epub |eng | 2011-12-01 | Author:Alison Finch

6 Despair and Optimism (1913–1944) The turn of the century had brought a sense of confidence. Writers were moving away from the ‘miserabilism’ of much nineteenth-century literature. Not only the ...

epub, azw3 |eng | 2007-04-26 | Author:William Beckford [Beckford, William]

SATIRES II From Modern Novel Writing or the Elegant Enthusiast, by Lady Harriet Malowy [i.e. William Beckford], 2 Vols, London, 1796. The extracts are given the volume number and the ...

epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Nicolas Barreau

What I Know about Mélanie 1. Appearance: medium height, slim, upright walk, big brown eyes, dark blond hair—a particular blond, reminiscent of shiny caramel candy, or brittle. 2. Often (always?) ...

mobi |es | 2009-05-09 | Author:MARGUERITE DURAS

Table of Contents MARGUERITE DURAS EL AMANTE Introducción Capítulo único

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-05-03 | Author:Adam A. Watt [Watt, Adam A.]

Sodom and Gomorrah Part One A voyeuristic scene reminiscent of that involving Mlle Vinteuil at Montjouvain in ‘Combray’ opens the volume: the Narrator observes Charlus and Jupien meeting by chance ...

epub |eng | 2012-05-15 | Author:Balzac, Honoré de [Balzac, Honoré de]

CHAPTER XII. OBSTACLES TO YOUNG LOVE In 1829 the old noblesse had recovered as to manners and customs something of the prestige it had irrevocably lost in politics. Moreover, the ...

epub |eng | | Author:Patrick Modiano

C’était dimanche. Nous nous sommes levés très tard, avec l’impression d’être grippés. Il fallait trouver une pharmacie de garde dans le quartier pour acheter un tube d’aspirine. Et de toute ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-07-01 | Author:Colette [Colette]

La brave fille n’en demandait pas tant. Elle me disait : » Merci, merci », célébrait ma « bonté », d’une bouche bégayante et ses baisers me mouillaient les mains… ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-03-24 | Author:Albert Camus [Camus, Albert]

Les meurtriers délicats. L'année 1878 est l'année de naissance du terrorisme russe. Une très jeune fille, Vera Zassoulitch, au lendemain du procès de cent quatre-vingt-treize populistes, le 24 janvier, abat ...

epub |eng | 2004-06-01 | Author:Chevillard, Eric [Chevillard, Eric]

Palafox nearly choked to death curled up on his side like a bum. After having tugged in vain on his tether, he started to graze unhungrily just to pass the ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2013-01-01 | Author:Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt [Schmitt, Eric-Emmanuel]

In the days that followed, he merely observed her. Although she labored from morning to night, she was radiant with joy. There was a constant smile on her face, tender ...

mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Albert Camus

The lycée where the examination was given was all the way across town, at the other end of the arc the city makes around the bay, in a district that ...

mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 1978-01-01 | Author:Georges Perec

The Altamonts hesitated for a long time before ordering their portrait, probably held back by Hutting’s prices, pitched beyond the means of all but the chairmen and managing directors of ...

mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2006-05-10 | Author:William C. Carter

CHAPTER EIGHT Grieving and Forgetting In the late fall of 1913 the relationship between Proust and Agostinelli finally reached the breaking point, but, not surprisingly, it was Agostinelli who made ...

epub |eng | 2011-11-18 | Author:Francis Ponge

FORMATION OF A POETIC ABSCESS August 22, 1940 Winter: Temple of caducity. Eroded by lichen, the low branches have fallen. And no encumbrance midway up. No snaking of vines or ...