Luisa Collodi Boeken

Émile Zola is regarded as one of the most significant French novelists of the 19th century and a founder of Naturalism. He initially published loosely connected novels and worked as a journalist before conceptualizing most of his works as part of a cycle that illuminates the social and political realities of his time. The twenty novels in this series narrate the family saga of the Rougons and Macquarts, addressing the conflict between the bourgeoisie and the working class. Zola, a moderate leftist, aimed to enrich conservative French literature with progressive elements. The novels are arranged in chronological order and tackle central societal issues. The cycle includes titles such as "The Fortune of the Rougons," "Nana," "Germinal," and "Doctor Pascal," each depicting various aspects of life under the Second Empire. Zola's work is considered crucial for understanding the social structures and conflicts of his era and has left a lasting impact on literature.

Getuigenis van een jonge vrouw van Marokkaanse afkomst in Frankrijk die door haar ouders werd gedwongen te huwen met een man die zij verafschuwde.

In Het Geld speelt evenals in De Buit de speculant Saccard weer een hoofdrol. Na de laatste schandaalverwekkende, noodlottige grondspeculatie waaruit hij slechts met moeite het vege lijf had weten te redden, leefde bij hem het sterke verlangen naar revanche. Samen met de idealistische ingenieur Hamelin sticht hij De Banque Universelle, waarin ook De Schatkist van het Heilige Graf is opgenomen die de Paus in staat moet stellen zich mettertijd in Jeruzalem te vestigen. Als Saccard bij de beurskoning Gundermann en zijn broer Rougon aanklopt om hulp en deze hem wordt geweigerd, besluit hij hen te vernietigen en het spel hoog te spelen waardoor Parijs of aan zijn voeten zal komen te liggen of hem gebroken zal uitwerpen in de goot. Op grootse wijze beschrijft Zola het speculeren, de eeuwige begeerte, die dwingt tot liefde en haat.

Adorned with gripping cover art by Man Ray and translated by renowned scholar Dr. Paul J. Gillette, this dramatic collection of de Sade writings includes "Justine," "Juliette," "120 Days of Sodom," "Philosophy In The Bedroom" and many works often scattered among "pastiche" versions of de Sades oeuvre. Free of the author's repetitions, polemics and syntactically complex 18th century phrases, this edition captures the drama of de Sade's forays into human sexuality including such practices as voyeurism, fetishism, and, most famously, sadism. Vilified by critics in the 1800s as "Monstrous… depraved… An odious book by an even more odious man," de Sades depiction of his personal adventures has been studied and enjoyed by readers in light of the 20th and 21st centuries. Readers will also discover a mind as free as de Sades adventures were uninhibited, for he discusses natural evolution 25 years before Darwin's birth; postulates the existence of the unconscious mind a century before Sigmund Freud; and probes social mores decades before the work of Margaret Mead. He also espouses political ideas that were put into practice by such diverse figures as Joseph Stalin, Adolph Hitler and Fidel Castro. Born into French nobility in 1740, Marquis de Sade continues to open minds to new human experience more than 250 years later in this dramatic new release from Holloway House Publishing.