C. P. Snow
Homecomings
En Anglais – ‘Homecomings’ is the seventh in the ‘Strangers and Brothers’ series and sequel to ‘Time of Hope’. This complete story in its own right follows Lewis Eliot’s life through World War II. After his first wife’s death his work at the Ministry assumes a larger role. It is not until his second marriage that Eliot is able to commit himself emotionally.
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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. …
The black country
En Anglais – When members of a prominent family disappear from a coal-mining village—and a human eyeball is discovered in a bird’s nest—the local constable sends for help from Scotland Yard’s new Murder Squad. Fresh off the grisly 1889 murders of The Yard, Inspector Walter Day and Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith respond, but they have no idea what they’re about to get into. The villagers have intense, intertwined histories. Everybody bears a secret. Superstitions abound. And the village itself is slowly sinking into the mines beneath it. Not even the arrival of forensics pioneer Dr. Bernard Kingsley seems to help. In fact, the more the three of them investigate, the more they realize they may never be allowed to leave . . . .
Comme le temps passe
Roman du souvenir, de l enfance et de la tentation, de la séparation et du retour, Comme le temps passe, c est l histoire de deux enfants de Tolède qui deviennent adultes en France ; « l histoire de deux êtres qui peuvent se chercher, se perdre, se retrouver, sans jamais cesser d être faits l un pour l autre », disait Brasillach. Publié pour la première fois en 1937, Comme le temps passe est le roman le plus riche et le plus connu de Robert Brasillach, c est aussi le roman de la jeunesse en quête de bonheur, qui fuit et qui renaît tour à tour.
Le rosier de Madame Husson
Un ami du narrateur, très imbu de l’histoire locale, raconte l’anecdote suivante : Mme Husson, modèle de vertu de Gisors, s’est mis en tête de promouvoir la chasteté dans sa ville en couronnant une rosière. Mais aucune fille ne résiste à l’enquête de mœurs, aussi Mme Husson se rabat-elle sur l’esprit simple du village, Isidore, qui est couronné « rosier ». Or celui-ci utilise sa récompense pour s’encanailler à Paris.