Homme en colère, moraliste à l'esprit corrosif, Cioran place le désespoir au cœur de sa pensée. Dans un style incisif et décapant, il livre ses aphorismes et réflexions sur le temps, la mort, la religion et la condition humaine: « Le plus grand exploit de ma vie est d'être encore en vie ».Une vision d& ... plus
« Ah, George, quel amour ! jamais homme n'a aimé comme je t'aime. Je suis perdu, vois-tu, je suis noyé, inondé d'amour ; je ne sais plus si je vis, si je mange, si je marche, si je respire, si je parle ; je sais que j'aime, je meurs d'amour, d'un amour sans fin, sans ... plus
Des chansons de geste de Chrétien de Troyes au spleen de Baudelaire, en passant par les fables de La Fontaine, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor nous propose dans cette anthologie une sélection des plus beaux poèmes, incontournables ou oubliés, de la littérature française. ... plus
'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.'The year is 1984 and war and revolution have left the world unrecognisable. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Party, led by Big Brother. Mass surveillance is everything and The Thought Police are employed to ensure that no individual thinking is allowed. Winston Smith wo ... more
Ebenezer Scrooge is unimpressed by Christmas. He has no time for festivities or goodwill toward his fellow men and is only interested in money. Then, on the night of Christmas Eve, his life is changed by a series of ghostly visitations that show him some bitter truths about his choices.A Christmas Carol is Dickens' most influential book and a funny, clever and hugely enjoyable story. ... more
Against the backdrop of nineteenth century Dublin, a boy becomes a man: his mind testing its powers, obsessions taking hold and loosening again, the bonds of family, tradition, nation and religion transforming from supports into shackles; until the young man devotes himself to the celebration of beauty, and reaches for independence and the life of an artist. ... more
Lucie Manette has been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languished in Paris's most feared prison, the Bastille. Finally reunited, the Manettes' fortunes become inextricably intertwined with those of two men, the heroic aristocrat Darnay and the dissolute lawyer Carton. Their story, which encompasses violence, revenge, love and redemption, is grippingly played out against the backdrop of the terr ... more
1819. Par une brûlante journée de l’été finissant, deux chasseurs – deux amis,le marquis d’Albon et le baron Philippe de Sucy –, égarés dans une forêt de l’Île-de-France, entrevoient, sous les frondaisons d’un parc à l’abandon, une silhouette fémi-nine d&rsquo ... plus
This man has promised to kill...' Hal and Roger Hunt are on the trail of a vicious man-eating leopard. Yet they are also being hunted themselves, by a merciless band of killers known as the Leopard Society. Can they trust their own tracker, Joro, despite knowing that he has pledged to lead them to their deaths? ... more
Alice is one of the most beloved characters of English writing. A bright and inquisitive child, one boring summer afternoon she follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole. At the bottom she finds herself in a bizarre world full of strange creatures, and attends a very odd tea party and croquet match. This immensely witty and unique story mixes satire and puzzles, comedy and anxiety, to provide an astute depiction of the experi ... more
Amphitryon, général des Thébains, a chargé son valet Sosie de prévenir sa femme Alcmène du succès qu'il vient de renco ... plus
À l’issue de la guerre de Troie, Andromaque, veuve d’Hector, est devenue, en même temps que son fils Astyanax, la captive de Pyrrhus, roi d’Épire. Épris d’elle alors qu’il devait épouser Hermione, il lui donne à choisir : le mariage avec lui ou la mort de son fils. Mais sacrifier l’enfant qu’Hector lui a ... plus
Oreste aime Hermione, qui aime Pyrrhus, qui aime Andromaque, qui n'aime que son époux défunt et son jeune fils. Le premier chef-d'œuvre de Racine n'oppose que quatre personnages, parmi lesquels les femmes, Andromaque, Hermione, dominent. La folie emporte Hermione et Oreste, et la pièce se clôt sur la victoire ... plus
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.George Orwell's fable of revolutionary farm animals - the steadfast horses Boxer and Clover, the opportunistic pigs Snowball and Napoleon, and the deafening choir of sheep - who overthrow their elitist human master only to find themselves subject to a new authority, is one of the most famous warnings ever w ... more
Composer une nouvelle anthologie de la poésie française serait bien téméraire, si cette initiative n'avait ici pour justification pratique et pour fin d'offrir au plus grand nombre un modeste et durable viatique : pour les plus jeunes, à l'âge des premières découvertes littéraires, un bref et stimulant aperçu du som ... plus
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