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London : the biography by Peter Ackroyd, 2000 Click on the link: Text The text that I'm going to present you was written in 2000 by Peter Ackroyd: an English biographer, novelist and critic. In reality, this text is a biography about the city of London...

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ÉMILE VERHAEREN (1855-1916) (Recueil : Les soirs) « Londres » Et ce Londres de fonte et de bronze, mon âme, Où des plaques de fer claquent sous des hangars, Où des voiles s'en vont, sans Notre-Dame Pour étoile, s'en vont, là-bas, vers les hasards. Gares...

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Paint of London Consignes: Search for a painting of London that sticks to the text description of A.Machen. What elements can you find in the text and in the tableau ? Why have you choose this paint ? Well, the paint that I've chosen represent a quay...

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Arthur MACHEN, The Hill of Dreams ( 1907 ) It's the story of a young man who dreams of a better life, he comes from a poor family in Ireland. He decides to emigrate and come in London. Maybe he comes because it's an artist / politique reasons / to have...

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London in the XIXth Century In groups we have realized presentations about the capital of England during the XIXth century. More precisely, we have developed some key points : The railway expansion The great exhibition The living conditions in the 19th...

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The imaginary The new notion that we going to discover is the Utopia. If certain persons have no knowledge about that, here is a short definition: A utopia is a desire of hapiness, to live in a perfect society, to be anchored a perfect world. " A place...

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Travels & Returns Travels Here are some literary work where a Initiatory journey takes place:

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My Opin ion about this novel Firstly, I would like to precise that this type of book isn't what I read usually.So, at first I thought that this story don't entice me ! But, finally I've appreciate the plot. It a simple story, but quite interresting. We...

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The Old man and the sea - Trailer A site with plenty of information and details about the novel ! Click on the link = http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/oldman/

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Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea (1952) Part Five The old man experienced the dangers of the sea. But he had already experienced those dangers. He must have encountered sharks before since he managed to kill them. In the old man point of view,...

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