Le Portrait de Dorian Gray est un roman philosophique d'Oscar Wilde. C'était son seul roman. (Merci Wikipédia) Sachez que cette œuvre n'est plus sujet de droit d'auteur car Oscar Wilde est mort depuis plus de 50 ans, donc, ce que je fais est légal.
Jonathan Harker, jeune clerc de notaire, se rend pour affaires dans une des régions les plus isolée de Europe de l'Est. Là, réside un de ses clients, le comte Dracula. Celui-ci se révèle un hôte prévenant, mais la curiosité incite Jonathan à pousser son exploration de l'immense château. À travers les lettres qu'il env...
The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. It was originally published serially in the popular Strand Magazine and illustrated by New-Ze...
This title was at one time listed on the Indx Librorum Prohibitorum (List of Prohibited Books) in Rome. "Paradise Lost is an epic poem by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The poem concerns the Christian story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion fr...
This book has a very controversial past, due to offensive wording. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is a 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River."
Drácula es una novela publicada en 1897 por el irlandés Bram Stoker, quien ha convertido a su antagonista en el vampiro más famoso.
The use of explicit language in this text has been the reason behind attempted bannings. "Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. This book is notable for its delight in and praise of the senses during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral. " (via Wiki)
Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by Anna Sewell, and reportedly banned by South Africa's apartheid regime. The story is narrated in the first person as an autobiographical memoir told by a horse named Black Beauty.
Pollyanna's adjustment to her surroundings is determined by "The Glad Game", which has one simple rule- to find a reason to be glad in every situation. *This story belongs to Eleanor H. Porter. I don't own anything.
Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth is a Bildungsroman by Hermann Hesse, first published in 1919; a prologue was added in 1960. Demian was first published under the pseudonym "Emil Sinclair", the name of the narrator of the story, but Hesse was later revealed to be the author. Cover by: @theygotgone
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" traces the intellectual and religio-philosophical awakening of young Stephen Dedalus as he begins to question and rebel against the Catholic and Irish conventions with which he has been raised. He finally leaves for abroad to pursue his ambitions as an artist.
El Llano En Llamas contiene 17 cuentos, publicados por Juan Rulfo a partir de 1945, cuando aparece “Nos han dado la tierra" en las revistas América y Pan (a la primera lo lleva su amigo Efrén Hernández; en la segunda debía pagar por publicar), y así continúa, inclinándose hacia América. Comenta sus avances al escribir...
Tras evadirse en globo de la Guerra de Secesión, cinco americanos, reunidos en torno al ingeniero Cyrus Smith, naufragan logrando llegar a una isla desierta. Los cinco protagonistas cuentan únicamente con su habilidad para sobrevivir. Sin embargo, en la isla se suceden fenómenos misteriosos que no consiguen explicarse.
Edipo, rey de Tebas, se dirige a un grupo de ciudadanos encabezado por un sacerdote, que se ha congregado ante él para pedir un remedio a la peste que asola la ciudad. Para conocer las causas de esta desgracia, el propio Edipo ha mandado a su cuñado Creonte a consultar el oráculo de Delfos. La respuesta es que la pest...
Relato de terror en seis capítulos escrito por H. P. Lovecraft en 1922.
