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Écrit en 1837, "Le Rose et le Vert" est un récit inachevé et posthume de l’écrivain grenoblois Stendhal écrit un an avant "La Chartreuse de Parme". Si "Le Rouge et le Noir" est l’une des œuvres les p

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) was a prolific novelist, poet and playwright in his day; in modern times, his work is considered much as Lovecraft described: large doses of turgid rhetoric and empty romanticism.Originally published in 1834, "The Last Days of Pompeii" itself was probably the first novelization of the catastrophic event. The city was rediscovered in the mid-1700s and archaeological excavations followed soon after. Bulwer-Lytton was inspired to write his novel by the painting The Last Day of Pompeii by Karl Briullov, painted in the early 1830s."The Last Days of Pompeii" tells the story of the Athenian Glaucus, his love, the beautiful Ione, and a blind flower-girl Nydia, who is secretly in love with Glaucus. Threatening the love of Glaucus and Ione is Iones guardian, the decadent and deceitful Egyptian Arbaces, who lusts after Ione himself.The descriptions of the city itself are fascinating: Bulwer-Lytton seems to have spent much time researching the actual ruins of Pompeii, and his characters are housed in buildings that had apparently been uncovered in archaeological excavations."The Last Days of Pompeii" was one of the most popular English historical novels of the nineteenth century.

Publié en 1865, "La Vampire" est un roman de Paul Féval qui raconte une histoire fantastique sur fond historique qui reste assez surprenant. Le lecteur y croisera Bonaparte au moment où il nest pas e

Publié en 1853, "La Jeunesse de Pierrot" est un joli conte un peu oublié dAlexandre Dumas. Bâti sur la trame de la comptine « Au clair de la lune », cette charmante histoire pleine de poésie et de fa

Paru en 1893, "La fin du monde" est un roman danticipation écrit par lastronome et écrivain français Camille Flammarion. "La fin du monde" raconte l’histoire de la rencontre entre la terre et une com

The naturalist author Theodore Dreiser was obsessed with true crime, keeping track of articles and cases in the early 20th century. The product of this obsession was his 1925 novel, "An American Tragedy," based on a true crime story from New Yorks Adirondack Mountains region that Dreiser followed. This novel was one of Dreisers most successful works and has often been hailed as his masterpiece.

La légende de Lyderic est le premier comte de Flandre, (VIIe siècle). Ce livre raconte les aventures de Lyderic, le géant de Flandre qui, après avoir été élevé dans la forêt par un ermite, venge son

Set in drought-ravaged south west Queensland, Millions explores the relationship between Jack, a young university student who holds ambitions beyond returning to a failing farm mired in debt and his father, who is rusted on to their lot and his dream of passing it down to his sole surviving son.

Jane is a normal orphan with unusual grandparents. She doesnt realize how unusual until she returns on holiday from college to discover that her grandmother has been kidnapped. Her grandfather reveals that her kidnappers are a new foe from an old world, and her grandmothers only hope is for them to travel to the other side after her.The Shifting World, however, isnt as easy as ours. Every monster, witch, demon, and other mystical fable that haunts the fairytale books of our world resides among those lands. Jane finds herself stumbling through one adventure after another as she tries to learn the ropes, and the magic, of the new world in order to save her grandmother, and herself.Even a place as strange as the Shifting World, however, has its familiar handsome men. One of them is Caius, a dragon shifter with a sly smile and a glint in his eyes. He joins their search for her missing grandmother, but Jane isnt so sure it isnt another member of her family that hes interested in.

First published in Polish under its Latin title in 1896, "Quo Vadis" is a historical novel by Polish journalist, novelist and Nobel Prize laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz. The title means where are you going? and alludes to a New Testament verse (John 13:36). The popular novel was widely translated.Set in ancient Rome during the reign of the emperor Nero, "Quo Vadis" tells the story of the love that develops between a young Christian woman and a Roman officer who, after meeting her fellow Christians, converts to her religion. Underlying their relationship is the contrast between the worldly opulence of the Roman aristocracy and the poverty, simplicity, and spiritual power of the Christians. The novel has as a subtext the persecution and political subjugation of Poland by Russia.

"The Red and the Black" is a novel by Stendhal published in French in 1830 as "Le Rouge et le noir". It is generally considered the authors major work and one of the greatest 19th-century novels."The Red and the Black" is a fictional depiction of French society in the 1820s, two decades after the French Revolution and its ensuing Terror. The plot was based on Stendhals personal experiences, on legal documents, and on historical accounts. Specifically, the story was prompted by a real-life case reported in a French newspaper over four days in late December, 1827. The story concerned Antoine Berthier, a twenty-five-year-old tutor and former theological student who a few months before had murdered a woman whose children he had tutored; the murder took place in a church during Mass. This case was the seed for Stendhals novel.Stendhal portrays a society fraught with materialism and hypocrisy at all levels. The peasants know how to ingratiate themselves with the rural bourgeoisie in order to profit; the bourgeoisie are in constant competition to outdo each other in status, as is the Parisian aristocracy. Even the Catholic Church is not exempt from this materialism and hypocrisy. Stendhals protagonist, Julien Sorel, is a young peasant who is ill suited to work in his fathers sawmill in the provincial town of Verrieres. Julien is an opportunist intent on rising in society. He hates his peasant class and his status as a member of that class; he idolizes Napoleon, but Napoleonic France is dead, and rather than get ahead through the military (the red), Julien recognizes the Church (the black) as the means of rising beyond his station. Having learned Latin from the Abbe Chelan, he finds first opportunity when Abbe Chelan recommends him as a tutor for the children of the Renals...

Robert Louis Stevensons novella "The Misadventures of John Nicholson" appeared in the 1887 Christmas Yule-Tide.Bearing all the hallmarks of Stevensons most gripping works, this story offers a host of colorful characters to rival those found among the pages of "Treasure Island." Exasperated that his stern and overbearing father refuses to tolerate his penchant for alcohol, John Nicholson decides to leave his life in Edinburgh in search of all the fame and fortune that America has to offer. Initially delighted with his new life, he soon learns to his cost that the excesses his father so decried would ultimately become his downfallon both sides of the ocean.

First published in 1867, "The Mysterious Key and What It Opened" is a tale of mystery and romance by Louisa May Alcott. The story follows Paul, an orphaned boy and Lillian Trevlyn, beautiful and rich young girl. When Lillian Trevlyn is a baby, her father dies under mysterious circumstances, and she nearly loses her mother on the very same day. Lillian grows up to become a lovely young woman, but the mysteries of her childhood remain unsolved.Paul, an orphaned boy, enters the story as a groomsman. Though he is warmly received by the family he is furtive and evasive regarding his past and future plans. The romantic mystery of the Trevlyn family catches full fire when Paul disappears.

Lincubo di Borel waiting for ci introduce al romanzo inedito di Raul Londra, Lincubo di Borel. In questanteprima conosciamo Deliah Barret, uno dei quattro protagonisti principali del romanzo. Deliah come John, Tilda e Richard si trova prigioniera in Australia, divenuta ormai un isola prigione. Deliah e disposta a tutto pur di fuggire dalla prigione, persino a tenere nascosto il suo terribile segreto anche a chi tenta di aiutarla. In un crescendo di colpi di scena e scelte necessarie alla sopravvivenza, vi chiederete quanto sia davvero lontano Lincubo di Borel dal nostro presente. Autore: Raul Londra e nato a Giussano nel 1990. Medico Chirurgo dal 2017. Con la casa editrice Il Ciliegio Edizioni ha pubblicato le due antologie, Memorabilia Storie di un mondo invisibile (2012) e Vindica te tibi Quattro storie di vendetta (2014) e il romanzo noir Lupus et agnus (2013). Con leditore Delos Digital, ha pubblicato un romanzo sentimentale-psicologico ambientato in Giappone, La bambola di pezza (2018). Ha ottenuto riconoscimenti per diversi racconti, in particolare Nostos facente parte dellantologia Il magazzino dei mondi 3 (2016), a cura di Delos Books, Coloured Inferno 4 in classifica nella raccolta di racconti Esecranda 2017 (2017), Braccia di fuoco inserito con menzione speciale nellantologia Lorrore di Lovecraft (2017) e Supernova, 4 classificato alla 50esima edizione del NeroPremio (2012). Nel frattempo, dopo la stesura di un primo romanzo ancora inedito, sta lavorando al secondo volume di una trilogia di genere techno-thriller e ad altri racconti. Lincubo di Borel edito da Nhope e il suo primo romanzo distopico.N.B. **Il romanzo contiene scene destinate ad un pubblico adulto e consapevole.**

Stendhals second great novel, "The Charterhouse of Parma", was first published in Paris in 1839 and had to wait more than fifty years before appearing in an English translation in 1895. Like "The Red and the Black", its vivid characterizations, intriguing plot, and ironical style immediately confirmed its status as one of the major achievements of the nineteenth century novel.Almost ten years separate the original publication of "The Charterhouse of Parma" from "The Red and the Black". The interval did not, however, produce a change in Stendhals fictional themes or methods. Once again, the protagonist is a young man, and the environment in which he comes face to face with the world and his situation and destiny in it is one of political intrigue. Again, the protagonists fate seems to be decided by his emotional nature, and the expression of that nature is subject to ruinous social manipulation. The larger backdrop to the novels plot is the Napoleonic era. Yet it is used to illuminate the character of the protagonist, Fabrizzio del Dongo, and to prepare the reader for the struggle for autonomy and individuality that Fabrizzio must undergo."The Charterhouse of Parma" tells the story of a young Italian, Fabrizio del Dongo, who dreams of a great and glorious military career. He initially joins Napoleons army, but after the French defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, he returns to Italy and embarks on an ecclesiastical career, before being imprisoned for killing a man during a fight and falling in love with the daughter of the prison governor."The Charterhouse of Parma" is a key example of the realist novel, and was admired by writers including Honore de Balzac, Leo Tolstoy and Henry James. In particular, Stendhals vivid description of the Battle of Waterloo has been widely praised.

Published in 1756, "Beauty and the Beast" by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont is considered the best-known written version of this famous tale. The French author abridged and rewrote Villeneuves original long work of 1740.Beauty and the Beast is a heartfelt story about the birth of love and the capability of love to transform the way you look at people you love. The moral of this fairytale is that persons beauty comes from a heart in love and when the beauty realizes the inner beauty of the beast and the feelings it has the outer appearance means nothing to her anymore."Beauty and the Beast" is the most symbolic fairy tale after "Cinderella" and has been adapted for screen, stage, prose, and television over many years.

Originally published in 1886, "She" by Henry Rider Haggard is one of the first and probably the most famous of the lost world novels. The author published it in serial form in 1886-87 and with minimal revisions as a novel in 1887. It was incredibly popular and is still one of the best-selling books of all time, having sold over a hundred million copies."She" is one of the most spellbinding adventure stories ever written. From the moment the reader begins Horace Hollys bizarre account of his adventures, the action never stops. "King Solomons Mines" revealed Haggards genius as an adventure writer, but in many ways "She" far surpasses its predecessor."She" tells the story of a Victorian professor and his adopted son travel to Africa in search of a lost civilisation. Finding it ruled by a near-immortal woman of extraordinary beauty, power and cruelty, they are helpless to resist her plans to marry the son and rule the British Empire.

"Cupid and Psyche" first appears in a early, risqué novel by an African Roman of the 2nd century CE. His name was Lucius Apuleius, known as Africanus. His novel is thought to give us inside details of the workings of ancient mystery rites, as well as this charming romantic story of love between a mortal and a god.The myth of Cupid and Psyche is one of the great love stories of the ancient world and it even has a happy ending. Its also a myth in which a heroine must prove her mettle by coming back from the dead.Psyche is a stunningly beautiful princess, the youngest and most beautiful of three sisters, so lovely that people begin worshiping her rather than the goddess Venus (Aphrodite in Greek mythology). In jealousy and rage, Venus persuades her son the infant god Cupid to make Psyche fall in love with a monster. Psyche discovers that she is revered as a goddess but never sought for human love. Her father seeks a solution from Apollo, who tells him to expose her on a mountaintop where she will be devoured by a monster.In obedience, Psyche goes to the mountain, but instead of being devoured she wakes to find herself in a gorgeous palace and ministered to by unseen servants in the daytime, and joined by an unseen bridegroom in the nights. Against her lovers wishes, she invites her plainer sisters to the palace, where their envy is excited, and they convince her that her unseen bridegroom is truly a serpent who she must kill before he eats her.

Ci sono anni della nostra vita che sono legati alla storia di un animale che ci è stato tanto caro da entrare a far parte dei nostri ricordi più belli. Tale è per me Mosè.Bianca Fasano.

U.S. Marshal Bill Logan – die neue Western-Romanserie von Bestseller-Autor Pete Hackett! Abgeschlossene Romane aus einer erbarmungslosen Zeit über einen einsamen Kämpfer für das Recht.