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Două loturi
Când căpitanul Pândele îi bătu la ușă, domnul Lefter Popescu nu își putea închipui ce urma să se petreacă. Primind vestea de câștigul său la două loterii, Lefter trebuie să-și găsească biletele. Acesta nu va ezita să se ducă prin mahala până la poliție pentru a-și îndeplini misiunea, dar oare va reuși veșnicul ghinionist?
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First published January 1, 1901
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Ion Luca Caragiale
154 books186 followersIon Luca Caragiale was a Wallachian-born Romanian playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist. Leaving behind an important cultural legacy, he is considered one of the greatest playwrights in Romanian language and literature, as well as one of its most important writers and a leading representative of local humor. Alongside Mihai Eminescu, Ioan Slavici and Ion Creangă, he is seen as one of the main representatives of Junimea, an influential literary society with which he nonetheless parted during the second half of his life.
His work, spanning four decades, covers the ground between Neoclassicism, Realism, and Naturalism, building on an original synthesis of foreign and local influences.
Although few in number, Caragiale's plays constitute the most accomplished expression of Romanian theater, as well as being important venues for criticism of late 19th century Romanian society.
They include the comedies A Stormy Night, Conu Leonida faţă cu reacţiunea, O Scrisoare Pierduta Comedie in patru acte, and the tragedy Năpasta. In addition to these, Caragiale authored the melodrama O soacră, a large number of essays, articles, short stories, novellas and sketch stories, as well as occasional works of poetry and autobiographical texts such as Din carnetul unui vechi sufleur. In many cases, his creations were first published in one of several magazines he edited — Claponul, Moftul Român, Vatra and Epoca. Most of his prose works have been published under the title Momente, schite, povestiri: they include Căldură mare, Cănuţă om sucit, Două loturi, Grand Hotel "Victoria română", as well as several pieces referring to stock characters such as Lache and Mache, Marius Chicoş Rostogan and Mitică. In some of his later fiction writings, including La hanul lui Mânjoală, Kir Ianulea, Abu-Hasan, Pastramă trufanda and Calul dracului, Caragiale adopted the fantasy genre or turned to historical fiction.
Ion Luca Caragiale was interested in the politics of the Romanian Kingdom, and oscillated between the liberal current and conservatism. Most of his satirical works target the liberal republicans and the National Liberals, evidencing both his respect for their rivals at Junimea and his connections with the literary critic Titu Maiorescu. He came to clash with National Liberal leaders such as Dimitrie Sturdza and Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, and was a lifelong adversary of the Symbolist poet Alexandru Macedonski. As a result of these conflicts, the most prominent of Caragiale's critics barred his access to the cultural establishment for several decades. During the 1890s, Caragiale rallied with the radical movement of George Panu, before associating with the Conservative Party. After having decided to settle in Berlin, he came to voice strong criticism for Romanian politicians of all colors in the wake of the 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt, and ultimately joined the Conservative-Democratic Party.
Ion Luca was the nephew of Costache and Iorgu Caragiale, who were major figures of mid-19th-century Romanian theater. His sons Mateiu I. Caragiale and Luca I. Caragiale were both modernist writers.
His work, spanning four decades, covers the ground between Neoclassicism, Realism, and Naturalism, building on an original synthesis of foreign and local influences.
Although few in number, Caragiale's plays constitute the most accomplished expression of Romanian theater, as well as being important venues for criticism of late 19th century Romanian society.
They include the comedies A Stormy Night, Conu Leonida faţă cu reacţiunea, O Scrisoare Pierduta Comedie in patru acte, and the tragedy Năpasta. In addition to these, Caragiale authored the melodrama O soacră, a large number of essays, articles, short stories, novellas and sketch stories, as well as occasional works of poetry and autobiographical texts such as Din carnetul unui vechi sufleur. In many cases, his creations were first published in one of several magazines he edited — Claponul, Moftul Român, Vatra and Epoca. Most of his prose works have been published under the title Momente, schite, povestiri: they include Căldură mare, Cănuţă om sucit, Două loturi, Grand Hotel "Victoria română", as well as several pieces referring to stock characters such as Lache and Mache, Marius Chicoş Rostogan and Mitică. In some of his later fiction writings, including La hanul lui Mânjoală, Kir Ianulea, Abu-Hasan, Pastramă trufanda and Calul dracului, Caragiale adopted the fantasy genre or turned to historical fiction.
Ion Luca Caragiale was interested in the politics of the Romanian Kingdom, and oscillated between the liberal current and conservatism. Most of his satirical works target the liberal republicans and the National Liberals, evidencing both his respect for their rivals at Junimea and his connections with the literary critic Titu Maiorescu. He came to clash with National Liberal leaders such as Dimitrie Sturdza and Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, and was a lifelong adversary of the Symbolist poet Alexandru Macedonski. As a result of these conflicts, the most prominent of Caragiale's critics barred his access to the cultural establishment for several decades. During the 1890s, Caragiale rallied with the radical movement of George Panu, before associating with the Conservative Party. After having decided to settle in Berlin, he came to voice strong criticism for Romanian politicians of all colors in the wake of the 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt, and ultimately joined the Conservative-Democratic Party.
Ion Luca was the nephew of Costache and Iorgu Caragiale, who were major figures of mid-19th-century Romanian theater. His sons Mateiu I. Caragiale and Luca I. Caragiale were both modernist writers.
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April 4, 2026
Doua Lozuri aka Two Lottery Tickets by Ion Luca Caragiale and adapted for the big screen
Another version of this note and thoughts on other books are available at:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... and http://realini.blogspot.ro/
It was pure coincidence when I thought about Two Lottery Tickets a few days ago, only to see it on television a short while later.
It is modern take on a classic writer.
Ion Luca Caragiale is acclaimed by most scholars-I think- as the best Romanian author.
Shakespeare has his Richard III transferred to a place that looks like Nazi Germany.
This adaptation had the creme de la creme of British theater and cinema.
Romeo and Juliet plays now on Cinemax with Leonardo di Caprio and Claire Danes loving each other in the modern day America, if I remember well.
Doua Lozuri is also brought in the present, where the winning numbers can be seen falling into the tray, live, on television.
There was no such thing in the original and there were no cars and no smart phones, or 4G networks.
Granted, the characters are somewhat clownish and act like losers.
The man played by Dragos Bucur (?) proclaims emphatically:
My phone has 4G
What is that? Asks the driver
Faster than 3G
And I guess that if he was asked what 3G is, he would reply much the same thing
Faster than 2G
The problem though is that he has no coverage because he is using the poor man's access to a telecommunications network.
He has a prepaid card and needs to pay more, for his credit is gone.
The life of these three stooges suddenly changes.
Dramatically.
With influence from the others, one buys a ticket and that won the big pot.
Something like 6 million dollars.
But there is a robbery and a man purse is stolen.
You guessed it
The ticket was inside...or at least that is the venue we are taking.
Somehow, with the known detective work, that is supposed to be funny, they find a name and an address.
There is not much that I recognize from the original account, but they consult a fortune teller in both versions.
Alas, she is unable to tell one of them what will be the result of the soccer game between Juventus and Roma.
No name for goal scorers either.
But she did offer leaflets and professional material with prices for curses, other fortune telling and the services they have available.
The trio decide to go to Bucharest and get the damn criminals who have their millions of dollars.
But they don't even have money for gasoline.
The old Dacia they have is painted black, when it is supposed to be white.
A policeman is taken aback when told by three people that the black that is evident for him is actually...white.
Studies of lottery winners have proved that after winning millions of dollars they get a boost in their happiness levels.
But that only lasts for a few months, at the end of which they return to their previous, base level of happiness.
I will end with a joke, since I mentioned the car and the disputed color...
In the communist days-the mentality of many is still unchanged- there were questions for Radio Yerevan
- Is it true that Mr. Popescu has been given a black Dacia?
- It is not a car, it's a bicycle
- It's not black, it's white
- And it was not given to him, it was taken away from him.
At least The Three Musketeers get to keep that black or white car.
Another version of this note and thoughts on other books are available at:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... and http://realini.blogspot.ro/
It was pure coincidence when I thought about Two Lottery Tickets a few days ago, only to see it on television a short while later.
It is modern take on a classic writer.
Ion Luca Caragiale is acclaimed by most scholars-I think- as the best Romanian author.
Shakespeare has his Richard III transferred to a place that looks like Nazi Germany.
This adaptation had the creme de la creme of British theater and cinema.
Romeo and Juliet plays now on Cinemax with Leonardo di Caprio and Claire Danes loving each other in the modern day America, if I remember well.
Doua Lozuri is also brought in the present, where the winning numbers can be seen falling into the tray, live, on television.
There was no such thing in the original and there were no cars and no smart phones, or 4G networks.
Granted, the characters are somewhat clownish and act like losers.
The man played by Dragos Bucur (?) proclaims emphatically:
My phone has 4G
What is that? Asks the driver
Faster than 3G
And I guess that if he was asked what 3G is, he would reply much the same thing
Faster than 2G
The problem though is that he has no coverage because he is using the poor man's access to a telecommunications network.
He has a prepaid card and needs to pay more, for his credit is gone.
The life of these three stooges suddenly changes.
Dramatically.
With influence from the others, one buys a ticket and that won the big pot.
Something like 6 million dollars.
But there is a robbery and a man purse is stolen.
You guessed it
The ticket was inside...or at least that is the venue we are taking.
Somehow, with the known detective work, that is supposed to be funny, they find a name and an address.
There is not much that I recognize from the original account, but they consult a fortune teller in both versions.
Alas, she is unable to tell one of them what will be the result of the soccer game between Juventus and Roma.
No name for goal scorers either.
But she did offer leaflets and professional material with prices for curses, other fortune telling and the services they have available.
The trio decide to go to Bucharest and get the damn criminals who have their millions of dollars.
But they don't even have money for gasoline.
The old Dacia they have is painted black, when it is supposed to be white.
A policeman is taken aback when told by three people that the black that is evident for him is actually...white.
Studies of lottery winners have proved that after winning millions of dollars they get a boost in their happiness levels.
But that only lasts for a few months, at the end of which they return to their previous, base level of happiness.
I will end with a joke, since I mentioned the car and the disputed color...
In the communist days-the mentality of many is still unchanged- there were questions for Radio Yerevan
- Is it true that Mr. Popescu has been given a black Dacia?
- It is not a car, it's a bicycle
- It's not black, it's white
- And it was not given to him, it was taken away from him.
At least The Three Musketeers get to keep that black or white car.
January 17, 2016
Ultima oară când am citit această nuvelă a fost în liceu, dar cred că de abia acum pot să apreciez cu adevărat talentul lui Caragiale. Firește, când îi aud numele îmi vine zâmbetul pe buze și imediat mă gândesc la "O scrisoare pierdută" sau la vreo altă comedie. Astfel, îi dau o eticheta și nu mă gândesc mai atent. Probabil fiindcă a fost o lectură obligatorie, dar nu am putut simpatiza cu Lefter Popescu. Acum însă văd cum aș putea cu ușurință să devin ca el. Câți dintre noi nu se sări la șansa de a ne schimba viața? Și cât de crud ar fi să ajungem din lac în puț din prea mult zel. Ar trebui să fim recunoscători că nu suntem marcați de un destin prestabilit și deja prevestit precum numele de "Lefter". Noi avem calea liberă și, să sperăm, mai mult noroc.
November 29, 2019
I-am dat 3 stele deoarece subiectul este interesant și sunt folosite cuvinte alese cu multa atenție ,dar i-am scăzut 2 stele pentru că 1.nu sunt eu un mare fan al clasicilor in general;2. expresiile sunt un pic cam vulgare și acest lucru m-am cam împiedicat să ma bucur de lectură. Am citi această carte pentru școală , căci altfel nu prea cred că ajungeam la ea prea curând . Mă bucur că am terminat-o 😅și că am scăpat de ea din biblioteca ❤️
June 23, 2023
2,5 ⭐
February 15, 2021
O nuvela destul de bunicică. Caragiale are un stil unic de a atrage atenția cititorilor și asta ma face sa cred ca voi mai citi și altele de la el. Însăși cartea a fost imprevizibila pentru mine. Mi a captivat atenția enorm domnul Lefter, dar a avut momente care m-au făcut sa mi fie scârbă de el. I am acordat 3 stelute doar pentru ca are un limbaj prea vulgar pentru o lectura școlară, și pentru ca genul acesta clasic nu ma atrage prea mult personal. Per total, o recomand, dar nu tuturor.
October 5, 2021
5 stele chiar daca mi a lasat un gust amar
June 27, 2022
Puțin cam exagerat și trecut de timp , dar are un topic original
December 13, 2023
La sfârșit a fost puțin amuzanta.
September 28, 2025
Întotdeauna am considerat curiozitatea drept unul dintre principalele mele defecte, așa că nici o mirare că nu m-am dezamăgit pe mine însumi și-am aruncat o privire asupra recenziilor distinșilor mei colegi. Mă așteptam la o paletă largă de aprecieri, dar rezultatul a fost surprinzător mai ales în partea de jos a cotațiilor, culminând cu declarația suavă a unei domnițe (probabil, după nick-name-ul Șoricel...) bucuroasă c-a scăpat de carte din bibliotecă. Probabil nu mai avea loc de etalat pentru colecția sandra Brown...
Două vorbe și despre nuvelă. Publicată în foileton de Gazeta Săteanului (!!!) condusă de Alexandru Vlahuță, este o excelentă tragi-comedie de situații, totul plecând de la două bilete câștigătoare la loterie și cum schimbă (sau, mai bine zis, ar schimba) viața unui cetățean. Dulce-amar, ca mai tot ce se întâmplă în viață...
Două vorbe și despre nuvelă. Publicată în foileton de Gazeta Săteanului (!!!) condusă de Alexandru Vlahuță, este o excelentă tragi-comedie de situații, totul plecând de la două bilete câștigătoare la loterie și cum schimbă (sau, mai bine zis, ar schimba) viața unui cetățean. Dulce-amar, ca mai tot ce se întâmplă în viață...
April 1, 2017
Well...
I can't say that this Short Story wasn't sad, but I did Enjoy it waaaay more than I did in School.
I really Liked It, A Good Way to start My April Reading.
I can't say that this Short Story wasn't sad, but I did Enjoy it waaaay more than I did in School.
I really Liked It, A Good Way to start My April Reading.
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