Argus Books: 5 books

La Métaphysique est un ensemble de quatorze livres écrits par Aristote réunis uniquement après sa mort. Le titre Métaphysique n'est pas d'Aristote lui-même, mais a été donné par le bibliothécaire Andronicos de Rhodes, qui a rassemblé et organisé les livres. La Métaphysique constitue un...

Publicado em 1887, a obra retrata a classe média oitocentista, e seus problemas como: o casamento, as finanças, a juventude, heranças, intrigas, etc. Ainda que relevante, o personagem que dá título ao romance, é figura secundária dentro do enredo. O protagonista é Teobaldo, André, O Coruja,...

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole was an English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America.

The book begins: There was a certain window between the kitchen and the pantry that was Hamlet's favorite. Thirty years ago-these chronicles are of the year 1894-the basements of houses in provincial English towns, even of large houses owned by rich people, were dark, chill, odorful caverns hissing...

From The Jeremy Trilogy, this book is a wonderful reminder of the magic of childhood, without being overly sentimental or saccharine. A pity Walpole had no children, I think he would have been a wonderful father. Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884-1941), a 20th-century English novelist, had a large...