The story takes place in Victorian London, where two very rich, eccentric brothers give the penniless story protagonist, Henry Adams, one million pounds of money in the form of a single peerless bank note. Henry would not be easily able to exchange that note in the bank without being questioned about how he had come to it, charged with theft and arrested. He would also not be able to spend it since no ordinary person would be able to change it.

The Million Pound Bank Note

A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down the river with a runaway slave, encountering a family involved in a feud, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt who mistakes him for Tom.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain, de son vrai nom Samuel Longhorne Clemens, est né en novembre 1835 à Florida (Missouri) et mort en avril 1910 à Redding (Connecticut). Sa naissance coïncida avec l'apparition de la comète de Halley, et sa mort, comme il l'avait prédit, avec la réapparition de cette même comète - il s'est toujours considéré lui-même comme un être mystérieux venant d'" ailleurs ". Avant de connaître une notoriété mondiale comme journaliste, écrivain, conférencier, il fut typographe dès l'âge de douze ans, puis pilote sur le Mississippi, chercheur d'or dans l'Ouest... La guerre : un gaspillage aveugle de munitions. Obéissez toujours à vos parents... quand ils sont là. La France n'a ni hiver, ni été, ni moralité - à part ça c'est un pays super. Oui, je suis malhonnête. Pas de toutes les manières, mais de quelques-unes. Quarante et une, me semble-t-il. Admirateur de ce personnage protéiforme et pétri de contradictions, Patrick Boman, écrivain voyageur et auteur de romans policiers, nous livre son choix d'aphorismes et de citations dans une traduction enlevée.

Irrévérence et liberté - Aphorismes

Nouvelle titre du premier livre publié par Mark Twain, "The Celebrated Frog of Calaveras County" rédigée en 1865) témoigne de la liberté qui se manifeste dans la multitude de récits brefs que l'essayiste et romancier américain a donnés tout au long de sa carrière aux journaux. Un vieil homme raconte avec un sérieux de patriarche une histoire de bêtes et de paris qui ne semble jamais devoir s'arrêter. L'anecdote vaut pour elle-même, le portrait aussi. Il n'est pas question de faire de la littérature ; il suffit de savoir, entre fiction et document, recueillir l'instantané dans les mots justes, aptes à recréer les choses telles qu'elles ont été. La grenouille de Twain est, dans la bouche de ce bon vieux raseur de Simon Wheeler, de celles qui pourraient occuper bien des parlottes d'après dîner, absurdes mais peut-être moins qu'il y paraît puisqu'en elles se love quelque chose de bien vivant. Edition bilingue. Traduction de Timothée Tosti et Emmanuel Malherbet.

La célèbre grenouille sauteuse du comté de Calaveras - Edition bilingue français-anglais

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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer Adventures (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is a fictional character created by Mark Twain, who first appeared in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He is 12 or 13 years old during the former and a year older ("thirteen or fourteen or along there," Chapter 17) at the time of the latter. Huck also narrates Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective, two shorter sequels to the first two books. This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents and the following works: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer Abroad, Tom Sawyer, Detective.

The Complete Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer Adventures (Unabridged)

Anthology of Christmas Stories is a unique collection of Christmas tales, reflections, and poems from beloved authors across the centuries and makes the perfect gift for the reader in your life. This beautiful treasury will take you back to firesides, simple gifts, and warm family moments of Christmases past as you cherish the timeless truths and joys of the season.
Contents:

Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
The Chimes

G.K. Chesterton
A Christmas Carol

L.M. Montgomery
The Red Room
A Christmas Mistake
A Christmas Inspiration
The Josephs' Christmas
Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket
The Osbornes' Christmas
Bertie's New Year
Ida's New Year Cake
The Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road
Clorinda's Gifts
The Falsoms' Christmas Dinner
The Unforgotten One
Christmas at Red Butte
Uncle Richard's New Year's Dinner

L. Frank Baum
A Kidnapped Santa Claus
Little Bun Rabbit

Mark Twain
A Letter from Santa Claus

Louisa May Alcott
A Merry Christmas

Leo Tolstoy
A Russian Christmas Party

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Christmas Bells
The Three Kings

Nikolai Gogol
Christmas Eve

William Dean Howells
Christmas Everyday
The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express

Joseph Rudyard Kipling
Christmas in India

Elizabeth Harrison
Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe

John Milton
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Hans Christian Andersen
The Fir Tree

The Little Match Girl

Selma Lagerlof
The Holy Night

Clement Moore
The Night Before Christmas

Henry van Dyke
The Other Wise Man

Beatrix Potter
The Tailor of Gloucester

Anton Chehov
Vanka

O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi

Hesba Stretton
The Christmas Child

Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows

Robert Louis Stevenson
Christmas at Sea

Walter Scott
Christmas In The Olden Time

Alfred Tennyson
Ring out, wild bells

Abbie Farwell Brown
The Christmas Angel

Anthony Trollope
Christmas at Thompson Hall

Thomas Hardy
The Oxen

William Butler Yeats
The Magi

William Makepeace Thackeray
The Mahogany Tree

Charles Kingsley
Christmas Day

Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Christmas Fancies

C. W. Stubbs
Twas Jolly, Jolly Wat

Eugene Field
Jest 'Fore Christmas

Paul Laurence Dunbar
A Christmas Folksong

William Topaz McGonagall
A Tale of Christmas Eve

Emily Dickinson
The Savior must have been a docile Gentleman

50+ Masterpieces you have to read before you die. Christmas Stories and Poems

Mark Twain nous décrit, avec beaucoup de talent, les frasques et mésaventures de Tom Sawyer, jeune garçon à l'esprit vif et débordant d'imagination, élevé par sa tante, au bord du Mississipi. Tom ne loupe pas une occasion de se distinguer pour plaire à la jolie Becky, et il est toujours prêt pour vivre des aventures en compagnie de son inséparable ami Huckleberry Finn, fils de l'ivrogne du village. Un soir dans un cimetière, Tom et Huck sont témoins d'un meurtre. Muff Potter est accusé du crime, mais Tom et Huck savent que le véritable assassin est Joe l'Indien... Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer est un des chefs-d'ouvre de la littérature américaine. Chacun y trouvera certainement des réminiscences de sa propre enfance et prendra un bain de jouvence à la description des exploits de ce petit diable qui a malgré tout un bon fond. 

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Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer

If ever there was a story written based unabashedly on adventure and trouble, this is it.

There are treasure hunts and murderers on the run in this book that will keep you spellbound. Tom and his half-brother, Sid, lived with their aunt, Polly. Tom was a boisterous young fellow who constantly found himself in rather awkward situations that landed him into trouble. These situations were however exceedingly hilarious.

On one occasion, Tom dirtied his clothes in a fight and his punishment was to whitewash the fence the following day. He cunningly got his friends to not only beg to do the work for him but also to pay him for the privilege!

Tom and his friend, Huckleberry Finn visited the graveyard one night and witnessed the murder of Dr. Robinson. In fear they ran away to an island but soon came back home when they learned that their parents thought they were dead. But what became of the murderer on the run?

Tom Sawyer is a story told in such an engaging manner that you'll want to read it all in one sitting. The characters are vibrant and alive and the language simple, fun and engaging. If you have the stomach for such a story full of humor and horror, this book will not disappoint. If ever there was a story written based unabashedly on adventure and trouble, this is it.

There are treasure hunts and murderers on the run in this book that will keep you spellbound. Tom and his half-brother, Sid, lived with their aunt, Polly. Tom was a boisterous young fellow who constantly found himself in rather awkward situations that landed him into trouble. These situations were however exceedingly hilarious.

On one occasion, Tom dirtied his clothes in a fight and his punishment was to whitewash the fence the following day. He cunningly got his friends to not only beg to do the work for him but also to pay him for the privilege!

Tom and his friend, Huckleberry Finn visited the graveyard one night and witnessed the murder of Dr. Robinson. In fear they ran away to an island but soon came back home when they learned that their parents thought they were dead. But what became of the murderer on the run?

Tom Sawyer is a story told in such an engaging manner that you'll want to read it all in one sitting. The characters are vibrant and alive and the language simple, fun and engaging. If you have the stomach for such a story full of humor and horror, this book will not disappoint.

The Million Pound Bank Note

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