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"Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and …

"Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel", often published as «1984», is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English novelist George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & War…

"Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and …

Forming a pair with the voice, the gaze is a central structuring element of Samuel Beckett’s creation. And yet it takes the form of a strangely impersonal visual dimension testifying to the absen…

Written in 1934 by Karen Blixen (1885-1962), using the pseudonym Isak Dinesen, «Seven Gothic Tales» is a collection of short stories set mostly in the nineteenth century and being concerned with …

Brian Jones's work is fresh, polished, excitingly paced and thoroughly entertaining-and he has a story to tell that is filled with hope, love, despair, mayhem, greed, secrets, theft and murd…

Sometimes being thrown off course is the only way to find out where you really stand. The current economic crisis has demonstrated that the rules and values that had previously offered security t…

Toutes nos oeuvres sont de bonne qualité et contienne une table des matières active ( HTML ), ce qui vous facilitera la lecture. <br/> Le soir de Noël, Marie trouve parmi les jouets un casse-nois…

John Stone receives a mysterious parcel in the post containing a collection of crystals, which transform his existence and his very identity. Through the dark smoky crystal, he is transported to …

A story about gold prospecting, bootlegging, and the Mounted Police in the Northwest Territories; quote: «Put &apos;em up!» The face of Amos Nixon, red with the exertion of lifting the four littl…

The book captures the life and adventures of Bubu, A little girl who had been adopted by a family of dental technicians. She had experienced a lot of things since she was born until she moved fro…

&quot;Coming Up for Air" is the seventh book by English writer George Orwell, published in June 1939 by Victor Gollancz. It was written between 1938 and 1939 while Orwell spent time recuperating …

A Mixed Bag is a collection of engaging short stories by Bee Grey, depicting both commonplace and unexpected episodes with a perspective that piques interest and strikes chords of emotion common …

Written in 1919 by William J. (John) Locke (1863-1930), «The House of Baltazar» tells the life of John Baltazar, a genius mathematician, who finds himself falling for a woman other than his own l…

A sinister conspiracy is about to change the world forever. One of the world s most powerful nations has secretly joined an unholy alliance with India to tip the balance of world power and create…

&quot;In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him. Irony was the final …

&quot;In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him. Irony was the final …

The story begins with the woman we call Maggie (to protect the victim&apos;s identity). Meet an American military officer on Facebook. We call him Tom. He also has a daughter named Esther. Maggie…

Are you crazy about rugby but frustrated at the modern emphasis on over-regulation; the &apos;closed-up&apos; modern game, as opposed to the free-flowing, open running game of the past? Are you i…

&quot;It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his …