Book type: fiction (5995)


5711.

Vingt-Mille lieues sous les mers by Jules Verne FR

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Country: Europe / France flag France
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Dans ce roman d’aventures, l’un des plus emblématiques du XIXe siècle, la foisonnante imagination de Jules Verne nous plonge au cœur des profondeurs, en compagnie du sombre capitaine Nemo. Notions littéraires : un roman d'aventures ; le héros du roman d'aventures ; les temps du récit Histoire des arts : l'Atlantide et le monde sous-marin, un motif récurrent Repères historiques : la Révolution industrielle

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Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'une femme by Stefan Zweig FR

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
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Scandale dans une pension de famille " comme il faut ", sur la Côte d'Azur du début du siècle : Mme Henriette, la femme d'un des clients, s'est enfuie avec un jeune homme qui pourtant n'avait passé là qu'une journée... Seul le narrateur tente de comprendre cette " créature sans moralité ", avec l'aide inattendue d'une vieille dame anglaise très distinguée, qui lui expliquera quels feux mal éteints cette aventure a ranimé chez la fugitive. Ce récit d'une passion foudroyante, bref et aigu comme les affectionnait l'auteur d'Amok et du Joueur d'échecs, est une de ses incontestables réussites.... continue

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Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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When Inspector Roderick Alleyn travels to New Zealand with members of an English comedy company, he stumbles upon a deadly diversion among the company's operatic intrigues, and must investigate.



5716.

Violeta by Isabel Allende EN

Rating: 4 (8 votes)
Country: South America / Peru flag Peru
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This sweeping novel from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century. “An immersive saga about a passion-filled life.”—People Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homela... continue

5717.

Violeta : Roman by Isabel Allende PT

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Violeta veio ao mundo em um dia tempestuoso de 1920, a primeira menina em uma família com cinco filhos. Desde o início, sua vida foi marcada por acontecimentos extraordinários: ainda era possível sentir os efeitos da Grande Guerra quando a gripe espanhola chegou ao seu país, pouco antes do seu nascimento. A família saiu ilesa dessa crise, mas não conseguiu enfrentar a seguinte. A Grande Depressão transformou totalmente a vida urbana que Violeta conhecia. Sua família perdeu tudo e foi forçada a se mudar para uma parte mais... continue

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Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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A forested property on a Brandenburg lake outside of Berlin lies at the heart of this novel. This novel offers us the stories of twelve individuals who make their homes here.

5719.

Vita Nostra : A Novel by Sergey and Marina Dyachenko EN

Rating: 4 (6 votes)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
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“Vita Nostra” — a cross between Lev Grossman’s “The Magicians” and Elizabeth Kostova’s “The Historian” [...] is the anti-Harry Potter you didn’t know you wanted.” -- The Washington Post “Vita Nostra has become a powerful influence on my own writing. It’s a book that has the potential to become a modern classic of its genre, and I couldn’t be more excited to see it get the global audience in English it so richly deserves.” -- Lev Grossman Best Books of November 2018 -- Paste Magazine The definitive English language translation of the internationally acclaimed Russian novel—a brilliant dark fant... continue

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Viviette by William J. Locke EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
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William John Locke (1863-1930) was a novelist, short story writer, and playwright. Educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge, he entered on a career as a teacher in 1890, but disliked it; in 1897 he became secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a post he held for a decade. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria (1894), but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1905) and The Beloved Vagabond (1906). Chambers Biographical Dictionary wrote of his "long series of novels and plays which with their charmingly written... continue
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