13 livres semblables à Sanctuaire
Tendre est la nuit
A psychiatrist, Dick Diver, treats and eventually marries a wealthy patient, Nicole. Eventually, this marriage destroys him.
Thèmes communs : American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts
Les Européens
The Europeans concerns an expatriate American, Eugenia, and her artist brother, Felix Young. Eugenia is the morganatic wife of a German prince, but she is to be repudiated in favor of a state marriage; thus she leaves for Boston to make an appropriate match of her own.
Thèmes communs : American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts
L'Envers du paradis
This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the author was only twenty-three years old. This semi-autobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine received critical raves and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame. Now, readers can enjoy the newly edited, authorized version of this early classic of the…
Thèmes communs : American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Manuscripts
Proserpine et Midas
Pros. Ino, you knew erewhile a River-God, Who loved you well and did you oft entice To his transparent waves and flower-strewn banks. He loved high poesy and wove sweet sounds, And would sing to you as you sat reclined.
Thèmes communs : Facsimiles, Manuscripts
Maison de cœur
Published in 1919, Heartbreak House is an examination of the failings of the European leisure classes before World War I—failings that author George Bernard Shaw blamed for the war, and that he predicted would quickly lead to another, longer war. The play is set in an English country house, where representatives of every type of English society have gathered at the home of the seemingly-mad…
Thèmes communs : Facsimiles, Manuscripts
La Marque du courage
The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Overcome with shame, he longs for a wound, a "red badge of courage," to counteract his cowardice. When his regiment once again faces the enemy, Henry acts as…
Thèmes communs : American Manuscripts, Facsimiles
L'Arbre d'os
A follow-up to Natchez Burning finds Southern lawyer Penn Cage desperately struggling to protect his father from false charges and corrupt officers by confronting the puppet master behind the Double Eagles terrorist group.
Penn Cage's father, Dr. Tom Cage, stands accused of murder, and each effort to defend him unearths new, shocking secrets, leaving Penn to question whether he ever really knew…
Thèmes communs : Mississippi, Crimes against
L'Américain
A reprint of Henry James' "The America" that includes a textual history of the novel, background and source materials, and critical articles by James and others.
Thèmes communs : American Manuscripts, Facsimiles
Poèmes de John Keats
Twenty-five poems by one of the English Romantic poets of the early nineteenth century.
Thèmes communs : Facsimiles, Manuscripts, Biography & Memoir
Les Beaux et les Damnés
First published in 1922, The Beautiful and Damned followed Fitzgerald's impeccable debut, This Side of Paradise, thus securing his place in the tradition of great American novelists. Embellished with the author's lyrical prose, here is the story of Harvard-educated, aspiring aesthete Anthony Patch and his beautiful wife, Gloria. As they await the inheritance of his grandfather's fortune, their…
Thèmes communs : American Manuscripts, Facsimiles
Major Barbara
This is a play with the theme of societal salvation and salvation of the human soul brought out in characters representing the rich versus the poor.
Thèmes communs : Facsimiles, Manuscripts
Fracture
"Breathless tension!" raved the San Francisco Chronicle. "One of [the year's] most remarkable achievements," crowed the Philadelphia Inquirer. Karin Slaughter dazzled readers and critics alike with Triptych, her New York Times bestselling suspense novel set in metropolitan Atlanta. Now the #1 internationally bestselling author returns to the damaged landscape she knows so well in a bold new…
Thèmes communs : Rape, Crimes against
Moments de vision
ix, 443 p. ; 23 cm
Thèmes communs : Facsimiles, Manuscripts