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Every day is a new beginning and not a mere repetition of the previous day. Hence each day should be spent wisely and fruitfully. As today's life is becoming hectic and busy, we are prone to illnesses and mental disturbances. Therefore, now, more than ever in the past, we need to spend few minutes...

Et, cette nuit, cette nuit où elle sent Rouletabille quelque part, autour d'elle… voilà, vraiment, qu'elle est moins inquiète… et pourtant les policiers ne sont plus là !… Aurait-il raison, ce petit ?… Il est certain (elle ne saurait se le dissimuler) qu'elle est beaucoup plus tranquille…...

L'Enfer est un roman d'Henri Barbusse paru en 1908. Le récit est une attaque contre la société et ses institutions1. Il est également profondément teinté d'érotisme

Excerpt from Emerson's Essay on Compensation These thoughts on government, religion, and art alike, are colored by democracy. The exclusive in fashionable life does not see that he excludes himself from enjoyment, in the attempt to appropriate it. The exclusionist in religion does not see that he...

The Duel by Joseph Conrad is Conrad's brilliantly ironic tale about two officers in Napoleon's Grand Army who, under a futile pretext, fought an on-going series of duels throughout the Napoleonic Wars. Over decades, on every occasion they chanced to meet, they fought. Both satiric and deeply sad,...

"Thou Art the Man", originally titled "Thou Art the Man!", is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844. It is an early experiment in detective fiction,[1] like "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", though it is generally considered an inferior story. The plot...

"Ivan the Fool" (also known as "Ivan the Fool and his Two Brothers") is an 1886 short story (in fact, a literary fairy tale) by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1886. It describes the struggles of three brothers and a sister with the Old Devil. The name "Ivan the Fool" hints to a popular hero of Russian folklore.

GASTON LEROUX (1868-1927) est né à Paris, mais il grandit en Normandie et c´est au lycée de Caen qu´il obtiendra son baccalauréat de lettres. Ensuite il revient à Paris pour devenir avocat en 1890, métier qu´il exercera pendant trois ans, tout en rédigeant des comptes rendus de procès pour...

Chéri-Bibi réussit à s'évader du bagne de Cayenne en compagnie d'un autre condamné, Palas. Ce dernier prend l'identité de Raoul de Saint Dalmas pour regagner l'Europe. Là, il épouse Françoise de la Boulays. Un certain Casimir veille sur le couple qui n'est autre que Chéri-Bibi...

Le Feu (sous-titré Journal d'une escouade) est un un récit par Henri BARBUSSE de sa vie au front durant la guerre 14/18, qui parut sous forme de feuilleton dans le quotidien L'Œuvre à partir du 3 août 1916, puis intégralement à la fin de novembre 1916 aux éditions Flammarion. Il reçoit la...

"The Partner" is a short story written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). First published in 1911, it is an intriguing sea tale on a mysterious shipwreck. This edition is enriched with two other Conrad's texts: "A Personal Record", an autobiographical work written in 1912, and "Notes on My Books", a 1920 essay on his writings.

The Great Shadow, also known as The Great Shadow and other Napoleonic Tales, is an action and adventure novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published in 1892 in J.W. Arrowsmith's Bristol Library. The novel takes place in the Napoleonic era on the English-Scottish border city called West Inch....

Joseph Conrad was a British author who is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers in English literature. Conrad's style influenced many of the great authors that followed him. This edition of The Informer includes a table of contents.

"Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia." "Many of us spend our lives searching for success when it is usually so close that we can reach out and touch it.