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Legendre, Napoléon (1841-1907) [Journaliste canadien] fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Albani (Emma Lajeunesse) (1874) [Biographie de la cantatrice Emma Albani (1847-1930) fr.wikipedia Dictionnaire biographique du Canada Bibliothèque et Archives Canada La Scena Musicale (article par Gilles Potvin)] Le Gramophone virtuel (enregistrements!) Le Gramophone virtuel (biographie)]
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De Mille, James (1833-1880) [Canadian classical scholar and novelist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia
Drummond, William Henry (1854-1907) [Canadian physician and poet] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia
Duncan, Sara Jeannette [Mrs Everard Cotes] (1861-1922) [Canadian journalist and novelist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia
Haliburton, Thomas Chandler (1796-1865) [Canadian essayist and humorist] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography Canadian Encyclopedia
Howe, Joseph (1804-1873) [Canadian journalist and politician] Wikipedia Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Lanigan, George Thomas (1845-1886) [Canadian journalist and poet]
McCarroll, James (1814-1892) [Canadian journalist, inventor, and poet]
with: Salaman, Malcolm Charles (1855-1940) [English art historian and critic] Wikipedia
Sir D.Y. Cameron, R.A. (1925) [Monograph on the famous Scottish artist, profusely illustrated] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PG Canada ebook #426]
PG Canada vous offre également l'intégrale du chef-d'oeuvre de Garneau, son Histoire du Canada
You will find many ebooks by Robert W. Chambers at Project Gutenberg's US site.
With: Gill, Eric [Arthur Eric Rowton] (1882-1940) [English artist and type designer] Wikipedia National Archives (UK) Identifont
Gloria in Profundis (1927) [Poem, with two wood engravings] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #440]
with Molesworth, Mary Louisa (1839-1921) [Scottish children's writer] Wikipedia
A Christmas Child. A Sketch of a Boy-Life. (1880) [Children's novel by Mrs. Molesworth, with illustrations by English artist and illustrator Walter Crane , engraved by Joseph Swain (1820-1909) The website of Bob Speel British Museum, or an unnamed assistant] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #630]
The Adventures of Herr Baby (1881) [Children's novel by Mrs. Molesworth, with illustrations by Crane] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Mary Wakefield (1949) [The third Jalna novel, taking place in the 1890s, years before the events described in Jalna and Whiteoaks. The recently widowed Philip Whiteoak has two young children, and needs a governess: the young and beautiful Mary Wakefield, freshly arrived from England. Her arrival naturally causes great commotion at Jalna. "Sometimes we have thought we had been given a little too much of Jalna... this volume convinces us that we really needed more of the chronicle. Taken as a whole, the work begins to stand up as one of the best achievements of Canadian literature". (Allan Nevins, Saturday Review, 29 January 1949). The novel is dedicated to the celebrated Canadian sculptor Walter Allward (1876-1955) Wikipedia, creator of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1231]Other works by Mazo de la Roche:
Young Renny (1935) [The fourth Jalna novel. Renny and Meg Whiteoak are now in their twenties, a complicated time of life for anyone, but particularly for Whiteoaks. Family members of various ages, from the formidable Adeline down, participate fully in the turbulent but generally happy life of Jalna.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1238]
Jalna (1927) Wikipedia [The novel which launched the Jalna series. We are introduced to the Whiteoak family, and their estate, Jalna, located on the shore of Lake Ontario.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1028]
Whiteoaks (1929) [Novel: the sequel to Jalna, and featuring the same brilliant set of characters. "The chapters which describe the last days of old Gran, and which hold us in suspense to learn upon which member of the great Jalna clan she has bestowed her hoarded fortune, would alone make the book a welcome acquisition." (Allan Nevins, Saturday Review, 21 September 1929)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1134]
Finch's Fortune (1931) [Novel. Finch Whiteoak, grandson of Adeline Whiteoak, turns twenty-one, and receives an enormous legacy under the terms of his grandmother's will. Naturally this changes his life, and also the life of those around him. "From the first page to the last, Finch's Fortune holds the reader enthralled." (Myra M. Waterman, The Bookman, November 1931)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1102]
The Master of Jalna (1933) [Novel. Finch has returned from England and rejoined the rest of the Whiteoak family at Jalna. Of course, this doesn't mean that things are quiet and settled — after all, we're talking about the Whiteoaks! "In this latest instalment, the family vicissitudes are dominated by red-haired Rennie — the strongest-willed of all since the passing of old Gran... he presides at the mansion, raises horses, decides vital family issues, and keeps the clan together." (Allan Nevins, Saturday Review, 16 September 1933)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1213]
Whiteoaks. A Play. (1936) [Play adapted by de la Roche from her 1929 novel of the same name in the Jalna series. An enormous hit in London's West End, it was subsequently produced on Broadway.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1115]
Growth of a Man (1938) [Novel, which follows Shaw Manifold from his boyhood in Southern Ontario to his adulthood as a forester in British Columbia. H. R. Macmillan Wikipedia, de la Roche's cousin, and a central figure in the history of British Columbia's forest industry, appears to have inspired the novel!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1187]
Livro de Mágoas [Máguas] (1919) HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip Text / Texte UTF-8 Text / Texte UTF-8 zip HTML and Text / HTML et Texte (PG US)
Livro de Sóror Saüdade (1923) HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip
Charneca em flor (1931) HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip
Reliquiæ (1931) HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip
Learn Portuguese ! BBC EasyPortuguese sonia-portuguese.com WordReference.com Portuguese-English (beta) WordReference.com Portugués-español
with/avec: Guido Battelli (1869-1955) [Italian translator / Traducteur italien] Dizionario Biografico dei Parmigiani (Roberto Lasagni) [Basalei-Beiliardi]
Traduções [italianas] (1934) [Poems in Italian / Poèmes en italien] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip
Learn Italian! / Apprenez l'italien!
Casino Royale (1953) Wikipedia Guardian (article by Nicholas Lezard) [James Bond's first appearance in literature. The novel features much of what would become the familiar Bond universe: gambling, foreign agents, a glamorous French setting, Bond's Bentley, much alcohol; also the mysterious and captivating Vesper Lynd. Quite different from the 2006 film starring Daniel Craig Wikipedia, to say nothing of the 1967 version starring David Niven Wikipedia.]The Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang stories:
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Live and Let Die (1954) Wikipedia [The second James Bond novel. Intrigue in Harlem, Florida, then Jamaica; also voodoo.]
CAUTION: Certain language in the novel may seem racist by the standards of today.
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Moonraker (1955) Wikipedia [The third James Bond novel. It is set in England, specifically the county of Kent. It features a rocket ("The Moonraker"), a fine villain (Sir Hugo Drax), a famous game of bridge, and much else. The 1979 film Wikipedia is quite different from the novel: read the novel and decide which you prefer. (Speaking personally, we like the novel!)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1267]
From Russia with Love (1957) Wikipedia [The favourite James Bond novel not only of Fleming himself, but also of American president John F. Kennedy! The action takes place in various glamorous European locales, including London, Istanbul, Trieste, and Paris. The Russians play a major role, through the operations of their agency, SMERSH; also through Corporal Tatiana Romanova.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1296]
Goldfinger (1959) Wikipedia [Novel. James Bond encounters Mr Auric Goldfinger, who is passionate about gambling, golf, and of course, gold. That's where Fort Knox Wikipedia comes in!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1228]
The Spy Who Loved Me (1962) Wikipedia [Novel, narrated by Vivienne Michel, who is from Canada, more specifically from Sainte-Famille, the oldest town on the Île d'Orléans Wikipedia. The novel does not follow the classic Bond formula: a welcome innovation in the eyes of some, but not of others. It is shorter than the other Bond novels, and features a good deal of sex (and violence).] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1288]
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, The Magical Car. Adventure Number One. (1964) Wikipedia [Children's novel. We are introduced to Caractacus Pott and his family. They buy a car, no ordinary car... and the adventures begin!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1278]Essays and articles:
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, The Magical Car. Adventure Number Two. (1964) Wikipedia [At the end of Adventure Number One, the Potts family, on a seaside picnic, had failed to notice the tide coming in, threatening to cut them off from the mainland – or worse! It's just as well that Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang is there...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1289]
Jamaica (December 1947) [One of a series of articles in Horizon Wikipedia, by different authors, about the advantages of living in various places around the world. Ian Fleming contributed this essay on Jamaica, where he had just built his house, Goldeneye Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1230]
Automobilia (April 1958) [Essay. Ian Fleming, like his creation James Bond, was fond of cars. Here he fondly describes his Ford Thunderbird — and gives an account of going for a drive in Jamaica with his friend Noël Coward!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1226]
Some Do Not... (1924) Wikipedia [Novel, the first of the four Parade's End novels Wikipedia. We are introduced to Christopher Tietjens, the main character. Tietjens works in Britain's Imperial Department of Statistics. Society appears calm and well-ordered: but the First World War lies just around the corner...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1191]
No More Parades. A Novel. (1925) Wikipedia [The second of the Parade's End novels, set behind the front lines in France in 1915. Christopher Tietjens is now a Captain in charge of some major logistics operations. These operations include moving a group of railway workers, volunteers from Canada! Captain Tietjens is more of an idealist at the novel's start than at its end.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1242]
A Man Could Stand Up—. A Novel. (1926) Wikipedia [The third novel of the Parade's End cycle. The First World War is ending, and life continues, but it is not the same life as before. Christopher Tietjens must now adjust his personal life and his professional life to the changes that peacetime has brought.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1243]
Last Post (1928) Wikipedia [The fourth and final novel in the Parade's End tetralogy. Christopher Tietjens is now living in rural Sussex, making his living as a dealer in old furniture. The novel is somewhat separate from the earlier three, since we are now well and truly in peacetime. But memories of the War linger on; and Tietjens' family ensures that his life is not unduly peaceful.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1244]
You will find many other ebooks by Mrs. Gaskell at Project Gutenberg's US site.
A Curious Mishap (1760 [Italian original], 1892 [this translation]) [Translation of the comedy Un curioso accidente. A revision by Helen Zimmern (1846-1934) Wikipedia of an earlier translation by an unknown hand.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #538]
The Fan (1765 [Italian original], 1892 [this translation]) [Translation of Goldoni's celebrated comedy Il ventaglio it.wikipedia, translated into German around 1875 by Theophil Zolling (1849-1901) de.wikipedia using the pseudonym "G. Ritter"; Zolling's German translation Der Fächer served as the basis for this translation into English by Helen Zimmern (1846-1934) Wikipedia.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #543] Text [in Italian] (Liber Liber) RTF [in Italian] (Liber Liber)
The Beneficent Bear (1771 [French original], 1892 [this translation]) [Translation of Le bourru bienfaisant fr.wikipedia, written by Goldoni in French in celebration of the marriage of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. A revision by Helen Zimmern (1846-1934) Wikipedia of an earlier translation by an unknown hand.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #540]
The Spendthrift Miser (1776 [French original], 1892 [this translation]) [Translation of L'avare fastueux fr.wikipedia, the second comedy written by Goldoni in French. A revision by Helen Zimmern (1846-1934) Wikipedia of an earlier translation by an unknown hand.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #537]
1. Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich de.wikipedia [The Frog Prince Wikipedia / Le Roi Grenouille fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #784/no 784]Learn German!
2. Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft de.wikipedia [Cat and Mouse in Partnership Wikipedia / Chat et souris associés fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #786/no 786]
3. Marienkind de.wikipedia [Mary's Child Wikipedia / L'Enfant de Marie fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #791/no 791]
4. Mährchen von einem, der auszog das Fürchten zu lernen de.wikipedia [The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was Wikipedia / Conte de celui qui s'en alla pour connaître la peur fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #797/no 797]
5. Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geislein de.wikipedia [The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids Wikipedia / Le Loup et les Sept Chevreaux fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #801/no 801]
6. Der treue Johannes de.wikipedia [Trusty John Wikipedia / Jean-le-Fidèle] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #810/no 810]
7. Der gute Handel de.wikipedia HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #816/no 816]
8. Der wunderliche Spielmann de.wikipedia [The Wonderful Musician Wikipedia / Le Merveilleux Ménétrier] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #826/no 826]
9. Die zwölf Brüder de.wikipedia [The Twelve Brothers Wikipedia / Les Douze Frères fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #831/no 831]
10. Das Lumpengesindel de.wikipedia [The Pack of Ragamuffins Wikipedia / De la racaille] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #847/no 847]
11. Brüderchen und Schwesterchen de.wikipedia [Brother and Sister Wikipedia / Frérot et Soeurette fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #851/no 851]
12. Rapunzel de.wikipedia [Rapunzel Wikipedia / Raiponce fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #907/no 907]
13. Die drei Männlein im Walde de.wikipedia [The Three Little Men in the Wood Wikipedia / Les Trois Petits Hommes de la forêt fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #920/no 920]
14. Die drei Spinnerinnen de.wikipedia [The Three Spinners Wikipedia / Les Trois Fileuses] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #936/no 936]
15. Hänsel und Grethel de.wikipedia [Hansel and Gretel Wikipedia / Hansel et Gretel fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #940/no 940]
16. Die drei Schlangenblätter de.wikipedia [The Three Snake-Leaves / Les Trois Feuilles du serpent] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #944/no 944]
17. Die weiße Schlange de.wikipedia [The White Snake Wikipedia / Le Serpent blanc fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #932/no 932]
18. Strohhalm, Kohle und Bohne de.wikipedia [The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean Wikipedia / Bout de paille, braise et haricot] HTML HTML zip Text / Texte Text / Texte zip EPUB [PGC #951/no 951]
Tanglewood Tales (1853 [text] 1921 [illustrations]) [Greek myths retold for children] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Wikipedia
You will find further information on Peter Pond (ca. 1739-1807) at:An Introduction to the Economic History of Ontario from Outpost to Empire (1935) [Essay] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
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Ebooks of individual titles from The Collected Ghost Stories:
- Canon Alberic's Scrap-book (1894) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #447] Previous edition: HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #31] Wikipedia Wikipedia
- Lost Hearts (ca. 1894) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #449] Previous edition: HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #34]
- The Mezzotint (1904) [Mezzotints Wikipedia are a special type of engraving. This story is about a "rather indifferent" mezzotint which turns out not to be so very ordinary.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1069]
- The Ash-tree (1904) [Beside an old country house in Suffolk there stood an old tree...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1064]
- Number 13 (1904) [A ghost story set in the mediaeval Danish city of Viborg. James knew Denmark and the Danish language well; you will find in our catalogue many of his fine translations of stories by Hans Christian Andersen.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1070]
- Count Magnus (1904) [Strange things can happen in Sweden.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1065]
- "Oh, Whistle, and I'll come to you, My Lad" (1904) [Archaeological investigations, even amateur ones conducted during golfing vacations, can have unexpected outcomes.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1071]
- The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1904) [History records that a sixteenth-century abbot concealed a large amount of gold somewhere on the monastery grounds. But history failed to record its precise whereabouts.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #1078]
- A School Story (1911) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #457]
- The Rose-Garden (1911) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #452]
- The Tractate Middoth (1911) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #461]
- Casting the Runes (1911) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #463]
- The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral (1910) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #453]
- Martin's Close (1911) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #469]
- Mr. Humphreys and his Inheritance (1911) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #470]
- The Residence at Whitminster (1919) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #475]
- The Diary of Mr. Poynter (1919) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #488]
- An Episode of Cathedral History (1914) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #486]
- The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (1913) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #484]
- Two Doctors (1919) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #476]
- The Haunted Dolls' House (1923) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #492]
- The Uncommon Prayer-book (1921) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #493]
- A Neighbour's Landmark (1924) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #533]
- A View from a Hill (1925) HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #535]
- A Warning to the Curious (1925) [Strange doings in East Anglia, the former Anglo-Saxon kingdom] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1079]
- An Evening's Entertainment (1925) [A fireside story, and an unusual one] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1068]
- There was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard (1924) [In Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale a story is told but quickly interrupted: the entire text of the story is "There was a man dwelt by a churchyard..." But M. R. James knew what happened next!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1066]
- Rats (1929) [When a ghost story's title is Rats, no summary is needed!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1075]
- After Dark in the Playing Fields (1924) [The playing fields in question are those of Eton Wikipedia, where James was Provost.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1063]
- Wailing Well (1928) [A member of a Scout troop visiting a rural area wants to use an abandoned well, a well with an evil reputation...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1077]
Le Fanu, Joseph Thomas Sheridan (1814-1873) [Irish novelist and writer of tales] Wikipedia
Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery (1923) [Mystery tales]
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You will find many other titles by D. H. Lawrence at Project Gutenberg's US and Australian websites.
The Boy in the Bush (1924) [Novel: with M. L. Skinner (1876-1955)] HTML (with illustration) HTML (with illustration) zipped Text Text zippedStephen Leacock (1923) [McArthur's short biography of Leacock and personal selection of Leacock stories, starting with My Financial Career] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
The 1925 Lon Chaney silent film The Phantom of the Opera Wikipedia remains famous to this day. The Internet Archive offers both the 1925 and 1929 versions of the film; you will also find the 1925 version in Flash format at Google Videos.
Out of the Silent Planet (1938) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) [Lewis's first science fiction novel: an ageless classic. Elwin Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is on a walking holiday in rural England, when he is abducted, to the planet of Malacandra (Mars), where he and his kidnappers encounter intelligent beings, of more than one species. Interesting events ensue, for good and for ill.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped UTF-8 text UTF-8 text zipped EPUB [PGC #1169]The seven children's novels Wikipedia about the land of Narnia, in the order of the events they describe:
Perelandra (1943) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) [The second of Lewis's three science fiction novels: the alternative title Voyage to Venus is found in some editions. Dr. Elwin Ransom is called upon to make a second interplanetary voyage, this time to Venus, which turns out to be something close to paradise. But he has been summoned there for a reason...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1221]
That Hideous Strength. A modern fairy-tale for grown-ups. (1945) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) [The final of the three stories in Lewis's science fiction trilogy. The story which began on Mars and was continued on Venus comes to its conclusion on Earth.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1224]
The Magician's Nephew (1955) Wikipedia [Novel for children. "It is a very important story," Professor Lewis comments, "because it shows how all the comings and goings between our own world and the land of Narnia first began." Two children, Polly and Digory, are spending their summer in London. But a chance encounter with Digory's Uncle Andrew takes them far from that city...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1151]Theological works:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. A Story for Children. (1950) Wikipedia [Novel for children. The four Pevensie children are living in a large house in the country, a house with many rooms, which are filled with many things. But one of the rooms is absolutely empty, except for a single piece of furniture: a large wardrobe. It is a wardrobe, the children discover, which has magical properties. (Our ebook is based on Macmillan's New York edition, and therefore includes certain minor changes made by Lewis after the London edition had been published. These changes are described in the Wikipedia article on the book.)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1152]
The Horse and his Boy (1954) Wikipedia [Novel for children. "This is the story," explains Professor Lewis, "of an adventure that happened in Narnia and Calormen and the lands between, in the Golden Age when Peter was High King in Narnia and his brother and his two sisters were King and Queens under him." Shasta, an orphan boy in the empire of Calormen, wants to escape to Narnia, which is situated to the north. His first ally in this venture is Bree, a horse from Narnia who wishes to return to the land of his birth. But a long and perilous journey awaits the two travellers...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1153]
Prince Caspian. The Return to Narnia. (1951) Wikipedia [Novel for children. Centuries have passed since the Pevensie children were the kings and queens of Narnia, and the country has greatly changed — not for the better. Prince Caspian, the rightful heir to the throne, is in flight from his evil uncle. Who can set things right?] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1154]
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952) Wikipedia [Novel for children. It is the third year of the reign of King Caspian of Narnia. The new King sails east in search of seven lords of Narnia, friends of his father, who years before sailed east but never returned. Many adventures occur along the way. (Our ebook gives the text used by Lewis's London publisher, before certain changes were made by the author for the New York edition. These changes are described in the Wikipedia article on the novel.)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1155]
The Silver Chair (1953) Wikipedia [Novel for children. King Caspian is now well on in years, and has a son and heir, Prince Rilian. Rilian, however, disappeared from Narnia under mysterious and sinister circumstances, and has been missing for some years. He must be found...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1156]
The Last Battle (1956) Wikipedia [Novel for children, with strong elements of theology and philosophy. The history of Narnia comes to its end. But an ending is also a beginning... Winner of the 1956 Carnegie Medal.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1157]
The Problem of Pain (1940) Wikipedia catholiceducation.org (Jacek Bacz) [Lewis's first book of theology: an examination of physical pain and mental suffering, and their place in the universe.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1185]Literary criticism:
The Screwtape Letters (1942) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) [Theology, in the form of a series of letters purportedly written by the old and cunning devil Screwtape to his nephew Wormwood, on the subject of how to distract humans from God and the path of salvation. "This admirable, diverting, and remarkably original work... the most exciting piece of Christian apologetics that has turned up in a long time... a book for which believer and unbeliever alike may give thanks." (Leonard Bacon, Saturday Review, 17 April 1943)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1179]
Transposition and other Addresses (1949) [Three sermons and two talks delivered by Lewis during and shortly after the Second World War. Written in a conversational style appropriate to the circumstances of their creation, but full of substance, as one expects from Professor Lewis.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1218]
The Four Loves (1960) Wikipedia [Philosophical/theological monograph: a study of love. But the single English word "love" is used for several quite different things, as Professor Lewis demonstrates with his customary clarity and brilliance.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1202]
On Stories (1947) [Essay. "It is astonishing", Professor Lewis writes, "how little attention critics have paid to Story considered in itself." His essay pays a great deal of attention to this question. Itself a fine piece of writing, along the way it provides some very good reading suggestions!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1212]Autobiography:
Surprised by Joy. The shape of my early life. (1955) Wikipedia Lewisiana (notes by Arend Smilde) Lewisiana (index by Arend Smilde) [The author's fine account of his early years, with a focus on his journey away from atheism. Naturally he includes some good discussions of literature — you might discover a new author you'd like to read!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1275]
No Hero (1935) [The first of the six Mr. Moto novels: also known as Your Turn, Mr. Moto and Mr. Moto Takes a Hand. Casey Lee, a former military pilot, has been offered a chance to fly a Japanese-built plane from Japan to the U.S. While in Tokyo, he encounters Mr. Moto and soon finds himself kidnapped and in China, mixed up in international espionage involving Japan (represented by Mr. Moto), Russia (a beautiful young Russian woman named Sonya Karaloff), and the U.S. (Naval Commander Driscoll).] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #888]Wickford Point (1939) [Satirical novel, telling the story of a family with deep roots in New England, and their progress, or lack thereof] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1017]
Thank You, Mr. Moto (1936) [A young American, Tom Nelson, who is acquainted with Mr. Moto Wikipedia, runs into him at a party in Peking. At the same party, he runs into two other friends: a young woman, Eleanor Joyce, and an ex-British Army Major Jameson Best. There is a murder, and new characters enter the scene: a Chinese rebel leader, an art thief, a Chinese prince, and a Japanese political agitator...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #877]
Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937) [Novel. Our hero, Wilson Hitchings, who works at his uncle's Shanghai-based trading company and bank, is sent to Hawaii to investigate a problem with the company's branch there. He discovers a currency smuggling operation that Mr. Moto is also investigating.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #832]
Mr. Moto Is So Sorry (1938) [Novel, set in the 1930's during Japan's takeover of northern China. Calvin Gates, a young American, is travelling to Mongolia to join up with an archaeology expedition. He encounters Mr. Moto on a ship travelling from Japan to Korea. As his travels continue, he finds himself involved in Japanese, Chinese, and Russian border intrigue...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #897]
Last Laugh, Mr. Moto (1942) [Novel, set in the Caribbean, late in 1940. Robert Bolles, an ex-US Navy man, finds himself mixed up in the efforts of a Japanese agent (Mr. Moto), and a couple of Vichy French agents, who are allied with a German agent, all trying to recover a secret device from an aircraft that was on a French freighter that was lost/wrecked. Events proceed from there...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #892]
Stopover: Tokyo (1957) [Marquand's final novel featuring Mr. Moto, set in Japan shortly after the Korean War. Jack Rhyce is an American secret agent in Japan, hunting a Russian agent. He's travelling with a female American agent: the two are posing as a couple. In Japan, they encounter Mr. Moto, who's also after the Russian agent...] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #899]
Phil May (1948) [Monograph, with many drawings by Phil May] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
with: Hall, James Norman (1887-1951) [American novelist] Wikipedia
Men Without Country (1942) [The novel opens early in World War II, just after the fall of France. An American reporter is in London to get stories on Frenchmen who have fled France to fight with Charles de Gaulle. He meets with a Captain Freycinet, who has quite a story to tell, a story which begins in the Caribbean. "The famous authors of 'Mutiny on the Bounty' have passed a neat, small miracle. In a little over a hundred pages, in small format and good large type, they have told a tale of escape, patriotism, French Guiana, Vichy, Free France, everything tight and right and thrilling. This is old craftsmanship at work, spinning a yarn of the most contemporary flavor..." (N. L. Rothman, Saturday Review, 27 June 1942)] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1255]
Translator: FitzGerald, Edward (1809-1883) [English translator] Wikipedia
Illustrator: MacManus [also spelt McManus], Blanche (1869-1935) [American author and illustrator] Wikipedia
Project Gutenberg Canada also offers Lorne Pierce's 1957 anthology of poems by Marjorie Pickthall (1883-1922), which you will find in our catalogue under that author's name.
Ruskin, John (1819-1900) [Écrivain anglais] fr.wikipedia
La Bible d'Amiens (1880 [version anglaise], 1904 [cette traduction]) [Traduction par Proust de The Bible of Amiens: histoire et philosophie] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip [PGC no 516]
You might also be interested in reading Ruskin's original English version, although it naturally lacks Proust's famous preface and notes.
Sésame et les Lys : des trésors des rois, des jardins des reines (1865 [version anglaise], 1906 [cette traduction]) [Traduction de de Sesame and Lilies : Two lectures delivered at Manchester in 1864: regards sur la littérature et l'éducation. Préface et commentaire par Proust.] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip EPUB [PG Canada no 700]
You can find Ruskin's work in the original English at Project Gutenberg US.
You will find many ebooks by Saintsbury and by Thackeray at Project Gutenberg's US site.
with: Cameron, David Young (1865-1945) [Scottish etcher and painter] Wikipedia National Galleries of Scotland Tate Collection
Sir D.Y. Cameron, R.A. (1925) [Monograph on the famous Scottish artist, profusely illustrated] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #426]
with: Hokusai [Katsushika Hokusai] (1760-1849) [Japanese artist] Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons
Hokusai (1930) [Monograph on the celebrated Japanese artist, illustrated in colour] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
At Project Gutenberg US you will find several works published by Sapper before 1923, including the first novel about his famous creation Bulldog Drummond Wikipedia.The Black Gang (1922) [The second Bulldog Drummond novel: it's not just Hugh Drummond who returns, but also his adversary, Carl Peterson. Irma Peterson is involved as well; and on the other side, Chief Inspector McIver of Scotland Yard.] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped EPUB [PGC #1284]
Projet Gutenberg US vous offre une belle édition numérique de la version originale de ces contes!
Wilder, Laura Ingalls (1867-1957) [American novelist] Wikipedia Minnesota Historical Society
Little House in the Big Woods (1932) [Novel] HTML HTML zipped
La Tempête (version de 1864) [traduction française par François Guizot (1787-1874) fr.wikipedia] HTML and Text
Der Sturm. Ein Schauspiel von Shakspear, für das Theater bearbeitet. (1796) [German translation (with a preface) by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853) Wikipedia / traduction allemande (avec une préface) par Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853) fr.wikipedia]
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Learn German!
Apprenez l'allemand!
PG Canada vous offre également l'intégrale du chef-d'oeuvre de Proust, À la recherche du temps perduAndré Gide (1927) [Articles sur le romancier français André Gide (1869-1951) fr.wikipedia] HTML HTML zip Texte Texte zip Texte UTF-8 Texte UTF-8 zip
Old French Fairy Tales (1857 [French original] 1920 [this translation]) [Fairy tales: a translation by an unknown hand of Ségur's Nouveaux contes de fées pour les petits enfants] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Projet Gutenberg US vous offre une belle édition numérique de la version originale de ces contes!
Tanglewood Tales (1853 [text] 1921 [illustrations]) [Greek myths retold for children] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped Wikipedia
You might also enjoy this contemporary review by Robert Benchley (1889-1945) Wikipedia National Review Online (S. T. Karnick)] of the 1934 New York production: HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped [PGC #558]The Privateer (1952) [Historical novel about Sir Henry Morgan Wikipedia. In an Author's Note, our novelist gives high praise to Canadian historian E. A. Cruikshank's 1935 biography of Henry Morgan. This excellent work is available for download from Project Gutenberg Canada!] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
Lark Rise to Candleford (1945) [Trilogy consisting of the novels Lark Rise (1939), Over to Candleford (1941), and Candleford Green (1943), with the 1945 introduction to the trilogy by H. J. Massingham (1888-1952) Wikipedia] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zippedStill Glides the Stream (1948) [Novel, set in Oxfordshire] HTML HTML zipped Text Text zipped
In addition to Thorpe's illustrated monograph, Project Gutenberg Canada offers a number of books of drawings by Phil May — look under his name in our catalogue!
You will find a digital edition of the celebrated 1863 Cambridge Shakespeare edition of The Tempest at Project Gutenberg's US site.
Projet Gutenberg US vous offre une belle édition numérique de la célèbre traduction de La Tempête par François Guizot (1787-1874) fr.wikipedia.
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