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Les misères de Londres, 4. Les tribulations de Shoking
Les misères de Londres, 4. Les tribulations de Shoking par Ponson du Terrail Plongez dans les rues sombres et les intrigues sordides de Londres avec "Les misères de Londres, 4. Les tribulations de Shoking" de Ponson du Terrail, un récit captivant qui vous transporte dans un monde de mystère et d'aventure. Découvrez les péripéties palpitantes de Shoking, un personnage charismatique et intrépide qui se retrouve entraîné dans une série d'événements extraordinaires alors qu'il lutte pour survivre dans les bas-fonds de la ville. Entre les rencontres avec des criminels impitoyables, les trahisons sournoises et les secrets bien gardés, Shoking se bat pour préserver son intégrité et...
The Canon and the Archive
Ríos-Font re-reads nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish texts and authors that have tested the boundary between high and low, repositioning them within Spanish critical tradition. Through these self-reflexive readings, the book explores how the definition of literature has changed in more than two centuries of modernity in Spain, and the institutional and cultural negotiations behind this change."--Jacket.
Rocambole and the Mysterious Inheritance
A new translation of Ponson du Terrail's "Rocambole" by his great grandnephew, Jean de Ponson du Terrail. Ponson du Terrail (1829 -1871) was the most famous French writer of his time, the most read, the most sought after by newspapers and readers, and the first of his generation to become wealthy through sales of his novels. Those feats must be measured in terms of his contemporaries, which included Alexandre Dumas, Eugene Sue, Victor Hugo, Paul Feval, Gustave Flaubert, and George Sand. Ponson du Terrail's novels captivated an immense audience more than twenty years in France, and throughout the world. He reached fame at age 27 and remained the most popular writer of his time, overshadowing ...
Second Supplement to the Catalogue of Books in the Mercantile Library of the City of New York
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.
A History of the French Novel
A History of the French Novel in two volumes is a work on the French literature written by George Saintsbury, English literary historian and critic. Saintsbury, being the most prominent authority on the subject finds the French Novel a kind which has distinguished itself by communicating to readers the pleasure of literature. The book covers the history of the French novel from its beginnings to the close of the 19th century with the author's endeavor to present a full history of how what is commonly called the French Novel came into being and kept itself in being.
The Facts on File Companion to the French Novel
French novels such as "Madame Bovary" and "The Stranger" are staples of high school and college literature courses. This work provides coverage of the French novel since its origins in the 16th century, with an emphasis on novels most commonly studied in high school and college courses in world literature and in French culture and civilization.
Rocambole 7 - Rocambole in London (Les Misères de Londres) - New English translation complete and unabridged
PONSON DU TERRAIL'S COMPLETE ROCAMBOLE SAGA IN NEW, UNABRIDGED ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS ROCAMBOLE 7 – ROCAMBOLE IN LONDON (Les Misères de Londres) Rocambole continues his adventures in London where he allies himself with the Irish republicans to thwart the plotting of “Miss Ellen”, the beautiful daughter of an English Lord who wants to kill an Irish woman to steal her inheritance. Murders, escapes and executions abound in this fast-paced series. The relationship between Rocambole and Miss Ellen is an ambiguous one: will hate turn to love? Perhaps destiny won’t allow it… This volume includes new unabridged English translations of the original French texts: “Les Misères de Londres - ...
Rocambole 9 - Rocambole and the Hangman's Rope (La Corde du pendu) - New English translation complete and unabridged
PONSON DU TERRAIL'S COMPLETE ROCAMBOLE SAGA IN NEW, UNABRIDGED ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS ROCAMBOLE 9 – ROCAMBOLE AND THE HANGMAN'S ROPE (La Corde du pendu) Rocambole, reunited with his followers in London, is plotting to free William from the Bedlam mental hospital. William’s fortune was stolen by Sir Archibald, who then sent William to Bedlam. The mental hospital’s director however has a fixation for the “hangman’s rope”, and he will do everything to obtain it. Rocambole takes advantage of his obsession to achieve his own ends. Unfortunately this series was left unfinished by the untimely death of Ponson du Terrail in 1871 aged only 41. This volume includes new unabridged English ...
The Twentieth Century
Humorous, illustrated novel by the “father of science fiction illustration”.
