Sagas Classics

Tragisch, berührend und manchmal urkomisch – diese Sammlung ist eine Schatzkiste der Literatur. In den meisterhaften Erzählungen schließt ein schlauer Kater Pakte mit dem Stadthexenmeister, ungleiche Liebespaare finden sich, und eine Verwechslung bringt das Leben eines ganzen Dorfes durcheinander. Die Sammlung mit Geschichten von Theodor Fontane, Theodor Storm, Gottfried Keller und Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ist nicht nur für kalte Winterabende genau das Richtige.

Trois petits cochons décident de devenir indépendants, de vivre leur propre vie, et par conséquent de vivre seuls, comme des grands ! Le premier petit cochon se construit une maison faite de paille, le deuxième une maison en brindilles, et le troisième une maison en briques et en ciment. C'est alors que surgit le grand méchant loup, dévoré par l'envie de détruire les maisons des petits cochons.

L'Île du docteur Moreau est un roman de science-fiction écrit par H. G. Wells. Unique survivant d'un naufrage, Edward Prendick est secouru par Montgomery et son équipe, passagers d'un navire faisant route vers une île tropicale avec une cargaison d'animaux. Montgomery est l'assistant du docteur Moreau, un scientifique obsédé par la vivisection et la transfusion sanguine.

Le Tour d'écrou est une nouvelle fantastique d'Henry James. Le narrateur assiste à la lecture du journal d'une gouvernante. La jeune femme a été engagée par un riche célibataire pour veiller sur ses neveu et nièce, Flora et Miles. Orphelins, ceux-ci vivent dans une vaste propriété isolée à la campagne.

Life in Alpha World has been a blessing for Alburet, more then he had ever thought it could be, and still more then he thinks he deserves at times. With allies and friends all around him, and the love of three beautiful, unique women, he knows that this might be the best life has to offer. But all of life has complications, and his are many and varied. A quest from the Overlord requires he level as quickly as he can for the "End Game", or risk losing all the happiness he has found.

"The 120 Days of Sodom" is "the most impure tale that has ever been told since our world began". It was written by the Marquis de Sade, a french noble man, in the space of 37 days, while imprisoned in the famous parisian Bastille. Fearing confiscation, the Marquis de Sade, Donatien-Alphonse-François, had to write it on a continuous roll of paper, made up of small pieces glued together. The original manuscript is now on display in Paris, and is the third most expensive kept in France, insured for 12 million euros.

Le dernier roman de plus connues des autrices anglaises, qui a inspiré la nouvelle série Netflix avec Dakota Johnson, Henry Golding et Cosmo Jarvis. Anne Elliot est la deuxième fille de Sir Walter Elliot et le membre le plus sensée de sa famille. À 19 ans, Anne est convaincue qu'il lui vaut mieux rejeter la demande en mariage du jeune homme qu'elle aime, car ce ne serait pas un mariage convenable. Huit ans plus tard, les circonstances ont changé et quand Frederick Wentworth refait apparition dans sa vie, les vieux sentiments d'Anne refont surface.

This bundle contains audiobooks five and six of the Vampire World Saga: The Savage War and The Savage End.

"C'était surtout en hiver qu'on nous enfermait de bonne heure; il fallait attendre quatre heures au moins avant que tout le monde fût endormi, aussi était-ce un tumulte, un vacarme de rires, de jurons, de chaînes qui sonnaient, une vapeur infecte, une fumée épaisse, un brouhaha de têtes rasées, de fronts stigmatisés, d'habits en lambeaux, tout cela encanaillé, dégoûtant; oui, l'homme est un animal vivace! on pourrait le définir: un être qui s'habitue à tout, et ce serait peut-être là la meilleure définition qu'on en ait donnée."

Marius Winter doesn't walk the road of the shaman-warrior alone. He has powerful allies in the Other Realms and in ordinary reality. His spirit guides are a Lakota war-chief and medicine man, First in Front; Tigre, a powerful feminine spirit who appears as a white tiger; and Burt, a spirit raven who channels an old Jewish bookie from the Bronx. Now, Marius is targeted by a powerful sorcerer. In the battle for the souls of his friends and lover, he must storm the gates of the underworld and fight through the Seven Demi-Demons of Hell to the deepest dungeons to confront Belial himself.

One of the greatest novels of the 19th century. Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.

Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning masterpiece with an introduction written and read by Jacqueline Woodson, just in time for its 40th Anniversary! Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and...

The Man of Property, the first novel in Galsworthy's epic social satire The Forsyte Saga, introduces us to Soames Forsyte, a solicitor and prominent man of his important family. Accustomed to getting whatever he wants, he sets his sights with absolute determination on the beautiful Irene in spite of her pennilessness and her indifference to him.

When horror author Thad McAlister began his latest novel, a tale rooted in the witch trials of centuries past, the words flowed effortlessly. The story poured forth, filling page after page with the most frightening character ever to crawl from his imagination. It was his greatest work, one that would guarantee him a position among the legends of the craft.

16 years of peace and prosperity have passed since Lord Otori Takeo united the Three Countries. Takeo and his beloved consort, Kaede, have three daughters and a happy family life. Their success has attracted the attention of the distant Emperor and his general, the warlord Saga Hideki, who covet the wealth of the Countries. Meanwhile, the violent acts and betrayals of the past will not lie buried, and other secrets will not stay hidden. Everything that Takeo and Kaede have achieved is threatened.

Discover a new version of Marquis de Sade's most famous and outrageous masterpieces: "Philosophy in the Bedroom" (La philosophie dans le boudoir), "Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue" and "The 120 Days of Sodom". "Philosophy in the Bedroom" (La philosophie dans le boudoir) was written in 1795 by the Marquis de Sade, while imprisoned in the Bastille. It is a work of extreme pornography, laced with socio-political subversion. The main characters are libertines, who decided to give a young maiden their own brand of sex education.

In Mountolive, the third volume in Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet, the events surrounding the interwoven community of Nessim, Justine, Narouz, Pursewarden and the other major characters are given a very different perspective. The intrigues and complex relationships are seen through the political prism of a world plunging toward war. David Mountolive, once emotionally involved with Nessim’s set, now returns to Egypt as the British ambassador....

Published in two volumes a decade apart, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age and perhaps the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, it regularly appears at the top of lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published.

While Stavros moves to take over Lars’s throne, the war for the entire kingdom begins. However, this is no ordinary war against Seelie or Unseelie. The real enemy is the most powerful object in the world: The Stone of Fail. Lars isn’t the only one the stone wants. Zoey Daniels is next on its list. And the stone will do whatever it takes to finally get the girl. With a battle on all sides and lives of those they love threatened, fae, humans, Druids, pixies, and a certain sprite-monkey will have to come together to save the true King, along with the world, from destruction.

Anne et le désormais « docteur » Gilbert Blythe découvrent leur premier foyer : une ­adorable maison nichée entre la baie de Four Winds, un fabuleux rivage de rochers ocre et un bois de sapins murmurants. Entre les crêtes argentées, les embruns et la musique des vagues, Anne va faire de précieuses rencontres : Mademoiselle Cornelia et ses opinions tranchées, le merveilleux Capitaine Jim et ses mille histoires, et Leslie Moore, une beauté aussi froide que fascinante.