Mauro Armiño Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

This collection features four thought-provoking masterworks by the Nobel Prize-winning author, presented in a new American translation by Ryan Bloom. It includes Camus's final versions of the plays, along with deleted scenes and alternate dialogue, making this the first time they are available in English. While renowned for his novels exploring absurdism, Camus found joy in the theater, calling it "one of the only places in the world I'm happy." After forming two troupes in Algeria, he moved to Paris, where he staged these original works between 1944-1949. Caligula, his first full-length play, explores the Roman emperor's grief over his sister Drusilla's death, raising existential questions about living in the face of time's relentless passage. The collection also includes The Misunderstanding, which delves into the complexities of longing for home versus the allure of elsewhere; The Just, which examines the ethical dilemmas surrounding political assassination; and State of Emergency, an allegorical piece featuring The Plague as a character, offering fresh insights into contemporary struggles with disease and authoritarianism. Together, these plays illuminate the depths of human experience and the moral dilemmas we face.

Alexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (1802-1870) was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo (1845), The Three Musketeers (1844), and The Man in the Iron Mask (1848) were serialized, and he also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent. Though best known now as a novelist, He earned his first fame as a dramatist. His Henri III et sa Cour (1829) was the first of the great Romantic historical dramas produced on the Paris stage, preceding Victor Hugo's more famous Hernani (1830). He was also a wellknown travel writer, writing such books as From Paris to Cadiz (1847), and Travel Impressions: In Russia (1860). His other works include Twenty Years After (1845), The Two Dianas (1846), Queen Margot (1845), The Black Tulip (1850), The Wolf-Leader (1857), and The Knight of Sainte-Hermine (1869).

Traja Mušketieri, symbol priateľstva, odhodlanosti a obetavosti, ale aj dobrodružného života.

Fantóm Opery – inšpirácia umelcov, povera riaditeľov, výplod fantázie baletiek, ich matiek, uvádzačiek, šatniarok a vrátničiek? Autora pri pátraní v archívoch Národnej hudobnej akadémie ohromila prekvapujúca spätosť javov súvisiacich s fantómom a tragédiou rodiny grófa de Chagny, ktorá rozvírila pokojnú hladinu Paríža: unesená speváčka Kristina Daaé, zmiznutie vikomta de Chagnyho a smrť jeho staršieho brata grófa Filipa, ktorého telo našli na brehu jazera, rozprestierajúceho sa v podzemí Opery. Príbeh Fantóma stvoril francúzsky spisovateľ Gaston Leroux, ktorý ho v rokoch 1909 až 1910 vydával na pokračovanie. Román sa preslávil aj vďaka početným filmovým spracovaniam.

Foyer Orgona ovláda len jeden pán: Tartuffe. V oblečení v tmavých farbách a so závažným výrazom si tento muž získal priazeň hlavy rodiny: je jediným dôverníkom jeho tajomstiev a všetky jeho činy sú ospevované. Aby si ho ešte viac pripútal, Orgon mu dokonca ponúkne svoju dcéru za manželku... Ale pod maskou zbožného sa skrýva zručný podvodník, zmiešanina fatálnej zvodnosti a morálnej beztrestnosti, ktorý má väčší záujem o majetok a manželku svojho hostiteľa než o spásu svojho blížneho. Od vzniku hry v roku 1669, po dvoch zákazoch, táto temná duša neprestáva zvádzať generácie čitateľov a divákov svojím hustým tajomstvom. Hra sa stala predmetom mnohých inscenácií, od uvedenia Louisa Jouvet na Athénée Théâtre v roku 1950 po inscenáciu Stéphana Braunschweiga v divadle Odéon v roku 2008.