Paul Bailey Livres

The bemusement of foreign visitors, the joys and horrors of London buses and the London Underground, the sprawl of the suburbs and the excitement of the City, all add to the dazzling panorama. There could be no better introduction, and no better tribute to this fascinating city than The Oxford Book of London.

Tant qu'il y aura sur la terre ignorance et misère, des livres de la nature de celui-ci pourront ne pas être inutiles ", écrivait Victor Hugo dans la préface des Misérables. Dénoncer la misère, tenter de faire changer la société de son époque, tels sont bien les buts qu'il poursuit dans ce roman monumental dont les héros sont tous entrés dans l'imaginaire collectif. Très influencé par le roman-feuilleton, Victor Hugo ne néglige aucune' des ressources qu'offre le romanesque. Jean val jean, le forçat libéré, Fantine, la malheureuse fille mère, Cosette, l'enfant martyre, Gavroche, le gamin de Paris, ou encore l'impitoyable Javert entraînent ainsi le lecteur dans une intrigue foisonnante qui le mène de Paris à Montreuil-sur-Mer, de l'infâme auberge des Thénardier aux héroïques barricades républicaines du début des années 1830...

The story of the English woman who became a madam running a brothel which achieved national press coverage when it was revealed she was accepting "Luncheon Vouchers" as payment. The story of Cynthia's life is remarkable. She emerges as a tough but lovable, highly principled in her own way, with a very real concern for the ordinary loneliness and difficulties faced by some ageing men, whose not always ordinary desires she went to great trouble to satisfy.

A portrait not only of old soldiers, but of old age in general. Other work by the author includes A Distant Likeness, Peter Smart's Confessions, Gabriel's Lament, Sugar Cane, and An Immaculate Mistake.

Novelist Paul Bailey's selection of prose and poetry chosen to reflect the magic of 1st love - and the trials that often follow. 1st Love is a unique collection of extracts from letters, diaries, poetry and fiction, from ancient times to present day. Heathcliff's love for Cathy in Wuthering Heights, Romeo's for Juliet: Keat's longing letters to Fanny Brawne; Captain Wentworth's appeal to Anne Elliot in Jane Austen's Persuasion. Poets, Saints, Wives and Mistresses, Husbands and suitors- here are lovers galore.

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An autobiographical memoir, set for the most part in London in the 1940s and 50s, by the author of "At the Jerusalem", "Trespasses" and "An English Madam: The Life and Work of Cynthia Payne". It is composed of fifty scenes or fragments of memory which describe Bailey's parents, relatives, friends and acquaintances.

Reminiscing, 70 year old Andrew remembers his uncle - a lyric tenor who ended up in operetta - who rescued him from a likely death in fascist Romania. Stories of Rudolf's career and eccentric household are intertwined with the unfolding of secrets that have shadowed Andrew's otherwise happy life

The story of a gentle, reserved widow who is exposed by bereavement to the alien world outside her home.