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"Le Bachelier" est un roman autobiographique de Jules Vallès publié en 1881."Le bachelier" est le second volet de la trilogie de Jacques Vingtras, Mémoires dun révolté. Les deux autres épisodes ont p

Set in the Tuscan region of Italy in the 1800s, Carlo Collodis classic childrens fantasy novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio" follows the misadventures of a living wooden puppet who wants to be a real boy and his poor puppeteer father. The story was initially published as a serial in a weekly childrens magazine; due to reader demand, it was later turned into a book in 1883. "The Adventures of Pinocchio", translated into more than 260 languages, is considered one of the most important pieces of both Italian literature and childrens literature."The Adventures of Pinocchio" is perhaps best known as the basis for the 1940 Disney film.

Titolo interessante, ma... cose un Drabble? È un racconto sorprendente di 100 parole esatte, da leggere nel tempo di un caffe. Il termine fu creato dai Monty Python e poi ripreso negli anni 80 per le gare di scrittura a tempo che si tenevano allUniversita di Birmingham. Li furono codificati il formato di cento parole e il tema fantascientifico, ma il Drabble si diffuse poi ad altri generi. Questa raccolta di sessanta microracconti nasce da uno dei concorsi interni de I Parolanti: e difficilissimo trasmettere unemozione in sole cento parole, ma noi ci siamo riusciti. Leggere per credere.

Publié à New York en 1851, "Moby Dick" est le chef-d’œuvre de lécrivain nord-américain Herman Melville et lun des livres majeurs de la littérature romantique.Publié quand lauteur était âgé de trente-

First published in 1876, "Curious Myths of the Middle Ages," is a collection of 12 of the most commonly held superstitions of the Medieval era. One of the most brilliant, eclectic thinkers in Victorian England, the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould was intrigued by the grotesque and often savage history of the Middle Ages. The noted author and folklorists fascination with the period resulted in this absorbing compilation of vintage tales surrounding such figures as William Tell and the Man in the Moon.In addition to outlines of the myths, the author provides an objective analysis of their origins, relevance, and the extent of their basis in fact. Fascinating sources include Christian adaptations of prehistoric legends, misinterpretations of actual events, and outright fabrications."Curious Myths of the Middle Ages" was one of Baring-Goulds most successful publications.

First published in 1876, "The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs" is an epic poem by William Morris that tells the tragic story, drawn from the Volsunga Saga and the Elder Edda, of the Norse hero Sigmund, his son Sigurd and Sigurds wife Gudrun. "The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs" sprang from a fascination with the Volsung legend that extended back twenty years to the authors youth, and had already resulted in several other literary and scholarly treatments of the story. This work was Morriss own favourite of his poems, and was enthusiastically praised both by contemporary critics and by such figures as T. E. Lawrence and George Bernard Shaw.(Source: wikipedia.org)

First published in 1907, Robert Hugh Bensons "Lord of the World" is an early Dystopian novel about the reign of the Anti-Christ and end of the World. After its publication, Priest Benson received hate mail and traitorous accusations by his former Anglican colleagues (he left the Church of England and converted to the Roman Catholic Church a decade earlier.) This religious controversy heightened interest in the novel and speculation about the future of spiritual doctrine."Lord of the World" is a dystopic vision of a near future world in which religion has, by and large, been rejected or simply fallen by the wayside. The Catholic Church has retreated to Italy and Ireland, while the majority of the rest of the world is either Humanistic or Pantheistic. There is a one world government, and euthanasia is widely available. The plot follows the tale of a priest, Percy Franklin, who becomes Pope Silvester III, and a mysterious man named Julian Felsenburgh, who is identical in looks to the priest and who becomes "Lord of the World"...

First published in 1932, "Burn, Witch, Burn!" was written toward the end of Abraham Merritts career and it is a fine example of pure gothic fantasy that uses the device of the superbeing as its chief interest.A successful journalist, Merritt wrote fantasies of various types for relaxation in his hours away from his job. In early stories, such as "The Moon Pool" (1919) and "The Metal Monster" (1920), and in his last novel and sequel to "Burn, Witch, Burn!", "Creep, Shadow!" (1934), Merritt produced some of the best macabre fantasies by an American writer of any period. In "Burn, Witch, Burn!", we meet Dr. Lowell, an eminent neurologist who becomes curious when a series of mysterious deaths comes to his attention. Men and women in the NYC area have been dying of no apparent cause, but with horrible grimaces on their faces and with very rapid onsets of rigor mortis. Lowell is aided in his investigation by Ricori, a mobster chieftain, as well as by Ricoris very efficient gang. The trail of bizarre deaths leads to one Madame Mandilip and her doll shop, and before long the reader is immersed in a world of supernaturalism and escalating tension. Lowell, hard headed man of the 20th century, is hard put to explain the unfolding creepy events by the lights of his mundane science.

First published in 1934, "Creep, Shadow!" is Abraham Merritts masterwork, the best of all his classic fantasies. "Creep, Shadow!" is based on legends of Ys and an old Breton song. In this stunning sequel to his classics "Burn, Witch, Burn!", the great Abraham Merritt, an authority on ancient magic and civilizations, captured the feeling of sorcery and the supernatural as never before!The novel tells the story of two thousand year-old sorceress that had the power to turn people into shadows.

First published in 1911, The White Peacock is the first novel of David Herbert Lawrence. "The White Peacock" is both a fascinating precursor of the more famous novels to come and a moving and challenging book in its own right.The White Peacock follows a group of young friends living in the English midlands. The plot is narrated by Cyril Beardsall and focuses in particular on the relationship of his sister Lettie with two admirers, the more handsome and down to earth George and the more effete gentleman Leslie.The novel is a compelling exploration of the estrangements of modern life. Focusing on the three relationships - one destructively stillborn, one disastrously unfulfilling and one passionately unspoken - Lawrence exploits the language and conventions of the rural tradition to foreground mans alienation from the natural world. His evocation of the vanishing countryside of the English midlands, as soon through the eyes of the effete Cyril Beardsall, is both vivid and arresting, and as the novel draws towards its tragic conclusion Lawrence handles his themes with an increasingly visionary power.

Serialized in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 through April 1902, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" is the third of the Sherlock Holmes crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle."The Hound of the Baskervilles" is a brilliantly written mystery set on Dartmoor in Devon in Englands West Country in which a mythical beast is terrorizing the Baskerville family.Dr. James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes to investigate the death of his friend, Sir Charles Baskerville. Sir Charles was found dead on the grounds of his Devonshire estate, Baskerville Hall, and Mortimer now is concerned for Sir Charless nephew and sole heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, who is the new master of Baskerville Hall...In "The Hound of the Baskervilles" Conan Doyle uncharacteristically emphasized the eerie setting and mysterious atmosphere rather than the heros deductive ingenuity. One of the all-time classic mysteries, the novel was hugely popular as readers rejoiced at the return of Sherlock Holmes.

First published in 1920, "Main Street" is a satirical novel written by American writer Sinclair Lewis.Set in the tiny town of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, the story revolves around the trials and tribulations of Carol Milford Kennicott as she struggles to adjust to small-town living. As Carol contends with the small-minded, middle-class customs of her husbands hometown, she envisions transforming the place into a bustling hub of culture, art and commerce. However, Carol is resisted by the provincial nature of the small townsfolk who despise big-city values. Sinclair drew inspiration for the novel from his own time spent in the small town of Sauk Center, Minnesota.Highly acclaimed upon publication, "Main Street" remains a recognized American classic. In 1921, the novel was originally awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. However, the Board of Trustees overruled the jurys decision and awarded the Pulitzer to Edith Whartons "The Age of Innocence" instead. In 1930, "Main Street" helped Sinclair become the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1998, the Modern Library listed "Main Street" #68 on its ranking of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th Century.

First published in 1922, "Babbitt" by Sinclair Lewis is a contentious novel that satirizes American culture and society, criticizing the folly of middle-class life as well as social pressures towards conformity. The word babbitt refers to a person, especially a businessman who conforms to prevailing middle-class standards without questioning them. The novels scathing indictment of middle-class American values made Babbittry a synonym for adherence to a conformist, materialistic, anti-intellectual way of life.After the enormous success of his novel "Main Street", Sinclair Lewis turned to another icon of American life, this time the archetypal middle-class businessman, immortalized in the figure of George F. Babbitt, a prosperous real-estate broker in the Midwestern town of Zenith. Babbitt becomes unhappy with the ritualized and highly conformist life that he is leading and attempts to make it more gratifying. Unfortunately, accomplishing that task would take more character than our hero possesses and he relapses back into the vacuous rituals he intended to leave behind.The controversy provoked by "Babbit" was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in 1930.

Serialised from September 1914 to May 1915 in the Strand Magazine, "The Valley of Fear", is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.At the beginning of this novel, Holmes gets a message from one of Professor Moriartys agentsFred Porlock. From time to time, Porlock sends Sherlock inside information about Moriartys endeavors. Despite the fact that the law sees Moriarty as innocent, Sherlock firmly believes him to be the puppet master of a criminal underworld. Sherlock enlists the help of his friend and sidekick, Dr. Watson, to decode Porlocks message; from it, they learn that the life of John Douglas, who resides at Birlstone, is in danger...

Written in 1921 and first published by Martin Secker in March 1923 in a volume with "The Ladybird" and "The Fox", "The Captains Doll" is a short story or novella by the English author David Herbert Lawrence. Set in Germany, after World War I, the story chronicles the journey of fallen German aristocrat Countess Johanna Hannele zu Rassentlow as she dates Captain Alexander, a Scottish officer of unusual philosophy. The relationship develops into one of David Herbert Lawrences idiosyncratic wicked triangles. The German protagonist makes dolls and is very good at doing so. She makes a doll of her Scottish friend, and one day, a British lady comes and wishes to buy it. The soldiers wife. The intimate relationship between Captain Alexander and Hannele is intruded upon when the captains wife Evangeline travels to Germany suspicious of foul play...."The Captains Doll" was the basis of the 1983 TV film of the same name with Jeremy Irons as the Captain.

First published in London in 1914, The Prussian Officer by David Herbert Lawrence is part of his collection The Prussian Officer and Other Stories and it is considered by some critics as one of the worlds masterpieces of short fiction.The plot of the story is so simple and its two characters are so stark as to be archetypal. An aristocratic Prussian captain becomes obsessed with his uncomplicated young orderly but deals with the obsession by repressing it, humiliating and physically mistreating the young man...a situation that will have dramatic consequences.The Prussian Officer is noted for its representation of sexual repression, and the emotional toll it can take on the body, mind, and spirit. Lawrence uses three repeated motifs in the story to build tension between the characters: neck, dryness or thirst, and the colour red. These motifs circle around each other, expressing the unspoken desire of the Captain and the building violence between the two men. In The Prussian Officer, sexual repression is fatal for both the object of affection and the man repressing his feelings.

First printed in The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine in 1856, "The Hollow Land" by William Morris is a beautifully written story where the prose and imagery are vivid and wonderful.The plot is based on the search of hollow land where, the narrator saw his first love."The Hollow Land" is the most sophisticated work of William Morriss stories in The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine. Each of these stories has a medieval setting, and focuses on family lineage and knightly heroism, however, The Hollow Land adds a moral ambiguity absent from the earlier stories.Morris was not only the most prolific contributor to TheOxford and Cambridge Magazine but also its instigator, its first editor, and its sole financial backer.

First published in 1912, "In Desert and Wilderness" is a novel for children by Polish author and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz. "In Desert and Wilderness" is set in the 19th century and tells the story of two children, Sta? Tarkowski and Nel Rawlison, and their adventures as they cross the African desert and jungle. During the journey they face lions, leopards and malaria, make friends with desert tribespeople and an elephant, and learn about some harsh realities of life. An unusual "coming of age" story!For Henryk Sienkiewicz, "In Desert and Wilderness" represented a final triumph; this was the last novel he would complete. Sienkiewicz, who had visited Africa in 1891, successfully recreates in the book the beauty he encountered amid the continents entrancing landscape. Written over eighty years ago for a younger audience, but appealing to all ages, "In Desert and Wilderness" remains a literary treasure in Poland.

"The Knights of the Cross" (or "The Teutonic Knights"; Krzy?acy in Polish) is a 1900 historical novel, an epic of medieval times and national destiny, ranked as one of the highest achievements from the pen of Henryk Sienkiewicz, the Literature Nobel Prize winner in 1905."The Knights of the Cross" follows the adventures of Macko, a resourceful and wise veteran of war, and his young nephew, Zbyszko, the symbol of a maturing nation, as they struggle, along with the unified peoples of Poland and Lithuania, against the oppressive religious military Order (Knights of the Cross/Teutonic Knights). In a tavern inn Zbyszko falls in love with the lovely Danusia, who is traveling with the court of the Duchess Anna. He swears to her his knights oath and promises to bring her three trophies from the Teutonic Knights.Regarded as the most outstanding and prolific Polish writer of the second half of the nineteenth century, Henryk Sienkiewicz is perhaps best known for his epic historical novel "Quo Vadis", which depicts early Christianity and the persecutions. Sienkiewicz was known for his gigantic scenes, bright contrasts and the epic sweep of his works. He was a master in creating mass-action scenes and battles.

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