Le 8 juin 1876, George Sand mourut. Le 2 juillet, Hippolyte Taine adressa une lettre au directeur-general du Journal des debats. D'une grande justesse, sa necrologie fut un exemple illustre... Læs mere
En 1865, Napoleon III publia son premier tome de L'Histoire de Jules Cesar ; il fit livrer un exemplaire a George Sand. L'ecrivain publia une critique. L'edition bilingue de ce texte de Sand fait partie de la Collection Luminary.
On 18 April 1776, shortly before his death, David Hume recounted his life as one lived, by choice, as a man of letters. A bilingual edition in English and French, this book is part of the Luminary Collection.
Elegance of personality, a peculiar notion of the Chinese literati, is encapsulated in Shishuo Xinyu - character sketches from the fifth century of elevated, often eccentric, beings. Poets, politicians, artists, and musicians here come in an ensemble of the bold and untrammelled.
Elegance of personality, a peculiar notion of the Chinese literati, is encapsulated in Shishuo Xinyu - character sketches from the fifth... Læs mere
For two millennia, Qu Yuan has been honoured as the first Romantic poet in East Asia. During the Warring States, the prodigious aristocrat and statesman was twice exiled, and wrote verses in the Chu dialect, liberating poetry from the four-syllable metre.
When the pianist Fou Ts'ong passed away in London in December 2020, his friend of 58 years, the dancer Chiang Ching, wrote a poignant tribute in his memory.
En 1894, Gabriel Monod publia Les Maitres de l'histoire. Selon l'historien, pour Michelet, " Optimisme et liberte sont les bases de l'education ; optimisme, liberte et justice sont... Læs mere
On 19 May 1840, Thomas Carlyle wrote Lecture V of On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History - 'The Hero as Man of Letters'. A bilingual edition in English and French, this book is part of the Luminary Collection.