Elena Balbusso Books

While enjoying a six weeks' stay in fashionable Bath, the young and callow Catherine Morland is introduced to the delights of high society. Thanks to a new literary diet of the sensational and the macabre, Catherine travels to Northanger Abbey fully expecting to become embroiled in a Gothic adventure of intrigue and suspense – and, once there, soon begins to form the most gruesome and improbable theories about the exploits of its occupants. An early work, but published posthumously, Northanger Abbey is a parody of the Gothic genre typified by the novels of Ann Radcliffe, as well as a witty comedy of manners in the style of Jane Austen's later novels and, ultimately, an enchanting love story.

Quando avevo quattro anni, avevo quattro nonni, due nonni di città e due nonni di campagna... Incomincia così questo libro che parla di un nonno straordinario e di un ciliegio, dell'oca Alfonsina e di suo marito Oreste, della nonna Teodolinda e delle sue "cose" morbide; e di un bambino, che non dimentica il nonno "matto" che si arrampicava sugli alberi e che lo ha reso tante volte felice. Età di lettura: dai 9 anni.

The gift of a handsomely decorated, enigmatic nutcracker sets the stage for a Christmas like no other- there will be legends of ancient curses, battles with the dreaded Mouse King, and a visit to the wonderful Kingdom of Dolls. The inspiration for the classic ballet, E. T. A. Hoffmann's irresistible tale of magic and mystery continues to be the perfect encapsulation of a child's wonder at Christmas.