Set in Victorian London, this is a tale of a spirited young innocent's unwilling but inevitable recruitment into a scabrous gang of thieves. Masterminded by the loathsome Fagin, the underworld crew features...
The Age of Innocence centers on one society couple's impending marriage and the introduction of a scandalous woman whose presence threatens their happiness. Though the novel questions the assumptions and mores...
Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two teenage "star-cross'd lovers" whose untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding households. It was among Shakespeare's...
Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's...
Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606. It is frequently performed at both amateur and professional levels,...
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by "The Knight's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, written around 1594 to 1596. It portrays the adventures of...
Julius Caesar is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It portrays the conspiracy against the Roman dictator of the same name, his assassination and its aftermath. It is one...
Othello, The Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare based on the short story "Moor of Venice" by Cinthio, believed to have been written in approximately 1603. The work revolves around four central...
King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606, and is considered one of his greatest works. The play is based on the legend of King Leir of Britain. It has...
The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Although classified as a comedy in the First Folio, and while it shares certain aspects with Shakespeare's...
Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to be written in 1599. It is based on the life of King Henry V of England, and focuses on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt...
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth is a history play by William Shakespeare, based on the life of Henry VIII of England. An alternative title, All is True, is recorded in contemporary documents,...
All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare, originally classified as a comedy, though now often counted as one of his problem plays, so-called because they cannot be easily classified as tragedy...
Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Life of Markus Antonius and follows the...
Le 6 janvier 1482, jour de la fête des Fous, on donne dans la grande salle du Palais de Justice de Paris un mystère du poète Gringoire, alors que sur le parvis de Notre-Dame danse la bohémienne Esmeralda....
Oeuvre immense, joyau du patrimoine littéraire national, riche en figures assimilées par notre imaginaire ou notre langue, c'est roman touffu mais d'une lecture aisée, populaire mais déroutant, qu'il faut...
À la bataille de Waterloo, Thénardier avait détroussé le colonel baron Pontmercy, tout en lui portant secours. Nous sommes en 1823. Jean Valjean a été repris et renvoyé au bagne. Il s'évade de nouveau,...
Apparaissent deux nouveaux personnages : Gavroche, fils de Thénardier, qui incarne le gamin de Paris, et Marius Pontmercy, fils du colonel de Waterloo. Marius rejoint un groupe d'étudiants républicains...
En 1832, Jean Valjean habite, avec Cosette, rue Plumet, Thénardier est en prison, sa fille Éponine, amoureuse de Marius, aide pourtant le jeune homme à retrouver la trace d'une jeune fille rencontrée au...
Soulevé, le peuple de Paris est symbolisé par les combattants de la barricade. Jean Valjean s'est vu confier la garde de l'inspecteur Javert, arrêté par les insurgés. Il feint de l'exécuter mais le libère,...
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