Showing results for "Rue" in Literary Fiction

A Tanger, un adolescent libre penseur, assoiffé de liberté, connaît ses premiers émois avec sa cousine Meryem. Surpris par ses parents, pudibonds, obsédés par les questions d'honneur, de morale et de qu'en dira-t-on, il se fait rouer de coups, ce qui le décide à fuir et à vivre dans la rue, puis à traverser la Méditerranée.

Rien ne prédestinait Alice Beausoleil et Marcel Dambre à se rencontrer. Pour que le vieil homme ouvre sa porte à la jeune femme trempée, il aura fallu une grève des transports, un GPS capricieux et un terrible orage. De leur tête-à-tête inattendu va naître ce qui ressemble à une seconde chance. Un nouveau rendez-vous avec l'existence, peu importe le temps qui reste... Marcel, quatre-vingt-sept ans, vit rue du Rendez-Vous, reclus dans son atelier de bottier menacé par les bulldozers.

Dernière-née d'une famille canadienne-française du Manitoba, Christine, surnommée «Petite Misère», revit par le souvenir son enfance et sa jeunesse, depuis les découvertes de ses premières années jusqu'à son entrée dans le monde adulte lorsque, devenue institutrice, elle aura enfin à «gagner sa vie».

A novel that tackles the question: Do I truly do the Jesus thing – or do I stay safe? In obedience to a divine Nudge, 47-year-old Allison Chamberlain buys a Harley and waits for further instructions. Those instructions turn her into a reluctant prophet who points out the narrow fears of her church group and take her into the darkest parts of her city.

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first modern detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women. Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was spoken. At the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human.

A family gift of reading the spirits in flames has taken everything from her, but can it give her everything she needs? In The Stars Will Guide Us Back, 13 short stories encapsulating the elements of speculative fiction and magical realism travel the themes of mental health, loss, mortality, self-confidence, and finding hope through difficult circumstances. Explore the immersive worlds within, along with a range of peculiar, distinct, and queer characters.

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841. Poe referred to it as a "tale of ratiocination" featuring the brilliant deductions of C. Auguste Dupin; it is today regarded as one of the first detective stories and is almost certainly the first locked-room mystery. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women.

The room was on the fourth floor, and the door was locked - with the key on the inside. The windows were closed and fastened - on the inside. The chimney was too narrow for a cat to get through. So how did the murderer escape? And whose were the two angry voices heard by the neighbours as they ran up the stairs? Nobody in Paris could find any answers to this mystery.Except Auguste Dupin, who could see further and think more clearly than other people.

C. Auguste Dupin is a Frenchman who decides to solve the mysterious brutal murder of two women in Paris. Numerous witnesses are quoted in the newspaper as having heard a suspect, though the witnesses each think it was a different language. As the first true detective in fiction, the Dupin character established many literary devices which would be used in future fictional detectives including Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot.

L'appartement d'Hermine, c'est son havre de paix, après ses journées agitées d'institutrice. Est-ce qu'elle va réussir à faire de la place pour Ismaël, le jeune réfugié qu'elle a accepté d'héberger ? Hermine a toujours admiré sa collègue Yasmine, bénévole auprès des mineurs sans-papiers. Alors quand celle-ci lui demande d'accueillir un adolescent de seize ans, elle ne peut pas refuser. L'arrivée d'Ismaël bouleverse sa vie... et celle de ses voisins ! Mais quelle chance d'être si bien entourée : Margaux est toujours de bon conseil et Joshua, toujours là pour elle.

Lucie est verte de rage : spoliée et abandonnée par ses enfants à la mort de son mari, elle se retrouve dans un appartement minuscule ! Finie la grande vie... Jusqu'à ce qu'elle rencontre le bel Henri. Quand son cher époux est mort, Lucie ne s'attendait certainement pas à hériter de... ses dettes. Ses enfants ne lui parlent plus (il faut dire qu'elle n'a jamais pu retenir le prénom de ses petits-enfants) et, ruinée, elle est obligée de déménager ! En plus, ses nouveaux voisins sont insupportables - surtout le petit Hyppolite, un vrai pot de colle.

Auguste Dupin, investigator extraordinaire, was the remarkable creation of Edgar Allan Poe. Written in the 1840s, Poe presented the acutely observant, shrewd but idiosyncratic character who, with his chronicler, provided the inspiration for the more famous Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Los crímenes de la calle Morgue, también conocido como Los asesinatos de la calle Morgue o Los asesinatos de la rue Morgue, es un cuento del género policiaco y de terror del escritor estadounidense Edgar Allan Poe, publicado por primera vez en en la revista Graham's Magazine, de Filadelfia, en el mes de abril de 1841.

In sleepy Salty Creek, Georgia, strangers are rare. When a quiet, unassuming stranger arrives - a Japanese man with a secret history of his own - he becomes the talk of the town and a new beginning for lonely Sophie, who lost her first love during World War I. Middle-aged Sophie had resigned herself to a passionless existence. That all begins to change as she finds herself drawn to the mysterious Mr. Oto.

This is a story from the Murders in the Rue Morgue (The Dupin Stories) collection. Auguste Dupin, investigator extraordinaire, was the remarkable creation of Edgar Allan Poe. Written in the 1840s, Poe presented the acutely observant, shrewd but idiosyncratic character who, with his chronicler, provided the inspiration for the more famous Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.