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"A winsome volume . . . in which the librarian Annie Spence writes letters to books she has loved, or not." ーNew York Times Book Review If you love to read, and presumably you do since you've picke……続きを見る

A brilliantly original exploration of our obsession with the end of the world, from Mary Shelley’s The Last Man to the HBO’s The Last of Us. 'Will make you happy to be alive and reading – until the ……続きを見る

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Décryptez Zazie dans le métro de Raymond Queneau avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir de Zazie dans le métro, le célèbre roman de la littérature française contemporaine ? Retro……続きを見る

Get the most out of reading with this an engaging and fun guide to the deeper meanings in great works of literature! From the epic of Gilgamesh to Aristotle and Cicero, and from Shakespeare and the ……続きを見る

The book as object, as content, as idea, as interface. What is the book in a digital age? Is it a physical object containing pages encased in covers? Is it a portable device that gives us access to ……続きを見る

In "Charles Dickens as a Reader," Charles Kent provides a meticulous examination of the formative literary influences that shaped the works of one of Victorian England's most celebrated novelists. T……続きを見る

In "Letters to Dead Authors," Andrew Lang masterfully blends literary criticism with a playful, epistolary style, crafting a series of imaginative correspondences with some of the greatest figures i……続きを見る

In "Adventures Among Books," Andrew Lang embarks on a rich exploration of literature, weaving together a tapestry of critical essays that celebrate the joys and complexities of reading. Lang's liter……続きを見る

On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those bound in human skin. Would you know one if……続きを見る

In "An Author's Mind: The Book of Title-pages," Martin Farquhar Tupper offers a unique exploration of literature through the lens of title design, an often overlooked aspect of book production. Tupp……続きを見る

In "Among Famous Books," John Kelman offers a profound exploration of literature's capacity to reflect the human experience. This thought-provoking work is not merely a collection of reviews; it emb……続きを見る

A much-loved author brings the world of literature alive for all ages This 'little history' takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The E……続きを見る

A book for book lovers by a true lover of books! At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a bookーthat string of confused, alien ciphersーshivered into meaning, and at that moment……続きを見る

The leading critic Francis Mulhern uncovers a hidden history in the fiction of the past century, identifying a central new genre: the condition of culture novel. Reading across and against the grain……続きを見る

Avant-Propos I. L’Altération du spectre II. La marée de mort III. Submergés IV. Journal d’un mourant V. Le Monde mort VI. Le Grand Réveil 続きを見る

La Boite de laque  L’Homme aux six montres  L’Entonnoir de cuir  La Pièce de musée  Le Pot de caviar  Le Chasseur de scarabées  Le Train perdu&nbs……続きを見る

  I-Le cornette Joseph Clarke, des Côtes de fer. II-Je suis envoyé à l'école. Je la quitte. III-Sur deux amis de ma jeunesse. IV-Sur le poisson étrange que nou……続きを見る

PREMIÈRE PARTIE CHAPITRE I : SHERLOCK HOLMES CHAPITRE II : où l’on voit que la déduction peut devenir une vraie science CHAPITRE III : LE MYSTÈRE DU JARDIN LAURISTON CHAPITRE IV : LES RENSEIGNEMENTS……続きを見る

IL est rare qu’un auteur ne mette pas une seconde fois la bienveillance du public à l’épreuve, quand il a été déjà honoré de ses suffrages. Cependant on doit bien supposer que l’auteur de MARMION ép……続きを見る

In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In……続きを見る

"Everyone who timidly, bombastically, reverently, scholastically--even fraudulently--essays to 'live the life of the mind' should read this book. It's elegant and classy, like caviar and champagne, ……続きを見る

This early work by Arthur Conan Doyle was originally published in 1907 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in ……続きを見る

When the first edition of David Madden's A Primer of the Novel: For Readers and Writers was published more than twenty-five years ago, there were no other books of its kind available. Since then, ma……続きを見る

Does literature need the book? With electronic texts and reading devices growing increasingly popular, the codex is no longer the default format of fiction. Yet as Alexander Starre shows in Metamedi……続きを見る

This book was written by Andrew Lang.In this book there were many story about classic fairy tales. 続きを見る

En quelle année naquit le docteur Herbeau, Aristide Herbeau, docteur de la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, membre du conseil municipal de Saint-Léonard, chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, une des……続きを見る

Elle donna un coup d’œil aux fauteuils assemblés devant la cheminée, à la table à thé, qui brillait dans l’ombre, et aux grandes gerbes pâles des fleurs, montant au-dessus des vases de Chine. Elle e……続きを見る

1 Contenant en peu de lignes l’histoire d’une famille française depuis 1789 jusqu’à nos jours 2 Où l’on trouvera des renseignements utiles sur une bibliothèque dans laquelle s’accompliront bientôt d……続きを見る

PREMIÈRE SÉRIE Préface Hamlet à la Comédie-Française SÉRÉNUS La Réception de M. Léon Say à l’Académie française M. Alexandre Dumas moraliste M. ALEXANDRE DUMAS MORALISTE LA JEUNE FILLE D’AUTREFOIS E……続きを見る