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Un crime d’amour est un roman écrit d’octobre 1885 à janvier 1886 et qui est un succès, dès sa sortie. Véritable étude de l'adultère, cette œuvre est « un diagnostic minutieux d'une maladie de l'âme »...

Un crime d’amour est un roman écrit d’octobre 1885 à janvier 1886 et qui est un succès, dès sa sortie. Véritable étude de l'adultère, cette œuvre est « un diagnostic minutieux d'une maladie de l'âme »...

The automobile turned sharply about the chevet of Saint-François-Xavier. With an instinctive movement, Landri de Claviers-Grandchamp seized the megaphone. He called to the chauffeur to stop before one...

Paul Bourget's novel 'Cosmopolis' showcases a captivating blend of psychological depth and social commentary within the realms of 19th-century French literature. The book follows the protagonist, Count...

In Paul Bourget's novel 'Cosmopolis - Complete,' the reader is transported into an intricate web of societal complexities and moral dilemmas. Written in a precise and restrained style typical of French...

Depuis quand nous connaissions-nous Louise et moi ? Je n'en sais plus rien, nous nous étions souvent rencontrées, toutes petites, toutes les deux en grand deuil, elle, de son père, moi, de ma mère. Nos...

Écrivain chef de file de sa génération, académicien, Paul Bourget, nationaliste, royaliste et catholique est aujourd'hui oublié, mais son roman "Le disciple" qui ouvre un débat sur la responsabilité morale...

Renée, tombe amoureuse de Neyrial, maître de danse dans un hôtel de la Riviera, qui est également très attiré par la jeune femme... Mais ce dernier a un passé suspect. Autrefois il était employé chez...

Le jeune Marcel Breschet, professeur de lettres au lycée de Nevers, est un garçon brillant qui, tout en donnant ses cours, travaille à sa thèse sur le Dieu Janus. Mais des événements vont venir bouleverser...

Lors d'un voyage à Ragatz, pour faire prendre les eaux curatives à sa fille, Madeleine Liébeau, épouse d'un célèbre chirurgien parisien, fait la rencontre du commandant Brissonnet, jeune héros des campagnes...

Édition enrichie (Introduction, notes, dossier sur l'oeuvre, chronologie et bibliographie)En 1885, le philosophe Adrien Sixte reçoit la visite d’un jeune homme de vingt ans, Robert Greslou, qui lui a...

Depuis quand nous connaissions-nous Louise et moi ? Je n'en sais plus rien, nous nous étions souvent rencontrées, toutes petites, toutes les deux en grand deuil, elle, de son père, moi, de ma mère. Nos...

Ce court roman ou cette longue nouvelle, précède de deux ans l'Etape. Contrairement à ce que le titre pourrait laisser penser, il ne s'agit nullement ici d'examiner le monde des affaires comme, par exemple,...

Lors d'un voyage à Ragatz, pour faire prendre les eaux curatives à sa fille, Madeleine Liébeau, épouse d'un célèbre chirurgien parisien, fait la rencontre du commandant Brissonnet, jeune héros des campagnes...

Em 'A água profunda' de Paul Bourget, o autor explora temas como a obsessão, a moralidade e a natureza humana através da história envolvente de um homem atormentado por suas ações passadas. Bourget utiliza...

In Paul Bourget's 'The Weight of the Name,' readers are transported to a world where societal expectations and personal desires collide, leading to intricate moral dilemmas and emotional complexities....

-THE DOUBLE- centers on a government clerk who goes mad. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his...

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome,...

'Truly unnerving' Jane Bailey'I raced through it in little more than a single session' 5* Reader Review They said a mother knows best and I believed them. Was I wrong? It is supposed to be a dream. James...

Upon being arrested for the gruesome murder of her father, all college student Kanna Hijiriyama tells the police is, "It's up to you to find the motive." Amidst the media frenzy about the woman "too beautiful...

17. yüzyıl İspanya'sında edebiyat düşkünü bir maceraperest; günümüzdeyse klasikleşmiş bir yazar: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. İspanyol donanmasına katılıp Kıbrıs'ta, İnebahtı'da, Tunus'ta, Navarin'de...

Agatha Christie meets Julie Caplin in this exciting new cosy crime series that captures the glamour of the 1930s with the gorgeous escapist destinations! November 1930....

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*A Short History of the Apocalypse: your comprehensive guide to the challenges of Armageddon*Join Frankie Boyle (Saturday Night Swindle; Celebrity Vengeance) and Charlie Skelton (head writer: Ad Naseum;...

THE ONLY WAY TO SURVIVE...IS IF SOMEONE CONFESSES TO MURDER.***GUARDIAN CRIME AND THRILLERS OF THE MONTH***'Fiendishly clever and impossible to put down' SHARI LAPENA'Writes with his foot pressed hard...

She'll save Christmas just to spite him...There's only one thing standing in the way of Cat King saving a small town's Christmas festival: Grumpy town manager Noah Yates.Single dad Noah takes his responsibilities...

If you were given the opportunity to disappear and start your life again, would you take it?Paris 1933. Four people's lives are dramatically torn apart by a single terrifying event. Two days before Christmas...

A child who will be named Johannes is born. An old man named Johannes dies. Between these two points, Jon Fosse gives us the details of an entire life, starkly compressed. Beginning with Johannes's father's...

'This sleek ride of a novel further cements Phillips's position as one of our most profound writers of speculative fiction.' New York Times In a hot and gritty city populated by super-intelligent robots...

ONE WAY IN. NO WAY OUT.'Deaf teenager goes missing in Esseberg. Mountain rescue are launching a search party but conditions hinder their efforts. The tunnel is being kept open all night as an exception.'When...

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AN IMPOSSIBLE LOVE. AN ENCHANGED LEGACY. A DANGEROUS DISCOVERY.The stunning conclusion to Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling What the River Knows. A lush immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt...

THERE'S A PUZZLING MYSTERY WHEN A BELOVED PUB BURNS DOWN...BUT LIBBY SARJEANT IS ON THE CASE.After learning of a suspicious attempt to burn down a beloved old pub, The Crooked Horse, amateur detective...

THE PITCH-BLACK REDISCOVERED CLASSIC OF 2024 From the Booker-shortlisted author of Great Granny Webster, this twisted modern classic is perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Celia Dale. 'One of the...

The first book in the New York Times bestselling series with over ten million copies in print! ‘Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier’s The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills...

WHAT YOU WERE FIGHTING FOR is a wonderful collection of short stories that provokes the mind with its weird and intriguing tales. We catch glimpses of worlds that are similar to our own, but always different...

'OMG this book is so tense! I couldn't stop reading!' Lauren North'Totally gripping . . . I absolutely loved it!' Lisa Timoney A twisty, addictive page-turner about marriage, secrets and betrayal - perfect...

In this smart and swoony adventure rom-com, a journalist and a movie star find themselves teaming up to cover up a murder... What could possibly go wrong?When freelance journalist Khin Haymar is assigned...

A cold case returns to haunt Blix, as a cold-blooded killer taunts him with evidence of further victims, while Ramm investigates a murder with no body… Blockbuster, explosive Nordic Noir.`Contemporary...

'So much fun!' KATIE FFORDEIla has her pride. And she's about to discover just how much trouble that can be... It's 1976 and in the Vile Parle suburb of Mumbai, bastion of the Maharashtrian middle-class,...

Christmas is just around the corner, and Ronja and Melissa's father is out of work. When ten-year-old Ronja hears about a job selling Christmas trees, she thinks it might be the stroke of luck they all...

A new job. A new home. A new start.It's all Anna wants.But in a closed rural community, strange traditions and a suspicion of outsiders mean everything is not as it seems. Three teenage girls have vanished...

Follow the bank of the Koitogawa river until you reach the beach. From there a path of white seashells will lead you to the Chibineko Kitchen. Step inside, they'll be expecting you. These are the directions...

On a cold winter evening in a secluded fjord in Iceland, a neighbour visits the house of a family that has not been seen in a week. No one comes to the door when he knocks. After breaking down the back...

THE BRAND NEW FESTIVE ROMANCE FROM ISLA GORDONSIX PASSENGERS . . . When six ex-friends are invited to a winter wedding in Canada, the last thing they want is a reunion. But bride-to-be Bryn is desperate,...

Anna is on the brink of losing it all when she is handed the career opportunity of a lifetime - working as a ghostwriter for charismatic neuroscientist Nate. Nate's work at the mysterious Pain Laboratory...