The Gun Philip K. Dick http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3995 en 1952 Short Fiction Science Fiction Nothing moved or stirred. Everything was silent, dead. Only the gun showed signs of life ... and the trespassers had wrecked that for all time. The return journey to pick up the treasure would be a cinch ... they smiled. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3995.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3995.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3995.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3995.mobi L'Assommoir Emile Zola http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3963 en 1877 Novels L'Assommoir (1877) is the seventh novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. Usually considered one of Zola's masterpieces, the novel—a harsh and uncompromising study of alcoholism and poverty in the working-class districts of Paris—was a huge commercial success and established Zola's fame and reputation throughout France and the world. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3963.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3963.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3963.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3963.mobi The Fat and the Thin Emile Zola http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3954 en 1873 Novels English translation of "Le Ventre de Paris" http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3954.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3954.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3954.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3954.mobi The Death of Olivier Becaille Emile Zola http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3325 en 1880 Short Fiction It was on a Saturday, at six in the morning, that I died after a three days' illness. My wife was searching a trunk for some linen, and when she rose and turned she saw me rigid, with open eyes and silent pulses. She ran to me, fancying that I had fainted, touched my hands and bent over me. Then she suddenly grew alarmed, burst into tears and stammered: "My God, my God! He is dead!" http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3325.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3325.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3325.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3325.mobi Captain Burle Emile Zola http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3324 en 1880 Short Fiction It was nine o'clock. The little town of Vauchamp, dark and silent, had just retired to bed amid a chilly November rain. In the Rue des Recollets, one of the narrowest and most deserted streets of the district of Saint-Jean, a single window was still alight on the third floor of an old house, from whose damaged gutters torrents of water were falling into the street. Mme Burle was sitting up before a meager fire of vine stocks, while her little grandson Charles pored over his lessons by the pale light of a lamp. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3324.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3324.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3324.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3324.mobi The Miller's Daughter Emile Zola http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3323 en 1880 Short Fiction At dawn a clamor of voices shook the mill. Pere Merlier opened the door of Francoise's chamber. She went down into the courtyard, pale and very calm. But there she could not repress a shiver as she saw the corpse of a Prussian soldier stretched out on a cloak beside the well. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3323.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3323.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3323.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3323.mobi Thérèse Raquin Emile Zola http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3310 en 1867 Novels Thérèse Raquin is a novel by Émile Zola, first published in 1867. It was originally published in serial format in the journal L'Artiste. It was published in book format in December of the same year. In 1873, Zola turned Thérèse Raquin into a play. Thérèse Raquin tells the story of a young woman, unhappily married to her first cousin by a well-intentioned and overbearing aunt. Her cousin, Camille, is sickly and selfish, and when the opportunity arises, Thérèse enters into a tragic affair with one of Camille's friends, Laurent. In his preface, Zola explains that his goal in this novel was to "study temperaments and not characters" and he compares the novel to a scientific study. Because of this detached and scientific approach, Thérèse Raquin is considered an example of Naturalism. From Wikipedia http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3310.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3310.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3310.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3310.mobi Nana Emile Zola http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3314 en 1880 Novels Nana is a novel by the French naturalist author Émile Zola. Completed in 1880, Nana is the ninth installment in the 20-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series, which was to tell "The Natural and Social History of a Family under the Second Empire." The novel was an immediate success. Le Voltaire, the French newspaper that was to publish it in installments from October 1879 on, had launched a gigantic advertising campaign, raising the curiosity of the reading public to a fever pitch. When Charpentier finally published Nana in book form in February 1880, the first edition of 55,000 copies was sold out in one day. Flaubert and Edmond de Goncourt were full of praise for Nana. On the other hand, a part of the non-reading public, spurred on by some critics, reacted to the book with outrage. While the novel is held up as a fine example of writing, it is not especially true to Zola's touted naturalist philosophy; instead, it is one of the most symbolically complex of his novels, setting it apart from the earthy "realism" of L'Assommoir or the more brutal "realism" of La Terre (1887). However, it was a great deal more authentic than most contemporary novels about the demimonde. Nana is especially noted for the crowd scenes, of which there are many, in which Zola proves himself a master of capturing the incredible variety of people. Whereas in his other novels -- notably Germinal (1885) -- he gives the reader an amazingly complete picture of surroundings and the lives of characters, from the first scene we are to understand that this novel treads new ground. Flaubert summed up the novel in one perfect sentence: Nana tourne au mythe, sans cesser d'être réelle. (Nana turns into myth, without ceasing to be real.) From Wikipedia http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3314.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3314.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3314.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3314.mobi Nisida Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1289 urn:isbn:141912840X en 1840 History http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1289.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1289.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1289.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1289.mobi The Marquise de Ganges Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1286 en 1840 History http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1286.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1286.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1286.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1286.mobi Vaninka Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1292 urn:isbn:140695148X en 1840 History http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1292.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1292.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1292.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1292.mobi Marquise Brinvillier Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1284 en 1840 History http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1284.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1284.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1284.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1284.mobi Derues Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1254 urn:isbn:1576468054 en 1840 History http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1254.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1254.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1254.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1254.mobi The Cenci Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1252 urn:isbn:1576468011 en 1840 History http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1252.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1252.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1252.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1252.mobi Karl Ludwig Sand Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1275 urn:isbn:1576468046 en 1840 History http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1275.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1275.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1275.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1275.mobi La Constantin Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1276 urn:isbn:1576468054 en 1840 History http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1276.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1276.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1276.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1276.mobi Countess de Saint-Geran Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1253 urn:isbn:1576468070 en 1840 History http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1253.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1253.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1253.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1253.mobi Louise de la Valliere Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3600 urn:isbn:019953845X en 1849 Novels History Romance Adventure The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is the third and last of the d'Artagnan Romances following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After. It appeared first in serial form between 1847 and 1850. Louise de la Valliere is the third volume. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3600.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3600.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3600.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3600.mobi Joan of Naples Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1255 en 1840 History http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1255.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1255.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1255.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1255.mobi Murat Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1288 urn:isbn:1576468070 en 1840 History http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1288.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1288.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1288.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1288.mobi Martin Guerre Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1287 urn:isbn:1406951447 en 1840 History http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1287.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1287.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1287.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1287.mobi Urbain Grandier Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1290 urn:isbn:1576468046 en 1840 History http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1290.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1290.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1290.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1290.mobi The Vicomte of Bragelonne Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3588 urn:isbn:0199538476 en 1847 Novels History Romance Adventure The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is the third and last of the d'Artagnan Romances following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After. It appeared first in serial form between 1847 and 1850. The Vicomte of Bragelonne is the first volume of this work relating the events of 1660. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3588.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3588.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3588.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3588.mobi Ali Pacha Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1247 urn:isbn:1576468070 en 1840 History http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1247.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1247.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1247.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1247.mobi Ten Years Later Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3596 urn:isbn:1605896160 en 1848 Novels History Romance Adventure The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is the third and last of the d'Artagnan Romances following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After. It appeared first in serial form between 1847 and 1850. Ten Years Later is the second volume. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3596.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3596.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3596.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3596.mobi The Black Tulip Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/118 urn:isbn:0199540462 en 1850 Novels Adventure http://www.feedbooks.com/book/118.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/118.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/118.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/118.mobi Twenty Years After Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3586 urn:isbn:0192838431 en 1845 Novels History Romance Adventure The fantastic adventures of the Three Musketeers continue - starting with an intrigue surrounding D'Artagnan who has, for twenty years, remained a lieutenant. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3586.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3586.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3586.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3586.mobi The Man in the Iron Mask Alexandre Dumas http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3601 urn:isbn:0192838423 en 1850 Novels History Romance Adventure The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is the third and last of the d'Artagnan Romances following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After. It appeared first in serial form between 1847 and 1850. The Man in the Iron Mask is the fourth and final volume. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3601.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3601.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3601.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3601.mobi