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Raymond Williams
Culture and Society – 1780-1950
En Anglais – Acknowledged as perhaps the masterpiece of materialist criticism in the English language, this omnibus ranges over British literary history from George Eliot to George Orwell to inquire about the complex ways economic reality shapes the imagination.
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Undermajordomo minor
En Anglais – Lucy Minor is the resident odd duck in the hamlet of Bury. He is a compulsive liar, a sickly weakling in a town famous for begetting brutish giants. Then Lucy accepts employment assisting the majordomo of the remote, foreboding Castle Von Aux. While tending to his new post as undermajordomo, he soon discovers the place harbours many dark secrets, not least of which is the whereabouts of the castle's master, Baron Von Aux. Thus begins a tale of polite theft, bitter heartbreak, domestic mystery, and cold-blooded murder. Undermajordomo Minor is an ink-black comedy of manners, an adventure, and a mystery, and a searing portrayal of rural Alpine bad behaviour, but above all it is a love story. And Lucy must be careful, for love is a violent thing.
Adam Runaway
En Anglais – « It is 1721 and young Adam Hanaway, devastated by his father’s sudden death, leaves England to seek his fortune in Lisbon, where his uncle is a successful merchant. But almost nothing turns out as Adam planned. His family’s welcome is cool, and Adam’s rise to the top is thwarted by Bartolomeu Gomes, his uncle’s treacherous clerk. » « As Adam attempts to overcome these obstacles he is handicapped by a certain personal trait. Not, he insists, that he is a coward exactly, but he is inclined to boldly put himself in dangerous situations and then at the last minute run away from them – hence the nickname given to him by friends who had observed this failing once too often. » « While Adam’s mother and sisters wait in England for him to rescue them from poverty, Adam is preoccupied with more compelling women: the beautiful, older half-Portuguese lady Maria Beatriz Hutchinson; the spoiled, rich Gabriella Lowther; and his charming young cousin Nancy. But Adam commits a social faux pas so severe he forever ruins his chances for making a good match – yet no one dares tell him what he has done wrong! » « Adam certainly has a lot to learn. …
Il poeta
En italien – Jack McEvoy fa il reporter di nera. La morte è il suo mestiere. Ma questa volta la morte gli porta una storia che non avrebbe mai voluto scrivere e un mistero che vuole risolvere a tutti i costi. Là fuori, in agguato, c'è un serial killer astuto e feroce, un perverso assassino, un meticoloso discepolo del male. Le sue vittime sono tutte poliziotti, agenti della omicidi. E il suo biglietto da visita è un verso di Edgar Allan Poe. La sua vittima è stata il fratello di McEvoy e la sua prossima… potrebbe essere lui stesso.
Les années d’illusion
S’il obtient ce poste de secrétaire de mairie que sa mère ambitionne pour lui, Duncan Stirling sait qu’il restera à jamais enterré à Levenford alors qu’il rêve d’être médecin. Le poste lui échappe, car sa rude fierté écossaise l’empêche de courber l’échine devant le Conseil municipal, et sa mère le chasse, mais il est libre enfin d’aller tenter sa chance à St Andrews pour une bourse d’étude et, en chemin, au village de Linton, il se lie avec le docteur Murdoch et sa fille Jeanne dont l’amitié lui sera précieuse. Il faut cinq ans pour conquérir le titre de médecin. Cinq ans de luttes et de pauvreté qui déboucheront sur quel avenir puisqu’il a un bras atrophié par la poliomyélite ? Son camarade d’enfance et rival Overton le lui rappelle sans ménagement. Cet- obstacle-là n’existe bientôt plus. La chirurgienne célèbre Anna Geisler l’opère, le guérit, le prend comme assistant. La voie est tracée vers la revanche que Duncan compte depuis toujours prendre sur Overton, sur l’existence même, une voie austère jalonnée de hautes responsabilités et d’honneurs. Mais est-ce un but qui en vaut vraiment la peine ? Toutes ces années de travail acharné n’ont-elles pas été des années d’illusion ? Un jour, la question se pose et Duncan devra trouver la réponse.