European Fiction

On the morning of her 25th birthday, Lily Harper opens the very last letter written to her by her beloved mother, who died when she was eight. Learning about the first and only real love of her mom's life is a revelation. The same momentous day, Lily meets Eddie Tessler, an actor fleeing fame who could change her world in unimaginable ways. But her childhood friend, Dan, has his own reasons for not wanting Lily to get too carried away by Eddie's attentions.

À dire vrai il n'est pas question de Pékin dans ce roman, et d'automne guère plus - mais seulement d'un homme qui, ayant raté son autobus, se retrouve à construire des voies de chemin de fer en plein désert. Ils seront d'ailleurs plusieurs, bientôt, à s'en mêler : archéologue, médecin, abbé... chacun venu là pour des raisons qui restent à élucider mais avec une vision des choses bien précise, des rêves et des désirs bien singuliers. Flirtant avec l'absurde de façon aussi drôle que poignante, ce roman est enchanté par la lecture magistrale de Denis Lavant.

A new family moves in over the road. The new family is acting strange. This new family has some secrets. From the author of Audible's Thriller of the Year, Silent Child, comes another psychological thriller to keep you guessing until the very end. Performed by Sophie McShera, (Daisy Mason, Downton Abbey), enter the world of a family broken by lies, a woman traumatised by a dark past, and a child caught in the crossfire.

Camille, jeune fleuriste qui rêve sa vie, visite des appartements qu’elle n’a aucune intention d’acheter. Marguerite, quatre-vingt-sept ans, met en vente son appartement qu’elle s’est pourtant juré de ne jamais quitter. Derrière leurs fenêtres qui se font face, dans cette rue parisienne, la vie de l’une apparaît à l’autre comme dans un reflet. Les mensonges de Camille à son entourage et les secrets de Marguerite enfouis soigneusement depuis l’enfance se croisent et se répondent... Jusqu’à ce que Thomas, agent immobilier rêveur, entre en scène.

A mythical man known as Nightmare haunted young children for years. Until he became real. DCI Harry McNeil knows the legend all too well. Growing up in the Highlands, Nightmare was on his and every other child's mind as they went to sleep. Then, Nightmare claimed his first victim. A young girl, found dead in an abandoned cemetery with the words, I am Nightmare, carved into her chest. Two more victims, the same words carved into them. Then Nightmare disappears. Now, years later, there have been reports of graffiti being sprayed around Inverness and on graves in old cemeteries.

At thirty-three, nurse Heather is desperately waiting for her romantic life to begin. Then she meets handsome, strong Anthony and is sure she’s found the one. Brushing any doubts aside, she projects all her hopes for true love onto him. Meanwhile, at a yoga retreat in Spain, happy-go-lucky Joe can’t believe his luck when he meets vivacious, witty Amy. She’s the sharpest, most beautiful woman he has ever dated, and the fact that she’s interested in him feels like a dream come true.

Et si le pouvoir d'un lieu était d'écrire votre histoire ? "L'homme venait de me déposer dans un décor de rêve, dont je n'aurais même pas soupçonné l'existence. L'hôtel en lui-même était imposant, majestueux ; les pierres, les grands volets, les immenses platanes tout autour de la cour, la fontaine couverte de mousse qui lui conférait un aspect féerique. Je ne tiendrais pas deux jours, je n'étais pas à ma place."

When the body of a wealthy elderly woman is found, brutally murdered in her Venetian flat, the police suspect her maid, who has disappeared. As the runaway maid’s train is leaving Italy for Romania, she is approached by the border police, runs away, and is killed as she crosses the tracks in...

As the golden summer draws to a close and the Darcys look ahead to the end of their first year of marriage, Mr. Darcy could never have imagined that his love could grow even deeper with the passage of time. Elizabeth is unpredictable and lively, pulling Darcy out of his stern and serious demeanor with her teasing and temptation. Looking ahead and planning for celebrations and life events large and small, Lizzy can still catch Darcy unawares when he least expects it.

"'Boule de suif' est un chef-d'œuvre", écrivait Gustave Flaubert. Ce récit a imposé son auteur, Guy de Maupassant, comme un maître de la nouvelle. L'histoire, inspirée d'un fait divers, se déroule pendant la guerre de 1870 alors que dix personnes fuient Rouen envahi par les Prussiens.

Jim, the first mate aboard a small steamer named the Patna, travels from port to port in the Pacific Ocean. When the ship hits floating wreckage, Jim and the crew are forced to abandon it, leaving hundreds of ethnic travelers onboard. However, Jim's reprehensible actions are soon discovered by the court, and he is compelled to face his guilt and redeem himself - a journey that leads him to a remote exotic location where he is revered as the Lord, "Tuan Jim".

Discover a simple but effective way to learn French through stories for beginners. This book will help you to learn new vocabulary, learn new expressions on a specific topic, learn vocabulary of everyday life that is used to communicate with people through dialogues, learn some typical sentences that are frequently used in French dialogues, improve your comprehension skills through listening, and much more.

Parce que j'ai maintenant des petits enfants, j'ai souvent envie de raconter des histoires. C'est la fonction naturelle des grands-pères, et peut-être leur plus grand mérite.

Amora dares explore the way women love each other - the atrophy and healing of the female spirit in response to sexual desire and identity. These thirty-three short stories and poems, crafted with a deliberate delicacy, each capture the candid, private moments of women in love. Together, these stories and the women who inhabit them reveal an illuminating portrait of the sacred female romance, with all its nuances, complexities, burdens, and triumphs revealed.

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a fascinating portrait of 19th-century Europe - disillusioned and ravaged by the wars of the postrevolutionary and Napoleonic eras. Our protagonist, whose breathtaking journey eerily echoes Byron's own life story, forgoes his destiny back home for the exciting unknown - the nature of humanity and the transformative effects of travel burst through the pages in four powerful cantos of Spenserian stanzas. Here is the poem that set Byron on his meteoric rise to fame in London society.

Un des premiers romans d'Alexandre Dumas, "Pauline" s'inscrit dans la veine gothique du début du XIXème siècle annonçant le futur "Comte de Monté-Christo". Qui est cette élégante et pâle jeune femme que l'on croise en compagnie d'Alfred de Nerval, cet amoureux silencieux qui la protège comme un frère ? C'est ce que le narrateur nous fait découvrir au cours de ce récit empreint de romantisme dans un décor médiéval, une abbaye en ruine, des passages secrets.

Alice was a hopeful young graduate student when, on a beautiful August night, her body was found in the woods. She'll always remember the night she was murdered. And she still suffers the grief and rage that destroyed her family. But what Alice regrets most is the last fight she had with her boyfriend, Enrico - and the fact that she never had the chance to tell him something that would have changed everything. A decade later, Enrico has returned to the provincial town where Alice lived and died, to sell his family home.

"Admirable texte", notait Dostoïevski dans son "Journal d'un écrivain" à propos de "La Marquise", où l'auteur "dépeint un jeune caractère féminin, droit, intègre, mais inexpérimenté, animé de cette fière chasteté qui ne se laisse pas effrayer ni ne peut être sali même par le contact avec le vice". Mariée trop tôt et mal, la Marquise reste, malgré son veuvage et sa beauté "désenchantée à jamais". "Je pris les hommes en aversion et en dégoût."

The Magnificent Century, the second volume of Costain's A History of the Plantagenets, covers Henry III's long and turbulent reign, from 1216 to 1272. During his lifetime Henry was frequently unpopular, unreliable and inconsistent. Yet his reign saw spectacular advancement in the arts, sciences...

"Je hais les voyages et les explorateurs", toute première phrase de l'ouvrage, affirme sans détour son rejet de l'exotisme comme porte vers le sensationnel. Il s'agit ici d'un voyage bien plus philosophique, retour sur les études de terrain qui ont formé son esprit d'ethnologue. Comment se positionner face à l'autre, face à des cultures aux structures si différentes ? Quelles sont les valeurs intrinsèques de l'Homme ?