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Leo Tolstoy's grand masterpiece—a timeless saga of family, love, and loss in Russia surrounding the War of 1812.
“The greatest of all novelists...what else can we call the author of War and Peace?” asked Virginia Woolf rhetorically—and literary luminaries the world over have agreed with her. The saga stands alone in its vast scope and minute detail, its immense diversity and final unity. Set in the years leading...
“The greatest of all novelists...what else can we call the author of War and Peace?” asked Virginia Woolf rhetorically—and literary luminaries the world over have agreed with her. The saga stands alone in its vast scope and minute detail, its immense diversity and final unity. Set in the years leading...
2) Prester John
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South Africa, 1900. After his father dies, nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd is sent off to South Africa to earn his living as a storekeeper in the back of beyond. A strange encounter on the journey suggests that dark deeds and treacherous intrigues are afoot - all bound up with the mysterious primeval kingdom of Prester John. Written as a boys' adventure story and set mostly in South Africa (where Buchan had worked), "Prester John" was published in...
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El señor Otis, Ministro de los Estados Unidos de América, viaja a Inglaterra con su familia y se instala en una casa de campo encantada. Lord Canterville, el anterior propietario de la casa, le advierte que el fantasma de Sir Simon de Canterville la habita desde que mató a su esposa, hace más de tres siglos. El Ministro descarta la historia del fantasma como una patraña y hace caso omiso de las advertencias de Lord Canterville. Cuando los Otis...
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Three Sisters (1900) is a drama in four acts by Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekhov. It was first performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, directed by acclaimed actor Konstantin Stanislavski-who also played the role of Aleksandr Ignatyevich Vershinin, a philosophizing artillery officer in love with middle Prozorov sister Masha. Reviews were mixed at first, but as the play continued to run, Three Sisters became a popular success,...
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Une édition de référence d'Un bon petit diable de la Comtesse de Ségur, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
« Betty sortit, et, après quelques instants, rentra précipitamment en feignant une grande frayeur.
« Madame! Madame! Charlot est tué... étendu mort sur le plancher! Quand je disais! Les fées l'ont étranglé. »
Mme Mac'Miche se dirigea avec épouvante vers le cabinet, et aperçut en effet Charles...
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Découvrez "Poil de Carotte" de Jules Renard, un roman touchant et percutant qui dépeint avec humour et sensibilité la vie d'un jeune garçon maltraité. Suivez les aventures de Ferdinand, surnommé Poil de Carotte, dans son quotidien difficile en tant qu'enfant incompris et négligé. À travers les yeux de Poil de Carotte, Jules Renard explore les thèmes de l'enfance malheureuse, de la cruauté et de l'isolement. Le récit offre un regard lucide...
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"It is in and through Symbols that man, consciously or unconsciously, lives, works, and has his being: those ages, moreover, are accounted the noblest which can the best recognise symbolical worth, and prize it highest."
Carlyle
Without symbolism there can be no literature; indeed, not even language. What are words themselves but symbols, almost as arbitrary as the letters which compose them, mere sounds of the voice to which we have agreed...
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A Room with a View by E.M. Forster is a novel that weaves together themes of love, social conventions, and self-discovery. Set in the early 20th century, the story follows the journey of the protagonist, Lucy Honeychurch, as she grapples with the expectations of society and her own desires. The narrative begins with Lucy's journey to Italy accompanied by her older cousin and chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett. They stay at the Pension Bertolini in Florence,...
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Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings - Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus is the fictional title character and narrator of a collection of African-American folktales adapted and compiled by Joel Chandler Harris, published in book form in 1881. A journalist in post-Reconstruction Atlanta, Georgia, Harris produced seven Uncle Remus books. Harris wanted to show that life in the Southern United States was hard and that they struggled a lot. The term...
11) Flamme d'argent
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L'auteur à succès international Mark Williams est fier de présenter le deuxième tome des adaptations courtes pour enfants, de la série Classiques pour enfants: Flamme d'argent. Rejoignez Holmes et Watson qui tentent de résoudre le mystère du cheval disparu, Flamme d'argent, dans un livre au langage moderne et accessible aux enfants, qui laisse de côté les aspects difficiles de la langue de l'époque. Idéal pour initier les enfants de tout...
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C'est l'histoire d'une rivalité ancestrale entre deux villages français : l'un républicain, l'autre d'obédience chrétienne.
Après l'école, chaque jour de la semaine, les enfants se réunissent et vont combattre dans la forêt ceux du village voisin, à coups de pioche, de pierres lancées, de fronde, de tout ce qu'ils trouvent sous leurs mains pour anéantir l'adversaire et lui voler : boutons, lacets , ficelles... Chaque groupe est gouverné...
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Les « Classiques Junior » est une collection destinée aux élèves du primaire, consacrée aux oeuvres majeures de la littérature universelle. L'objectif principal de cette collection est d'ouvrir une fenêtre sur les livres d'hier, qui ont bercé l'apprentissage des belles lettres de générations entières à travers les siècles. Ces oeuvres qui ont traversé le temps et les frontières, ont été et continuent d'être de grands succès, et...
14) Great Speeches
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For someone who claimed he had been educated by "littles"-a little now and a little then-Abraham Lincoln displayed a remarkable facility in his use of the written word. The simple yet memorable eloquence of his speeches, proclamations and personal correspondence is recorded here in a representative collection of 16 documents. This volume contains, complete and unabridged, the Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois (1838), which...
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Préparez-vous à découvrir un classique intemporel de la littérature jeunesse : "Les Malheurs de Sophie" de Sophie de Ségur. Plongez dans l'univers charmant et turbulent de la jeune Sophie, une fillette espiègle et pleine de vie. Suivez les aventures et les mésaventures de Sophie dans sa vie quotidienne, entourée de sa famille, de ses amis et de ses domestiques. De bêtises en punitions, de caprices en leçons de morale, Sophie apprend les...
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In the dimly lit alleys of Victorian London, a dense fog cloaks the city, wrapping its secrets in an enigmatic shroud. The air is thick with anticipation as a mysterious letter arrives at 221B Baker Street, the famed residence of the unparalleled detective, Sherlock Holmes. The sender, a shadowy figure known only as "The Midnight Scribe," beckons Holmes and his ever-loyal companion, Dr. John Watson, into a web of intrigue that will test the limits...
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