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Few figures in Irish history are as well-known as James Joyce. He was born into hardship in a country mired in political conflict, but rather than allow himself to get bogged down, he used his exper……続きを見る

Pourquoi Racine est-il devenu écrivain ? Pourquoi a-t-il choisi le théâtre ? En quoi consistait la tragédie à cette époque ? Quelles sont les particularités de la tragédie racinienne ? Comment trava……続きを見る

What would literature be without the works of Edgar Allan Poe? From pioneering the detective story to redefining horror and psychological suspense, Poe's influence continues to reverberate through m……続きを見る

Virginia Woolf ranks among the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Embracing the Post-Impressionist times in which she lived, her novels reflect the artistic shift from romanticism to……続きを見る

‘It is difficult to put this book into any category except that it is one of those friendly books that should be on one’s bedside table, where it will scare away into serenity the bogeys that someti……続きを見る

Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of America's most influential writers and also one of the most complex. He was the essential New Englander, a believer in hard work and simple living, and his personality ……続きを見る

J. R. R. Tolkien, an orphan in love with words, spent most of his life as an unassuming Professor of Literature at Oxford studying and teaching old languages. During his time there, he created his v……続きを見る

Le livre raconte l'histoire de Giulio, né dans une famille pauvre près de Bergame en Lombardie en 1897. Après avoir vécu de nombreux malheurs, la famille décide de quitter leur village et s'installe……続きを見る

Ce roman est une **plongée nostalgique dans les souvenirs d'enfance et d'adolescence d’un jeune cévenol,**centrée sur le domaine du Martinet de Villeneuve, un lieu à la fois paradisiaque et empreint……続きを見る

Ce roman relate l'extraordinaire odyssée de Giulio, émigré italien, traversant divers territoires de la France après son exil (cf. L'émigré du Val Seriana - Tome 1 : l'Italie). Son histoire se dérou……続きを見る

Jane Austen wrote that in her novels she painted the world on a "little bit (two inches wide) of ivory," working "with so fine a brush." Her well-known books, such as Pride and Prejudice and Emma, d……続きを見る

Irish author Bram Stoker is considered one of the masters of Gothic horror, in large part due to his creation of one of modern culture's most enduring villains, Count Dracula. Making a life first in……続きを見る

Soutien à Boualem Sansal Dans cet ouvrage collectif, près de 40 auteurs unissent leurs voix pour soutenir Boualem Sansal, écrivain emprisonné en Algérie pour avoir défendu la liberté d'expression. À……続きを見る

Anaïs Nin was an influential and acclaimed writer best known for her diaries that cover six decades from the 1910s to the 1970s. In addition to her famous journals, her works include novels, essays,……続きを見る

Cette édition entièrement refondue d’une biographie de Racine (parue en 1992) bénéficie de réflexions de l’auteur plus approfondies. Elle tire parti de récentes découvertes, hypothèses et interpréta……続きを見る

George Orwell, the son of a British civil servant, spent his life promoting social justice and equality while fighting against totalitarianism and elitism. His two best-known novels, 1984 and Animal……続きを見る

Louisa May Alcott was everything a woman in the nineteenth century shouldn't beーuninterested in marriage, financially independent, and a tomboy. Even as a young child, Louisa May was exposed to the……続きを見る

George Eliot was born Mary Ann Evans in the same year as Queen Victoria. At the time, the role of women was well-defined and limited to providing a home to a husband and children. Mary Ann might hav……続きを見る

Dès 1678, Racine mène une double vie : celle d’un courtisan assidu et respecté, de plus en plus proche de Louis XIV, qu’il suit dans toutes ses campagnes militaires ; celle d’un patriarche qui court……続きを見る

From working in a shoe-blacking factory as a 12-year-old to help his family while his father was in debtor's prison, Charles Dickens rose to become one of the best-known novelists of all time. Lines……続きを見る

F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the foremost American novelists of his time. His works, which included masterpieces such as The Great Gatsby, portrayed the Jazz Age of the Roaring Twenties and gave v……続きを見る

Mark Twain is best known as the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. His authentic voice, humor, and use of vernacular language undeniably changed American ……続きを見る

This beautifully illustrated book charts the life, works and legacy of one of the world's most beloved authors, offering a seasonal guide to Jane Austen's life through the objects that surrounded he……続きを見る

Walt Whitman was the first incarnation of the great American poet. A humble, unsuspecting figure who managed to capture America's soul, Whitman came to prominence in the Civil War era of the 1860s a……続きを見る

James Baldwin grew up in a poverty-stricken home, but through the skill of his prose and his keen observation, he was able to rise above it all. Baldwin was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of artist who h……続きを見る

Driven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed's family walks to Tangier in search of a better life. But things are no better there. Eight of Mohamed's siblings die of malnutrition and neglect……続きを見る

Ce dossier s’intéresse aux puissances du romanesque chez Maylis de Kerangal. Si ses récits racontent des aventures hors du commun, ils n’idéalisent pas le réel pour autant et nous plongent au cœur d……続きを見る

Charles C. Calhoun's Longfellow gives life, at last, to the most popular American poet who ever lived, a nineteenth-century cultural institution of extraordinary influence and the"one poet average, ……続きを見る

"A blisteringly funny, wrenching account of wrestling way too close toーand later loose fromーbooze, sex and drugs and his adorable, infuriating mother." ーMary Karr, New York Times –bestselling au……続きを見る

L'incroyable destin de Bruno Hourcade, grand vainqueur des " 12 Coups de Midi " et recordman de victoires individuelles dans un jeu télé Je n'étais, a priori, pas destiné aux paillettes des plateaux……続きを見る