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Cette série propose des adaptations captivantes et abrégées de chefs-d'œuvre littéraires de renommée mondiale. Chaque volume présente un récit classique issu de diverses cultures dans un format accessible aux jeunes lecteurs. Elle constitue une excellente introduction à la richesse de la littérature mondiale, élargissant les horizons de nombreux lecteurs. Ces livres servent de passerelle vers les textes originaux, enrichissant ainsi les étudiants en langues comme les lecteurs occasionnels.

Jesus of Nazareth
Time Machine, The
Aladdin and his Magic Lamp
Persuasion
Mill on the Floss
The mayor of Casterbridge

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  • The mayor of Casterbridge

    4,4(454)Évaluer

    In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following years, he manages to establish himself as a respected and prosperous pillar of the community of Casterbridge, but behind his success there always lurk the shameful secret of his past and a personality prone to self-destructive pride and temper. Subtitled ‘A Story of a Man of Character’, Hardy’s powerful and sympathetic study of the heroic but deeply flawed Henchard is also an intensely dramatic work, tragically played out against the vivid backdrop of a close-knit Dorsetshire town.

    The mayor of Casterbridge

  • Mill on the Floss

    • 64pages
    • 3 heures de lecture
    3,5(2)Évaluer

    Why was this feeling of regret so familiar to her? Why must she always wish she had done something different?

    Mill on the Floss

  • Aladdin and his Magic Lamp

    • 64pages
    • 3 heures de lecture

    Though Aladdin's childhood had been full of beauty, comfort and happiness, without any trace of sadness or sorrow, he entirely failed to learn the lessons of hard work and responsibility.

    Aladdin and his Magic Lamp

  • Jesus of Nazareth

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    I had been given a simple but enormous task. This was the role for which I had spent my whole life preparing.

    Jesus of Nazareth

  • Great expectations

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    Pip, a poor young boy, receives amazing news. Someone has given him a large amount of money and wants to make him a gentleman. But who is his mysterious benefactor? Is it Miss Havisham, the strange lady who lives in an old house with the beautiful Estella? Pip loves Estella but can she love him? Life is full of surprises...

    Great expectations

  • Tale of Two Cities, A

    • 376pages
    • 14 heures de lecture
    3,5(9)Évaluer

    Set in London and Paris, 'A Tale of Two Cities' paints a story of economic and political unrest at the time of the French Revolution.

    Tale of Two Cities, A

  • Hard Times

    • 336pages
    • 12 heures de lecture
    3,5(20)Évaluer

    In the person of Gradgrind and Bounderby he stigmatized the prevalent philosophy of Utilitarianism which, whether in school or factory, allowed human beings to be caged in a dreary scenery of brick terraces and foul chimneys, to be enslaved to machines and reduced to numbers

    Hard Times

  • Northanger Abbey

    • 285pages
    • 10 heures de lecture
    4,1(1634)Évaluer

    Jane Austen jugeait désuet l'engouement de son héroïne Catherine Morland pour les terrifiants châteaux moyenâgeux de Mrs Radcliff et les abbayes en ruine du préromantisme anglais. Parodie du roman gothique, satire pleine de saveur de la société anglaise qui prenait ses eaux à Bath, Northanger Abbey est aussi le roman très austénien du mariage et très moderne du "double jeu ".

    Northanger Abbey

  • Mahabharata: How it All Began

    If there ever was an epic that touches upon every conceivable human emotion and poses the most complex of questions, it has to be the Mahabharata, the most famous of stories from India.

    Mahabharata: How it All Began

  • Picture of Dorian Gray, The

    • 64pages
    • 3 heures de lecture
    4,4(3)Évaluer

    Young, rich and handsome, Dorian Gray seems to have it all. So why do people who were once his friends, leave the room when he enters? Can there really be any truth in the dark tales that are told about him? And just why does he keep his portrait locked away in an attic room?

    Picture of Dorian Gray, The

  • Riddle of the Sands, The

    • 64pages
    • 3 heures de lecture

    `It seems pretty clear to me that sooner or later we'll be at war with Germany, whether we like it or not.'

    Riddle of the Sands, The

  • Siddhartha Gautama

    • 64pages
    • 3 heures de lecture

    Can the path to the ultimate truth about human life be found by leaving behind wealth, comfort, family and security?

    Siddhartha Gautama

  • Orgueil et Préjugés

    • 380pages
    • 14 heures de lecture
    4,6(76695)Évaluer

    Orgueil et préjugés est le plus connu des six romans achevés de Jane Austen. Son histoire, sa question, est en apparence celle d'un mariage : l'héroïne, la vive et ironique Elizabeth Bennett qui n'est pas riche, aimera-t-elle le héros, le riche et orgueilleux Darcy ? Si oui, en sera-t-elle aimée ? Si oui, encore, l'épousera-t-elle ? Mais il apparaît clairement qu'il n'y a en fait qu'un héros qui est l'héroïne, et que c'est par elle, en elle et pour elle que tout se passe.

    Orgueil et Préjugés

  • An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth

    4,0(84)Évaluer

    Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.7 x 0.8 inches, wt: 1 Lb. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Western India in 1869. He was educated in London and later travelled to South Africa, where he experienced racism and took up the rights of Indians, instituting his first campaign of passive resistance. In 1915 he returned to British-controlled India, bringing to a country in the throes of independence his commitment to non-violent change, and his belief always in the power of truth. Under Gandhi's lead, millions of protesters would engage in mass campaigns of civil disobedience, seeking change through ahimsa or non-violence. For Gandhi, the long path towards Indian independence would lead to imprisonment and hardship, yet he never once forgot the principles of truth and non-violence so dear to him. Written in the 1920s, Gandhi's autobiography tells of his struggles and his inspirations; a powerful and enduring statement of an extraordinary life.

    An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth

  • Mahabharata: Rolling the Dice

    If there ever was an epic that touches upon every conceivable human emotion and poses the most complex of questions, it has to be the Mahabharata, the most famous of stories from India.

    Mahabharata: Rolling the Dice

  • Murders in the Rue Morgue, The

    3,6(5)Évaluer

    Here is a test, a puzzle for you. It is a faithful account of two most gruesome murders. Can you work out what actually happened in the early hours of one fateful morning in the Rue Morgue?

    Murders in the Rue Morgue, The

  • Woman in White, The

    • 64pages
    • 3 heures de lecture
    3,8(8)Évaluer

    A strange figure stood in front of him, dressed from head to foot in white clothing. The moonlight showed her pale, youthful face.

    Woman in White, The

  • Journey to the West

    • 64pages
    • 3 heures de lecture
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    In ancient China a magical monkey appears, creating chaos everywhere he goes. The only way to put his tricks and talents to good use is to make him protector of Xuanzang, a young and handsome monk determined to travel from China to India in search of the precious scriptures.

    Journey to the West

  • Odyssey, The

    • 64pages
    • 3 heures de lecture
    4,0(7)Évaluer

    After ten long years of war and the fall of Troy, the Greek hero Odysseus sets sail for his homeland. His voyage, however, is destined to take much longer than he expects.

    Odyssey, The

  • Study in Scarlet, A

    • 52pages
    • 2 heures de lecture

    Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes mystery. This book also includes another Sherlock Holmes mystery, The Speckled Band.

    Study in Scarlet, A

  • Heart of Midlothian

    • 64pages
    • 3 heures de lecture
    3,6(8)Évaluer

    New Title from the highly acclaimed series introducing children to the world's classic literature.

    Heart of Midlothian

  • Water Margin, The

    4,0(44)Évaluer

    Although Song Jiang is only a lowly local government official, he is loyal to the emperor and kind to all the citizens in his care. But Song is in trouble. A series of unfortunate incidents have led to him being arrested, and his political enemies are keen to see him sentenced to death.

    Water Margin, The

  • Gold-Bug, The

    • 64pages
    • 3 heures de lecture
    3,0(1)Évaluer

    The arrival of a gold bug leads the three men on an exciting adventure towards skeletons, a skull and a hunt for buried treasure.

    Gold-Bug, The

  • Little Dorrit

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    The classic story of Amy Dorrit, who lives much of her life at the Marshalsea prison where her father is imprisoned for debt, earning meager wages at jobs outside the prison walls, including seamstress work for Mrs. Clennam, whose son Arthur takes an interest in her plight.

    Little Dorrit

  • Simon Peter

    Catching fish. That's what I was doing on the day that changed my life for ever.

    Simon Peter

  • Emma

    • 511pages
    • 18 heures de lecture
    4,1(14697)Évaluer

    Publié anonymement en 1816, Emma est l'œuvre la plus aboutie de Jane Austen (1775-1817) et l'un des classiques du roman anglais. Orpheline de mère, seule auprès d'un père en mauvaise santé, Emma Woodhouse, désormais la maîtresse de maison, s'est mise en tête de marier Harriet Smith, une jeune fille qu'elle a recueillie chez elle. Ce faisant, ne s'est-elle pas attribuée un rôle qui n'est pas (ou pas encore) pour elle ? Son inexpérience des cœurs et des êtres, ses propres émotions amoureuses, qu'elle en sait guère interpréter ou traduire, lui vaudront bien des déconvenues et des découvertes. Autour d'Emma, Jane Austen dépeint avec sobriété et humour, et aussi une grande véracité psychologique, le petit monde provincial dans lequel elle aura passé toute sa vie.

    Emma

  • Bleak house

    • 832pages
    • 30 heures de lecture
    4,2(1404)Évaluer

    Penguin presents the companion book to the "Masterpiece Theatre" miniseries starring Gillian Anderson (T"he House of Mirth, The X-Files"). This stunning production features a screenplay written by Andrew Davies ("Bridget Jones's Diary"). Part romance, part melodrama, part detective story, the novel spreads out among a web of relationships in every level of society.

    Bleak house

  • Les Miserables

    • 64pages
    • 3 heures de lecture

    `Send the brat home? Oh no we won't! Her mother must have met some rich man - we can make a load of money out of this.'

    Les Miserables

  • Moonstone, The

    • 64pages
    • 3 heures de lecture

    Rachel opened the box and lifted out the diamond. She held it up in a ray of sunlight that poured through the window, and cried out in amazement.

    Moonstone, The

  • Mahabharata: The Final Battle

    • 64pages
    • 3 heures de lecture
    4,0(2)Évaluer

    If there ever was an epic that touches upon every conceivable human emotion and poses the most complex of questions, it has to be the Mahabharata, the most famous of stories from India.

    Mahabharata: The Final Battle