Classics World Literature

Flamboyant, theatrical and ambitious, Margaret Cavendish was one of the 17th century's most striking figures: a woman who ventured into the male spheres of politics, science, philosophy and literature. The Blazing World is a highly original work: part Utopian fiction, part feminist text, it tells of a lady shipwrecked on the Blazing World where she is made empress and uses her power to ensure that it is free of war, religious division and unfair sexual discrimination. This volume also includes 'The Contract' and 'Assaulted and Pursued Chastity'.

It’s another lovely day on Ocea, a planet entirely inhabited by mermaids. Suddenly, a huge metallic unicorn lands on the seafloor! Sol, a mermaid scientist, determines that it is an alien spaceship. A neon pink laser blast tells her these creatures do not come in peace.

UN RÉCIT FANTASTIQUE, ENTRE HALLUCINATIONS ET RÉALITÉ. Le jeune Hoffmann, violoniste talentueux, quitte sa fiancée Antonia pour gagner Paris et y conquérir le succès. Avant son départ, il jure d'être fidèle et de ne pas s'adonner au jeu. Las ! Hoffman arrive à Paris en pleine terreur révolutionnaire, alors que la ville est en proie à des dérèglements exacerbés par l'omniprésence de la mort. Pris dans un tourbillon d'amours vénales, de tables de jeu débridées et de rencontres magiques, Hoffmann oublie vite son serment.

Pilgrim's Progress, also known as The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come, is a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan and published in February 1678. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of English literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print.

> Walking is not as well known as Thoreau's other works Walden, The Maine Woods, and Civil Disobedience. But it is a good place to start exploring his writing because it was his last book, in 1862, published by the Atlantic Monthly shortly after his death. It is less well known because it is general, as opposed to singular, in focus. It is his summing up of his thoughts on life: One should saunter through life and take notice; one need not go far.

Rainbow Valley (1919) is the seventh audiobook in the chronology of the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, although it was the fifth book published. In this audiobook, Anne Shirley is married with six children, but the audiobook focuses more on her new neighbor, the new Presbyterian minister John Meredith, as well as the interactions between Anne's and John Meredith's children.

"La Morte amoureuse" est une nouvelle fantastique de Théophile Gautier, parue en 1836. Le vieux Romuald raconte à un autre ecclésiastique qu'il nomme "frère" les faits étranges qui ont suivi son ordination.

Dostoïevski nous fait vivre le quotidien d'une maison de force sibérienne au XIXe siècle. Dans cette fiction fortement empreinte de réalisme, l'auteur puise largement dans ses souvenirs de bagnard, condamné à quatre ans de travaux forcés en 1849.

Deep in the rain forests of the Amazon jungle, a village of very lazy people wishes to do nothing but lie in their hammocks and think great thoughts. One day, a mysterious man arrives who is able to create monkeys that do absolutely everything for them. Soon, the monkeys multiply and take on every human activity - including complaining.

The Story of My Life is the explosive and exhilarating autobiography by the infamous libertine Giacomo Casanova. Intense and scandalous, Casanova’s extraordinary adventures take the listener on an incredible voyage across 18th-century Europe - from France to Russia, Poland to Spain and Turkey to Germany, with Venice at their heart. He falls madly in love, has wild flings and delirious orgies, and encounters some of the most brilliant figures of his time, including Catherine the Great, Louis XV, and Benjamin Franklin.

Set in 1872, Around the World in 80 Days tells the extraordinary and wonderful adventures of Phileas Fogg and his servant Passepartout, who set out to win a £20,000 bet to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, was an Irish writer known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. His book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, comprises two parts, the first being the "Kwaidan Proper" and the second, "Insect-Studies", which consists of an essay each on ants, butterflies and mosquitos. According to the author, most of the folk tales and ghost stories in the first part were translated from old Japanese texts. The themes encompass resurrection, sacrifice, magic, and the realm of dreams.

Once the great Glacier enclosed the Raumsdalian Empire. Now it has broken open, and Count Hamnet Thyssen faces a new world. With the wisecracking Ulric Skakki, the neighboring clan leader Trasamund (politely addressed as "Your Ferocity"), and his lover, the shaman Liv, Hamnet leads an exploration of the new territory in hopes of finding the legendary Golden Shrine.

An early science-fiction novel by the prolific and notable writer H. G. Wells, War of the Worlds describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth and was highly influential, spawning several films, radio dramas, comic-book adaptations, and a television series based on the story.

On l'appelait "la petite Fadette", car elle avait la taille d'un farfadet et les pouvoirs d'une fée. Comme sa grand-mère, elle guérissait les hommes et les animaux. Landry, l'un des jumeaux de la ferme voisine, tombe amoureux d'elle. Mais l'amour d'une sorcière est mal vu dans cette famille, et il rend malade de jalousie Sylvinet, l'autre "besson." Après "La mare au diable", et "François le Champi", c'est le troisième roman champêtre de George Sand. Elle y exprime tout ce que la vie lui a appris. L'apparence des êtres ne compte pas, il faut percer l'écorce.

«Смерть Ивана Ильича» — произведение одного из величайших писателей мира, русского прозаика и мыслителя Л. Н. Толстого (1828–1910). Над этой повестью автор тщательно работал четыре года и даже вносил поправки и штрихи уже во время корректуры. В ней рассказывается о мучительном расставании с жизнью судейского чиновника. Повесть признана одной из вершин мировой литературы и величайшим свершением Толстого в области малой литературной формы.

Le narrateur habite une belle demeure en bord de Seine. Sa vie s'écoule, sereine, semblable aux bateaux qui défilent devant ses fenêtres. Mais il semble gagné peu à peu par une maladie étrange... Est-ce seulement la solitude qui pèse sur son âme ? Est-il en train de sombrer dans la folie ? Y a-t-il réellement un être invisible qui rôde autour de lui ?

Drawing on three of the greatest works of Russian literature, this sweeping collection breathes new life into Leo Tolstoy’s legacy, providing contemporary listeners with an easy, accessible way to discover and enjoy this great Russian author’s literary talents. With gripping prose and profound philosophical insights, listeners will be transported to the battles of the Napoleonic era in War and Peace, explore the trials and tribulations of upper-class Russian life and love in Anna Karenina, and uncover a controversial reflection on Russian culture.

Disfruta de las aventuras del famoso caballero Don Quijote y su fiel escudero Sancho Panza en su lucha contra gigantes, molinos y otros peligros imaginarios. Esta es una historia que ha cautivado a generaciones enteras y que sigue siendo relevante hoy en día.

L'amour et l'indépendance de la jeune fille, les préséances sociales et les revanches sur le passé, l'attirance pour les idéaux généreux, les messages de la passion triomphant du temps et de l'espace, les flammes de la folie, tels sont quelques-uns des thèmes qui se détachent sur un fond d'observation à la Dickens et qui sont emportés par un grand souffle romanesque.