Luba Pellarová Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Englische Literatur in Reclams Roter Reihe: das ist der englische Originaltext – mit Worterklärungen am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen. »Cat on a Hot Tin Roof« ist die Geschichte einer Familie in den amerikanischen Südstaaten. Krankheit, Alkohol und Eifersucht haben sie zerstört. Liebe und Hass liegen dicht beieinander. An einem schwülen Sommerabend bricht die Verzweiflung aus der Familie heraus, und es kommt zu einem dramatischen Konflikt Englische Lektüre: Niveau B2–C1 (GER) Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch

"Rien n'est plus délicieux qu'un enfant !" dit l'énorme crocodile. Heureusement, ce n'est pas facile pour un crocodile de trouver un enfant à manger lorsque les autres animaux de la forêt s'en mêlent. Dès 5 ans

En nous racontant ses années 20, Ernest Hemingway rédige un chant d'amour à la Ville Lumière. La présente édition restitue le texte manuscrit original et propose nombre de vignettes restées inédites.

A fascinating look at the history and grandeur of bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon is also a deeper contemplation on the nature of cowardice and bravery, sport and tragedy, and is enlivened throughout by Hemingway's pungent commentary on life and literature. Seen through his eyes, bullfighting becomes an art, a richly choreographed ballet, with performers who range from awkward amateurs to masters of great grace and cunning.

'There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things, and because it takes a man's life to know them the little new that each man gets from life is very costly and the only heritage he has to leave.'-- ERNEST HEMINGWAYIn the winter of 1933, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Pauline set out on a two-month safari in the big-game country of East Africa, camping out on the great Serengeti Plain at the foot of magnificent Mount Kilimanjaro. 'I had quite a trip,' the author told his friend Philip Percival, with characteristic understatement.Green Hills of Africa is Hemingway's account of that expedition, of what it taught him about Africa and himself. Richly evocative of the region's natural beauty, tremendously alive to its character, culture, and customs, and pregnant with a hard-won wisdom gained from the extraordinary situations it describes, it is widely held to be one of the twentieth century's classic travelogues.

Das 1947 uraufgeführte Beziehungsdrama beschreibt die Konfrontation zwischen der alternden Südstaatenschönheit Blanche und ihrem Schwager, dem Einwanderer Stanley. Während Blanche versucht, die Fassade einer wohlhabenden Plantagenbesitzertochter aufrechtzuerhalten, hält Stanley ihr ihren wahren Lebenswandel vor und sabotiert ihre Hoffnung auf ein neues Leben mit ihrem Verehrer Mitch. Abiturempfehlung zum Themenbereich American South

"Seymour 'Swede' Levov - a legendary high school athlete, a devoted family man, a hard worker, the prosperous inheritor of his father's Newark glove factory - comes of age in thriving, triumphant post-war America. But everything he loves is lost when the country begins to run amok in the turbulent 1960s. American Pastoral is the story of a fortunate American's rise and fall - of a strong, confident master of social equilibrium overwhelmed by the forces of social disorder."--Publisher's website.

George, a disillusioned academic, and Martha, his caustic wife, have just come home from a faculty party. When a handsome young professor and his mousy wife stop by for a nightcap, an innocent night of fun and games quickly turns dark and dangerous. Long-buried resentment and rage are unleashed as George and Martha turn their rapier-sharp wits against each other, using their guests as pawns in their verbal sparring. By night's end, the secrets of both couples are uncovered and the lies they cling to are exposed. Considered by many to be Albee's masterpiece.

Williams' play about drifter Chance Wayne who returns to his hometown with a faded movie star hoping to find the girl of his youth is a classic study of the dream of recapturing youth and finding fame. This edition features an extensive critical commentary and questions aimed at students of the play.

Lisez ces neuf nouvelles. Vous y découvrirez un écrivain extraordinairement sensible et extraordinairement habile - je voudrais dire: un romancier complet, comme on le dit d'un athlète, parce que, chez lui, l'intuition et le métier s'équilibrent dans une parfaite maîtrise, - et comme on le dit d'un spectacle, parce qu'il sait toucher à la fois notre cœur et notre imagination, et jouer, en virtuose incomparable, de toute la gamme de nos émotions : la tendresse et le rire, le frisson d'horreur, la pitié. Jean-Louis Curtis