1815. Louis XVIII, restored to the throne, faces opposition that the Emperor, exiled on the island of Elba, is already planning to exploit. In Marseille, torn by civil discord, the time is ripe for settling political or personal scores. Thus, the sailor Edmond Dantès, on the eve of his wedding, finds himself arrested and taken to the Château d'If, without knowing why...

Chapters 40 to 78

Argan is a hypochondriac who believes he is afflicted with a thousand ailments. He thinks he has found the ultimate remedy by marrying his daughter, Angélique, to a doctor...

A man falls little by little into madness, feeling constantly an invisible presence next to him. An old man tells with a cracking voice, a meeting he made about 50 years ago in a sinister castle. On a stormy night, the bearded face of a ghost comes to torment its murderer.

Robin Hood, lord of Loxley and a highly skilled archer, is outlawed due to the dark machinations of the Sheriff of Nottingham and his powerful allies. Along with his merry companions, he then decides to continue robbing the Norman nobles and the clergy of their riches to alleviate the suffering of the poor...

Madame Loisel is a beautiful woman who wants nothing but to be rich. She's bored by her simple life of the bourgeoisie. One night, at a party, she borrows a superb necklace from a friend: a river of diamonds. But, during the party, Madame Loisel loses the jewel...

1815. Louis XVIII, restored to the throne, faces opposition that the Emperor, exiled on the island of Elba, is already planning to exploit. In Marseille, torn by civil discord, the time is ripe for settling political or personal scores. Thus, the sailor Edmond Dantès, on the eve of his wedding, finds himself arrested and taken to the Château d'If, without knowing why...

Chapters 1 to 39

Once upon a time, a king whose fortune came from a fabulous donkey that gave gold instead of droppings. The king promised his dying wife to only remarry with a woman prettier and wiser than her. However, to his eyes, only his daughter had those qualities. He then decided to marry her...

Devoted to the passing of time, the poems from "Alcools" recreate a whole world: of the places that drew the author to his existence, and where his memories are intertwining; of the great female figures who crossed his life. But, they're also soaked in a culture both popular and knowing, which allows the poet to collect the heritage of the past while opening to the modernity of ordinary life. We could've mistakenly thought that this poetry book was a rupture book when it was published in 1913. Filled with ancient poems as well as new ones, Apollinaire offers powerful poems to tell out loud, with regular and free verses.

Les Fleurs du Mal is a collection of poems published in 1857 that explores themes of beauty, evil, melancholy and escape. Baudelaire expresses an ambivalent vision of life, blending suffering and exaltation while addressing subjects such as love, death, decay, and the quest for the ideal. Through an innovative style and language rich in symbols, the work reflects the poet's inner turmoil and his desire to escape the mundanity of the world.

Obeying her mother's recommendations, the innocent Mademoiselle de Chartres marries the Prince of Clèves. During a ball, the young woman meets the Duke of Nemours and feels a consuming passion for him, which she refuses to yield to.In this major 17th-century novel, Madame de Lafayette meticulously describes the torments of the Princess of Clèves, torn between desire and duty.

What is Candide? The shortest, funniest, and most famous tale of the Enlightenment. Condemned in several countries at the time of its publication for indecency and insolence, and forbidden by Diderot for his daughter to read, today it tops the best-seller lists of classic literature. It is performed in theaters, set to music, attracts illustrators, and inspires filmmakers.

Le Second Empire vise à faire de Paris la capitale de la mode et du luxe. La ville se modernise. Les boutiques du Paris ancien laissent place peu à peu aux grands magasins, dans le voisinage des boulevards et de la gare Saint-Lazare. La nouvelle architecture illustre l'évolution des goûts : on entre dans le royaume de l'illusion. Octave Mouret, directeur du Bonheur des Dames, se lance dans le nouveau commerce. L'exploit du romancier est d'avoir transformé un épisode de notre histoire économique en aventure romanesque et en intrigue amoureuse. Rien d'idyllique pourtant : le magasin est construit sur un cadavre ensanglanté, et l'argent corrompt tout. Pour Zola, la réussite du grand magasin s'explique par la vanité des bourgeoises et le règne du paraître. Il nous décrit ici la fin et la naissance d'un monde : Paris, incarné ici dans un de ses mythes principaux, devient l'exemple de la cité moderne.

Loyal servant of the Almaviva Count, Figaro refuses to bend himself to the great ones and their privileges. He defends with humor his honor and his love, in one word: his right to exist. Ruse, jealousy, and misunderstandings will animate this crazy day at a frantic pace.

Rodrigo loves Chimène and Chimène loves Rodrigo. But a conflict opposes their two fathers. Which will triumph: love or honor?

Phileas Fogg, an English gentleman, bets with his club members that he'll do a round-the-world trip in 80 days. And, right away, here he goes, accompanied by his servant Jean, a Parisian alias Passepartout. To win, he'll have to be back in London on Saturday 21st December 1872 at 8:45 PM. Suspected to be the audacious thief of the English Bank, Phileas Fogg will be followed on the whole trip by Detective Fix, who cannot arrest him due to the arrest mandate arriving too late every time... The countries traveled through, the numerous adventures, the strategies employed to overcome many obstacles, the tireless activity of Phileas Fogg in battling against time while never losing his distinctly British composure, and the personalities of Passepartout and the stubborn Fix, all make "Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours" a marvelous novel, one of Jules Verne's best, whose considerable success has never waned since its publication in 1873.

By following the young Eugène de Rastignac, who comes from his province to Paris to try to make his fortune, we discover the underside of Parisian society in 1820.

Eugène befriends Father Goriot, an old man who lives in poverty after having divided his fortune between his two daughters, whom he married off.

Eugène meets both daughters while trying to enter the two dominant classes of the time: the nobility and the wealthy bourgeoisie.