Vous connaissez tous «Robin des Bois», dont l'histoire est assez proche de celle d'«Ivanhoé» écrit par Walter Scott une cinquantaine d'année auparavavant. Alors, en avant pour l'aventure his…
Par cet ouvrage, Freud souhaite faire connaître du grand public l'existence de l'inconscient « tel qu'il se laisse entrevoir à travers des ratés du refoulement » que sont les actes manqués1 q…
The delicate artistry and lyrical prose of Virginia Woolf's novels have established her as a writer of sensitivity and profound talent. This title collects selected works of Woolf, including: To th…
Having made his fortune from London's rubbish, a rich misanthropic miser dies, estranged from all except his faithful employees Mr and Mrs Boffin. By his will, his fortune goes to his estranged son…
Othello is an adaptation of the Italian writer Cinthio's tale "Un Capitano Moro" ("A Moorish Captain") from his Gli Hecatommithi (1565), a collection of one hundred tales in the style of Giovanni B…
En fait, la pièce aurait dû se dénommer Iago : c’est lui le personnage le plus fascinant de la pièce. Celle-ci s’ouvre sur une conversation entre lui et Roderigo et c’est l’un des derni…
L'action se passe au xixe siècle dans un pays fictif d'Amérique du Sud, le Costaguana, et principalement dans la ville de Sulaco. Le cœur de l'intrigue de Nostromo est la mine d'argent de San To…
Northanger Abbey is the earliest of Jane Austen's great comedies of female enlightenment and combines literary burlesque - making fun of the excesses of the Gothic novel - with larger moral, philos…
When Nicholas Nickleby is left penniless after his father's death, he appeals to his wealthy uncle to help him find work and to protect his mother and sister. But Ralph Nickleby proves both hard-he…
n Messina, a messenger brings news that Don Pedro, a prince from Aragon, will return that night from a successful battle, Claudio being among his soldiers. Beatrice, niece of Leonato, a governor of…