par Francis Godwin
ISBN : 978-1-909782-45-7
Date de parution : 17 novembre 2013
Nombre de pages : 71 pages
« The Man in the Moone » is a novel by Francis Godwin probably written in the 1620s and published for the first time in 1638 after his death under the pseudonym of Domingo Gonsales. A bit fallen out of fame, “The Man in the Moone” can be considered as one of the major works of the late English Renaissance. Its (...)
En savoir plusISBN : 978-1-909782-34-1
Date de parution : 17 novembre 2013
Nombre de pages : 146 pages
“The Tempest” is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1610 or 1611. It is believed to be the last play of the Bard. It is Les Éditions de Londres's favourite Shakespeare play. Prospero, the Duke of Milan, is deposed of, and along with his daughter Miranda, they are drifting at sea until they find an (...)
En savoir pluspar Jonathan Swift
ISBN : 978-1-909782-35-8
Date de parution : 17 novembre 2013
Nombre de pages : 24 pages
“A modest proposal” or “A modest proposal for preventing the children of poor people from being a burthen to their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the public” is a satire written by Jonathan Swift in 1729. In this essay, Swift suggests fighting poverty, hunger, and disenfranchisement in (...)
En savoir pluspar Benjamin Jonson
ISBN : 978-1-909782-33-4
Date de parution : 17 novembre 2013
Nombre de pages : 295 pages
“The Alchemist” is a comedy written by Ben Jonson and performed in 1610 by the King's men. Created four years after Volpone, “The Alchemist” is widely considered to be Ben Jonson's best comedy. Following an outbreak of the plague in London, a gentleman's house falls into the hands of two (...)
En savoir pluspar Oscar Wilde
ISBN : 978-1-909782-38-9
Date de parution : 17 novembre 2013
Nombre de pages : 100 pages
“The portrait of Mr W.H. ” is a short story written by Oscar Wilde and published in Blackwood's magazine in 1891. The story is an attempt by Oscar Wilde to uncover the identity of W.H., the mysterious individual to whom Shakespeare's Sonnets are dedicated. In doing so, Wilde produces one of the most (...)
En savoir pluspar Mary Shelley
ISBN : 978-1-909782-36-5
Date de parution : 17 novembre 2013
Nombre de pages : 264 pages
“Frankenstein” is a novel written by Mary Shelley published in 1818 by a small London publishing house, Lackington, Hughes, Harding. Mary Shelley was nineteen when she wrote the novel. “Frankenstein” is a gothic novel with romantic overtones whose creature became more famous than its author. (...)
En savoir pluspar Oscar Wilde
ISBN : 978-1-909782-43-3
Date de parution : 17 novembre 2013
Nombre de pages : 52 pages
“The Canterville Ghost” is a short story written by Oscar Wilde and first published in 1887 in The court and society review. It is one of Wilde's most famous short stories, along with Lord Arthur Savile's crime. Lighter and more macabre at the same time, “The Canterville Ghost” is probably an even (...)
En savoir plusISBN : 978-1-909782-15-0
Date de parution : 22 juin 2013
Nombre de pages : 139 pages
“The Notting Hill mystery” is an English detective novel written and published in 1863 by Charles Félix, very probably the pseudonym of Charles Warren Adams, a lawyer, writer and publisher. “The Notting Hill mystery” is considered in the English-speaking world to be the first detective or crime novel ever written, (...)
En savoir pluspar John Buchan
ISBN : 978-1-909782-13-6
Date de parution : 22 juin 2013
Nombre de pages : 111 pages
“The Thirty-nine steps” is a spy novel written by John Buchan and published by William Blackwood and sons in 1915, after first appearing as a serial in Blackwood's. Although the novel is published a year into World War One, the action predates the outbreak of the war by a few weeks. “The Thirty-nine steps” was (...)
En savoir pluspar Georges Darien
par Joseph McCabe
ISBN : 978-1-909782-16-7
Date de parution : 21 juin 2013
Nombre de pages : 96 pages
“Can we disarm?” is an essay written and published in 1899 by the English religious philosophical thinker Joseph McCabe in cooperation with the French anarchist libertarian Georges Darien; it is a dense, original and pragmatic essay about the possibility of disarmament in pre-World War One Europe. (...)
En savoir pluspar Oscar Wilde
ISBN : 978-1-909782-14-3
Date de parution : 21 juin 2013
Nombre de pages : 45 pages
« Lord Arthur Savile's crime » is a short story written by Oscar Wilde and published in 1891. Originally part of a collection of short stories, “Lord Arthur Savile's crime” came together with “The Canterville ghost”, “The Sphynx without a secret”, “The model millionaire”. Still, in its original (...)
En savoir plusISBN : 978-1-909782-10-5
Date de parution : 21 juin 2013
Nombre de pages : 75 pages
“Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” is a short novel by Robert Louis Stevenson published in 1886. It tells the story of a strange Dr Jekyll who seems to know an evil Mr Hyde, responsible for all kinds of crimes throughout London. It is said Stevenson first wrote the story in one night and then burnt it, (...)
En savoir pluspar Kropotkine
ISBN : 978-1-909782-12-9
Date de parution : 21 juin 2013
Nombre de pages : 203 pages
“In Russian and French prisons” is a sociological essay with political overtones written by the famous anarchist Piotr Kropotkin, originally published in London in 1887 by Ward and Downey. In “In Russian and French prisons”, Kropotkin first describes the state of prisons in Russia, then compares it with his (...)
En savoir pluspar Jonathan Swift
ISBN : 978-1-909782-11-2
Date de parution : 21 juin 2013
Nombre de pages : 69 pages
“Directions to servants” is a satirical essay written by Jonathan Swift in 1731. It is not one of Swift's best known works in Britain, but Les Éditions de Londres have chosen to make this work their first Swiftian publication. And we have our reasons: first, interestingly although little-known in Britain, it is (...)
En savoir pluspar Benjamin Jonson
ISBN : 978-1-909053-99-1
Date de parution : 21 juin 2013
Nombre de pages : 199 pages
“Volpone” is a comedy written and produced in 1606 by Ben Jonson. It remains one of the greatest satirical comedies ever written, and this is why we've chosen it as our first classic English comedy publication. Volpone is a wealthy Venitian man obsessed with money, and consumed with greed. He and Mosca his (...)
En savoir plusISBN : 978-1-909053-98-4
Date de parution : 21 juin 2013
Nombre de pages : 171 pages
Shakespeare's “Sonnets”, published in 1609 by Thomas Thorpe, are the most famous non-theatrical work by William Shakespeare. The 154 sonnets deal with love and death, with contemplation of the human beauty and the passage of time. Some consider the “Sonnets” to be the most beautiful collection of love poetry (...)
En savoir pluspar The 25 Barons
ISBN : 978-1-909053-97-7
Date de parution : 20 juin 2013
Nombre de pages : 39 pages
The “Magna Carta” is one of the greatest and most famous constitutional documents of all times, especially in the English-speaking world, where it is held in high esteem and where it has influenced key elements of the American or Australian legal systems and constitutions. It is also widely regarded in Britain as the (...)
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