20 Masterpieces of Fantasy Fiction Vol. 1: Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Tarzan of the Apes......

• Lewis Carroll (auteur)

  Enseignant en mathématiques, de son vrai nom Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) est l'auteur des Aventures d'Alice au pays des merveilles (1865) et de sa suite, De l'autre côté du miroir (1872). Initialement destinés à la jeunesse, ses textes ont su, malgré les réticences de la société victorienne, conquérir les artistes et intellectuels de son temps qui y trouvèrent une intarissable source d'inspiration.

• David Lindsay (auteur)

  David Lindsay (1876-1945) is a writer best known for his first novel, A Voyage to Arcturus. Published in 1920, it has been called "the greatest imaginative work of the twentieth century" (Colin Wilson), "a stupendous ontological fable" (E H Visiak), "a masterpiece... an extraordinary work" (Clive Barker), "that shattering, intolerable, and irresistible work" (C S Lewis), and "less a novel than it is private kabbalah" (Alan Moore). John Grant, in The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, called it "a masterpiece of allegorical fantasy".Lindsay himself said that as long as publishing existed he would have readers, however few, and has been proved right. A Voyage to Arcturus, and his subsequent novels The Haunted Woman (1922), Sphinx (1923), The Adventures of Monsieur de Mailly (1926) and Devil's Tor (1932) have found a growing audience of devotees, enabling his unpublished novels (The Violet Apple, and the unfinished The Witch) to be brought out in the 1970s. He has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Bulgarian, Russian, Japanese, Catalan, Romanian and Turkish.

• Charles Dickens (auteur)

  Charles Dickens was an English novelist and social critic known for creating iconic fictional characters. He is considered one of the greatest Victorian-era novelists. His works, such as "A Christmas Carol," "Oliver Twist," and "Great Expectations," are frequently adapted and evoke images of early Victorian London. Dickens drew inspiration from his own experiences, including his father's imprisonment for debt. He began his career as a journalist and writer in his early twenties, and his unique style and humor quickly gained him fame. Dickens was also known for his philanthropy and advocacy for social issues. He made a trip to the United States and Canada in 1842 and expressed his condemnation of slavery. Dickens's novels often depicted the struggles of the poor and disadvantaged, challenging societal norms and advocating for change. Despite some criticism of his sentimentality, Dickens's popularity remained strong, and he is regarded as one of the greatest British novelists. He left a lasting legacy, with museums and festivals dedicated to his life and works.

Auteur(s) : George MacDonald, Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, G. K. Chesterton, J. M. Barrie, David Lindsay, Robert E. Howard, Mikhaïl Bulgakov, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Charles Dickens, Lord Dunsany, Thomas Malory, Mark Twain, John Ruskin

Editeur : Pandora's Box

Auteur(s) : George MacDonald, Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, G. K. Chesterton, J. M. Barrie, David Lindsay, Robert E. Howard, Mikhaïl Bulgakov, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Charles Dickens, Lord Dunsany, Thomas Malory, Mark Twain, John Ruskin

Publication : 16 septembre 2021

Intérieur : Noir & blanc

Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub]

Contenu(s) : ePub

Protection(s) : Aucune (ePub)

Taille(s) : 3,32 Mo (ePub)

Langue(s) : Anglais

EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9789897788925