Showing results for "Le corps" in Classics

"Dans leur univers capitonné, Jean-Noël et Marie-Ange se chauffaient au bon soleil de l'orgueil. Toutefois, le spectacle d'une trop grande misère, d'un aveugle tâtonnant en traversant la rue, d'une vieille femme décharnée et guenilleuse, ou bien encore certaines faces hostiles, leur donnaient une sensation passagère de culpabilité et de vulnérabilité à la fois. Un léger malaise, plutôt qu'un vrai sentiment."

"Le Diable au corps" sont les confidences d'un jeune homme qui retrace sa rencontre amoureuse alors qu'il était adolescent, avec une jeune fille tout juste mariée à un soldat parti au front. Le contexte de la première guerre mondiale est abordé avec cynisme et détachement : c'est avant tout la possibilité d'un dérèglement des mœurs, d'une grande liberté laissée à ceux qui sont restés chez eux.

Le "blason" est un type de poème à la mode du XVIème siècle, comme un surgeon tardif du "dit" médiéval, et suiteà l'épigramme du "Beau tétin" de Clément Marot, publié en 1535. Son orginalité repose sur un parti-pris thématique de description célébrant une partie du corps féminin (ou a contrario la dénigrant, c'est alors un "contre-blason"). Contenu : Blason du sourcil, Le regard, La joue, La bouche, Les baisers, Les dents, La main, L'embrasement, Le beau tétin, Le ventre, Le puys, Blason d'une demoiselle ainsi nommée, Le cul, La cuisse, Le corps, L'ongle.

A Daughter of the Snows is Jack London's first novel. Set in the Yukon, it tells the story of Frona Welse, "a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie" who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her forthright manner and befriending the town's prostitute. She is also torn between love for two suitors: Gregory St Vincent, a local man who turns out to be cowardly and treacherous; and Vance Corliss, a Yale-trained mining engineer.

A Girl of the Limberlost, a novel by American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter. It is considered a classic of Indiana literature. It is the sequel to her earlier novel Freckles. Patricia Raub (Senior Lecturer of American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston) notes that Stratton-Porter was "one of the most popular woman novelists of the era, who was known for her nature books and her editorials on McCall's 'Gene Stratton-Porter Page' as well as for her novels.

Ever wonder what Will Shakespeares life was like before he was known as the Bard? Before the queen took notice of him? Before the Globe Theatre? Step back in time and into the Arden Woods about Avon. Find out what transformed the life of a petty schoolmaster into a writer of enduring vision.

In an instant this young son of a glover had his life ripped from him by the king of those that live under the hill, the King of Elves.

Agnes Grey is a classic fiction novel by Anne Bronte. Agnes Grey is the daughter of a minister who faces financial ruin. Agnes decides to take up one of the only professions available to Victorian gentlewomen and become a governess. Drawing on her own, similar experiences, Anne Bronte portrays the desperation of such a position. Agnes' livelihood depends on the whim of spoiled children, and she witnesses how wealth and status can degrade social values.

32 Caliber is a classic mystery novel by Donald McGibeny. A suspicious accident reveals itself to be a murder! Our story is narrated by a lawyer who turns detective in order to uncover the real murderer, and leads us on a chase through Bolshevik headquarters, country clubs, and a dry creek bed, before the real clues come to light.