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1889, Connecticut. Hank Morgan, ingénieur pragmatique, se réveille après un choc à la tête… au VIe siècle, à Camelot.
Quatre contes somptueux où Oscar Wilde mêle beauté, cruauté et rédemption : un jeune roi découvre le prix de la splendeur, un pêcheur sacrifie son âme pour l’amour, et un enfant cruel affronte sa propre transformation.
Quand une fillette curieuse tombe dans un terrier de lapin, elle découvre un monde où la logique n’a plus cours : Alice s Adventures in Wonderland reste, depuis 1865, une invitation envoûtante à l’imaginaire.
Anne of Green Gables is a children's classic by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery and recently adapted by Netflix in the hit series Anne with an E. 11-year-old Anne is mistakenly sent away from her orphanage to live on Prince Edward Island with brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert who need help on their farm. Wild and imaginative Anne learns to find her place in the little town of Avonlea, makes friends, and strives to be the best in school. A children and adults' favourite Anne's tale of is one of love, individuality, and (mis)adventures.
Newlyweds Harlan and Dorothy Carr have no idea what they're getting into when they inherit an old house from a distant relation and decide to spend a summer there to escape the city. Because even though Uncle Ebeneezer is dead and gone, he still has plans for the slightly creepy house, that quickly fills with more and more unsavory guests. Myrtle Reed's "At The Sign of The Jack O'Lantern" is filled with colorful characters and biting wit. Set in New York at the turn of the twentieth century, it's a treat for lovers of historical fiction, mystery, and romance!
1897, au large de Terre-Neuve : Harvey Cheyne, 15 ans, héritier capricieux d’un magnat du rail, bascule par-dessus bord. Sauvé par des pêcheurs, il découvre la rudesse de la mer et la solidarité d’un équipage.
"But it is a very unimaginative nature that only cares for people on their pedestals. A pedestal may be a very unreal thing. A pillory is a terrific reality." Thus wrote Oscar Wilde in a farewell letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) in 1897 while serving a two-year sentence for "gross indecency with other male persons". In it, he sorts out his life and his love for Bosie, who, he feels, abandoned him to his fate. It is an intensely personal letter that follows the stages of grief and interlaces the religious with art. It was published in 1905, five years after Wilde's death, and given the Latin title, `De Profundis' which translates to "from the depths". In 2016 Patti Smith went to Reading Prison, where Wilde was incarcerated, and read the letter out loud as part of an exhibition.
À la fin du XIXe siècle, Helen Denis et Kate Lancaster passent l'été dans le village côtier de Deephaven, où chaque instant devient une découverte.
Orpheline et fragile, Rose Campbell découvre une vie nouvelle au sein d’une famille haute en couleur : six tantes attentionnées et sept cousins turbulents.
Et si la quête de la vie artificielle ouvrait les portes de l’enfer ? Frankenstein OK plonge le lecteur dans le cauchemar de Victor Frankenstein, savant obsédé par la création d’un être vivant à partir de cadavres.
Écosse, 1751. David Balfour, 17 ans, orphelin naïf, part à la rencontre d’un oncle inconnu pour réclamer son héritage. Mais le vieux Ebenezer, avide et sans scrupules, le fait enlever et embarquer de force vers l’Amérique comme esclave.
Dans un cottage anglais baigné de lavande, Ruth Thorne découvre les secrets d’amour et d’amitié laissés par sa tante Jane. Un roman victorien où humour, émotion et mystère s’entrelacent pour célébrer la résilience des femmes.
On her deathbed, Mathilda writes a letter to her only friend, revealing the dark secret of her past, a secret so shameful, she can only manage it now because her time is running out. Written between 1819 and 1820, author Mary Shelley unfortunately never saw this novella published. Though he enjoyed the writing, her father, William Godwin, refused to return the manuscript to her after she asked him to get it published in England, because he found the theme "disgusting and detestable". The world was, therefore, deprived of this beautifully written story about love and despair until 1959.
An epic poem by William Blake, "Milton" tells the story of the spirit of John Milton and its journey after returning from heaven and entering body of the poet Blake through his foot. A highly elaborate, visionary, and apocalyptic work, "Milton" is Blake's reaction and interpretations of his forebearer's struggle with inspiration and tradition. "Milton" is part of a group of Blake's works known as the Prophetic Books.
Découvrez les aventures intemporelles de Peter Cottontail, Jimmy Skunk et Grandfather Frog dans ce classique de la littérature jeunesse.
À quarante ans, Rose interroge son cœur et sa vie, entourée de sa tante Francesca et de sa cousine Isabel.
Rethinking Milton's "Paradise Lost", William Blake examines `innocence' and `experience' in this beautiful collection. "Poems of William Blake" combines three classic books of his essential poetry. In "The Book of Thel", Blake tells the story of Thel who wanders from her home in the Vales of Har to the underground realm of the dead. In the deceptively simple and lyrical "Songs of Innocence" and its counterpoint "Songs of Experience", Blake further explores this dichotomy, juxtaposing poems such as "The Lamb" and "The Tyger", and "The Blossom" and "The Sick Rose".
In this classic, the titular "Puck of Pook's Hill" magically plucks stories out of history, to the amusement of two children. Vikings, knights, roman soldiers and seafarers turn up in this series of fantasy short stories, set in many different periods in history.
Dernière aventure de Conan le Cimmérien, Red Nails plonge le lecteur dans une cité perdue rongée par une guerre sans fin.
Un serment de vengeance scellé dans le sang : quand Solomon Kane, justicier puritain, promet à une jeune femme mourante de traquer son assassin jusqu’au bout du monde.
Rose in Bloom raconte le retour de Rose Campbell, jeune héritière indépendante, après un long voyage en Europe. Devenue une femme courtisée, elle devra choisir entre l’amour sincère et les attentes d’une société où l’argent dicte souvent les cœurs.
"I think Silas Marner holds a higher place than any of the author's works," said Henry James of this classic George Eliot novel. When a little girl wanders into a random house one cold night, the lives of two different men are about to change dramatically. The house is owned by the town outsider, Silas Marner, and upon finding the girl's mother dead in the snow, he decides to adopt her. Little does he know that the girl's biological father is the rich Godfrey Cass, who now considers himself off the hook and free to marry the girl he loves. Published in 1862, Silas Marner is a simple and subtle story that explores the relationship between the individual and the community.
Découvrez comment Paddy le castor, travailleur infatigable, transforme la Forêt Verte et le Ruisseau Rieur en un nouveau foyer. Une aventure pleine d’astuce et de persévérance, idéale pour les jeunes lecteurs et les amoureux de la nature !
Découvrez les espiègleries de Reddy Fox, jeune renard trop malin pour son propre bien, qui défie Farmer Brown et ses amis de la forêt.
Quatre récits intemporels de Nathaniel Hawthorne, où la majesté des White Mountains devient le théâtre de destins humains et de légendes vivantes.
Cinq contes intemporels où une statue dorée sacrifie tout pour les pauvres, un rossignol donne sa vie pour une rose rouge, et un géant découvre la générosité.
Embarquez avec un équipage aussi farfelu que courageux à la poursuite du Snark, créature insaisissable mi-serpent mi-requin.
The remarkable life and adventures of Buffalo Bill, as seen through his own eyes. From his early life as a scout, trapper and Pony Express rider to his eventual fame as an iconic showman and theater producer. More entertaining and even more larger than life than most Wild West fiction, that came after it, this classic, action-filled autobiography has plenty of cowboys, saloons and shoot outs. "The Life of William F. Cody - Buffalo Bill" vividly captures the peak of a time and a place, that long since has passed into American folklore.
The eight-year-old Princess Irene is lonely in her castle that sits on a mountain. She has only her nursemaid, Lootie, for company. She discovers a a secret, and soon she overhears a fiendish plot by some goblins. Can she foil their plans? George MacDonald's fairy tale "The Princess and the Goblin" is one of the first books in the modern fantasy genre.
Un sceau rouge, une énigme mortelle : une jeune femme se retrouve au cœur d’un mystère où chaque indice cache une trahison. Qui ose jouer avec la vérité quand le danger rôde à chaque page ?
Londres, 1886. Le respectable Dr Jekyll cache un terrible secret : la nuit, il se transforme en Mr Hyde, un être monstrueux et violent. Quand son ami Utterson découvre la vérité, c’est toute la question de la dualité humaine qui se pose.
Dans un village de Cornouailles, trois arbres maudits, les Paon-trees, sèment la terreur parmi les paysans. Squire Vane, sceptique et orgueilleux, défie la légende en passant une nuit sous leurs branches. Au matin, il a disparu.