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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Wilde, Oscar

Publié en 2013

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Roman

How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young… If it was only the other way!' Wilde's first and only published novel recounts the story of handsome Dorian Gray who upon having his portrait painted desires that it will age and grow ugly while he may remain eternally beautiful. The painting, which reflects each of Gray's sins and transgressions in its hideousness, haunts him until it finally becomes unbearable. In this dark tale of duplicity and mortality, Wilde creates a world where art and reality collide.

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Gulliver’s Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Publié en 2013

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Roman

'I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.' Shipwrecked on the high seas, Lemuel Gulliver finds himself washed up on the strange island of Lilliput, a land inhabited by quarrelsome miniature people. On his travels he continues to meet others who force him to reflect on human behaviour - the giants of Brobdingnag, the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos. In this scathing satire on the politics and morals of the 18th Century, Swift's condemnation of society and its institutions still resonates today.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Beecher Stowe, Harriet

Publié en 2005

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Roman

Selling more than 300,000 copies the first year it was published, Stowe's powerful abolitionist novel fueled the fire of the human rights debate in 1852. Denouncing the institution of slavery in dramatic terms, the incendiary novel quickly draws the reader into the world of slaves and their masters. Stowe's characters are powerfully and humanly realized in Uncle Tom, a majestic and heroic slave whose faith and dignity are never corrupted; Eliza and her husband, George, who elude slave catchers and eventually flee a country that condones slavery; Simon Legree, a brutal plantation owner; Little Eva, who suffers emotionally and physically from the suffering of slaves; and fun-loving Topsy, Eva's slave playmate. Critics, scholars, and students are today revisiting this monumental work with a new objectivity, focusing on Stowe's compelling portrayal of women and the novel's theological underpinnings.

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Dracula

Stoker, Bram

Publié en 2016

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Fiction
Roman

‘We are in Transylvania; and Transylvania is not England. Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you many strange things.’ Earnest and naive solicitor Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to organise the estate of the infamous Count Dracula at his crumbling castle in the ominous Carpathian Mountains. Through notes and diary entries, Harker keeps track of the horrors and terrors that beset him at the castle, telling his fiancé Mina of the Count’s supernatural powers and his own imprisonment. Although Harker eventually manages to escape and reunite with Mina, his experiences have led to a mental breakdown of sorts. Meanwhile in England, Mina’s friend Lucy has been bitten and begins to turn into a vampire. With the help of Professor Van Helsing, a previous suitor of Lucy’s, Seward, and Lucy’s fiancé Holmwood attempt to thwart Count Dracula and his attempts on Lucy and consequently Mina’s life. Arguably the most enduring Gothic novel of the 19th Century, Bram Stoker’s Dracula is as chilling today in its depiction of the vampire world and its exploration of Victorian values as it was at its time of publication.

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Ça déménage classe 104 !

Piasecki, Jerry

Publié en 2001

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Fiction
Roman

illustrateur : Blanchin, Matthieu / collection : Bayard poche. / 143 p.

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Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs

Galland, Antoine

Publié en 1985 Gallimard

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Ali Baba vit très pauvrement : son unique bien se compose de trois ânes et, pour nourrir sa famille, il n'a d'autre ressource que d'aller couper du bois pour aller le vendre à la ville. Au cœur de la forêt, il surprend un jour une bande de voleurs occupés à déposer le fruit de leurs larcins dans une grotte. Ayant entendu le mot qui en commande l'entrée, il découvre un fabuleux trésor. Pour Ali Baba, c'est le début de la richesse... et des tracas !

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Légendes de la Vieille-amérique

Camus, William

Publié en 1984 Bordas

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Quinze légendes qui racontent les aventures des tribus Cheyenne, Iroquois, Navajo, Menomini...

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Contes et récits de l'histoire Carthage

Defrasne, Jean

Pocket

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Tout commence avec une reine phénicienne en fuite, tout s'achève dans les flammes et la désolation. Sur la mer, Carthage a construit un vaste empire qui va bientôt se heurter à Rome. Avec ses héros glorieux et malheureux, suivez les éléphants et partagez la poussière des batailles. Découvrez l'histoire et les richesses de Carthage.

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Contes sur moi

Boëche, Serge

Publié en 2008

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5 petits contes ou récits originaux pour traiter avec humour et affection quelques-uns des thèmes importants pour un jeune enfant. L'école des mamans (Relation mère-enfant). L'école des papas (Relation père-enfant). L'heure des mamans (Relation mère-enfant). L'heure des papas (Relation père-enfant). L'enfant pressé (Aménagement du temps scolaire)

illustrateur : Thuillier, Éléonore / collection : Lecture en tête. / 1 vol. (34 p.)

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Dix-neuf fables du roi lion

Muzi, Jean

Publié en 1984 Flammarion

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Dix-neuf fables dont le héros est le roi lion.

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Contes et légendes de Babylone et de Perse

Grimal, Pierre

Publié en 1962 Nathan

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Dix huit contes sur les dieux et les héros de Babylone et de Perse.

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Ricouquet

Grimm

Publié en 1977 Edito Georges Naef

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Ricouquet, un petit homme étrange, permet à la jolie meunière d'épouser le roi. En échange, elle doit lui donner son premier enfant.

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