Maison d'édition: Bu Classics Books
A plain but passionate governess finds employment at a brooding estate, only to fall for its enigmatic master, unaware that a dark secret locked within the attic threatens to destroy her hard-won happiness.
"Sybil" addresses the social and political issues of the working class during the early Victorian era. The novel follows the story of Charles Egremont, a young aristocrat, and Sybil, a working-class girl. Through their intertwined lives, Disraeli explores the stark contrast between the privileged upper class and the impoverished working masses. He delves into themes of social reform, labor rights, and the need for empathy and understanding between different classes. Disraeli's novel not only reflects his own political ideals but also highlights the need for a more just and equitable society. Benjamin Disraeli, an influential British politician and novelist, served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. As an author, he explored political and social issues through novels like "Coningsby," "Sybil," and "Tancred." Disraeli's literary work reflected his political views and endeared him to readers for his insightful commentary on the Victorian society and politics.Voir livre
One ordinary day. One extraordinary journey through the human mind. Step into the groundbreaking world of Ulysses, James Joyce's legendary masterpiece that transformed modern literature forever. Set in Dublin over the course of a single day, this remarkable novel follows the lives, thoughts, memories, and emotions of unforgettable characters as they move through the rhythms of everyday existence. Through innovative storytelling and rich psychological depth, Joyce turns ordinary moments into profound explorations of identity, desire, loneliness, love, and the search for meaning. Celebrated for its brilliance, complexity, and literary innovation, Ulysses is widely regarded as one of the greatest novels ever written. Its stream-of-consciousness style and layered symbolism opened new possibilities for fiction and continue to influence writers, scholars, and readers around the world. At once humorous, emotional, intellectual, and deeply human, the novel captures the chaos and beauty of life with extraordinary originality. Every chapter offers a new experience, rewarding readers with insight, challenge, and unforgettable language. Whether you are a student of literature, a lover of classic fiction, or a reader seeking one of history's most influential books, Ulysses stands as a monumental literary achievement unlike any other. A single day becomes an epic journey through the depths of the human soul. Discover the modernist classic that changed literature forever—experience Ulysses today.Voir livre
Jack London — a writer whose works are enthusiastically read all over the world. His collection "Love of Life" is one of the brilliant pearls of his Northern stories cycle. Alaska is the place where each person should reveal their own real features. The North makes equal the poor and the rich; the intense cold does not take into account the infirmity; harsh, biting wind is indifferent to the social status, and a wild beast does not discriminate between social standings. In the confrontation with the severe nature, the heroes of the adducted works vanquish not only thanks to their courage, endurance, energy, but first and foremost, due to the strength of mind, an obsession with life, the capability even in the extreme situations to remain a Human.Voir livre
Alice Ruth Moore was born on 19th July 1875 in New Orleans where she was part of the multi-racial Creole community. She was the first generation seemingly born free after the Civil War and unusually for the times, obtained a university education which led to her becoming a teacher at a public school in New Orleans. In 1895, when she was 20, she published her first collection of short stories and poems, ‘Violets and Other Tales’, and moved to New York City where she co-founded and taught at the White Rose Mission, a Home for Girls. Alice was always politically active and sought to advance the position of black women. She began work as a journalist at the Woman’s Era newspaper where her work was seen by the established poet and journalist Paul Laurence Dunbar. After corresponding for two years she joined him in Washington DC and they married in 1898. It was a difficult relationship, due mainly to Dunbar’s fragile health, alcoholism and depression. After a severe beating she left him and moved to Delaware to teach for a decade though took time out to enroll at Cornell University. A short-lived marriage to Henry A. Callis, a physician and professor at Howard University ended in divorce and she became co-editor and writer for an influential publication of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. A third marriage to civil rights activist Robert J. Nelson came about, as did affairs with several women, notably the activist Fay Jackie Robinson. In Wilmington Delaware she and her husband devoted their time and writings to working for equality for African Americans and women’s suffrage. Alice Dunbar Nelson was a natural and gifted writer across many genres, from novels, essays, plays to diaries, criticism, poetry and of course short stories, of which ‘Stones in the Village’ is a fine example. The protagonist, like herself, is light skinned from New Orleans, which allows for a social mobility and a unique position in American society that Dunbar Nelson captures with an imagination and insight to explores another divisive perspective on race. It is unsurprising that Alice was a prominent part of the early Harlem Renaissance and influenced many others including Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen. Alice and her husband moved to Philadelphia in 1932 and it was here that she died on 18th September 1935, at the age of 60, from a heart ailment.Voir livre
The first installment of Ford Madox Ford's acclaimed Parade's End tetralogy. There is a hard brightness overlying the emotion and the human suffering and the human passions… Mr. Ford achieves not only what is probably his own best work but what is certainly one of the ablest of recent English novels. — The New York Times, 1924 Some Do Not… is the first of four novels in Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End tetralogy, a work that Ford hoped would contribute to the obviating of all future wars. Following Christopher Tietjens, a wealthy British landowner and the last British Tory; his wife, Sylvia; and his mistress, Valentine Wannop, the novel begins in 1912 and progresses to 1917, in the middle of World War I. The Parade's End tetralogy privileges not the conflict of World War I itself, but the impact the war had on its participants and upon society writ large. It is often referred to as one of the greatest 20th century novels, and one of the best depictions of war in literature. The 2012 television adaptation, written by Tom Stoppard and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and seven BAFTA TV Awards.Voir livre
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is one of the earliest and most influential novels in English literature: a gripping story of shipwreck, survival, solitude, and human resourcefulness. After a series of restless voyages, Robinson Crusoe is cast away on a remote island following a devastating shipwreck. Alone and far from civilization, he must learn to build shelter, find food, make tools, defend himself, and create order in a world of danger and uncertainty. His long isolation becomes both a practical struggle for survival and a spiritual journey of reflection, fear, discipline, and endurance. First published in 1719, Defoe's novel helped shape the modern adventure story and the castaway narrative. Its detailed realism, moral questioning, and fascination with labor, empire, faith, and self-reliance have made it one of the most widely read classics in world literature. A foundational work of adventure fiction, this novel continues to captivate readers with its vivid account of survival against impossible odds.Voir livre
