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Une tragédie américaine
The classic depiction of the harsh realities of American life, the dark side of the American Dream, and one man's doomed pursuit of love and success..."Mr. Dreiser is not imitative and belongs to no school. He is at heart a mysticist and a fatalist, though using the realistic method. He is, on the evidence of this novel alone, a power." --The New York Times Book Review
Thèmes communs : Romance norte americano, Triangles, Romance & Relationships, American literature
Les Bostoniennes
First published in 1886, The Bostonians is one of James' wittiest social satires. It begins with the arrival in Boston of Basil Ransom, in search of a career. The book turns on the relationship between Ransom, a conservative civil war veteran, his feminist cousin Olive Chancellor, and Verena Tarrant, a newcomer to their circle whose affections are sought by both Olive and Basil.James' ambivalence…
Thèmes communs : Romance norte americano, Triangles
L'Âge de l'innocence
Edith Wharton's most famous novel, written immediately after the end of the First World War, is a brilliantly realized anatomy of New York society in the 1870s, the world in which she grew up, and from which she spent her life escaping. Newland Archer, Wharton's protagonist, charming, tactful, enlightened, is a thorough product of this society; he accepts its standards and abides by its rules but…
Thèmes communs : Triangles, Married people
Le Portrait d'une dame
Young American Isabel Archer charms European society, but falls prey to the machinations of a calculating older woman.
Thèmes communs : Triangles, Married people, Romance & Relationships
Scaramouche
Idealism can be transferred from one person to another on a vehicle called revenge.
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Scaramouche tells the story of a young lawyer during the French Revolution. In the course of his adventures he becomes an actor portraying "Scaramouche" (a roguish buffoon character in the commedia dell'arte). He also becomes a revolutionary, politician, and fencing-master, confounding his…
Thèmes communs : Relations entre hommes et femmes, Romance & Relationships
Aphrodite (mœurs antiques)
This was "the only only complete English version extant" of a novel originally in French about a courtesan living in ancient Alexandria. The book is lavishly illustrated, but is sloppy in other ways. For instance, every time there is a full page illustration (and there are many) the page numbering skips, and the margins of the page are not evenly wide. This is the kind of book that you had to…
Thèmes communs : Relations entre hommes et femmes, Romance & Relationships
La Mégère apprivoisée
First page of ''The Taming of the Shrew'' from the ''[[First Folio (1623)]]
Thèmes communs : Married people, Romance & Relationships