not-so-ordinary patients and his trouble-making twin brother keep Daniel occupied twenty-four-seven, not to mention magic going haywire throughout town. But his plan to stay busy as the town's golden boy is shattered when his latest patient turns out to be Piper. How good she looks isn't his concern. How she still makes fire shoot through his veins isn't his focus. But someone wants to end the world and will use Piper to do so... which makes her impossible to ignore. Book 1 in the Sisters of the Apocalypse Series. You’ll love MUST LOVE PLAGUE if you’re a fan of: • Witty, sexy banter • Second chance romances • Animal sidekicks with attitude • Fun, fantastical romps with lots of humor • Quirky, magical towns • Gender-bent four horsemen of the apocalypse Praise for Must Love Plague: "What a fun read this was!… If you enjoy paranormal with humor, you will love this!"–Goodreads Reviewer "… Chalmers’ imaginative approach to a wide range of mythology makes for an entertaining read, to be continued as the rest of the Four Horsewomen take their turns."–Amazon reviewer "… The farther I read, the more captured I became in the plot and the world. There were unexpected surprises, too, and a story arc that extends through the series." -An Amazon Reviewer "I loved this book! It's fun and sexy."–Goodreads Reviewer "Must Love Plague is quirky and fun, with enough of the dark side to keep things interesting—and to keep the relationship between Piper and Daniel sizzling."–Amazon reviewer
Download or read book The Love Plague written by Alex Miller and published by eGlobal Creative Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love is complicated. It’s something that takes time and patience to cultivate. Something that needs to be earned. To the young witch Jessica White, love is something that can and should be acquired using magic. Deeply infatuated with Robin heath, captain of her college football team and known playboy, Jessica sets out to turn him into her idealized boyfriend. With the help of her friend Felix, she devises a love spell that will turn Robin into everything she wants him to be. While everything seems to go fine at first, a problem quickly appears: the spell can spread to other people. What starts as a dream come true turns into a nightmare as the spell runs out of control like a plague, turning all those infected into Jessica’s mindless, lovestruck servants. The Love Plague is written by Alex Miller, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.
Download or read book The Love That Binds written by E. Holt and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a plague hits earth, turning people into monsters, and wiping the world's population. Life has changed dramatically. The world is over, or however, over it can be. Owen, a 17-year-old boy, who has secrets, and with these secrets that comes history that puts him in more danger than the plague itself. These secrets making him strong, but with this strength, comes kindness.Maddie, a 16-year-old girl, has bounced around groups for years, with the fear of being hurt once again after the loss of her family due to the plague. She, like Owen, is also kind, and would do anything for the people she loves, making her give up herself...With this, both Maddie and Owen were too young to get the plage. They know that they will be getting it at the age of 12 through 18. It's the heart of winter, with temperatures being to drop, making the cold more dangerous than the monsters, the plague, and these so-called secrets. Owen finds Maddie barely alive due to these dangerous temperatures. He saves her, bringing her into his world, with everything that he carries. They both learn that they will do anything for each other.They both never did believe in finding love at such a young age, or even at all, and yet, somehow they fall in love. With history, secrets being kept, lies being made, and sacrifices being made, can their love beat the odds of survival?**Keep reading for insights from the characters** It seemed after I laid my eyes on him, my whole life shifted. I wanted to know him. I knew I was young, and still didn't truly understand the meaning of love, but yet I knew I was in love. Is it possible to find love in a world so dammed? ~Maddie I never did believe in love at first sight, that was only in fairy tales, right? But yet, I knew when I saw her, I was in love. I knew the consequence of bringing her into my world, the danger it would be. But how far would I go to keep her love? ~OwenI am known for my lies that I have told. I am known as a 'dangerous person' and you should stay away. Owen was right, I should have just listened, I should have just stayed away. Did I make the right decision to dive headfirst into this situation? Did I do the right thing? ~Cole
Download or read book Oh what a Plague is Love A novel written by afterwards HINKSON TYNAN (Katherine) and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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