Nouveautés

Self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne seeks a bride. After being jilted by his first fiancée he settles on the spirited Clara Middleton; but she starts to realise that he only wants a mirror for himself and his opinions. As she becomes desperate to disengage, and he becomes desperate to hold on to her, so a series of farcical, labyrinthine misunderstandings ensues.

First published in 1876, Wilkie Collins’s The Two Destinies follows the lives of childhood friends George and Mary. George is the son of a nobleman, while Mary is the daughter of the nobleman’s bailiff. As the friends grow older and closer, George’s father, determined to end their affair, dismisses the bailiff and moves George to America. Years later, George returns to his native Suffolk to track down his former love. Although she has long gone, he remains determined to find Mary at all costs. But are the two lovers destined to find each other again?

Dazzlingly rich, lyrical and elegiac, Thomas Wolfe’s vibrant autobiographical first novel, Look Homeward, Angel, follows the story of Eugene Gant, the ninth and last child born to alcoholic Oliver and go-getting Eliza in the fictional town of Altemont, based on Wolfe’s hometown of Asheville, North Carolina. The novel recounts Eugene’s early life, up to his departure from home at the age of 19.

”El beso”, de Antón Chéjov, es un cuento breve que encierra una poderosa reflexión sobre el deseo, la imaginación y la búsqueda de sentido. El protagonista, Riabóvich, es un joven teniente tímido, invisible para los demás y para sí mismo. Durante una visita a la casa de un general, se pierde brevemente y entra por error en una habitación oscura, donde una mujer lo confunde con otro hombre y le da un beso en la mejilla. Ese acto, completamente accidental, provoca en él una transformación silenciosa. Por primera vez en mucho tiempo, se siente visto, deseado, vivo.

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce is a gripping short story that masterfully blends psychological suspense with the brutal realities of war. Set during the American Civil War, the narrative follows Peyton Farquhar, a Southern planter condemned to hang from a railroad bridge for attempting to sabotage Union forces. As the noose tightens, Farquhar experiences a vivid and surreal escape that blurs the line between illusion and reality.

Set in 17th-century Puritan Massachusetts, The Scarlet Letter tells the haunting story of Hester Prynne, a woman condemned to wear a scarlet "A" for committing adultery. As Hester endures shame and isolation, she raises her daughter Pearl and protects the identity of the child’s father, the respected Reverend Dimmesdale.

Phileas Fogg, un hombre metódico y aparentemente frío, se embarca en un viaje alrededor del mundo movido por una apuesta. Pero más allá del juego, su travesía se convierte en un ejemplo de cómo enfrentar la vida con determinación, resiliencia y visión clara. Cada obstáculo —ya sea un tren detenido, un barco perdido, un camino cortado o una persecución policial injusta— es afrontado con calma, enfoque y creatividad. Fogg no se queja ni se rinde: actúa.

In Edgar Allan Poe’s gripping tale of survival and cosmic terror, A Descent into the Maelström plunges listeners into a tempest of elemental fury and existential dread. Set amidst the wild Norwegian coast, the story follows an old fisherman who recounts the nightmarish experience that turned his hair white and changed his life forever.

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a classic novel set in Puritanical Boston in the mid-17th century. It tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who is publicly shamed and ostracized for having a child out of wedlock. Hester is forced to wear a scarlet “A” on her clothing to signify her status as an adulterer.

Enter the tormented heart of a young man overwhelmed by passion, beauty, and the crushing pain of unreturned love. In The Sorrows of Young Werther, Goethe presents the personal letters of Werther, a tender, idealistic artist who falls deeply for Charlotte—an alluring woman already engaged to someone else.

Some stories don't age — they evolve. Little Women is not just a novel about four sisters; it's about growing up in a world that doesn't wait for anyone. It's about ambition that doesn't always wear boots, kindness that costs everything, and the quiet revolutions that begin around the dinner table. Louisa May Alcott didn't write fairy tales. She wrote what she saw — and what she dreamed could be better. Her heroines don't need rescuing; they make choices, break molds, and leave footprints. You might recognize them. You might be one of them. This is not a story frozen in time.

"The Secret Garden" is Frances Hodgson Burnett's most beloved and popular book, a childre's classic that has been adapted dozens of times for the stage and screen. When Mary Lennox — an ill-tempered and lonely orphan — is sent to live with her gloomy uncle in England, her future prospects appear dim. Her only companions are her cousin Colin, who is wheelchair bound, and the local boy Dickon Sowerby...and none of the children seem to have anything in common.

Aşkın ateşiyle yanıp toplumun buz kesen duvarlarına çarpan Anna Karenina… Tolstoy’un ölümsüz romanı şimdi daha kısa, fakat aynı yüreklilikle karşınızda. Bu yeniden kurgulanmış edisyonda sayfalar hızla akıyor; Anna ile Vronski’nin sarsıcı tutkusu, Levin ile Kitty’nin toprağa kök salan umutları ve Karenin’in geç kalmış pişmanlıkları ilk günkü canlılığıyla içimize işliyor. Gereksiz ayrıntılar ayıklandı, ama Rusya’nın kar kokulu sokakları, balo salonlarının ışıltısı ve tren raylarının uğultusu yerli yerinde kaldı.

Paris’in gölgelerinde bir adam yürür: Jean Valjean. Çalınmış bir ekmekten kalma künyesi sırtında, kalbinde ise kimsenin tartamadığı bir vicdan. Onu adım adım izleyen müfettiş Javert, kanunun soğuk ısrarıdır; Valjean’ın korumaya yemin ettiği Cosette ise karanlığın tam ortasında filizlenen ince bir bahar dalı.

Tolstoy’un ölümsüz eseri “İnsan Neyle Yaşar”, yüzyıllar sonra hâlâ insan yüreğine dokunan basit bir soruyu peşine takıyor: Bizi hayatta tutan gerçek güç nedir? Bir köy kunduracısının yol kenarında donmak üzere bulduğu esrarengiz yabancıyla başlayan bu kısa klasik, merhametin ve sevginin görünmez ağına düşen sıradan insanların öyküsünü anlatıyor. Tolstoy, melekler ve kırbacın gölgesinde geçen bu masalsı anlatıda, ekmeğin tadından adaletin yüküne, on bin talant borcundan bozkır rüzgârına uzanan geniş bir insanlık panoraması kuruyor.

The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a powerful standalone parable from The Brothers Karamazov that explores the tension between freedom and authority, faith and reason, love and control.

Nella notte di Londra, un uomo calpesta volutamente una bambina, non curandosi delle sue grida. Rincorso da un passante, il demoniaco signor Hyde accetta di risarcirla con del denaro: ma l'assegno che produce ha la firma del distinto Jekyll, un medico stimato da molti. È l'inizio della caduta di Jekyll in un vortice di stranezze: si isola, pare tormentato da angosce violente, e soprattutto fornisce a Hyde - che ispira orrore istintivo, e che è accusato di delitti ripugnanti - non solo denaro, ma anche protezione in casa sua. Quale oscuro patto può unire due personalità tanto diverse?

Il grande Gatsby, l'ambizioso giovanotto che ha saputo conquistarsi, con tutti i mezzi leciti e illeciti, prestigio, ricchezza e rispettabilità, culla un sogno impossibile. Vuol far rivivere l'amore fiorito un tempo tra lui e Daisy, che lo ha respinto, quando era povero e senza prospettive, per sposare il rampollo di una delle grandi famiglie americane.

Mara è una giovane di Monteguidi, piccolo paese della Val d'Elsa, che all'indomani della Liberazione conosce il partigiano Bube, eroe della Resistenza, e se ne innamora. Con questo romanzo - pubblicato nel 1960 e seguito nel 1963 da una celebre versione cinematografica interpretata da Claudia Cardinale - Cassola si aggiudica il premio Strega e raggiunge il successo anche internazionale.

En 1866, une créature mystérieuse terrorise les mers du globe. Le professeur Aronnax, son serviteur Conseil et le harponneur Ned Land prennent la mer pour la capturer, mais découvrent que le prétendu monstre est en réalité un sous-marin révolutionnaire : le Nautilus. À son bord règne le capitaine Nemo, génie scientifique ayant rompu tout lien avec la civilisation. Prisonniers de ce navire extraordinaire, les trois hommes sont entraînés dans un voyage fascinant à travers des merveilles sous-marines inexplorées. Quel sombre secret pousse ce capitaine à fuir l'humanité ?