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Gobseck (1830), fait partie des Scenes de la vie privee de La Comedie humaine. La scene debute dans le salon de Madame de Grandlieu, en conversation avec un ami de la famille, l'avoue Maitre Derville. L'avoue entend, pendant la conversation de Mme de...

Soon after its publication Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928) became notorious for its story of the physical (and emotional) relationship between a working class man and an upper class woman, its explicit descriptions of sex, and its use of then-unprinta...

Macbeth was written between 1606 and 1607. It is one of the most famous tragedies of Shakespeare. It is based on story of one of the Kings of Scotland and dramatizes the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who s...

Notre-Dame de Paris, un roman historique, publie en 1831. Le titre fait reference a la cathedrale de Paris, Notre-Dame, qui est un des lieux principaux de l'intrigue du roman. Le roman historique tel que le conceit Hugo comporte egalement une part de...

Through the Looking-Glass (1871) is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Set some six months later than the earlier book, Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a mirror into the world that she can see...

Jacobs published his English Foiiy Tales in 1890 and More English Fairytales in 1894 but also went on after and in between both books to publish fairy tales collected from continental Europe as well as Jewish, Celtic and Indian Fairytales....

The Great Gatsby (1925) follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and o...

The War of the Worlds (1898) is a science fiction novel, telling about a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel has been both popular and influential, spawning half a dozen feature films, radio dramas, a record album, variou...

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1894.

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, was written between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is called to wreak upon his uncle, Claudius, by the ghost of Hamlet's...

Pride and Prejudice, first published in 1813 tells the story of the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage.

Although Wuthehng Heights is now regarded as a classic of English literature, contemporary opinions were deeply polarized; the novel was considered controversial because of its naturalistic depiction of mental and physical cruelty. Besides, the autho...

Sternstunden der Menschheit ist eine Sammlung von zuletzt 14 historischen Miniaturen, verfasst von Stefan Zweig, die von historischen Begebenheiten erzahlen, deren Auswirkungen die Geschichte der Menschheit verandert haben. Die Texte sind keine histo...

The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of fables using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses of "The Law of the Jungle", for example, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families, and communities....

Named after the first story the collection Wlien God Laughs and Other Stories explores themes for which London became famous: the struggle for survival in the midst of hostile environments, human nature's most elemental drives, and worker abuse in in...

This collection of eight short stories written during his «Klondike» period, has become a trademark of London's work. The title story Love of Life follows the trek of a prospector across the Canadian tundra. Other stories include The Story of Keesh; ...