Après avoir lu les secrètes infortunes du père Goriot, vous dînerez avec appétit en mettant votre insensibilité sur le compte de l'auteur, en le taxant d'exagération, en l'accusant de poésie. Ah! sachez-le: ce drame n'est ni une fiction, ni un roman. All is true, il est si véritable, que chacun peut en reconnaître les éléments chez soi, dans son cœur peut-être. Dans cet ouvrage: une biographie de l'auteur et deux dossiers thématiques; un glossaire des mots et expressions difficiles en pied de page; - des activités ... |
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Adaptation, dossiers et activités: Monique Blondel. ... Quant à Emma, elle ne s'interrogea point pour savoir si elle l'aimait. L'amour, croyait-elle, devait arriver tout à coup, avec de grands éclats et des fulgurations... Emma Bovary rêve la vie idéale que ses lectures d'adolescente lui ont permis d'imaginer, mais son existence se déroule dans une société insatisfaisante aux moeurs souvent trop figées. Éprise de liberté, mais déçue de son mariage, elle cède à la passion adultère dans les bras d'amants égo&# ... |
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Adaptation, dossiers et activités de Pierre Hauzy. ... La publication des Misérables suscita dans les milieux littéraires et politiques un tollé général. Livre dangereux, livre immonde, inepte... selon les mots de Lamartine, faisait trop craindre aux heureux et trop espérer aux malheureux. Si la critique fut hostile, le peuple salua avec enthousiasme l'histoire de ces vies brimées par la faim et l'injustice hantées par le malheur. Enfin un roman qui parlait des plus faibles, des ouvriers, des enfants affamés et maltraités. Car le scandale, en 1862, ce fut d&# ... |
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Adaptation, dossiers et activités de Domitille Hatuel. ... Le roman retrace l'ascension sociale de Georges Du Roy de Cantel, homme ambitieux et séducteur (arriviste - opportuniste). Georges Duroy, jeune homme de province arrivé à Paris, veut faire fortune et vite. Pour cela, il est prêt à tout. Intelligent et séducteur, il s'entoure de femmes influentes qui l'aident dans son ascension sociale. Bel-Ami, car c'est ainsi qu'on l'appelle, fait son chemin à force de conquêtes amoureuses sur fond de corruptions politiques et financières. À travers ... |
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Adaptation, dossiers et activités de Pierre Hauzy. ... "La bohémienne se retourne soudain, le voit, tressaille: "Oh! le vilain homme!" dit-elle." Tout au long du livre Paris, 6 janvier 1482. Au cours des festivités qui accompagnent traditionnellement le jour de l'Épiphanie, le belle Esmeralda danse sur la place de Grève où flambe un grand feu de joie. Parmi les mille visages rougis par le reflet des flammes, il y en a un qui semble plus que tous les autres absorbés par la contemplation de la danseuse. Et tandis que la jeune bohémienne danse et voltige au ... |
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Adaptation, dossiers et activités de Dominique Guillemant. ... Extrêmement célèbre, ce remarquable ouvrage écrit en 1850 est considéré comme un récit à part dans l'oeuvre de Dumas. Le roman s'ouvre sur le destin tragique des frères de Witt. Guillaume d'Orange vient d'accéder au trône et les deux frères, accusés de conspirer contre la Hollande, sont exécutés sur la place. Le tulipier Cornélius Van Baerle, filleul de Corneille de Witt, est lui aussi accusé de trahison et jeté en prison. C'est là qu' ... |
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Gyeong Min Kim is a teenager who lives in Korea. He once played his violin in an orchestra but now he only plays for fun. Then one day a friend tells him about a competition and… Read Gyeong Min’s story and find out about his family, his dreams, how he spends his days and the many traditions that make Korea a fascinating country full of culture. Topics: Family, Friends, Traditions, Music. Verbs: Positive and negative imperative forms, Present simple and present continuous, Past simple and past continuous, Present perfect simple, Future with present continuous, going to and will, Can, have to, need, should, would, like, ... |
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Adaptation and activities by Elizabeth Ferretti. ... Cathy's life is changed forever when her father brings home an abandoned child he names Heathcliff. As Cathy and Heathcliff grow up, their love for each other is as wild as the moors. But, can love overcome jealousy? Can forgiveness enter hearts filled with pain and suffering? In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte shows us the destructive power of hatred and revenge, but she also explores love in its many forms and, in the end, her story is about hope. Verbs: Present perfect, Past perfect, Question forming and question words, Irregular verbs, would for willingness / ... |
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Retold by Alex Peet. ... Three Men in a Boat is a humorous book that will make you laugh while it gives you a view of Victorian England and the Thames. Three friends, George, Harris and J. decide they need a holiday and plan to go on a trip on the river. J. tells the story of that two-week trip. He includes funny stories from past trips and stories he has heard. He also gives us historical and geographical information about the places they pass or stay in. Verb tenses: Present Simple: states, processes (and verbs not used in the continuous form), Past Continuous: parallel past actions, continuous actions interrupted by ... |
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The Woman in White is the first English sensation novel full of mystery and dark secrets. After meeting a strange woman one night in London, Walter Hartright begins to realise that this mysterious woman is connected, in some way, to his new life at Limmeridge House and the woman he loves, Laura Fairlie. The story is told through different characters, and soon we find Walter, Marian and Laura caught up in a frightening world of crime, madness and mistaken identity. Count Fosco with Sir Percival Glyde, will do anything to get their hands on Laura's money and think up a terrible crime that could destroy her life forever. ... |
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Adaptation and activities by Janet Borsbey and Ruth Swan. ... "After I had accepted the position and agreed to his condition, I had two or three very bad days. I was full of doubts, sure I had made a terrible mistake. I was in this state of mind as I sat in the uncomfortable coach which was taking me to my new home." Through the book A young woman starts her first job as a governess in charge of two young orphans, Miles and Flora, at a country house called Bly. The children are beautiful and well-behaved, but are they too good to be true? When the governess starts to experience strange visions, she suspects ... |
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Retold by J. Borsbey and R. Swan. ... The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language. Jekyll is a famous London doctor, but something unusual is happening in his house. Who is his strange young friend? Why does Jekyll like him? And why does no-one else like him? Stevenson's dark thriller is the story of one man's need to find himself in the dark, foggy London of Victorian times. Nouns: abstract nouns, compound nouns, noun phrases. Pronouns: relative: who, which, that. Adjectives: opinion, description, classification, participles as adjectives, predicative and attributive. Prepositions: ... |
