Joseph Kessel: 5 books

Œuvre en extraits longs, en lien avec le thème « Agir dans la société » du nouveau programme de français en 3e. Résumé Dans un roman construit comme un thriller, Joseph Kessel retrace le parcours de ces hommes et de ces femmes – incarnés ici par Philippe Gerbier, Le Bison, Lemasque,...

Severine Serizy is a wealthy and beautiful Parisian housewife. She loves her husband, but she cannot share physical intimacy with him, and her vivid sadomasochistic fantasies drive her to seek employment at a brothel. By day, she enacts her customers' wildest fantasies under the pseudonym “Belle...

THIS IS THE TRUTH, THOUGH THE FORM IS FICTION… The terrible and inspiring truth about the French underground, the way it’s men and women operate, fight, die, a story full of nobility, heroism, and brutal violence. First published in its English translation in 1944, this is the fictionalized...

The crew of a French reconnaissance plane during WW1 consisted of just two men: a pilot and an observer. Two such men are Jean Herbillon and Claude Maury. Herbillon's dreams of glory as an air ace have been dashed after only a few months at the front; Maury suffers from a broken heart--his only hope...

Felix Kersten, physician to the high-demon of the Third Reich, Heinrich Himmler could alleviate Himmler’s severe stomach pains with his hands using massage and manipulation. In return, Kersten bargained with Himmler to order the release of innocent prisoners condemned to die. It is an amazing...