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Marcelino lives alone on his parents’ farm, set deep in the beautiful but impoverished countryside of Asturias, northern Spain. It’s the place where he grew up, where he doted on his beloved baby brother, where he protected his mother from his father’s drunken rages. But when Marcelino’s brother tricks him out of his land and home, a moment of uncontrolled anger sparks a chain of events that can’t be reversed.

In Sydney sind die Abkömmlinge berühmter Märchenfiguren in zwei Klassen gespalten. Auf der Seite der Unterdrückten stehen Regina, die Tochter der Dunklen Fee, und Malcom, der Sohn der Bösen Königin. Als Agenten des Geheimdienstes Fablehaven kämpfen sie um ihren Platz in der Gesellschaft, während sie gleichzeitig als Wickeds geächtet werden. Zu allem Überfluss steht das größte Fest des Jahrhunderts an: die Hochzeit ihres beliebten, strahlenden Mitagenten und Malcoms erklärtem Erzfeind Prinz Charming. Doch dann erschüttert eine grausame Mordserie Sydney.

Arianna e la sorella Fedra, principesse di Creta e figlie del temuto re Minosse, crescono ascoltando riecheggiare il rumore degli zoccoli del fratello, il Minotauro, nel labirinto costruito sotto il palazzo. Ogni anno, quattordici giovani ateniesi vengono sacrificati per placare la fame del mostro. Quando il principe Teseo giunge a Creta per immolarsi alla creatura, Arianna si perde nei suoi occhi verdi e se ne innamora follemente. Ma aiutarlo a scappare dal labirinto significherebbe tradire la famiglia e il regno, e la ragazza conosce fin troppo bene le implicazioni di un gesto simile.

Un día, se golpea al reparar unas cortinas y comienza a sentir un dolor que lo aqueja constantemente. Dicho golpe es totalmente simbólico: sube a una escalera y cuando está en lo más alto - no sólo en la escalera, sino en el estatus que ha tomado en su posición social - cae, y ahí comenzará su declive.

Saint-Exupéry was himself an aristocrat, a pilot and a war hero. Here he tells the story of a pilot stranded in the desert who there encounters the Little Prince, a remarkable little fellow from another planet who is also looking for his way back home and to the beloved rose he abandoned there. Since its publication in 1943, this story has enchanted both adults and children alike, and no wonder. Its gentle humour and profound insights are capable of reminding us of all the things that really matter and of healing hearts and jaded souls, no less.

L'intramontabile classico di Antoine de Saint-Exupéry letto dal giovine papà di Viola con la partecipazione straordinaria della piccola Viola (5-6 anni) nei panni del protagonista.