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British literature is literature from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands.Contents: Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress William Shakespeare. Sonnets Frances Bacon. The New Atlantis John Milton. Paradise Lost Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities Walter Scott. Ivanhoe Mary W. Shelley. Frankenstein Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre Thomas Hardy. Tess of the d’Urbervilles Joseph Conrad. Heart of Darkness Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray H. G. Wells. Time Machine Virginia Woolf. The Voyage Out George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four Josephine Tey. The Daughter of Time
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Bunyan was born in 1628 in the heart of England, a mile south of Bedford a few years before the English Civil War. His family was so poor that when his father died, John was left only one shilling and his tinker's anvil. The boy had little formal education. However, he learned to read and feasted on medieval romances in which valiant knights underwent great trials and conquered villains and monsters. In youth he boasted a mouth so profane it shocked even wicked men. Additionally, he loved to dance, bell-ring and lead Sunday sports, all considered improper by Puritans. Although he attended church, he had little religious feeling.John turned sixteen in 1644 at the height of the Civil War. He joined the army. Since Bedford was a Parliamentarian stronghold, it is probable he served Cromwell. While on duty he was "drawn out" to take part in a siege. Another soldier asked to take his place. "[A]s he stood sentinel he was shot in the head with a musket bullet and died." John came to see this as proof God had spared his life for a great work.Returning home, John married. He was twenty. His wife was as poor as he; between them, they did not have a dish or spoon. Her godly father had furnished her with two Christian books--books which John read with an increasingly troubled conscience. One Sunday as he played, he heard a voice. "Will you leave your sins and go to Heaven, or have your sins and go to Hell?" His distress was acute. He felt that he had sinned so gravely he was beyond forgiveness. Nonetheless, he struggled to find peace with God by obeying scriptural commands. Outwardly, he reformed and put off swearing and improper sports. Inwardly, he still longed to participate. He read the Bible. Although without peace, he thought God must be pleased with him.One day he overheard four women speaking of their inner religious experience, and he realized he lacked something. Leaving the Church of England, he joined their fellowship. Still, he lacked peace. Only after reading Luther's commentary on Galatians did he realize he could be justified by faith alone. His inner struggles were not over, but he found relief. Bunyan felt compelled to tell others of faith in Christ. He became a field preacher. So effective were his words, people would arrive at dawn to hear him preach at noon.
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On célèbre en 2016 le quatre centième anniversaire de la mort de William Shakespeare (1564-1616).
Marcel Schwob (1807-1905) est un des écrivains français les plus marquants de la deuxième moitié du XIXe siècle. Ses livres, de prose comme de poésie, ont inspiré de grands écrivains comme Borges, Gide ou Faulkner. Il est l’auteur du Livre de Monelle, de La Croisade des enfants et des Vies imaginaires.
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Sur la couverture : "Portrait de Michel Leiris" de Francis Bacon, 1976Succession Francis Bacon / SODRAC (2012)
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Jane Austen est née le 16 décembre 1775 à Stevenson dans le Hampshire. Après la mort de son père, Jane Austen s’installe avec sa mère et sa sœur à Chatow, où elle va écrire l’essentiel de son œuvre. En 1811, un éditeur londonien soumet pour la première fois au grand public, sous couvert d’anonymat, Raison et Sentiments mais c’est avec Emma que Jane Austen s’impose véritablement sur la scène littéraire. Son œuvre compte aujourd'hui parmi les plu grands classiques de la littérature anglaise.
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Écrivain britannique naturaliste né le 2 juin 1840 à Stinsford, Dorchester (Royaume-Uni), mort le 11 janvier 1928 dans la même ville.
Auteur(s) : Geoffrey Chaucer, John Bunyan, William Shakespeare, Francis Bacon, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Walter Scott, Mary W. Shelley, Charlotte Brontë, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde, H. G. Wells, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, Josephine Tey
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Editeur : Andrii Ponomarenko
Auteur(s) : Geoffrey Chaucer, John Bunyan, William Shakespeare, Francis Bacon, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Walter Scott, Mary W. Shelley, Charlotte Brontë, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde, H. G. Wells, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, Josephine Tey
Publication : 20 avril 2023
Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub]
Protection(s) : Aucune (ePub)
Taille(s) : 11,5 Mo (ePub)
EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9786178289454
