Brendan Lynch Livres

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'They all agreed that it was a huge creature, luminous, ghastly and spectral.' Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine, Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles follows the infamous Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson as they investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose dead body is found on the misty and desolate Devon moors. The locals blame his death on the legend of the fearsome phantom hound that they claim has haunted the Baskerville family for generations. When the heir to the Baskerville fortune, Sir Henry, also comes under threat Holmes' detective skills are put to the test as he battles to discover the truth behind the legend and to solve one of the most macabre mysteries of his career.

Nul roman n'égale, dans l'oeuvre de Dumas, par la longueur, l'importance et l'abondance des sujets traités, la puissance d'émotion, Le Vicomte de Bragelonne. C'est d'abord la période historique choisie qui donne au livre son unité. Richelieu, Mazarin, Louis XIV - chacune des parties de la trilogie des Mousquetaires illustre les étapes principales de la construction politique de l'État français. Dans Le Vicomte de Bragelonne, Dumas choisit l'année qui marque le tournant du siècle, celle de la prise du pouvoir par Louis XIV. L'idéal chevaleresque de la France d'avant Colbert, Dumas le fait revivre justement parce qu'il est en train de s'effacer à jamais. Le plan entrelace deux lignes mélodiques, la chute de Fouquet, la chute de Raoul de Bragelonne. La première est politique et historique, la seconde est amoureuse et tragique. La poésie du souvenir nous fait passer de l'histoire à l'épopée. À l'approche de la mort, les héros de Dumas sont confirmés dans leur stature épique, qu'ils sont les derniers à avoir. Dumas rejoint ici un grand rêve romantique - donner à la France une épopée. Tout l'exprime, de l'énormité du texte au lyrisme des phrases. De ce genre, Dumas garde aussi la pluralité de tons, tour à tour comique, burlesque, tragique, religieux.

Cette magnifique incursion dans le monde fantastique de l'un des plus grands visionnaires de tous les temps enchantera les enfants ainsi que leurs parents jusqu'à la toute dernière ligne. Ce best-seller de la littérature classique, magistralement adapté au jeune public, est merveilleusement servi par des illustrations couleur originales du célèbre studio Van Gool qui contribuent à rattacher à la lecture un sentiment de plaisir inoubliable.

The grim tale of the people who were caught up in the wave of violence and murder which marked the French Revolution, in a controlled-vocabulary adaptation of Dickens' classic work.

The Penguin English Library Edition of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens "What do you think that is?' she asked me, again pointing with her stick; 'that, where those cobwebs are?" "I can't guess what it is, ma'am." "It's a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine!" Great Expectations, Dickens's funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the orphan Pip's journey of self-discovery, is one of his best-loved works. Showing how a young man's life is transformed by a mysterious series of events - an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; a fortune from a secret donor - Dickens's late novel is a masterpiece of psychological and moral truth, and Pip among his greatest creations. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

In a specialy adapted version by Eliza Gatewood Warren. Almost everyone has dreamed of being cast away on a desert island. What would we eat? Where would we live? How would we defend ourselves against wild beasts?...In this famous adventure story, the Robinson family is shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by beautiful birds, fragrant flowers, and rare animals. As they struggle to build a new life, they discover hidden strengths in themselves, and their love for one another takes on new meaning...Then one day a ships sails into their bay, and they have to ask one more question: Do we really want to go home?