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Ulysse James Joyce · 1914 · ★ 3.8 · 790p · ≈ 26h · Exigeant Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal action and controversy. The novel deals with the events of one day in Dublin, 16th June 1904, now known as "Bloomsday". The principal characters are Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife Molly. Ulysses has been labelled dirty, blasphemous and unreadable. In a famous 1933 court decision, Judge… Thèmes communs : Community pick

Le Paradis perdu John Milton · 1667 · ★ 3.9 · 311p · ≈ 10h · Très exigeant John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the story of the Fall of Man, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle for control of mankind's destiny. The struggle rages across three worlds - heaven, hell, and earth - as Satan and his… Thèmes communs : German poetry, English poetry, Early works to 1800, Poetry

Essai sur l'homme Alexander Pope · 1733 · ★ 3.7 · 126p · ≈ 4h · Très exigeant "Voltaire called it "the most sublime didactic poem ever written in any language." Rousseau rhapsodized about its intellectual consolations. Kant recited long passages of it from memory during his lectures. And Adam Smith and David Hume drew inspiration from it in their writings. This was Alexander Pope's Essay on Man (1733-34), a masterpiece of philosophical poetry, one of the most important and… Thèmes communs : German poetry, Translations from English, English poetry, Poetry

Poèmes Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1800 · ★ 4.0 · 918p · ≈ 30h · Très exigeant A brief introduction to the life of Shelley, called the poet of "uncompromising spirit," and his most praised works, some extracted from the whole, others presented in full. Thèmes communs : German poetry, English poetry, Poetry

Hélène de Troie Andrew Lang · 1882 · 108p · ≈ 3h · Exigeant Helen (; ), commonly known as Helen of Troy and sometimes as Helen of Sparta, is a figure in Greek mythology said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world. She was believed to have been the daughter of Zeus by Leda or Nemesis, and the sister of Clytemnestra, Castor, Pollux, Philonoe, Phoebe and Timandra. She was first married to King Menelaus of Sparta "who became by her the father of… Thèmes communs : In literature, Poetry

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