Résumé
This volume contains the following 20 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names:Anonymous: “Beowulf”Anonymous: “The Epic of Gilgamesh”Barrie, J. M.: “Peter Pan”Baum, L. Frank: “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”Bulgakov, Mikhail: “The Master and Margarita”Burroughs, Edgar Rice: “A Princess of Mars”Burroughs, Edgar Rice: “Tarzan of the Apes”Carroll, Lewis: “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”Carroll, Lewis: “Through the Looking Glass”Chesterton, G. K.: “The Man Who Was Thursday”Dickens, Charles: “A Christmas Carol”Dunsany, Lord: “The King of Elfland’s Daughter”Eddison, E. R.: “The Worm Ouroboros”Howard, Robert E.: “The Hour of the Dragon”Howard, Robert E.: “Solomon Kane”MacDonald, George: “Phantastes”MacDonald, George: “The Princess and the Goblin”Malory, Thomas: “King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table”Ruskin, John: “The King of the Golden River”Twain, Mark: “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”
Auteur
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Né Charles Lutwidge Dogson, Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) est fils de pasteur. Il fait ses études à Oxford, où il devient professeur de mathématiques. Il étudie la médecine, mais s'intéresse aussi beaucoup au théâtre, au canotage et à la photographie. Il est l'auteur du célèbre récit Alice au pays des merveilles, suivi de À travers le miroir.
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Lyman Frank Baum (1856 - 1919) was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, one of the most popular books in American children's literature. He wrote thirteen Oz sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and scores of other works; 55 novels, 82 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, as well as many miscellaneous writings.
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David Lindsay (1876-1945) is a writer best known for his first novel, A Voyage to Arcturus. Published in 1920, it has been called "the greatest imaginative work of the twentieth century" (Colin Wilson), "a stupendous ontological fable" (E H Visiak), "a masterpiece... an extraordinary work" (Clive Barker), "that shattering, intolerable, and irresistible work" (C S Lewis), and "less a novel than it is private kabbalah" (Alan Moore). John Grant, in The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, called it "a masterpiece of allegorical fantasy".Lindsay himself said that as long as publishing existed he would have readers, however few, and has been proved right. A Voyage to Arcturus, and his subsequent novels The Haunted Woman (1922), Sphinx (1923), The Adventures of Monsieur de Mailly (1926) and Devil's Tor (1932) have found a growing audience of devotees, enabling his unpublished novels (The Violet Apple, and the unfinished The Witch) to be brought out in the 1970s. He has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Bulgarian, Russian, Japanese, Catalan, Romanian and Turkish.
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Charles Dickens was an English novelist and social critic known for creating iconic fictional characters. He is considered one of the greatest Victorian-era novelists. His works, such as "A Christmas Carol," "Oliver Twist," and "Great Expectations," are frequently adapted and evoke images of early Victorian London. Dickens drew inspiration from his own experiences, including his father's imprisonment for debt. He began his career as a journalist and writer in his early twenties, and his unique style and humor quickly gained him fame. Dickens was also known for his philanthropy and advocacy for social issues. He made a trip to the United States and Canada in 1842 and expressed his condemnation of slavery. Dickens's novels often depicted the struggles of the poor and disadvantaged, challenging societal norms and advocating for change. Despite some criticism of his sentimentality, Dickens's popularity remained strong, and he is regarded as one of the greatest British novelists. He left a lasting legacy, with museums and festivals dedicated to his life and works.
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Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), dont le véritable nom est Samuel Langhorne Clemens, est né dans la Missouri. Orphelin de père à l'âge de douze ans, il exerce plusieurs métiers : typographe, rédacteur dans un journal, pilote de bateau à vapeur sur le Mississipi. Ne voulant pas se battre au côté des sudistes pour le maintien de l'esclavage, il s'enfuit vers les montagnes du Névada et devient chercheur d'or. A partir de 1864, il exerce l'activité de reporter à San Francisco et se déplace en Europe en tant que correspondant de presse. Romancier, humoriste et essayiste, il décrira avec réalisme et sévérité la société américaine.
Auteur(s) : George MacDonald, Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, G. K. Chesterton, J. M. Barrie, David Lindsay, Robert E. Howard, Mikhaïl Bulgakov, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Charles Dickens, Lord Dunsany, Thomas Malory, Mark Twain, John Ruskin
Caractéristiques
Auteur(s) : George MacDonald, Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, G. K. Chesterton, J. M. Barrie, David Lindsay, Robert E. Howard, Mikhaïl Bulgakov, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Charles Dickens, Lord Dunsany, Thomas Malory, Mark Twain, John Ruskin
Publication : 16 septembre 2021
Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub]
Protection(s) : Aucune (ePub)
Taille(s) : 3,32 Mo (ePub)
EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9789897788925
