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Dans ce roman Dumas réussit là à développer franchement les relations humaines et le thème de la trahison pour aborder regrets, détermination et autres hantises de l’esprit humain. À grands coups de trésors, de secrets et de machinations, il nous conduit au gré des soubresauts du destin d’Edmond Dantès! La magie et la dissimulation, la tromperie, l’art du déguisement et les faux-semblants, et... la...

Another great Western by Max Brand aka Frederick Faust, Clung is one his most memorable and intriguing characters. As a Western author, Brand did not shrink from controversial topics such as race relations in the Old West. There is a mystery about the birth of Clung, who is raised by an old Chinese man in a small Arizona town, but none about his skill with weapons. At first he shoots in self-defense,...

The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ was written in 1896 and is loosely based on Conrad’s own experiences as a sailor; in 1884, Conrad made a voyage on the real Narcissus from Bombay to Dunkirk as a Second Mate, and some of the events described in his novella may be based on adversities Conrad and his fellow-sailers had to contend with. And yet, Conrad’s third novel is much more than „just” an accout of adventures...