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Honoré de Balzac
Lost Illusions is a serial novel, written by the French writer, Honoré de Balzac, between 1837 and 1843. It consists of: Two Poets, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, Eve and David, starting in provincial France, thereafter moving to Paris, and finally returning to the provinces. The story of Lucien Chardon, a young poet from Angouleme who tries desperately to make a name for himself in Paris, is a brilliantly realistic and boldly satirical portrait of provincial manners and aristocratic life. Handsome and ambitious but naive, Lucien is patronized by the beau monde as represented by Madame de Bargeton and her cousin, the formidable Marquise dEspard, only to be duped by them. Denied the social rank he thought would be his, Lucien discards his poetic aspirations and turns to hack journalism; his descent into Parisian low life ultimately leads to his own death.
Lost Mans Lane. A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth
Anna Katharine Green
After several people apparently vanish into thin air while walking along the same country road, New York aged detective inspector Mr. Gryce calls on the skills of Miss Amelia Butterworth to help him solve this most puzzling crime. In Lost Mans Lane the author Anna Katharine Green shows that she has lost none of her cunning in inventing an intricate and absorbing plot, and in unfolding it carefully bit by bit by the agency of her chosen hero or heroine. This is classic Green, with lots of high drama and a twisting, many-layered plot turning on stubbornly kept secrets and the fine points of physical and circumstantial evidence. The mystery is well sustained and readable.
Zane Grey
Zane Grey is unrivalled in his mastery of the western scene... this is a charming and vintage story. Rich easterner Janey Endicott comes to Arizona with her father, where she is bored until she meets archeologist Phillip Randolph, who is investigating ancient Indian pueblos in the midst of the Wests wild culture. The distinct differences of personalities she free and easy and wild, and he, quiet, reserved, old fashioned is cause for quite interesting circumstances to erupt between them. Her father, rushing in where angels fear to tread, tries to match her with the son of an old friend. Complications arise. Moreover, her father and his money stage-manage all the excitement while the newly discovered pueblo ruins add prestige to the adventures which end in marriage.
Honoré de Balzac
Prior to the twentieth century, philosophy was the driving force behind all literature. Authors used the novel as a means to communicate their ideas on mans purpose and his place in the universe. With Louis Lambert, however, Balzac takes the idea of the philosophical novel a little too far in giving us this odd, chimerical mashup of philosophical treatise and coming-of-age novel. The novel seems to focus on the life and particularly the thoughts of the genius boy protagonist Louis Lambert. Set mostly in a school at Vendôme, it examines the life and theories of Louis fascinated by the Swedish philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg (16881772) and his book Heaven and Hell. However, the main core of the novel is not about the life of Lambert as it is on his thoughts and ideas, as well as about emotions in humans lives. A beautiful novel by the great French novelist Balzacs novel sequence La Comedie Humane, which fall into the Etude Philosophic section of the sequence!
Alexandre Dumas
After The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After the adventurous story of Athos, Porthos, Aramis and DArtagnan continues! Against a tender love story, Dumas continues the suspense which began with The Vicomte de Bragelonne and will end with The Man in the Iron Mask. Can it be true that the King is in love with the Duchess dOrleans? Or has his eye been caught by the sweet and gentle Louise de la Valliere? No one is more anxious to know the answer than Raoul, son of Athos, who loves Louise more than life itself. Behind the scenes, dark intrigues are afoot. Louis XIV is desperate to solidify his position as absolute ruler of France. Impending turmoil forces the Musketeers and dArtagnan to come out of retirement, but is it for the right reasons? A fantastic continuation of Dumass famous saga, Louise De La Valliere constitutes a must-read for fans of his work, and would make for a worthy addition to any collection.
Émile Zola
Lourdes est une petite ville banale du département des Hautes-Pyrénées. La fille Bernalette a imaginé lapparition de la Vierge. Les pelerins ont commencé a affluer vers la ville. Les ecclésiastiques utiliserent tres habilement la popularité sans cesse croissante de la ville. Lidée que les gens trompés par la foi est facile a exploiter et a ravager est centrale dans le roman.
Love And Mr Lewisham. The Story of a Very Young Couple
Herbert George Wells
Mr. Lewisham is an ambitious young teacher who has grand plans for his future. Indeed he has written up a Plan or Schema as he calls it and has committed himself to daily study to improve himself. We follow him as he moves to London and becomes a student. He also gets married and the later part of the novel is about how his naive beliefs about himself and the world survive this transition. Love and Mr. Lewisham is the story of a young man who seeks to better himself and achieve glory through educational achievements. His love life, however, derails this ambition in several different ways. This is Wells exploration of the dilemmas of the young man torn between career and relationship, between duty and pleasure, between social responsibility and individual needs.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
This is a collection of many outstanding stories of Chekhov. There is a pleasant and patient satire in all Chekovs stories, most of which are tragic, some are political, and all of them are revealed in many complex topics. The stories in this anthology bring back memories of a different time and place when life was completely different. These stories will hook everyone.