Collins Classics
|
Affiner la recherche Interroger des sources externesAn idyllic snapshot of a boy’s childhood along the banks of the Mississippi River, Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the author’s work that comes closest to his boyhood experiences of growing up in Hannibal in the 1840s. Mischievous and[...]Living with his sister and her husband, Pip is an orphan without any expectations. It is only when he begins to visit a rich old woman, Miss Havisham and her adopted niece that he begins to hope for something better. When it is revealed that Pip[...]Without a moral compass to guide them, the children sink into lives of desperation and despair, played out against the grim background of Coketown, a wretched community shadowed by an industrial behemoth. Louisa falls into a loveless marriage wi[...]Auteurs : , Auteur Dickens Charles | Charles DickensEditeur(s) : HarperCollinsAnnée d'édition : 2012‘Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.’One of Shakespeare’s most witty and enjoyable comedies, Much Ado About Nothing is a play that explores courtship, romance and marriage through a number of relationships. Most famously, that of the irrep[...]Arguably the greatest love story ever told, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet continues to touch modern audiences with its passionate depiction of the tragic romance between two young lovers. With a bitter feud between their respective families, Ro[...]Auteurs : , Auteur Shakespeare WilliamEditeur(s) : London : HarperCollinsPublishersAnnée d'édition : 2011Set before and during the French Revolution in the cities of Paris and London, A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of Dr Manette’s release from imprisonment in the Bastille and his reunion with daughter, Lucie. A French aristocrat Darnay and En[...]Auteurs : , Auteur Dickens Charles | Dickens CharlesEditeur(s) : HarperCollinsAnnée d'édition : 2010
