Classic (40)
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Les trois mousquetaires by Alexandre Dumas FR
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Les aventures de d’Artagnan et de ses trois célèbres acolytes, Athos, Porthos et Aramis, ce sont avant tout la vaillance et le panache, un débordement d’énergie et d’audace, de la romance et de la comédie qui virent parfois à la tragédie quand, au détour d’une page, se profile la silhouette de l’inquiétante Milady... Des générations de lecteurs ont été subjuguées par Les Trois Mousquetaires où Dumas, avec une incomparable puissance dramatique, mêle à la fiction l’histoire et aux êtres imaginaires des personnages réels, pour faire revivre avec brio la tumultueuse époque du règne de Louis XIII.... continue
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Mândrie şi prejudecată by Jane Austen RO
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United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Bennet, una dintre cele cinci fiice ale unui gentleman din mediul rural al Angliei secolului al XIX-lea, se afla in fata unei dileme privind viitorul ei si al surorilor sale: in cazul eventualei morti a parintelui lor, neavand drept la mostenire, fetele trebuie sa-si asigure o existenta decenta, printr-o casatorie convenabila si sigura. Acest lucru devine o obsesie pentru mama lor, care se arata dispusa la orice compromisuri numai ca sa obtina garantia ca fetele vor avea un viitor stabil si sigur. O oportunitate neasteptata se iveste in clipa cand in vecinatate se intaleaza domnul Da... continue
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Moby-Dick by Herman Melville EN
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United States of America
United States of America
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Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read First published in 1851, Herman Melville’s masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick’s words, “the greatest novel in American literature.” The saga of Captain Ahab and his monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale remains a peerless adventure story but one full of mythic grandeur, poetic majesty, and symbolic power. Filtered through the consciousness of the novel’s narrator, Ishmael, Moby-Dick draws us into a universe full of fascinating characters and stories, from the noble cannibal Queequeg to the natural history of ... continue
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Murder on the Orient Express : A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie EN
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United Kingdom
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On a three-day journey through the snowbound Balkan hills, Hercule Poirot must weed through an array of international suspects to find the passenger who murdered a gangster on the Orient Express.
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Nadja by André Breton EN
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NADJA is a Surrealist romance, and has come to be known as a book which defined that movement's attitude towards life. With its blend of intimate confession and sense of the marvellous, NADJA weaves a myterious and compelling tapestry of daily life as seen through a magical perspective. Combining autobiographical fact with memory and imagination, Breton spins one of the most unusual love stories in modern literature.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell EN
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United Kingdom
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George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is unquestionably the most famous dystopian novel of all times. Written in the year of 1948, the author swapped the last two digits while describing a future totalitarian society where the minds, attitudes and actions of the subjects are thoroughly scrutinized by the "Thought Police", suspected dissidents tracked down and where the worship of the mythical party leader Big Brother is forced upon the masses. The low-ranking party member Winston Smith begins secretly to question the whole system and initiates a forbidden love affair with another party member.
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression, in a deluxe centennial edition Over seventy-five years since its first publication, Steinbeck’s tale of commitment, loneliness, hope, and loss remains one of America’s most widely read and taught novels. An unlikely pair, George and Lennie, two migrant workers in California during the Great Depression, grasp for their American Dream. They hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ra... continue
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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens EN
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United Kingdom
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A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an introduction by Philip Horne. The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, t... continue
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen EN
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United Kingdom
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"He began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention." Pride and Prejudice , one of the most famous love stories of all time, has also proven itself as a treasured mainstay of the English literary canon. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighbourhood, the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down. Pride encounters prejudice, upward-mobility confronts social disdain, and quick-wittedness challenges sagacity. Misconceptions and hasty judgements bring heartache and scandal, but eventually lead to true understanding, s... continue
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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier EN
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United Kingdom
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The classic Gothic suspense novel by Daphne du Maurier -- winner of the Anthony Award for Best Novel of the Century -- is now a Netflix film starring Lily James and Armie Hammer. Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . . The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes how large a shadow his late wife will cast over their lives--presenting ... continue