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Antonio, a Venetian merchant, wishes to help his friend get money to impress a rich heiress. But he is forced to borrow the sum from a cynical, abused Jewish moneylender, Shylock...
Created sometime around 1592, "The Taming of the Shrew" is one of Shakespeare's most loved comedies.
It's the story of a strong-minded woman, Katharina, who yields to an equally stubborn man. The play describes the volatile courtship between the shrewish Katharina and the canny Petruchio, who i...
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare. It was one of his earlier plays, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1594. The play begins with a framing device in which a drunkard is deceived into thinking he is a nobleman who then watches the "play" itself, which depicts a n...
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare. It was one of his earlier plays, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1594. The play begins with a framing device in which a drunkard is deceived into thinking he is a nobleman who then watches the "play" itself, which depicts a n...
Shakespeare showed us the plays in the play. In the introduction, we see that the Lord decided to play a cruel joke on a drunken brazier. They brought him to the lord's house, dressed him beautifully, and assured him that past life was only a dream. And at this moment there is a troupe of actors who...
A raving misanthrope is transformed into a model of wifely deportment but not without a struggle. Fast-paced dialogue and earthy humor contribute to the enduring popularity of this tale of a 16th-century battle of the sexes.
Roman classique, d'abord publié à titre posthume en 1881. Selon Wikipedia: "Bouvard et Pécuchet est une oeuvre satirique inachevée par Gustave Flaubert, publiée en 1881 après sa mort en 1880. Bien que conçu en 1863 comme Les Deux Cloportes (" Les Deux Bois ") et partiellement inspiré par une hist...
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Par une chaude journée d'été, à Paris, deux hommes, Bouvard et Pécuchet, se rencontrent et font connaissance. Ils découvrent que, non seulement ils exercent le...
Nowhere do Flaubert's explorations of the relation of signs to the objects they signify reach a more thorough study than in this work. Bouvard and Pécuchet systematically confuse signs and symbols with reality, an assumption that causes them much suffering, as it does for Emma Bovary and Frédéric Mo...
Par une chaude journée d'été, à Paris, deux hommes, Bouvard et Pécuchet, se rencontrent et font connaissance. Ils découvrent que, non seulement ils exercent le même métier (copiste), mais en plus ils ont les mêmes centres d'intérêts. S'ils le pouvaient, ils aimeraient vivre à la campagne. Un héritag...
The Merchant of Venice is the story of Antonio, the drama's title character, and his friend Bassanio. Bassanio is in need of money so that he may woo Portia, a wealthy heiress. Bassanio asks Antonio for a loan and Antonio agrees to this loan, however all his money is tied up in shipping ventures. To...
In this satirical novel from renowned French author Gustave Flaubert, two Paris-dwelling clerks, Francois Bouvard and Juste Pecuchet, have a chance encounter one day and instantly become the best of friends. When Bouvard comes into some family money, the two chums decide to pull up stakes and move t...
In this satirical novel from renowned French author Gustave Flaubert, two Paris-dwelling clerks, Francois Bouvard and Juste Pecuchet, have a chance encounter one day and instantly become the best of friends. When Bouvard comes into some family money, the two chums decide to pull up stakes and move t...
In his own words, the novel is "a kind of encyclopedia made into farce . . . A book in which I shall spit out my bile." At the center of this book are Bouvard and Pécuchet, two retired clerks who set out in a search for truth and knowledge with persistent optimism in light of the fact that each new ...
Bouvard et Pécuchet est une Odyssée. La littérature (profane - c'est-à-dire la vraie) commence avec Homère (déjà grand sceptique) et toute grande oeuvre est soit une Iliade, soit une Odyssée, les odyssées étant beaucoup plus nombreuses que les iliades : le Satiricon, La Divine Comédie, Pantagruel, D...
Par un chaud dimanche d'été, près du bassin du port de l'Arsenal, sur le boulevard Bourdon, à Paris, deux promeneurs, Bouvard et Pécuchet, se rencontrent par hasard sur un banc public et font connaissance. Ils s'aperçoivent qu'ils ont eu tous deux l'idée d'écrire leur nom dans leur chapeau : « Alors...
Bouvard et Pécuchet sont deux dactylographes engagés dans une relation homosexuelle polygame avec l'ex femme de Pécuchet. Ils mènent une vie ordinaire. Ils se rencontrent par hasard et deviennent immédiatement de très bons amis. Ils décident de partir vivre à la campagne pour échapper à la monotonie...
Par un chaud dimanche d'été, près du bassin du port de l'Arsenal, sur le boulevard Bourdon, à Paris, deux promeneurs, Bouvard et Pécuchet, se rencontrent par hasard sur un banc public et font connaissance. Ils s'aperçoivent qu'ils ont eu tous deux l'idée d'écrire leur nom dans leur chapeau : « Alors...
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Not only does it feature the complete text of The Merchant of Venice, it offers a comprehensive study guide that will easily help you understand Shakesp...
Bouvard et Pécuchet details the adventures of two Parisian copy-clerks, François Denys Bartholomée Bouvard and Juste Romain Cyrille Pécuchet, of the same age and nearly identical temperament. They meet one hot summer day in 1838 by the canal Saint-Martin and form an instant, symbiotic friendship. Th...
Gustave Flaubert's "Bouvard & Pécuchet" is a richly layered satirical novel that dissects the folly of unexamined knowledge and the human tendency toward intellectual mimicry. Set in post-Napoleonic France, the narrative follows two clerks who, after coming into an unexpected inheritance, embark on ...
In "Bouvard and Pécuchet," Gustave Flaubert employs a satirical lens to critique the bourgeois aspirations of two clerks whose relentless pursuit of knowledge leads them to folly. The narrative unfolds in a fragmented, episodic style, reflecting Flaubert's meticulous attention to detail and his inno...
"Bouvard y Pécuchet" es una de las obras más conocidas de Gustave Flaubert. Con sus frases pulidas y palabras precisas, la novela ha perdurado en el tiempo sin perder su impacto y su fuerza expresiva. La narrativa se centra en dos personajes crédulos, Bouvard y Pécuchet, quienes son amigos y emplead...
