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This is a diverting delight, a window on romance in literature. There are high lovers and low lovers, tragic lovers, comic lovers, and lovers who shouldn’t be doing what they are doing at all and certainly not then and there. There is even Fanny Hill trying not to discover what physical love is about when set upon by an old roué who has paid for the privilege. Though of special interest for lovers and their special lover’s day of St. Valentine, it is an amusing and sometimes surprising collection.

Amor y traicion en la antigua Cartago. Mientras las hordas romanas asedian y esperan el momento de invadir Cartago, la sacerdotisa del templo de la diosa Tanit, Salambo, ama y es amada. Ella es la hija de Amilcar, el gran general cartagines y para recobrar el perdido velo que ha caido en manos del adversario, tiene que entregarse al general enemigo, que por Salambo olvida patria y honor.

Ein Klassiker der Weltliteratur über eine junge Frau auf der vergeblichen Suche nach Glück und Liebe.Die schöne junge Emma heiratet den Landarzt Charles Bovary, doch das Landleben und ihr Mann langweilen sie schon bald und erste Anzeichen einer Depression zeichnen sich ab. Sie flüchtet in die Literatur und teure Käufe, die ihr immer mehr zum Verhängnis werden. Dann beginnt sie eine Affäre mit dem Grundbesitzer Rodolphe, doch der Abwärtsstrudel ist auf lange Sicht nicht aufzuhalten.

Emma Bovary is the original desperate housewife. Beautiful but bored, Emma is not content to be the mere dutiful wife of a French country doctor. She believes she was meant for something more—a life of luxury, leisure, and, above all, true and passionate love. She spends lavishly on clothes and on her home and throws herself headlong into a reckless series of doomed affairs. Soon heartbroken and crippled by debts, she takes drastic action, with tragic consequences for her husband and daughter.

Madame Bovary is at once an unsparing depiction of a woman's gradual corruption and a savagely ironic study of human shallowness and stupidity. Neither Emma, nor her lovers, nor Homais, the man of science, escapes the author's searing castigation, and it is the book's final profound irony that only Charles, Emmaï¿¿ï¿¿ï¿¿s oxlike, eternally deceived husband, emerges with a measure of human grace through his stubborn and selfless love.

Madame Bovary è il romanzo più famoso di Gustave Flaubert. Pubblicato nel 1856...

"The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitalier" is a short story by French writer Gustave Flaubert, one of the great masters of literary style and aesthetics. Saint Julian is predicted at birth to do great things, but a growing hatred takes root in him, leading him to seek a way to escape a destiny which seems more and more likely to be terrible. "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitalier" is an inspiring tale of perseverance and humility, one of Flaubert's most touching short stories with a religious theme.

"1100 Quotations from the Great French Writers of the 19th Century" is a wonderful collection of wit and wisdom from some of the greatest French writers ever. From Guy de Maupassant and Honoré de Balzac to Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas, this carefully crafted collection is guaranteed to inspire and entertain. Ideal for those needing a dose of encouragement. These French literary giants are responsible for some of the worlds most famous works, including "The Three Musketeers", "Les Misérables", "Madame Bovary" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame".

Una mujer en busca de un ideal inalcanzable. Flaubert logro en su retrato de Madame Bovary una de las mayores creaciones de toda la literatura, por que mostro un personaje universal, una mujer nunca satisfecha y cuyo errado ideal la lleva al adulterio y a su propia destruccion.

"Un cœur simple", "La Légende de saint Julien l'Hospitalier" et "Hérodias", composent les Trois contes de Gustave Flaubert, soit sa dernière production romanesque achevée et une de ses plus brillantes. "Un cœur simple" raconte la vie de Félicité, fille de campagne, devenue servante de la petite bourgeoisie locale. Dévote et mystique, elle finit par s'attacher de manière démesurée à un perroquet. "La Légende de saint Julien l'Hospitalier" retrace la vie d'un jeune homme, Julien, qui se voit prédire par un cerf qu'il tuera ses parents.

Emma Bovary's quest for love and romance leads her deeper and deeper into financial trouble and moral degradation.

Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Charles Bovary. He's happy for the first time in his life - but Emma is distraught that her marriage lacks the passion and romance of her fantasies. Dazzled by the splendour of a marquis’ ball, she longs for excitement and soon becomes infatuated with a young solicitor, Léon Dupuis. But when Dupuis moves away, her memories of him lead her to despair - and into the arms of wealthy landowner Rodolphe Boulanger. As she moves from one illicit liaison to another, Emma’s complicated life begins to unravel.

Ce titre est composé de 100 citations de grands auteurs français. L'intérêt des citations ? Elles permettent de justifier les affirmations que nous avançons, avec l'appui de grands écrivains. Les citations sont aussi un moyen de fixer durablement dans notre mémoire la pensée d'un auteur, ou la beauté d'un texte.

"Herodias", "Dance of death" and "The Legend of Saint Julian The Hospitalier" : 3 French short stories by Gustave Flaubert. "Herodias" is a reworking of the tale of Salomé and John the Baptist. "Dance of Death" is a prose poem in which Death laments over the cruel task God has given him. "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitalier" is an inspiring tale of perseverance and humility, one of Flaubert's most touching short stories.

"Herodias" is a short story by Gustave Flaubert, one of the great masters of French literature. It is a reworking of the tale of Salomé and John the Baptist, in which faith and cruelty are blended in a deadly dance culminating in tragedy. A stylistic masterpiece, with orientalist sensuality and an inspired dive into religious fervor, this short story brings the ancient era to the most colorful possible life.

De 1840 à 1867, la vie fait L'éducation sentimentale de Frédéric Moreau et de toute une jeunesse idéaliste qui a préparé dans la fièvre la révolution de 1848. Le roman s'ouvre sur des rêves exaltés et s'achève sur la médiocrité des uns et des autres. Entre temps, la vie s'est écoulée autour de Frédéric, qui semble n'avoir pas plus participé aux mutations de son temps qu'à l'édifice de sa propre destinée potentielle. Au cours de cette existence, Madame Arnoux, dont les apparitions sont autant de surgissements mystiques, tient lieu au jeune homme d'absolu insaisissable.

Eines der großen Werke der Weltliteratur. Dank seiner erzählerischen Radikalität ist dieser epochemachende Roman heute so brisant wie bei seinem Erscheinen im Jahre 1857, als er in Frankreich für Furore sorgte. "Eine Revolution in der Literatur. Das Leben selbst erschien. Man konnte glauben, dass selbst die leblosen Dinge aufstünden, als hätte eine unsichtbare Schöpferkraft sie beschworen." (Guy de Maupassant) Walter Andreas Schwarz liest die Geschichte um Emma Bovary, eine der eine der faszinierendsten Frauen der Weltliteratur.

Cuando la joven y bella Emma Rouault accede a casarse con Charles Bovary confía en que su vida se convierta en una novela romántica como las que devora sin parar. Sin embargo, la cruda y monótona realidad de su día a día la hunde en una perpetua depresión de la que sólo es capaz de salir espoleada por amantes esporádicos que oculta a su esposo. Pero la incapacidad para mantener a estos amantes a su lado y el regreso constante a la monotonía y el aburrimiento convertirán la esperada novela romántica de Madame Bovary en una tragedia.

Questo romanzo di Gustave Flaubert, fu scritto dal 1864 al 1869. Il progetto del romanzo prevedeva un lavoro a metà strada fra il romanzo sentimentale e quello dei costumi parigini, per fornire al lettore un quadro sulla storia morale della sua generazione.[1] La critica moderna inserisce questo romanzo tra gli esempi più convincenti del romanzo ottocentesco,[1] sottolineando lo stile fluido, le novità tecniche e grammaticali che lo hanno contraddistinto.Cornice musicale: Funerale di una marionetta, di Gounod.

In diesem Jugendroman Gustave Flauberts erinnert sich der Ich-Erzähler nach einem langen Novemberspaziergang durch die Natur an die Zeit seiner Jugend...