As the world teeters on the brink of war again, change is in the air… After graduating from finishing school, Celia and Wenna Pengelly go their separate ways – Celia to New Jersey to recover from a broken heart, and Wenna to London, where she discovers ambitions she never knew she had. However, though worlds apart, both sisters are inexorably drawn towards Cornwall, to the family businesses of china, clay and pottery. And as the world teeters...

Sussex, 1763: As young widow Sarah Huxley celebrates her 21st birthday at the family seat of her uncle, Lord Endor, the festivities are interrupted by an uninvited guest: the notorious pirate Black Robbie, along with his crew. By the time Robbie has collected his spoils from the partygoers, it becomes clear to Sarah that he is no common cutthroat, and she is irresistibly drawn towards him, just as he is towards her. So when Sarah discovers that her...

When lawyer Nick Pengelly sees a bewitching portrait in old Albert Tremayne's Truro studio, he believes he has found his destiny. Then, at his brother's wedding, Nick meets Skye Tremayne Norwood – married daughter of the woman in the portrait – and falls almost instantly in love. Skye's marriage is failing and she feels powerfully drawn to Nick, but when she is widowed just after they spend a solitary night together she is consumed by guilt. Torn...

SHE IS SIN PERSONIFIED... Cursed by past tragedies, notorious Highlander Laird Athdar MacCallum has devoted himself to leading his people - and has vowed never to marry again. Until he is utterly disarmed by the innocent beauty in the eyes of Isobel Ruriksdottir... Isobel is drawn to the vulnerability she senses behind the fearsome facade of the clan chief. But with his formidable reputation, he is strictly forbidden. Being together can only lead...

In 1940, the comparative calm of the Pengelly family is disrupted by the arrival of four evacuees from London. While Skye welcomes the new additions with open arms, the other family members have mixed reactions, with varying degrees of hostility. Meanwhile, the war becomes inexorable from everyday life as, one by one, friends and family are reported missing or killed. Skye is forced to accept that their lives no longer seem to be charmed, and their...

"From a powerful new literary voice, a sweeping epic of one family and the destructive power of the American Dream All their lives, the children of George Benjamin Hill have fought to escape the shadow of their father, a dust-bowl orphan, self-made millionaire in bedrock American capitalism (fast food and oil), and destroyer of two families on his way to financial success. Now, they are approaching middle age and ruin: A failed ex-minor league ballplayer,...

Une édition de référence d'Une page d'amour d'Émile Zola, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques. « Mon Dieu! Et ne savoir que faire! Comme ça, brusquement, dans la nuit. Pas même de lumière. Ses idées se brouillaient. Elle continuait de causer à sa fille, l'interrogeant et répondant pour elle. C'était dans l'estomac que ça la tenait; non, dans la gorge. Ce ne serait rien. Il fallait du calme. Et elle faisait...

Corinne, la sœur aînée de Felicy, donne naissance à un enfant. Frederick Bursky, leur père, exige qu'elle adopte sa nièce. Cette proposition saugrenue est rejetée en bloc par Felicy. Frederick Bursky s'enrage face à son refus et nourrit envers elle d'atroces hostilités. Sa colère s'intensifie lorsqu'il découvre par hasard que Felicy est également enceinte. Énervé, il agresse physiquement sa fille sous le regard de Paul Jones. Comment...

Une édition de référence de La Fortune des Rougon d'Émile Zola, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques. Alors Silvère, à bout de force, se mit à pleurer. Les sanglots d'un homme ont des sécheresses navrantes. Miette, effrayée de sentir le pauvre garçon secoué dans ses bras, le baisa au visage, oubliant qu'elle brûlait ses lèvres. C'était sa faute. Elle était une niaise de n'avoir pu supporter la douceur...

L'Assommoir est un roman d'Émile Zola publié en feuilleton dès 1876 dans Le Bien public, puis dans La République des Lettres, avant sa sortie en livre en 1877 chez l'éditeur Georges Charpentier. C'est le septième volume de la série Les Rougon-Macquart. L'ouvrage est totalement consacré au monde ouvrier et, selon Zola, c'est « le premier roman sur le peuple, qui ne mente pas et qui ait l'odeur du peuple ». L'écrivain y restitue la langue...