y37hx (Free read ebook) The Troll Garden (Arabic edition) Online [y37hx.ebook] The Troll Garden (Arabic edition) Pdf Free Willa Cather audiobook | *ebooks | Download PDF | ePub | DOC Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook 2017-02-13Original language:Arabic 9.00 x .60 x 6.00l, #File Name: 153463892X266 pages | File size: 42.Mb Willa Cather : The Troll Garden (Arabic edition) before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised The Troll Garden (Arabic edition): 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Wholly MusesBy Bob NewmanThis was Willa Cather's first published book which came out in 1905. I am singularly unqualified to comment on her entire opus, having read only one other book, and that when I was in grade school. The seven stories here certainly smack of Victorian era romanticism, that often dark and tragic force, but for all that most of them will strike you as sensitive, discerning, and very apt as far as human nature is concerned. The themes vary, but all center around people in the arts or those who lead, as Cather puts it, "tributary lives", that is, they pay homage to the arts. Perhaps that homage is a bit too earnest, a bit too cloying, for 21st century readers, or perhaps, as a first time writer, she overstated her case sometimes. Another common theme is the incomprehension of small town America towards artistically-inclined people. Thus, one escapes from the inanities of Podunk, or sinks in the mires thereof. Henry James later emphasized the theme of "old Europe vs new America" in many of his novels---Cather frequently takes up a similar strand, concentrating more on the difference between 'sophisticated East Coast" and "crude Center"."Flavia and Her Artists" may be the best story here--- it is vivid and unlike some others, has a sharp ending. A social butterfly with cultural pretensions, plenty of money, and a tolerant, but somewhat philistine husband, tries to "catch" Manhattan artists,composers, dancers, and the like for her weekend parties and soirees at Tarrytown, NY. An invited French writer later publishes a mocking, satirical piece on the butterfly, but the husband and narrator hide the fact from the naive socialite. The upshot is that the husband takes it on the chin for no reason. In "The Sculptor's Funeral" a Kansas town can't fathom anyone different. We listen to their hickish, blind soliloquies of a town boy who went East to follow his art, but died. Only a local drunken lawyer (once the sculptor's classmate) and a horrified New England visitor understand. "The Garden Lodge" presents with considerable sensitivity an immensely practical woman who worked her way out of a ne'er do well, totally impractical family and married a rich, successful man. Now she wrestles for one night with a secret love which could 'bust everything wide open'. What's her choice ? There are four other stories as well, one, "The Marriage of Phaedra" I thought did not match up to the rest, perhaps because it is laid in England and Cather seems much better at American personalities. Sex, violence, and power do not play even a marginal role in Cather's writing; much more dreams, pretensions, failed loves and sunken ambitions. They are not modern tales, or at least, not in the modern style. But, if you're looking for some interesting reading, you could give these stories of a vanished world a try.10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Cather's early stories, including four later revisedBy D. Cloyce SmithCather's first book of fiction gathers seven stories, four of which were initially published in magazines and later revised for inclusion in the 1920 eight-story collection "Youth and the Bright Medusa" (which is worth reading on its own). Collectively, the stories in "The Troll Garden" show the young Cather in the throes of an overtly Jamesian phase, with perfunctory nods to her later rural and Nebraskan subjects. While all are united by the theme of artistic genius and influence, none are about the artists themselves. Instead, they relate the dreams and delusions of the relatives, friends, hangers-on, and wannabes who associate with artists and either idolize or scorn them.The two most well-known stories are "The Sculptor's Funeral" and "Paul's Case," both of which were left largely unchanged for their later versions and in Cather's 1937 edition of collected works. The first describes rural neighbors who vent their lack of appreciation for the achievements of an internationally famous sculptor when his corpse is shipped to his hometown for burial; "Where the old man made his mistake was in sending the boy East to school" is the verdict of one of the town's inhabitants. "Paul's Case" concerns a school-age boy whose flightiness and irresponsibility is exacerbated by the fanciful extravagances represented on the stage and by the glittering allure of celebrity lifestyle.Both ""A Death in the Desert" and "A Wagner Matinee" were heavily revised for their later publications. The first of these, filled with literary allusions and oddly detached from its Wyoming setting, benefited from the later changes, which tightened both the prose and the emotional impact. Its heroine is an opera singer dying of tuberculosis who recalls a lost love--a brilliant composer--in the unexpected appearance of his younger brother, whose own career never escapes the shadow of his sibling's renown. The 1905 version of "A Wagner Matinee," in contrast, is far superior to its later incarnations, in which Cather had softened beyond recognition her portrait of a Bostonian woman transplanted to Nebraska who returns back East after thirty years of relentless drudgery. Although Cather's family regarded the story as a mocking and insulting caricature of her own aunt, the earlier depiction's bite and its leanness are what make it so powerful.The three stories that appear exclusively in this collection are "Flavia and Her Artists," "The Marriage of Phaedra," and "The Garden Lodge." The first of these is the best; it concerns a society matron playing hostess to a gaggle of artists who take advantage of her hospitality but who can barely tolerate her pretensions. The story turns when a member of the company broadcasts his scorn for Flavia in a withering profile published by a local newspaper.Many of these pieces, in sum, should be read not simply for insights into the early development of a celebrated author; they are near- masterpieces in their own right. In them one can see a uniquely constructed literary bridge between the Eurocentrism of Henry James and the American realism of Sinclair Lewis.1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Cather's Early WorkBy Dave_42"The Troll Garden" by Willa Cather contains some of her earliest writing. She had published a collection of poetry titled "April Twilights" a couple of years earlier, and there are a couple of earlier short stories which are not included in this collection, but other than that this is the earliest example of her writing. "The Troll Garden" includes seven stories which deal with the subject of art, in some way or another."Flavia and Her Artists" - This story was originally published in this collection. Flavia likes to put herself at the center of society by inviting noteworthy people to her house parties, though her husband, Arthur, doesn't fit in with them. In this case, it is a group which consists of several noteworthy people, including M. Roux, a novelist. It also includes Imogen Willard, the narrator of the story, who remembers Flavia's husband from her childhood. M. Roux leaves much earlier than the other guests, and when an article he writes satirizes Flavia mercilessly, Imogen tries to keep it from Arthur, but he reads it and then destroys it so that Flavia will not read it. The other guests are aware of it though, and when the subject of M. Roux comes up, Imogen believes that she notices a general agreement with what he had done. Arthur does not put up with their falseness though, and does to M. Roux in front of the guests what M. Roux had done to Flavia. When many of the guests decide to leave, Flavia mistakenly believes that it is her husband who has acted improperly."The Sculptor's Funeral" - This story was originally published in McClure's Magazine in January of 1905. When Harvey Merrick's body returns for burial to the small town in Kansas where he grew up, the locals make fun of him, even though he was a famed sculptor. Only two people appear to truly grieve the loss, his student Henry Steavens, and his old friend, Jim Laird, who finally hears enough of the other's attacks on Harvey, and he lets them know exactly how much better Harvey was than any of them."'A Death in the Desert'" - This story was originally published in "Scribner's" in January of 1903. This story centers on Everett Hilgarde, a man who is often mistaken for his brother Adriance, who is a famous composer. On a trip to Wyoming, he is surprised to see Katharine Gaylord, a singer who used to work with his brother, and who he knew and admired when he was much younger. They start to meet regularly, and he learns that she is fatally ill. He lets Adriance know of her situation, and his brother sends her a letter and his most recent composition."The Garden Lodge" - Caronline Noble used to be a musician, and recently entertained a famous tenor, Raymond d'Esquerre.