F. H. Cornish Livres

Witty and buoyant comedy of manners is brilliantly plotted from its effervescent first act to its hilarious denouement, and filled with some of literature's most famous epigrams. Widely considered Wilde's most perfect work, the play is reprinted here from an authoritative early British edition. Note to the Dover Edition.

Le peintre Basil Hallward vient d'achever son meilleur tableau. Invité à se contempler, Dorian Gray, son modèle, fait alors un vœu insensé : que le portait vieillisse à sa place et que lui conserve éternellement sa jeunesse et sa beauté. Quelles ne sont pas sa stupeur et son effroi quand son vœu se réalise ! Le tableau devient alors le miroir de son âme... Le chef-d'œuvre d'Oscar Wilde, illustré par Tony Ross, grand humoriste contemporain.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I am the Ghost of Christmas Present, ' said the Spirit. 'Look upon me ' A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption and a critique on Victorian society, Dickens' atmospheric novella follows the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as 'humbug'. It is only through a series of eerie, life-changing visits from the ghost of his deceased business partner Marley and the spirits of Christmas past, present and future that he begins to see the error of his ways. With heart-rending characters, rich imagery and evocative language, the message of A Christmas Carol remains as significant today as when it was first published.

For once frozen instant, as his hands shifted from cupping her heels to a flat grip against the soles of her shoes, their eyes met, stupefied terror bursting in hers, a cry rising in her throat. Then, with all his strength, he pushed against her fear-rigid legs. Her shriek of petrified anguish trailed down into the shaft like a burning wire. He closed his eyes. The scream died. Silence, then a godawful deafening crash.

Que s'est-il donc passé sur Isla Nublar, durant ces deux jours d'août 1989, pour obliger l'armée à venir "faire le ménage" ? Le programme dont cette île est le théâtre avait pourtant tout du paradis scientifique: un immense complexe naturel où s'ébattent, aux yeux de tous, les plus féroces sauriens du Jurassique, génétiquement ramenés à la vie... Quelques jours avant le chaos, le paléontologue Alan Grant et Ian Malcolm, mathématicien de renom, chargés de délivrer une caution universitaire au projet, embarquent pour ce bout de terre perdu au large du Pacifique. Bientôt, le petit groupe invité par le créateur du parc doit se rendre à l'évidence: au cœur d'une jungle primitive et farouchement hostile, l'être humain n'est plus l'espèce dominante, mais la proie... Et la science se révèle vite impuissante face à la sauvagerie d'un écosystème disparu, un monde oublié qui cherche à reprendre ses droits. Dès lors, l'évolution impose sa loi, unique, éternelle, terrifiante ; survivre...

"En 1827, dans les Alpes, Antoine Bertet a été guillotiné pour avoir assassiné Mme Michoud de la Tour, qu'il aimait ... Ce fait divers - qu'il modifiera peu - va être pour Stendhal (1783-1842) le point de départ de Le rouge et le Noir, chronique du XIXe s., son chef-d'œuvre, est l'un des plus grands romans de son siècle, par sa rigueur d'écriture, la limpidité de son style et l'exactitude psychologique de ses héros, doublée d'une description sociale aussi lucide qu'acide. Selon Émile Zola, "personne n'a possédé à un degré pareil la mécanique de l'âme."--Page 4 de la couverture

Dexter, un homme séduisant et insouciant, et Emma, une femme charmante mais complexée, se rencontrent le 15 juillet 1988. Au fil des années, ils vivent une relation tumultueuse faite de retrouvailles et de séparations, réalisant finalement qu'ils sont le plus heureux ensemble. L'histoire se déroule jusqu'en 2004.

Dr No, a sinister recluse with mechanical pincers for hands and a sadistic fascination with pain, holds James Bond firmly in his steely grasp. Bond and Honey Rider, his beautiful girl Friday, have been captured trespassing on Dr No's secluded Caribbean island. Soon, they are fighting for their lives in a murderous game of Dr No's choosing.

Why does an old builder leave all his money to a young lawyer? Who gives a government document to enemy spies? How is a young man tricked into taking a new job? What can a foreign king do when a beautiful woman from his past appears? Who can answer all these questions?

Tom Sawyer, un garçon d'une dizaine d'années vivant près du Mississippi, adore l'école buissonnière. Avec ses amis et pour plaire à Becky, il se lance dans des aventures drôles et parfois dangereuses. Ce personnage universel incarne la liberté et l'amour de l'aventure, le tout avec l'humour vivant de Mark Twain. À découvrir dès 11 ans.

Si vous n'avez pas lu les aventures de Tom Sawyer, vous ne savez pas qui je suis ... alors vous avez là une occasion unique de me lire dans une nouvelle aventure

1860 - England. Two frightening ghost stories.The SignalmanA visitor comes to a signal box next to a railway tunnel. The signalman tells the visitor about his important work. But the signalman also tells him a frightening story . Is the story true? Is there a ghost on the railway?The Ghost at the TrialGeorge Fotherley listens to a trail in a court of law. A man is accused of murder. Did the man murder his friend? Then George sees something strange at night. And he sees a strange man in the court. Why does the man always look at George? Why does the man never speak?

It's the end of something simple. And the beginning of everything else. Sometimes life happens even when you're not sure you're ready for it. In Capeside, the sleepy New England coastal town where teenagers Joey, Dawson, Pacey, and Jen live, this year the river is running fast. Choices will be made, and chances will be taken. Promises will be broken, and desires revealed.

A Beginner Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles and divided into five levels: Starter Level, with about 300 basic words; Beginner (600); Elementary (1100); Intermediate (1600); and Upper (2200). Some of the titles are also available on cassette.

"Joey, Dawson, Pacey and Jen - four teenagers living in the small town of Capeside. The friends attend the same high school. And they have the same problems - life, love, school work and parents. Jen and Joey are going to a party - in New York. Dawson and Pacey want to go too. They decide to drive to the city and suprise the girls. And that is when the fun starts!" - back cover.

A Kiss Before Dying not only debuted the talent of best-selling novelist Ira Levin to rave reviews, it also set a new standard in the art of mystery and suspense. Now a modern classic, as gripping in its tautly plotted action as it is penetrating in its exploration of a criminal mind, it tells the shocking tale of a young man who will stop at nothing--not even murder--to get where he wants to go. For he has dreams; plans. He also has charm, good looks, sex appeal, intelligence. And he has a problem. Her name is Dorothy; she loves him, and she's pregnant. The solution may demand desperate measures. But, then, he looks like the kind of guy who could get away with murder. Compellingly, step by determined step, the novel follows this young man in his execution of one plan he had neither dreamed nor foreseen. Nor does he foresee how inexorably he will be enmeshed in the consequences of his own extreme deed.

Joey, Dawson, Pacey and Jen - four teenagers living in the small town of Capeside. The friends attend the same high school. And they have the same problems - life, love, school work and parents. Jen and Joey are going to a party - in New York. Dawson and Pacey want to go too. They decide to drive to the city and surprise the girls. And that is when the fun starts!