Hector Malot

Nobody's Girl by Hector Malot

Ida et Carmelita by Hector Malot

Ghislaine by Hector Malot

Corysandre by Hector Malot

Un roman habilement construit, où Hector Malot dénonce sans concession les intrigues du prince Louis-Napoléon, et nous brosse un portrait riche en couleurs de la société et des caractères du début du Second EmpireLe capitaine Guillaume de Saint-Nérée, officier rigoureux, honnête et loyal au régime républicain, se trouve à Paris au moment du coup d'Etat du 2 décembre 1851 ; il assiste impuissant et révolté au déroulement du complot et en décrit avec précision les mécanismes.De retour en garnison à Marseille, il est chargé de pacifier le pays varois, où se sont insurgés les partisans de la République. Il se retrouve écartelé entre son sens de l'honneur et l'amour qu'il porte à Clotilde, jeune Provençale, charmante, irrésistible et pleine de finesse, fille d'un vieux général de Napoléon Ier.Découvrez les oeuvres d'Hector Malot, publiées par Encrage Edition. Des romans réalistes et sociaux pour plonger au coeur du 19e siècleEXTRAITQuand on a passé six années en Algérie à courir après les Arabes, les Kabyles et les Marocains, on éprouve une véritable béatitude à se retrouver au milieu du monde civilisé.C'est ce qui m'est arrivé en débarquant à Marseille. Parti de France en juin 1845, je revenais en juillet 1851. Il y avait donc six années que j'étais absent ; et ces années-là, prises de vingt-trois à vingt-neuf ans, peuvent, il me semble, compter double. Je ne mets pas en doute la légende des anachorètes, mais je me figure que ces sages avaient dépassé la trentaine, quand ils allaient chercher la solitude dans les déserts de la Thébaïde. S'il est un âge où l'on éprouve le besoin de s'ensevelir dans la continuelle admiration des œuvres divines, il en est un aussi où l'on préfère les distractions du monde aux pratiques de la pénitence. Je suis précisément dans celui-là.A PROPOS DE L'AUTEURHector Malot, né à la Bouille (près de Rouen), le 20 mai 1830, mort à Fontenay-sous-Bois, le 17 juillet 1907, devint, après des études de droit et des emplois de clerc de notaire puis de journaliste, l'auteur d'environ soixante-dix romans de veine réaliste, dans lesquels il offre un panorama fidèle de tous les milieux de la société de son siècle.

HAUPOIS-DAGUILLON (Ch. P.), ** orfèvre fournisseur des cours d'Angleterre, d'Espagne, de Belgique, de Grèce, rue Royale, maisons à Londres Regent street, et à Madrid, calle de la Montera. - (0) 1802-6-19-23-27-31-44-40. - (P.M.) Londres, 1851. - (A) New-York, 1853. - Hors concours, Londres 1862 et Paris 1867.

Conscience -- Volume 4 by Hector Malot

Conscience -- Volume 2 by Hector Malot

Conscience -- Volume 3 by Hector Malot

Conscience -- Volume 1 by Hector Malot

It was the writing guy who drew this story out of Captain Shreve. He talked so much I think the Old Man spun the yarn just to shut him up. He had talked ever since his arrival on board, early that morning, with a letter from the owners' agent, and the announcement he intended making the voyage with us. He had weak lungs, he said, and was in search of mild, tropical breezes. Also, he was seeking local color, and whatever information he could pick up about "King" Waldon.He had heard of the death of "King" Waldon, down in Samoa—Waldon, the trader, of the vanishing race of island adventurers—and he expected to travel about the south seas investigating the "king's" past, so he could write a book about the old viking. He had heard that Captain Shreve had known Waldon. Hence, he was honoring a cargo carrier with his presence instead of taking his ease upon a mail-boat.Captain Shreve must tell him all he knew about the "king." He was intensely interested in the subject. Splendid material, you know. That romantic legend of Waldon's arrival in the islands—too good to be true, and certainly too good not to put into a book. Was Captain Shreve familiar with the tale? How this fellow, Waldon, sailed into a Samoan harbor in an open boat, his only companion his beautiful young wife? Imagine—this man and woman coming from nowhere, sailing in from the open sea in a small boat, never telling whence they came!He said this was the stuff to go into his book. Romance, mystery! It was quite as important as the later and better known incidents in the "king's" life. That was why Captain Shreve must tell him all he knew about the fellow. If he could only get at the beginning of the "king's" career in the islands. Where did the fellow come from? Why should a man bring his bride into an uncivilized and lawless section of the world, and settle down for life? There must be a story in that. Ah, yes, and he was the man who could properly do it.

"The Talisman" is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. It was published in 1825 as the second of his "Tales of the Crusaders", the first being "The Betrothed". "The Talisman" takes place at the end of the Third Crusade, mostly in the camp of the Crusaders in Palestine. Scheming and partisan politics, as well as the illness of King Richard the Lionheart, are placing the Crusade in danger. The main characters are the Scottish knight Kenneth, who is a fictional character version of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, who did in fact return from the third Crusade in 1190, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, and Edith

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Guy Holland had gone to South Africa to make his fortune, so that he could marry his sweetheart. He didn't make a fortune, but he came back home because he has had a vision that his uncle was dead, and when Guy arrived home he found out that the uncle was in fact dead. The will said that Guy would inherit everything if he could recover a certain ruby ring that had been obtained from his uncle by trickery of a certain actress, within three months of his uncle's death. However, since it passed several weeks after his uncle's death, now Guy has only a few days left, and it seems that few others are trying to get their hands on the jewel too.

One Way Out by William Carleton

The Store Boy by Jr. Horatio Alger

Every normal boy loves a motor-boat, but words fail to express his enthusiasm when that boat is also a racer. Behind the events recorded in this story are certain facts, so that the tale is largely true. The author will be glad if the account of life in the open, the adventures and fortunes, good or ill, the contests and exciting experiences interest his readers even partly as much as they did the boys who shared in the actual occurrences.

Sandra Belloni -- Volume 3 by George Meredith

Sturdy and Strong by G. A. Henty

A Sea Queen's Sailing by Charles W. Whistler

The Fair Maid of Perth by Sir Walter Scott