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La Rivière coupable Wilkie Collins · 1886 · 124p · ≈ 4h · Exigeant During his lifetime, British fiction writer Wilkie Collins came to rival Charles Dickens in popularity and critical acclaim. Like Dickens, Collins often gravitated toward characters who overcame significant obstacles to learn important life lessons. The novella The Guilty River continues in this vein, recounting an against-all-odds love affair that blossoms between a couple that each… Thèmes communs : British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

Coniston Winston Churchill · 1906 · ★ 3.6 · 566p · ≈ 18h · Exigeant This book is about a love-story of long ago, of a time some little while after General Jackson had got into the White House and had shown the world what a real democracy was. The Era of the first six presidents had closed, and a new Era had begun. I am speaking of political Eras. Certain gentlemen, with a pious belief in democracy, but with a firmer determination to get on top, arose,—and got on… Thèmes communs : British and irish fiction, Historical Fiction

Rodney Stone Arthur Conan Doyle · 1896 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Exigeant From the book:On this, the first of January of the year 1851, the nineteenth century has reached its midway term, and many of us who shared its youth have already warn-ings which tell us that it has outworn us. We put our grizzled heads together, we older ones, and we talk of the great days that we have known; but we find that when it is with our children that we talk it is a hard matter to make… Thèmes communs : British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

Pelham Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · 1828 · 375p · ≈ 12h · Exigeant This is the tale of Henry Pelham. He falls in love with his best friend’s sister, and then learns that his friend is accused of murder. He must find the real killer in order to marry his love. The book really illustrates the manners, habits and lifestyles of the rich and famous in the first half of the 19th century. This is a very entertaining read!Please Note: This book is easy to read in true… Thèmes communs : British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

Le Voyageur sans commerce Charles Dickens · 1776 · ★ 3.5 · 419p · ≈ 13h · Très exigeant A collection of seventeen sketches which grew out of Dickens' insomnia. He took long walks through London at night and his observations resulted in these sketches. Thèmes communs : British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

La Robe noire Wilkie Collins · 1881 · ★ 3.7 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Exigeant The Black Robe is an 1881 partially-epistolary novel by famed English writer, Wilkie Collins. The book, which relates the misadventures of one "Lewis Romayne", is noted for its anti-Catholic lens. Thèmes communs : British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

Les jours de la comète H. G. Wells · 1906 · ★ 3.3 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Exigeant H. G. Wells, in his 1906 In the Days of the Comet uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world. In the build-up to a great war, poor student William Leadford struggles against the harsh conditions the lower-class live under. He also falls in love with a middle-class girl named Nettie. But when he discovers that Nettie has… Thèmes communs : British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

Une coupe amère Anna Lee Huber · 2026 Lady Kiera Darby plans to spend the summer reconnecting with friends and family in anticipation of the betrothal of her beloved brother. But when a future in-law is implicated in a murder, the party takes a deadly turn. . . . July 1833. Lady Darby and her dashing husband, Sebastian Gage, are settling into their newly renovated home at Bevington Park in Warkwickshire with their young daughter.… Thèmes communs : Historical Fiction

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