Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his difficult, suspicious and hypochondriac wife, Zeena. But when Zeena's vivacious cousin enters their household as a 'hired girl', Ethan finds himself obsessed with her and with the possibilities for happiness she comes to represent.
Tom Sawyer, un garçon d'une dizaine d'années vivant près du Mississippi, adore l'école buissonnière. Avec ses amis et pour plaire à Becky, il se lance dans des aventures drôles et parfois dangereuses. Ce personnage universel incarne la liberté et l'amour de l'aventure, le tout avec l'humour vivant de Mark Twain. À découvrir dès 11 ans.
Si vous n'avez pas lu les aventures de Tom Sawyer, vous ne savez pas qui je suis ... alors vous avez là une occasion unique de me lire dans une nouvelle aventure
Childers's lone masterpiece, The Riddle of the Sands, considered the first modern spy thriller, is recognisable as the brilliant forerunner of the realism of Graham Greene and John le Carre. Its unique flavour comes from its fine characterization, richly authentic background of inshore sailing and vivid evocation of the late 1890s - an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and intrigue that was soon to lead to war.
If you find a locked room in a lonely inn, don't try to open it, even on a bright sunny day. If you find a strange whistle hidden among the stones of an old church, don't blow it. If a mysterious man gives you a piece of paper with strange writing on it, give it back to him at once. And if you call a dead man from his grave, don't expect to sleep peacefully ever again. Read these five ghost stories by daylight, and make sure your door is locked.