Concetti Chiave
- "The Evening and the Morning" is a prologue to Ken Follett's Kingsbridge series, exploring the origins of the fictional village.
- Set in early medieval England, the novel depicts the struggle against Viking raids and societal degradation post-Roman Empire.
- Edgar, the protagonist, faces tragedy when his beloved Sunni and father are killed during a Viking assault.
- Following the destruction of their home, Edgar's family is forced to move to Dreng’s Ferry to avoid slavery.
- Follett's novel masterfully reconstructs a transformative historical period, highlighting societal changes and resistances.
"The evening and the morning" is a novel which was written by Ken Follett and which was published in 2020.
This book is the prologue to Follett's trilogy devoted to the fictional village of
La lotta per la sopravvivenza
In this period, England has not yet risen from the degradation it had slipped into with the end of the Roman Empire: life is a continuous struggle against hunger and Viking raids or Welsh and British raids. The protagonist is Edgar, the youngest son of a skilled boat builder in the seaside town of Combe. The boy, just eighteen, would like to have a life elsewhere with his beloved Sunni, the battered wife of the milkman Cyneric, whom he loves dearly. But the night in which the two would like to escape is marred by a Viking assault. Sunni dies at the hands of a raider and Edgar's father also falls under the blows of the raiders. Now that the shipyard is destroyed, Edgar and his family, who are also deprived of their homes, fear they will face a desperate future, perhaps even of slavery.
To escape this fate, the mother, a woman of great rationality and pragmatism, forces the three children to accept the proposal of the devious and corrupt
La ricostruzione storica di Follett
With this novel, Follett successfully reconstructs a historical period and, moreover, takes us back to an era made of changes and transformations that makes us reflect on that constant of a world that changes at the expense of that world that others do not want to change.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Cuál es el contexto histórico en el que se desarrolla "The evening and the morning"?
- ¿Quién es el protagonista de la novela y cuál es su situación inicial?
- ¿Qué decisión toma la familia de Edgar para enfrentar su futuro incierto?
La novela se desarrolla en la Inglaterra medieval temprana, un período de lucha continua contra el hambre y las incursiones vikingas, galesas y británicas, tras la caída del Imperio Romano.
El protagonista es Edgar, el hijo menor de un constructor de barcos en Combe, que enfrenta un futuro incierto tras la muerte de su amada Sunni y su padre durante un asalto vikingo.
La madre de Edgar, pragmática y racional, obliga a sus hijos a aceptar la propuesta del obispo corrupto de Shiring, Wynstan, para convertirse en agricultores y mudarse al miserable pueblo de Dreng’s Ferry.
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