Everything that Lewis Carroll ever published in book form appears in this volume. In addition, at least ten of the shorter pieces have never appeared in print except in their original editions. Inc…
With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. The Diary of a Nobody is so unassuming a work that even its author, George Gro…
Il y a le père, Fiodor Pavlovich, riche, malhonnête et débauché, et ses trois fils légitimes : Mitia, impulsif, orgueilleux, sauvage ; Yvan, intellectuel, raffiné, intransigeant ; Aliocha, si…
L uvre s ouvre sur le séjour du narrateur chez Gilberte de Saint-Loup à Tansonville. Une lecture d un passage inédit du journal des Goncourt entraîne le narrateur dans des réflexions sur l'art…
Les trois mousquetaires, c'est difficile d'en parler sans tenir compte de ses suites, Vingt ans après et le Vicomte de Bragelonne, tant ils forment une continuité, malgré les ellipses de plusieu…
The Thirty Nine Steps is a novel written by John Buchan and first published in 1915. Complete and unabridged.
Le Caire, à l'aube de l'indépendance. Encore anglaise, mais pour peu de temps, l'Égypte du début des années 20 hésite entre le repli identitaire et l'ouverture vers le monde occidental. Au tr…
Ici l’auteur prend comme point de départ la retraite forcée de Jean Valjean et Cosette dans le couvent du Petit-Picpus, dans le 12ieme arrondissement de Paris. Pris en protection par Fauchelev…
Paru en 1862, ce colossal ouvrage en cinq tomes fait partie du patrimoine culturel français et a été étudié quelques fois par force par la plupart des élèves de nos écoles républicaines……
The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr B…
As these three specially commissioned stories amply demonstrate, Conrad is our greatest writer of the sea. His characters are tested by dramatic events 'that show in the light of day the inner wort…
One of Shakespeare's most haunting and enigmatic late plays, The Winter's Tale is a fine example of Shakespeare's fascination with the dramatic genre of "romance": the portrayal of magical lands, f…
Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation. Rat, Mole, Badger and the preposterous Mr Toad (with his ‘Poop-poop-poopâ…
One of Woolf’s most experimental novels, The Waves presents six characters in monologue - from morning until night, from childhood into old age - against a background of the sea. The result is a …
Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit them to a 'T'. But when they set off, they can hardly predict the tr…
With an Introduction and Notes by Charles P.C. Pettit Thomas Hardy's only historical novel, The Trumpet Major is set in Wessex during the Napoleonic Wars. Hardy skilfully immerses us in the life of…
This book is a tough read. It is very Baroque despite being late 19th century. The prose is heavily ornamented with many asides and qualifications. It explores every avenue of a particular thread o…
With an Introduction and Notes by Jeff Wallace, University of Glamorgan These stories of myth and resurrection, of uncanny events and violent impulse, were with one exception written and published …
In this classically simple tale of the disastrous impact of outside life on a secluded community in Dorset, now in a new edition, Hardy narrates the rivalry for the hand of Grace Melbury between a …
Le livre relate l’histoire d’un jeune homme, William Crimsworth. Il décrit son mûrissement, ses amours et la carrière qu’il suit comme professeur dans une école pour jeunes filles. L’hi…