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I det berømte titelessay Elefanten og i det efterfølgende essay En henrettelse leverer Orwell en svidende kritik af det britiske koloniale styre. Baseret på egne oplevelser som officer i det koloniale politi i Burma kaster han et undersøgende blik på magt, magtudøvelse og underkastelse. Herefter følger klassikeren Sådan dør de fattige samt en række af de mesterlige indlæg, Orwell skrev til sin ugentlige klumme i Tribune i årene 1943-47 under overskriften As I please.

Like his great contemporaries, John Keats and Lord Byron, Shelley suffered an untimely death, but still managed to stun the world with a wide-ranging body of work, including poetry, drama, and criticism. His poetry is that of a young man, a lover of nature and fiercely critical of institutionalized corruption, and virtuosic in his use of language and imagery.

This evocative poem was first published in 1832 but republished in 1842 with extensive alterations.

Faut-il manger pour vivre, ou vivre pour manger ? La madeleine de Proust est-elle vraiment celle que l'on croit ? La trompe d'éléphant est-elle comestible ? Vous trouverez réponse à ces épineuses questions, et à bien d'autres, dans notre sélection de 19 textes cultes commentés Une balade littéraire divertissante et instructive à travers les textes de Brillat-Savarin, La Bruyère, Théophile Gauthier, Proust, Zola, Rabelais, Flaubert, Balzac, Maupassant, Molière, Hugo, Huysmans, Pétrone, Daudet, Madame de Sévigné et des Frères Goncourt. Bon appétit ! Textes commentés par Sylvain Trias.

Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), known by her pen name George Eliot, was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels are known for their realism and psychological insight. Four of them are included in this volume: Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda, The Mill on the Floss, and The Lifted Veil.

This is a story from the Canterbury Tales I: Modern Verse Translation collection. Chaucer's greatest work, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, paints a brilliant picture of medieval life, society and values. The stories range from the romantic, courtly idealism of "The Knight's Tale" to the joyous bawdy of the Miller's; all are told with a freshness and vigor in this modern verse translation that make them a delight to hear.

Enjoy the short stories of three of the greatest writers of French literature, for the first time assembled together in audiobook and narrated in a lively way. Guy de Maupassant was an absolute master of the short story genre, delighting in clever plotting, concise style, and efficient storytelling, which he used to produce stunning pieces in a very condensed format. He produced more than 300 short stories; we selected for you nine of the most bizarre, influent, humorous or plain shocking.

A tender love story, a serpentine villainess, a glittering setting in London society, and a showering of Wildean witticism are only a few of the reasons why this play has enjoyed hugely successful revivals in London, in New York, and on the silver screen. This 1895 drama is eerily prescient, as it examines the plight of a promising politician, desperate to hide a secret in his past. With empathy and wit, Oscar Wilde explores the pitfalls of holding public figures to higher standards than the rest of us.

Publicada por primera vez en 1886, es una novela corta del escritor ruso Lev Tolstói. Dentro de su bibliografía, se encuentra hacia el final de su producción. Para algunos analistas de la obra de Tolstói, esta historia reflejaría las luchas intelectuales y espirituales que poco tiempo atrás el autor había atravesado, en la crisis que tuvo cuando alcanzó los 50 años y que superaría con un radical cambio espiritual.

In the midst of bombs and bullets, trenches and trauma, the soldiers of World War I, and those observing the horrors taking place from home, took pen to paper to record their experiences in verse. These poems - considered the greatest written during WWI and some of the greatest poetry of the twentieth century - show the horror of war but also shine a light on the strength of human courage, bravery, and virtue.

Dans Cahiers de Douai, Arthur Rimbaud rassemble les poemes de sa jeunesse fulgurante : errance, satire, desir de liberte, visions politiques et eclats de beaute. Cette version audio integrale en francais donne a entendre les vingt-deux poemes du recueil dans une lecture claire, litteraire et...

Le Menteur, comedie en cinq actes de Pierre Corneille, suit Dorante, jeune homme brillant dont les inventions et les faux recits declenchent quiproquos, seductions et rebondissements. Cette lecture en francais presente la piece classique dans une version audio claire et theatrale, avec...

A treasure chest of never-before-collected essays from Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize–winning memoirist, and his boisterous brother Malachy, publishing on the 30th anniversary of Angela’s Ashes, with a foreword by Colum McCann In 1996, a retired New York City high school English teacher...

Yorkshire, England / County Clare, Ireland, 1918 Billy DeVere has spent his boyhood in the shadow of expectation — the heir his aristocratic father needs him to be. Then the Great War claims his father and both his brothers, and the life mapped out for him simply vanishes. In its place comes...

Le Malade imaginaire, comedie-ballet de Moliere, mele satire medicale, intrigue familiale et theatre burlesque. Argan, obsede par ses maladies et ses medecins, veut marier sa fille Angelique a un futur docteur, tandis que Toinette, Beralde et les autres personnages dejouent ses illusions avec...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the darkest path through Hell was only the beginning of the soul’s return to light? In *The Divine Comedy*, Dante Alighieri creates one of the supreme visions of Western literature: a journey through damnation, purification, and paradise that...

Toledo, 1080. Los ejércitos de Alfonso VI se acercan a la ciudad que ha cobijado durante generaciones a estudiosos musulmanes, judíos y cristianos. Al caer las murallas, tres hombres forjan un pacto secreto: Abraham Cohen, médico judío; Yusuf al-Qurtubi, astrónomo islámico; y Diego Medina, escribano cristiano. Preservarán los manuscritos, protegerán el conocimiento, sobrevivirán a los conquistadores. Toledo cae. Las promesas de tolerancia se desmoronan. El pacto resiste.

Mes nuits ne sont pas une sinécure. Souvent, vers trois heures environ, c'est le temps de l'Annonciation. Une force ou une voix (que d'aucuns appelaient Muse) me hèle, me tire du sommeil, plutôt sans ménagement. Chaque fois, engourdi, contrarié avant d'être ravi, je résiste, j'essaie… Mais c'est plus fort que moi, plutôt plus fort qu'elle puisque la chère importune m'infiltre de force, dans une sorte de nécessité ou de fatalité impérieuses.

Never one to shy away from difficult subjects, in Love, Of a Kind Dennis brings awkwardness, pain and intimacy together in an inimitable and pithy way. In over 50 new poems, accompanied by woodcut engravings, not only does Dennis present us with a different kind of love, but he also presents us...

Multi-millionaires are not supposed to write poetry. It offends against natural justice. But following a life-threatening illness, Felix Dennis, the man behind the magazine publishing powerhouse responsible for The Week and Maxim found himself scribbling lines in the oddest situations - in...