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In the summer of 1754, deep in the wilderness of western Pennsylvania, a very young George Washington suffered his first military defeat, and a centuries-old feud between Great Britain and France was rekindled. The war that followed, which one historian called truly the first world war, would decide the fate of the entire North American continent--not just between Great Britain and France, but for the Spanish and the Native Americans as well. Fought...
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The NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography, key dates and suggestions for further reading) and the complete text, uncluttered with footnotes. The translations, by leading experts in the field, are...
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Selected poems from the critically acclaimed author of Submission and The Elementary Particles
A shimmering selection of poems chosen from four collections of one of France's most exciting authors, Unreconciled shines a fresh light on Michel Houellebecq and reveals the radical singularity of his work. Drawing on themes that are similar to the ones in his novels, these poems are a journey into the depths of individual experience and universal passions.
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A magician conjures a dramatic adventure of romance and intrigue in this seventeenth-century French tragicomedy by the author of Le Cid.
In Pierre Corneille's sparkling play, The Theatre of Illusion, magicians, lovers, and heroes prove that all the world truly is a stage. First performed in 1636, it was pioneering in its use of meta-theatrical storytelling. It then vanished from the stage for the next three-hundred years, to be revived in 1937 at...
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Escrito en prosa hace más de ciento cincuenta años, este Poema del hachís es un desborde a la noción de género, una mezcla entre ensayo científico, poesía y testimonio. Baudelaire investiga de forma erudita y lucida sobre los orígenes del hachís, su uso espiritual y recreativo, y sobre todo las alteraciones que genera en la conciencia. Se trata de una invitación a pensar el consumo como una forma de conocimiento, una excitación de la imaginación,...
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La serie de libros "7 mejores cuentos" presenta los grandes nombres de la literatura en lengua española.
En este volumen traemos a Guy de Maupassant, un escritor francés, autor principalmente de cuentos, aunque escribió seis novelas. Su prosa tiene la virtud de ser sencilla pero directa, sin artificios. Sus historias, variopintas, transmiten con una fidelidad absoluta la sociedad de su época. Pero lo que más lo caracteriza es lo impersonal de...
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This easy French mystery includes a story in French, a complete English translation, and tons of fun exercises.
Chapitre 1Il est quatre heures quinze de l'après-midi quand j'arrive dans la rue Saint-Jacques. Je remarque tout de suite qu'il se passe quelque chose de bizarre. Deux voitures de police et une ambulance bloquent la rue. Je m'approche d'un des policiers et je lui demande en français :- Excusez-moi. Je vais au 178 rue Saint-Jacques. Est-ce...
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DigiCat presents to you this meticulously edited collection of the greatest classics of French literature: A History of French Literature François Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel Molière: Tartuffe or the Hypocrite The Misanthrope The Miser The Imaginary Invalid The Impostures of Scapin… Jean Racine: Phaedra Pierre Corneille: The Cid Voltaire: Candide Zadig Micromegas The Huron A Philosophical Dictionary… Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Confessions...
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In this book, the first in a trilogy, Helen, an energetic American woman, decides to learn French to get her brain working. For Helen, learning French is not easy, but it's an exciting adventure!
Reading a book in French can be difficult, even for advanced students. This fun novel, written in easy French, contains grammar exercises and a complete English translation. It's the perfect book to improve your French! It's recommended for both students...
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Welcome to "Mastering French: A Comprehensive Guide to Learning the Language." This book is designed to be your companion on the exciting journey of learning French. Whether you're a beginner or have some prior knowledge, this guide will provide you with a structured and effective approach to mastering the language. By following the step-by-step instructions, engaging in practice exercises, and immersing yourself in the French language and culture,...
12) Around Proust
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A study in obsession, Marcel Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu is seemingly a self-sufficient universe of remarkable internal consistency and yet is full of complex, gargantuan digressions. Richard Goodkin follows the dual spirit of the novel through highly suggestive readings of the work in its interactions with music, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and cinema, and such literary genres as epic, lyric poetry, and tragedy. In exploring this fascinating...
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Musaicum Books presents to you a meticulously edited Human Comedy collection.
Contents:
The Ball at Sceaux
The Purse
Vendetta
A Second Home
Domestic Peace
Paz
Study of a Woman
Another Study of Woman
The Grand Breteche
Albert Savarus
Letters of Two Brides
A Daughter of Eve
A Woman of Thirty
The Deserted Woman
La Grenadiere
The Message
Gobseck
The Marriage Contract
A Start in Life
Modeste Mignon
Beatrix
Honorine
Colonel Chabert
The Atheist's Mass
Pierre...
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Durante un año, aproximadamente, sin una regularidad fija, Frédéric-Yves Jeannet le envió a Annie Ernaux una serie de preguntas y reflexiones. En sus respuestas, la autora de «La mujer helada» y «Los años» se esfuerza por rendir cuentas de una praxis de escritura iniciada décadas atrás, por describir su manera de trabajar, por hacer explícitas las «razones» de sus textos. La presente edición incorpora dos nuevos capítulos que amplían...
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Musaicum Books presents to you a meticulously edited Balzac collection:
The Human Comedy:
Scenes From Private Life:
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
The Ball at Sceaux
The Purse
Vendetta
Madame Firmiani
A Second Home
Domestic Peace
Paz
Study of a Woman
Another Study of Woman
The Grand Breteche
Albert Savarus
Letters of Two Brides
A Daughter of Eve
A Woman of Thirty
The Deserted Woman
La Grenadiere
The Message
Gobseck
The Marriage Contract
A Start...
16) À fleur de terre
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Jean-Pierre Fabien est né à Montréal en 1955. Il est biologiste et a enseigné l'écologie au secondaire pendant 25 ans tout en favorisant l'approche terrain avec ses élèves afin d'établir un réel contact avec la nature. En 2005, il quitte l'enseignement afin d'offrir son soutien aux écoles d'éducation internationale à titre de professionnel. En 1990, il devient cofondateur du CORDEM, un club d'ornithologie dont le siège social est situé...
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An essential, vibrant collection of masterful translations by one of the finest poets at work today
Collected French Translations: Prose, the second volume in a landmark two-volume selection of John Ashbery's translations, focuses on prose writing. Ashbery's own prose writings and engagement with prose writers-through translations, essays, and criticism-have had a profound impact on the cultural landscape of the past half century. This book presents...
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John Gregg is Assistant Professor of French at Indiana University, Bloomington.
In this book, the first in English devoted exclusively to Maurice Blanchot, John Gregg examines the problematic interaction between the two forms of discourse, critical and fictional, that comprise this writer's hybrid oeuvre. The result is a lucid introduction to the thought of one of the most important figures on the French intellectual scene of the past half-century.
Gregg...
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Confronting Evil: The Psychology of Secularization in Modern French Literature holds that the concept of evil is central to the psychology of secularism. Drawing on notions of secularization as a phenomenon of ambivalence or dualism in which religion continues to exist alongside secularity in exerting influence on modern French thought, author Scott M. Powers enlists psychoanalytic theory on mourning and sublimation, the philosophical concept of the...
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Translation and the Arts in Modern France sits at the intersection of transposition, translation, and ekphrasis, finding resonances in these areas across periods, places, and forms. Within these contributions, questions of colonization, subjugation, migration, and exile connect Benin to Brittany, and political philosophy to the sentimental novel and to film. Focusing on cultural production from 1830 to the present and privileging French culture, the...
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