Georges pdf Georges is a short novel by Alexandre Dumas, père set on Isle de France (Mauritius), from 1810 to 1824. This novel is of particular interest to scholars because Dumas reused many of the ideas and plot devices later in The Count of Monte Cristo and because race and racism are at the center…
Le Chevalier De Maison Rouge pdf Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge (translated as The Knight of Maison-Rouge: A Novel of Marie Antoinette or The Knight of the Red House) was written in 1845 by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is related to a series referred to as the Marie Antoinette romances, though technically not part of that…
The Man In The Iron Mask pdf The Man in the Iron Mask (French: L’Homme au Masque de Fer; c. 1640 – 19 November 1703) is the name given to an unidentified prisoner who was arrested in 1669 or 1670 and subsequently held in a number of French prisons, including the Bastille and the Fortress…
The Elusive Pimpernel pdf First published in 1908, The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel. A French-language version, translated and adapted by Charlotte and Marie-Louise Desroyses, was also produced under the title Nouveaux Exploits du Mouron Rouge. Summary of The Elusive Pimpernel Chauvelin travels to England as an official…
Fru Inger Til Østråt pdf Fru Inger til Østråt er en norsk film som hadde premiere i 1975. Filmen er basert på Henrik Ibsens teaterstykke Fru Inger til Østeraad. Filmen ble regissert av Sverre Udnæs, og manusforfatter var Åse Vikene. Ingrid Vardund spilte hovedrollen som Fru Inger til Østråt. Fru Inger Til Østråt Summary Året…
Adam Bede pdf Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time. The novel has remained in print ever since and is used in university studies of 19th-century English literature. Summary…
The Minister’s Wooing pdf The Minister’s Wooing is a historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, first published in 1859. Set in 18th-century New England, the novel explores New England history, highlights the issue of slavery, and critiques the Calvinist theology in which Stowe was raised. Summary of The Minister’s Wooing The Minister’s Wooing was first serialized in the Atlantic Monthly from December 1858 to December 1859,…
Les misérables Tome II: Cosette pdf Les Misérables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title. However, several alternatives have been used, including The…
Ange Pitou pdf Angel Pitou is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, published in 1850. Written in collaboration with Auguste Maquet and published as a serial in La Presse in 1850 and 1851, this novel is the third part of a series entitled Memoirs of a Doctor, the first part of which is entitled Joseph Balsamo and…
Les Miserables Novel pdf Les Misérables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title. However, several alternatives have been used, including The Miserables, The…
The Blithedale Romance pdf The Blithedale Romance (1852) is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s third major romance. In Hawthorne (1879), Henry James called it “the lightest, the brightest, the liveliest” of Hawthorne’s “unhumorous fictions.” The Blithedale Romance Summary The story takes place primarily in the utopian community of Blithedale, presumably in the mid-1800s. The main character, Miles Coverdale,…
The Acts Of King Arthur And His Noble Knights pdf The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976) is John Steinbeck’s retelling of the Arthurian legend, based on the Winchester Manuscript text of Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur. He began his adaptation in November 1956. Steinbeck had long been a lover of…