By H.G. Wells, 1895 “The Time Traveller came to the place reserved for him without a word. He smiled quietly, in his old way. 'Where's my...

Stendhal, 1830 Mme de Rênal était si heureuse, qu’elle osa dire à Julien : – Vous ne gronderez pas trop ces pauvres enfants ? – Moi, les...

By Charlotte Brontë, 1857 Beautiful as Pauline Borghese, she looked at the moment scarcely purer than Lucrece de Borgia William...

By Charles Dickens, 1859 If the Day of Judgment had only been ascertained to be a dress day, everybody there would have been eternally...

De Anton Tchekhov, 1904 « Imaginez, Ania : votre grand-père, votre arrière-grand-père, tous vos ancêtres possédaient des esclaves, ils...

By Charlotte Brontë, unfinished at her death, 1855 “Don't you play, little girl?” “No, sir.” “No! Why not? Do you think yourself better...

De Victor Hugo, 1862 "Elle reprit : - je n'ai qu'à crier, on vient, patatras. Vous êtes six; moi je suis tout le monde." Éponine Dans ce...

De Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1761 « Il faut finir ma lettre, car la petite maman vient de finir la sienne et sort de son cabinet. Je crois...

By Anthony Burgess, 1978 «Muscles as tough as leather, Hearts proofed against the weather, Marching in friendly tether, Cradle to grave,...

By Charlotte Brontë, 1847, You must be on your guard against her; you must shun her example; if necessary, avoid her company, exclude her...

By Jean Webster, 1915 I have just been holding an interview with a woman who wants to take a baby home to surprise her husband. I had a...

De Laurent Gounelle, 2012 Quand ils seraient enfin malheureux, lui, Sandro, pourrait retrouver la paix intérieure... Mais Marc Aurèle ne...

Von Stefan Zweig, 1942 Auf einem Passagierdampfer findet ein Schachspiel zwischen zwei verschiedeneb Persönlichkeiten mit zwei...

By Charlotte Brontë, 1849 It was strange, it was unsual. What was strange must be wrong; what was unusual must be improper. Shirley was...

By Herbert George Wells, 1898 Their world is far gone in its cooling, and this world is still crowded with life, but crowded only with...

De Paulo Coelho, 1988 Je suis fier de toi, dit-il. Tu as donné une âme à ma boutique de cristaux. Mais je n'irai pas à La Mecque, tu le...

Von Christian von Ditfurth, 2001 Die Geschichte ändert sich am 21. Juli 1944, mit einem Staatsstreich gegen Hitler. 1953 wird ein...

By Robert Charles Wilson, 2003 The novel starts when a sort of black veil (later called the "Spin") covers all the stars, as well as the...

Written by Mark Millar, 2003 What if Superman initially landed on the Soviet ground rather than on a Kansas farm ? The author reuses the...

By Mark Twain, 1889 My Summary: A Connecticut Yankee from the 19th century finds himself at the era of King Arthur. Using his knowledge,...