Découvrez Lalla-Rookh, chef-d’œuvre poétique de Thomas Moore, où l’amour, l’aventure et la poésie orientale se mêlent au XVIIe siècle. Une princesse moghole, un poète mystérieux et des récits envoûtants vous transportent dans une Perse somptueuse.

Monologue au second étage. - Motifs d'embrasser le protestantisme. - Accident ménagé par la Providence. - Catéchisme antipapiste. - Bordée d'épithètes. - Résolution définitive.C'était le soir du 16 avril 1829, le jour même où on apprit à Dublin que le roi avait donné sa sanction au bill d'émancipation des catholiques ; j'étais assis seul dans ma chambre, au second étage du collège de la Trinité ;partie intéressée dans cette grande question, j'appartenais aux sept millions d'hommes toujours constants que cette mesure rendait à la liberté ; après quelques moments de rêverie, je tressaillis en me levant, et, faisant rapidement quelques tours dans ma chambre, comme pour jouir de mon émancipation : Dieu merci, m'écriai-je, je puis maintenant, si, je veux, devenir protestant.Fruit d'une sélection réalisée au sein des fonds de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, Collection XIX a pour ambition de faire découvrir des textes classiques et moins classiques dans les meilleures éditions du XIXe siècle.

Toddlerhood, the age from 12 months to 3 years, is the most fertile time of life for acquiring and understanding the elements of language. With more than 250 songs, rhymes, and chants, this book is a fun way to enrich toddlers’ language experiences. By incorporating songs, chants, and rhymes into the classroom, teachers provide opportunities for children to develop every aspect of reading readiness and literacy. While the selections themselves are a great way to enhance the development of literacy skills, the follow-up suggestions for story time, outdoor play, music and movement, and literacy extension activities will be a sure-fire hit with this age group.

The Dubliner, Thomas Moore, born in 1779 was a poet, composer, musician, and writer. He is most famous for the 10 volume work "Irish Melodies" published between 1807 and 1834 with Sir John Stevenson, which consists of 130 of his poems set to music, much of it based on old Irish airs. "The Last Rose of Summer" and "The Minstrel Boy" are two of the most well known. Many of these "Melodies" are included in this collection. He is perhaps most infamous for having burned, at the request of the Byron family, the manuscript of Byron's memoirs which Bryon had left to him for publication after his death. During his lifetime, his reputation as a poet placed him alongside Byron and Scott and Shelly. His narrative poem Lalla Rookh for example was possibly the most translated poem of the time and earned him £3000, what was till then the highest price paid by an English publisher for a poem. This collection contains a version of the poem but without the linking or "framing" prose sections. A lovely edition of the full poem can be found here https://archive.org/details/lallrookhanorien00mooruoft with illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. Moore was an Irish Nationalist and turned down the post of "Irish Poet Laureate" as he felt it would require him to tone down his outspoken Irish national politics. Despite this, he counted the Regent - later King George IV as one of his patrons. Moore died on February 25, 1852 and though much of his work is now neglected, his enduring legacy is that his "Melodies" which were translated into practically every European language popularized Irish Music throughout the world.

Et si Napoléon n’était pas mort à Sainte-Hélène ? La Mort de Napoléon de H.G. Wells revisite avec audace les derniers instants de l’empereur, mêlant histoire et fiction pour interroger la légende.