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The Inferno is the first part of The Divine Comedy, Dante’s epic poem describing man's progress from hell to paradise. In it, the author is lost in dark woods, threatened by wild beasts and unable to find the right path to salvation. Notable for its nine circles of hell, the poem vividly illustrates the poetic justice of punishments faced by earthly sinners. The Inferno is perhaps the most popular of the three books of The Divine Comedy, which is widely considered the preeminent work in Italian literature. 

Countless would-be readers and listeners of Finnegans Wake - James Joyce's 1939 masterwork, on which he labored for a third of his life - have given up after a few pages and "dismissed the book as a perverse triumph of the unintelligible." In 1944, a young professor of mythology and literature named Joseph Campbell, working with novelist and poet Henry Morton Robinson, wrote the first guide to understanding the fascinating world of Finnegans Wake.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time...

Soulful dramas weaving folk lore, pagan rituals and love stories Soulful drama series infused with fact, lore and song, exploring nature and the climate via contemporary Paganism and its festive calendar. Modern Pagans have eight major festivals marking the turning of the seasons, collectively...

April De Angelis award winning radio plays April De Angelis is an award-winning playwright and writer, her work spans theatre, radio, and television, blending sharp wit with deep emotional insight. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2020. Her plays have been produced...

Rastignac, resté seul, fit quelques pas vers le haut du cimetière et vit Paris tortueusement couché le long des deux rives de la Seine où commençaient à briller les lumières. Ses yeux s'attachèrent presque avidement entre la colonne Vendôme et le dôme des Invalides, là où vivait ce...

What is it like to be old? Diana Athill, born in 1917, made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs. In Somewhere Towards the End she reflects frankly on the losses and occasionally the gains that old age brings, and on the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. This is a lively narrative of events, lovers and friendships: the people and experiences that have taight her to regret very little, to resist despondency and to question the beliefs and customs of her own generation.

Real French people don’t speak like your textbook…so it’s no wonder you feel unprepared when it’s your turn to speak! Try the StoryLearning Method, and dive into a real-world, gripping drama between six characters that helps you learn authentic spoken French in the process.

L'action se passe à la campagne, à deux lieues de Paris. Le baron vient chez la comtesse pour y trouver son neveu qu'il sait amoureux d'elle. Le roi l'a chargé d'aller avec ce neveu, qui est marquis, à Gotha en Allemagne pour y complimenter la grande duchesse qui vient d'accoucher.

Véritable guide de combat rhétorique, Schopenhauer nous invite, afin de convaincre en public, à ne reculer devant rien. Pour avoir toujours raison, il faut ainsi utiliser des stratagèmes tels que manipuler les réponses, utiliser une contre-proposition absurde, ou retourner les arguments de l'adversaire contre lui-même.

This audiobook contains grammar points with examples for learners. With many chapters on various grammatical theories, A Grammar of the English Tongue is the complete guide to the correct usage of English. A Grammar of the English Tongue can help you get the basic skills you need for a career and for further educational pursuits.

La famille Dufour décide de passer une journée à la campagne, dans les environs de Bezons. Sur les berges de la Seine, la famille croise deux jeunes canotiers, qui ne laisseront pas indifférents Pétronille, la mère de famille, ni Henriette, la fille de la famille... Cette nouvelle de Maupassant a fait l'objet d'une adaptation cinématographique de Jean Renoir.

Unabridged version with stage directions! Jealousy, deception, and betrayal lie at the heart of William Shakespeare's Othello, one of the greatest tragedies ever written. This unabridged English-language recording presents the complete play exactly as Shakespeare conceived it, including the...

Memory is slipping, fragments of life dissolve into dream and silence. In Derek Oldfield’s The Silence of Melting, a restless speaker moves across moors, cliff-top benches, hospital wards, and Tangier avenues, collecting small, stubborn moments: a bird at a frost-edged window, a mint-crystal table under jasmine petals, a lamppost that leans awkwardly. Each lyric tries to name what’s fading —love, grief, and the outline of a self —using plain, uncanny images and spare, urgent lines.

Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, issued in 1830, is the first major published collection by Tennyson. It addresses many of the themes and stylistic signatures that would define his career and help establish him as one of the major figures of Victorian poetry. The volume gathers a range of short lyric...

La décroissance du jour me replongeant par le souvenir dans une atmosphère ancienne et fraîche, je la respirais avec les mêmes délices qu'Orphée l'air subtil, inconnu sur cette terre, des Champs Élysées. Mais déjà la journée finissait et j'étais envahi par la désolation du soir...

Félicité, une jeune paysanne que son fiancé a trahie, se place comme servante chez une bourgeoise de Pont-Lévêque, Madame Aubain, chez qui elle passera toute sa vie.

Slowbridge's customs have been set in stone by Lady Theobald, who has decreed that young ladies should always wear white muslin to social events and that their only decoration should be fresh flowers - which invariably wilt by the end of the evening. Enter Octavia, bedecked in yards of lace and ribbons and with a profusion of diamond jewelry. She is soon informed that only married ladies wear diamonds in England. She makes other mistakes: Young ladies do not ask men to join them on terraces; they do not invite men to play croquet on their lawns.

Follow along this brief history of the pursuit of perpetual motion machines and how this endeavor led to the laws of physics we have today. From Robert Park's generator-rigged bicycle, to Robert Fludd's self-running bicycle, to the steam engines of the 19th century, these stories offer a peek into some of mankind's successes and failures when it comes to the exploration of science and advancement.

Une Saison en enfer a été écrit en quelques mois, et c'est le seul recueil poétique que Rimbaud a voulu porter jusqu'à la publication. Il avait 19 ans...