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[...] Believing that Europe, reunited after bitter experiences, intends to continue along the path of civilisation, progress and prosperity, for the good of all its inhabitants, including the weakest and most deprived; that it wishes to remain a continent open to culture, learning and social progress; and that it wishes to deepen the democratic and transparent nature of its public life, and to strive for peace, justice and solidarity throughout the world. Convinced that, while remaining proud of their own national identities and history, the peoples of Europe are determine...

A Love Episode is the eighth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series by Emile Zola, set among the petite bourgeoisie in Second Empire suburban Paris. The story takes place in 1854-1855. When the novel begins, Helene has been widowed 18 months, living in what was then the Paris suburb of Passy with her 11-year-old daughter Jeanne. Her husband Charles Grandjean fell ill the day after they arrived from Marseilles and died eight days later. On the night the novel opens, Jeanne has fallen ill with a violent seizure. In panic, Helene runs into the street to find a doctor. Eventually,...

Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The characters of fables and tales are usually animals who act and talk just like people whilst retaining their animal traits. Each one of Aesop's fables has a lesson, or moral, to teach to children - just like a parable or allegory.

Die Verfassung des Kleinen Prinzen beginnt wahrend des zweiten Weltkrieges, als der Autor, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, gezwungen war die Luftwaffe zu verlassen, nach der Invasion Deutschlands in Frankreich und Zuflucht in New York zu finden. Dieses Element von Nostalgie der Kindheit erscheint, in dem Kleinen Prinz die starke Wunsch des Autors fur seinen Ruckkehr nach Frankreich sowie die Hoffnung, dass dies zu Friedenzeiten geschehen wird. Die Handlung des Kleinen Prinzen spielt sich in der Sahara Wuste ab. Das Flugzeug des Pilots-Erzahlers ist in der Wuste notgelandet. Derse...

Στην Ερόικα, αιωρούμαστε μεταξύ δύο κόσμων. Από τη μία η πραγματικότητα της ενήλικης ζωής, από την άλλη οι φαντασιώσεις των εφήβων. Η πλοκή, κάπου στο 19ο αιώνα, μιλά για τα πάθη των νέων που φθάνουν σε σημείο τραγικότητας.

Στην Ερόικα, αιωρούμαστε μεταξύ δύο κόσμων. Από τη μία η πραγματικότητα της ενήλικης ζωής, από την άλλη οι φαντασιώσεις των εφήβων. Η πλοκή, κάπου στο 19ο αιώνα, μιλά για τα πάθη των νέων που φθάνουν σε σημείο τραγικότητας.

Great Expectations is set in early Victorian England, a time when great social changes were sweeping the nation. The Industrial Revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries automatically led to divisions between the rich and poor. London’s population grew rapidly. More and more people moved from the country to the city in search of greater economic opportunity. With the combination of sewage, coal fires, and unwashed bodies, the odor of London was horrendous. Both the rich and the poor had to contend with the evil air around the city. Great Expectation...

Gulliver’s Travels recounts the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver. Gulliver is a trained surgeon from England who decides to go to sea after his surgical business fails. He enjoys traveling. Gulliver goes on four separate voyages in Gulliver's Travels. Each journey is preceded by a storm. All four voyages bring new perspectives to Gulliver's life and new opportunities for satirizing the ways of England. The first voyage is to Lilliput, where Gulliver is huge and the Lilliputians are less than six inches tall. They attempt to stab Gulliver with arrows, but the size of the Lillip...

L’ecriture du Petit Prince commence lors de la Deuxieme Guerre Mondiale, quand Saint-Exupery est oblige de quitter l’aviation apres l’invasion de l’Allemagne en France et de se refugier a New York. C’est justement la nostalgie de son enfance dans cette ?uvre qui revele le desir de Saint-Exupery de retourner en France durant un temps de paix. L’histoire du Petit Prince a lieu dans le desert Sahara. L’avion du pilote-narrateur est abime dans le desert et lui-meme est reste avec tres peu de nourriture et d’eau. Essayant d’estimer les difficultes objectives de la collision de...