Luisa Collodi Livres

Émile Zola is regarded as one of the most significant French novelists of the 19th century and a founder of Naturalism. He initially published loosely connected novels and worked as a journalist before conceptualizing most of his works as part of a cycle that illuminates the social and political realities of his time. The twenty novels in this series narrate the family saga of the Rougons and Macquarts, addressing the conflict between the bourgeoisie and the working class. Zola, a moderate leftist, aimed to enrich conservative French literature with progressive elements. The novels are arranged in chronological order and tackle central societal issues. The cycle includes titles such as "The Fortune of the Rougons," "Nana," "Germinal," and "Doctor Pascal," each depicting various aspects of life under the Second Empire. Zola's work is considered crucial for understanding the social structures and conflicts of his era and has left a lasting impact on literature.

Ce roman, dont Alexandre Dumas fils tira aussi un drame, est inspiré de l'existance authentique de Marie Duplessis. Merveilleusement belle et intelligente, cette courtisane fut adorée du Tout-Paris et de l'auteur lui-même. Il dut renoncer à elle, car il n'était pas assez riche. Verdi fit de ce drame un opéra sublime. La Traviata. Armand et Marguerite vivent un amour immense qui survit á tous les obstacles et á toutes les tromperies. Le père d'Armand interdit cet amour inconvenant. Mais rien n'aura empêché le bonheur d'aimer, la virginité retrouvée, l'argent et les conventions dédaignés. L'amour véritable, c'était pour Marguerite l'espoir, le rêve et le pardon de sa vie. Tout lui fut donné, mais á quel prix !

Leila est fille d'immigrés marocains, française, mais élevée dans la plus pure tradition musulmane. Avec une mère effacée et dix frères, elle est sollicitée de toutes parts pour des tâches ingrates. Leila refuse de se soumettre. Après plusieurs tentatives de suicide, elle cherche à se faire entendre. Mais tout s'effondre quand, lassé de la volonté d'émancipation de la jeune femme, son père décide de la marier. Anorexie, dépression... Leila crie son mal-être. Aujourd'hui, en France, plus de 50 000 filles sont victimes de mariage forcé.

Adorned with gripping cover art by Man Ray and translated by renowned scholar Dr. Paul J. Gillette, this dramatic collection of de Sade writings includes "Justine," "Juliette," "120 Days of Sodom," "Philosophy In The Bedroom" and many works often scattered among "pastiche" versions of de Sades oeuvre. Free of the author's repetitions, polemics and syntactically complex 18th century phrases, this edition captures the drama of de Sade's forays into human sexuality including such practices as voyeurism, fetishism, and, most famously, sadism. Vilified by critics in the 1800s as "Monstrous… depraved… An odious book by an even more odious man," de Sades depiction of his personal adventures has been studied and enjoyed by readers in light of the 20th and 21st centuries. Readers will also discover a mind as free as de Sades adventures were uninhibited, for he discusses natural evolution 25 years before Darwin's birth; postulates the existence of the unconscious mind a century before Sigmund Freud; and probes social mores decades before the work of Margaret Mead. He also espouses political ideas that were put into practice by such diverse figures as Joseph Stalin, Adolph Hitler and Fidel Castro. Born into French nobility in 1740, Marquis de Sade continues to open minds to new human experience more than 250 years later in this dramatic new release from Holloway House Publishing.