Par une chaude journée d'été, à Paris, deux hommes, Bouvard et Pécuchet, se rencontrent et font connaissance. Ils découvrent que, non seulement ils exercent le même métier (copiste), mais en plus il……続きを見る
VIRGIN SOIL by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) is his last and longest novel. In it he finally says everything yet unsaid on the subject of social change, idealism and yet futility of revoluti……続きを見る
Tommy Stubbins, John Dolittle's nine-year-old assistant, accompanies the good doctor and his crew of animal companions on an exciting, hazardous voyage to find Long Arrow, a native American who is r……続きを見る
Noch hatte Syriens sengende Sonne nicht ihren höchsten Punkt am Horizont erreicht, als ein Ritter des Roten Kreuzes, der seine ferne Heimat im Norden verlassen und sich dem Kreuzfahrerheere in Paläs……続きを見る
Un groupe de naufragés d'un millier de personnes se retrouve sur l'île Hoste, près du Cap Horn. L'homme qui les a sauvés, le Kaw-Djer, devient (ou redevient) leur dirigeant à chaque crise que subit ……続きを見る
In 1878 appeared Dick Sands, the epic of the slave trade. This picture of the wilds of Africa, its adventures and its dangers, the savage hunting both of beasts and men, has always been a favorite a……続きを見る
À Nice, Hyacinthe Supia, le directeur du grand magasin "La Bella Nissa" est victime des forfaits du mystérieux cambrioleur Hardigras. Il demande de l'aide à Titin le Bastardon, lequel est amoureux d……続きを見る
The story of a young adventurer, Godfrey Morgan, and his deportment instructor, Professor T. Artelett, who embark on a round-the-world ocean voyage. Their ship is wrecked and they are cast away on a……続きを見る
A Sportsman's Sketches (Russian: Записки охотника; also known as The Hunting Sketches and Sketches from a Hunter's Album) was an 1852 collection of short stories by Ivan Turgenev. It was the first m……続きを見る
Facing the Flag or For the Flag is a patriotic novel by Jules Verne. Like The Begum's Millions which Verne published in 1879 , it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-w……続きを見る
The story takes place in Providence, Rhode Island and revolves around the Church of Starry Wisdom. The cult uses an ancient artifact known as the Shining Trapezohedron to summon a terrible being fro……続きを見る
"Crooken Sands" is a short story by Bram Stoker. A London merchant takes his family on a Scottish vacation and ends up experiencing a most mysterious horrifying adventure...
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A Personal Record (1912) both documents and fictionalizes Joseph Conrad's early life and the opening stages of his careers as a writer and as a seaman. It is also an artistic and political manifesto……続きを見る
"Nos parents nous avaient fiancés dès notre plus jeune âge. Quand j'avais douze ans et qu'elle en avait huit, on disait déjà, autour de nous, que nous formions un couple charmant, et nos mères nous ……続きを見る
Jonathan Smith, le "roi de l'huile", est immensément riche. Mary, enfant de rien, du hasard, de la misère, qu'il a ramassée, un jour de promenade, avec sa mère, va devenir son centre du monde, ses b……続きを見る
La ville flottante, c'est le Great Eastern, un énorme navire faisant la traversée Liverpool-New York, à bord duquel se trouvent plusieurs milliers de personnes, avec leurs caractères différents. Une……続きを見る
The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an ……続きを見る
Imaginez-vous devant un coffre fort fermé, où vous entendriez quelqu'un crier à l'aide , vous ouvrez et, vous ne trouvez que la victime. Par où l'assassin est-il parti ? C'est le Mystère de la chamb……続きを見る
L'inventeur Samuel Fergusson, accompagné de son domestique Joe et de son ami Dick Kennedy, entreprend de traverser le continent africain ー alors partiellement inexploré ー au moyen d'un ballon gonf……続きを見る
A humorous story of a conversation with a mummy written by Edgar Allan Poe. Rewritten in modern English to make it an easy read. Don't waist time trying to look up every word. There is no need for a……続きを見る
"Hypnos" is a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, penned in March 1922 and first published in the May 1923 issue of National Amateur. The narrator, a sculptor, recounts meeting a mysterious man in a rail……続きを見る
This book, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels includ……続きを見る
"The Partner" is a short story written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). First published in 1911, it is an intriguing sea tale on a mysterious shipwreck. This edition is enriched with two other Conrad's……続きを見る
Here is one of those "forgotten" works. Ticket No. "9672" is a fascinating tale of two women who live in a Norway Inn. Dame Hansen is a foolish creature whose mistakes must be dealt with by her daug……続きを見る
A scholar, Dr. Samuel Ferguson, accompanied by his manservant Joe and his friend Richard "Dick" Kennedy, sets out to travel across the African continent ー still not fully explored ー with the help ……続きを見る
"Work, Death, and Sickness" is a fascinating story by Russian author Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy written in 1903. The story takes the form of a parable about the creation of work, death, and sickness. ……続きを見る
This book, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels includ……続きを見る
"An Outpost of Progress" is a short story written in July 1897 by Joseph Conrad, drawing on his own experience at Congo. The story deals with two European men, named Kayerts and Carlier, who are ass……続きを見る
"A Dream of Red Hands" is a short story by Bram Stoker. It was first published in the July 11, 1894 issue of The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, London.
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Joseph Conrad was a British author who is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers in English literature. Conrad's style influenced many of the great authors that followed him. This edition……続きを見る