Showing results for "The Tour" in World Literature

Faire le tour du doigt de Jules Vendange, c'est dérouler plus de quatre décennies de la vie d'un jeune auvergnat qui, parce qu'il déteste le fromage, devient maître d'école... Des bancs de l'École Normale d'instituteurs aux tranchées sur le front de l'Aisne, du fusil au tableau noir, de l'innocence perdue à l'amour patiemment conquis de la belle Automne, le destin de Jules Vendange ou l'école de la vie.

Across the nation’s history, American writers have produced a compelling and diverse body of literary expression, which joins the great literatures of other cultures to create unique perspectives on human life flowing from America’s trailblazing political system, innovative spirit, and history of immigration. In A Literary Tour of the United States, you’ll take an epic excursion across America, from the wide expanse of the continental states to Alaska, Hawaii, and beyond, delving into the jewels of writing that distinguish our nation’s literature across three centuries.

El cura de Tours de Honoré de Balzac es una novela que describe la vida del tímido y modesto sacerdote François Birotteau, en la ciudad provincial de Tours. Birotteau se ve envuelto en una red de intrigas sociales, celos y manipulación cuando hereda una importante fortuna. Balzac explora las complejidades de la naturaleza humana, la hipocresía social y la influencia corruptora de la riqueza. La novela es parte de la obra más amplia de Balzac, "La Comédie Humaine", que ofrece una visión panorámica de la sociedad francesa del siglo XIX a través de una serie de historias y personajes interconectados.

Jean-Marie est veuf et retraité. Il vit avec son neveu, Antonin, dans une maison à la campagne. Antonin recueille des animaux abandonnés et s'en occupe. Une nouvelle à la simplicité touchante.

This is not a book about politics. It is a book about what makes us British, and what makes us European. Spend time with some of your favourite writers and artists in this truly unique collection spanning everything from art, language, food, music and movies, to war, literature, driving, nudity...

Join John Rogers as he ventures out into an uncharted London like a redbrick Indiana Jones in search of the lost meaning of our metropolitan existence. Nursing two reluctant knees and a can of Stella, he perambulates through the seasons seeking adventure in our city’s remote and forgotten...

“This is the book all of us Mississippi writers, dead and alive, need to read. It is indeed a strange but glorious sensation to see your literary and geographic lineage so beautifully and rigorously explored and valued as it's still being created.” —Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy: An...