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Vie de Samuel Johnson James Boswell · 1776 · ★ 3.8 · 567p · ≈ 18h · Très exigeant Poet, lexicographer, critic, moralist and Great Cham, Dr. Johnson had in his friend Boswell the ideal biographer. Notoriously and self-confessedly intemperate, Boswell shared with Johnson a huge appetite for life and threw equal energy into recording its every aspect in minute but telling detail. This irrepressible Scotsman was 'always studying human nature and making experiments', and the… Thèmes communs : Johnson, English Authors, Biography & Memoir

Le Magicien William Somerset Maugham · 1908 · ★ 4.0 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Exigeant Stunningly rejacketed as part of a major reinvention of this neglected 20th century masterSet in the bohemian cafe society of Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, Maugham's exploration of hypnotism and the occult was inspired by the sinister black magician Aleister Crowley. At the start of this compulsive gothic horror story, Arthur and his beautiful, innocent fiancee Margaret look… Thèmes communs : English Authors, English literature, Biography & Memoir

Le Défendeur Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1901 · ★ 4.1 · 53p · ≈ 1h · Exigeant Covering topics ranging from literature to philosophy, history to social criticism, this is a snapshot of thought on 20th-century Europe (and the world) by one of Europe's sharpest wits and ablest pens. With chapter titles ranging from “The Miser and His Friends” to “The Red Reactionary,” from “The Separatist and Sacred Things” to “The New Theologian” and “The Romantic in the Rain,” this volume… Thèmes communs : English Authors, English literature

Maria ou les Injustices faites aux femmes Mary Wollstonecraft · 1799 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Très exigeant Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman is the 18th-century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft’s unfinished novelistic sequel to her revolutionary political treatise A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). The Wrongs of Woman was published posthumously in 1798 by her husband, William Godwin, and is often considered her most radical feminist work. Wollstonecraft’s philosophical and gothic novel… Thèmes communs : English Authors, English literature, Biography & Memoir

Le Romany Rye George Henry Borrow · 1800 · 426p · ≈ 14h · Exigeant The journey of a learned young man living with Romanies. Thèmes communs : English Authors, Biography & Memoir

Œuvres poétiques de John Dryden John Dryden · 1777 · ★ 5.0 · 524p · ≈ 17h · Très exigeant Oxford edition.The facsimiles are reproductions of title-pages of earlier editions. Thèmes communs : English Authors, English literature, Biography & Memoir

Les Hérétiques Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1905 · ★ 4.2 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Exigeant Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere rollicking journalist, he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature. A man of strong opinions and enormously talented at defending them, his exuberant personality nevertheless allowed him to maintain warm friendships with people - such as George… Thèmes communs : English Authors, English literature

Le Pays de Galles sauvage George Henry Borrow · 1798 · 608p · ≈ 20h · Très exigeant Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery is a travel book by the English Victorian gentleman writer George Borrow (1803–1881), first published in 1862. Thèmes communs : English Authors, Biography & Memoir

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