European Fiction

الأمير الصغير بقلم أنطوان دو سانت إكزوبيري ... للناس نجوم مختلفة، فمن الناس من يسافر فتكون النجوم مرشدة له، ومن الناس من لا يرى في النجوم إلا أضواء ضئيلة، ومنهم من يكون عالماً فتكون النجوم بالنسبة له مسائل حسابية يحاول حلها، ومنهم من يحسب النجوم ذهباً، وهذه النجوم على اختلافها تبقى صامتة، أما أنت ستكون لك نجوم لم تكن لأحد من الناس

A malicious spectre haunts the Parisian Opera house. This murderous fiend speaks through walls, abducts innocents through mirrors, and holds the opera management in a cruel state of hostage. But when this monster falls for the beautiful Christine Daae, his powers of attractive enticement and malevolent mayhem all come to the surface. Who can put an end to this reign of terror? Discover the wonders of Gaston Leroux's gothic thriller in a way that will tantalize the senses.

A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests in his essay that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling children as food. By doing this he mocks the authority of the British officials.

Plongez dans l'univers fascinant de la société parisienne du XIXe siècle avec Bel-Ami, un chef-d'œuvre de la littérature française. Suivez l'ascension fulgurante de Georges Duroy, un jeune homme ambitieux et séducteur, prêt à tout pour gravir les échelons de la société. À travers ses aventures et ses manipulations, Maupassant nous offre une critique acerbe des mœurs de son époque, tout en nous captivant par son style inimitable et ses personnages complexes.

FINALISTA DEL PREMIO DE NOVELA CAFÉ GIJÓN 2024 Una novela que se lee con un placer innegable, como los platos de los que habla, y que nos traslada a la vida de una mujer excepcional. María Mestayer de Echagüe, también conocida por su seudónimo «Marquesa de Parabere», es un personaje histórico que bien merece una novela. Nacida en 1877 en una familia acomodada, dedicó gran parte de su vida a la gastronomía. Coleccionista de recetas, se carteaba con los cocineros más famosos de Europa, escribió en periódicos y revistas e impartió clases de cocina a grupos de mujeres.

Young, impressionable Aubrey is fascinated by the enigmatic Lord Ruthven, and accompanies him on a tour to Europe. But Aubrey develops a growing distaste for Lord Ruthven’s sinister and grotesque conduct - especially as it concerns human blood. This novella, penned during that tempestuous night in Switzerland amongst such notables as Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and Mary Shelley, served as the great inspiration for Bram Stoker to create Dracula.

لنعود للجزيرة ونحلق عالياً ونعيش المغامرة مع بيتر بان كتب جيمس ماثيو باري الرواية تخليداً لذكرى أخيه الذي مات في حادثة تزلج قبل بلوغه الرابعة عشر.. وكان بيتربان ولد شقي أتى من بلاد الأحلام نفرلاند يمكنه الطيران ولا يكبر أبداً .. يقضي مرحلته الطفولية التي لا تنتهي في #مغامرات على أرض جزيرة نيفرلاند زعيماً لعصابته الأطفال الضالة، ويتعامل مع حوريات البحر والأمريكيين الأصليين والجن والقراصنة وأحياناً مع الأطفال العاديين من خارج جزيرة نيفرلاند تمنحنا

This "lost race" novel begins as an exciting African adventure. Leonard Outram is a British adventurer who is in Africa seeking his fortune. He becomes part of the rescue of a Portuguese woman from a large slave camp. Leonard, his companion Otter, and the girl set off and find the people of the mist. They then impersonate gods and priests with the hope of getting the people's hoard of jewels.

Cinderella shows a young schoolgirl that there is much more to being a princess than parties and fancy clothes. Listen along as Cinderella teaches a young girl what it truly means to be a princess.

Eugenia, an American expatriate brought up in Europe, arrives in rural New England with her charming brother Felix, hoping to find a wealthy second husband after the collapse of her marriage to a German prince. Their exotic, sophisticated airs cause quite a stir with their affluent, God-fearing American cousins, the Wentworth's - and provoke the disapproval of their uncle, suspicious of foreign influences.

A mother goat leaves her seven children at home while she ventures into the forest to find food. Before she leaves, she warns her young about the Big Bad Wolf who will try to sneak into the house and gobble them up. The wolf will pretend to be their mother and convince the kids to open the door. The young children will be able to recognize their true mother by her white feet and sweet voice.

Merida's mother's birthday is tomorrow and Merida wants to get her the perfect gift! She decided on a lovely brooch. But when the brooch goes missing, Merida and her brothers must explore the castle grounds and try and find it in time!

The Old Wives' Tale is broken up into four parts, and the lives of two sisters are laid bare: one timid and unassuming, the other romantic and adventurous. From working as children in their family's drapery shop to their later years, Constance and Sophia's journey through life could not be more different. While one travels the world and defies male expectations, the other becomes a dutiful wife and mother.

À Middlemarch, cité imaginaire de la province anglaise, vers 1830, la jeune et intelligente Dorothée aspire à de grandes réalisations. Elle épouse le pasteur Casaubon, beaucoup plus âgé qu'elle et espère aider son mari dans les travaux de recherche pour un livre qui devrait être son chef d'œuvre. Mais Casaubon ne la prend pas sérieux, la néglige. De plus, il prend ombrage de l'amitié qui rapproche Will Ladislaw, son cousin, et Dorothée. Ce mariage se révèle être une erreur.

Culture and Anarchy is a series of periodical essays by Matthew Arnold, first published in Cornhill Magazine 1867-68 and collected as a book in 1869. Arnold's famous piece of writing on culture established his High Victorian cultural agenda which remained dominant in debate from the 1860s until the 1950s. According to his view advanced in the book, ‘Culture [...] is a study of perfection’.

England, 1940: Farmer John Cook finds his train stopped at gunpoint by men posing as Home Guard officers. As Cook confronts them, two men escape into the surrounding trees, carrying mysterious suitcases. Lady Margaret is tasked with deploying Land Girls to local farms to aid the war effort. But...

Two brothers, one rich, one poor, served as soldiers, but the poor one had to become a farmer to escape his poverty. One of his turnips grew to an enormous size, and he gave it to the king. The king gave him rich presents in return.

Nicola Fortore, detto Barracuda (perché si dice che abbia i molari così appuntiti da poter spezzare i nervi della carne), è il capo di Ferrazzano, un paese di niente sperso nella campagna molisana, è un capo riconosciuto, anche se non dalla legge. Oltre il fiume che lambisce il paese, c’è Sant’Elpidio, un paese più ricco, con il suo capo Tiziano Bianco, che è anche il datore di lavoro di Nicola nel caseificio di bufale.

Onze nouvelles et contes qui peuvent déconcerter par leur diversité. Mais elles montrent que le Musset pillé par les amoureux en mal d'inspiration - "Si je vous le disais, pourtant, que je vous aime, ...brune aux yeux bleus..." - fait place parfois à un auteur qui montre, comme dans Mimi Pinson que son époque était bien éloignée des clichés véhiculés avec le Romantisme.

L'éminent professeur de minéralogie Otto Lidenbrock découvre un jour, caché dans un manuscrit dont il vient de faire l'acquisition, un parchemin rédigé en caractères runiques dont le sens lui demeure obscur. Dès lors, il n'a de cesse de décrypter ce mystérieux message, aidé par son neveu Axel Lidenbrock. Ils découvrent alors quelque chose d'incroyable : le rédacteur du message serait un certain Arne Saknussemm, un alchimiste qui aurait vécu au seizième siècle, et qui aurait découvert un passage vers le "Centre de la Terre".