5 livres semblables à Rasselas, prince d'Abyssinie
Moll Flanders
These are the true confessions of a remarkable and passionate young woman are thought to have been based on the adventures of a real prisoner in Newgate where Moll was born. ostensibly written as a warning to wrongdoers, the moral of Defoe's candid and cautionary tale is often lost in the sheer vitality of Moll - one of the supreme characters of English comic fiction.
Her fortunes and…
Thèmes communs : Community pick
Œuvres poétiques complètes
Poetry written by the Scottish author Robert Burns.
Thèmes communs : Gift books, Correspondence, Poetry, Biography & Memoir
L'homme qui voulut être roi
Rudyard Kipling is world famous for his children stories but here are collected two of his finest novellas. The first is inspired by a true story with a Kipling twist, the story of two British soldiers serving in India becoming rulers of a small isolated kingdom. The second story is the beautiful and heartbreaking story of a forbidden love that is doomed.
Thèmes communs : Kings and rulers, British and irish fiction, Biography & Memoir
Lettres à un jeune poète
Letters written to F.X. Kappus during the years 1903-1908. Chronicle of Rilkes's life for the years 1903-1908 (p. 81-123).
Thèmes communs : Correspondence, Authors, Poetry, Biography & Memoir
Les Confessions
Je forme une entreprise qui n'eut jamais d'exemple, et dont l'execution n'aura point d'imitateur. Je veux montrer a mes semblables un homme dans toute la verite de la nature; et cet homme, ce sera moi. Moi seul. Je sens mon coeur, et je connais les hommes. Je ne suis fait comme aucun de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire n'etre fait comme aucun de ceux qui existent. Si je ne vaux pas mieux, au moins…
Thèmes communs : Correspondence, Authors, Biography & Memoir