This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience....

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience....

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience....

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes the full-text of more than 9,500 English, French and German titles. The collection is sourced from the remarkable library of Victor Amadeus, whose Castle Corvey collection was one of the most spectacular discoveries of the late 1970s....

This is as much a mystery as the Immaculate Conception, which of itself must make a doctor an unbeliever. A stunning pair of short stories about faith and sacrificial love. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin\"s 80th birthday.......

C’est le roman balzacien par excellence dans lequel vices, passions, hypocrisie, ingratitude... sont peints avec un réalisme où l\"écrivain est passé maître. C’est la peinture de la Comédie......

Mild, harmless and ugly to behold, the impoverished Pons is an ageing musician whose brief fame has fallen to nothing. Living a placid Parisian life as a bachelor in a shared apartment with his friend Schmucke, he maintains only two passions: a......

Dans une auberge au bord du Rhin sont réunis par le hasard deux jeunes Français et un riche négociant allemand qui passent une agréable soirée avant d\"aller se coucher. Au petit matin, on retrouve le......

Pour les beaux yeux de son amant, Anastasie de Restaud, non contente d\"etre infidele, a mis en gage une parure de diamants d\"une valeur inestimable. Le comte de Restaud, accable de chagrin, est pret a tout pour recuperer le bijou et l\"usurier Gobseck entend bien profiter de sa faiblesse......

Honor Balzac, dit Honor de Balzac (1799-1850) est un romancier, critique littraire, essayiste, journaliste et crivain franais. Il est considr comme lun des plus grands crivains franais dans le domaine du roman raliste, du roman philosophique et du......

Eugénie Grandet est le récit de la vie d\"une jeune fille pure, simple et bonne comme du bon pain. Eugénie vit à Saumur entre ses parents (le Père Grandet est un tonnelier avare) et une bonne, hommasse......

Un des mythes fondateurs de l\"histoire de la condition féminine. Avec La femme de trente ans, le thème immémorial de l\"émancipation des femmes sort de la fable ou de l\"illusion comique pour......