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A Simple Story (Agnon Novel)
A Simple Story may refer to: * ''A Simple Story'' (novel) by Elizabeth Inchbald * ''A Simple Story'', a novella by Shmuel Yosef Agnon, translated from the 1935 Hebrew original, ''Sippur Pashut'' * ''A Simple Story'' (1970 film), a 1970 Tunisian film * ''A Simple Story'' (1978 film), a 1978 film * ''A Simple Story'' (1960 film), a 1960 Soviet drama film See also * Una storia semplice (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Simple Story (novel)
''A Simple Story'' is a novel by English author and actress, Elizabeth Inchbald. Published in early 1791 as an early example of a "novel of passion", it was very successful and became widely read in England and abroad. It went into a second edition in March 1791. It is still in print today.E.gthis editionpublished by Oxford University Press. Plot The novel is divided into four volumes, two each devoted to its two storylines. The first volumes books follow the love story of young Miss Milner (we are never told her first name) and her guardian Dorriforth, who begins the novel as a Roman Catholic priest. Miss Milner is a seventeen year old orphan, whose father's deathbed wish entrusted her to Dorriforth's guardianship despite disapproving of Catholicism. Miss Milner admires Dorriforth but struggles to obey his strict rules. She flirts with a Lord Lawnly whom Dorriforth must duel on her behalf, causing strife. Several deaths in Dorriforth's family cause him to inherit the title of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon ( he, שמואל יוסף עגנון; July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon (). In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon. Agnon was born in Polish Galicia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and later immigrated to Mandatory Palestine, and died in Jerusalem. His works deal with the conflict between the traditional Jewish life and language and the modern world. They also attempt to recapture the fading traditions of the European ''shtetl'' (village). In a wider context, he also contributed to broadening the characteristic conception of the narrator's role in literature. Agnon had a distinctive linguistic style mixing modern and rabbinic Hebrew. In 1966, he shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with the poet Nelly Sachs. Biography Shmuel Yosef Halevi Czaczkes (later Agnon) was born in Buczacz (Polish spelling, pronounced ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Simple Story (1970 Film)
''A Simple Story'' (french: Une si simple histoire) is a 1970 Tunisian drama film directed by Abdellatif Ben Ammar. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Labiba Ben Ammar * Juliet Berto Juliet Berto (16 January 1947 – 10 January 1990), born Annie Jamet, was a French actress, director and screenwriter. A member of the same loose group of student radicals as Anne Wiazemsky, she first appeared in Jean-Luc Godard's ''Two or Three ... * Pia Colombo * Amor Khalfa * Jamila Ourabi * Fouad Zaouch References External links * 1970 films 1970 drama films 1970s French-language films Tunisian drama films {{1970s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Simple Story (1978 Film)
''A Simple Story'' (french: Une histoire simple) is a 1978 French drama film directed by Claude Sautet. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards. For her role as Marie, Romy Schneider won the 1979 César Award for Best Actress. Plot Finding herself pregnant at the age of 39, Marie has an abortion without telling her lover Serge, because she has decided she must live without him. Her mother disapproves and so does Gabrielle, one of her workmates. When made redundant, Gabrielle's husband Jérôme takes an overdose but Marie and Gabrielle save his life. To save his job, Marie looks up her ex-husband Georges, who says he will find Jérôme a place. This he does and, when his lover is away, Marie sleeps with him. However, Jérôme's confidence is gone and Georges has to let him go. When he admits this to Marie, she leaves him. After Jérôme in total despair kills himself, Gabrielle moves in with Marie, who finds herself pregnant a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Simple Story (1960 Film)
A Simple Story (russian: Простая история, Prostaya istoriya) is a 1960 Soviet drama film directed by Yuri Yegorov. The picture was the 48th most attended domestic film in the Soviet Union. Plot A woman loses her husband in the war and dedicates her life to the kolkhoz. Many started to dislike Sasha Potapova for her honesty and uncompromising character, however she is elected chairman of the collective farm. Unexpected love to the secretary of the District Committee Danilov makes her life happy and difficult. Cast *Nonna Mordyukova as Sasha Potapova *Mikhail Ulyanov as Secretary of the Communist Andrey Egorovich Danilov *Vasily Shukshin as Vanka Lykov * Daniil Ilchenko as Yegor Lykov, Ivan's father * Valentina Vladimirova as Avdotya * Irina Murzaeva as Sasha's mother * Aleksey Mironov as Guskov * Oleg Anofriev as Agronomist * Tatyana Babanina as Nastassya Mineeva (as T. Babanina) * Nina Sazonova as Lyuba Production The character of Potapova was specifically w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
