Bøker av William Morris

William Morris (24 March 1834 - 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, novelist, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to establish the modern fantasy genre, while he helped win acceptance of socialism in fin de siècle Great Britain.

Gauthier d'Or, un jeune fils de marchand, part à l'aventure pour échapper à un mariage raté. Guidé par la vision répétée de trois personnages mystérieux, une belle Dame, une humble demoiselle et un nain atroce, il traverse les mers, échappe à une tempête et se retrouve dans une terre inconnue. Bientôt, Gauthier arrive dans la Forêt d'Oultre-Monde, un royaume ensorcelé sur lequel règne la Dame de ses visions, protégée par un peuple de nains monstrueux. La demoiselle et un jeune prince étranger sont ses prisonniers, surveillés par le cruel Roi-nain.Aidé par la demoiselle, Gauthier va tenter de percer à jour les illusions et sortilèges de cette Forêt mystérieuse, dont les nombreux pièges risquent à tout instant de lui être fatals. Quelles sont les intentions de la Dame, à la fois autoritaire et séductrice ? Que manigance le jeune prince ? Gauthier peut-il faire confiance à la demoiselle, qui semble elle aussi douée de pouvoirs surnaturels ?Pour accomplir son destin, Gauthier devra faire preuve de ruse autant que de courage, dans ce roman d'aventures fantastiques plein de charme et de poésie. Une lecture inoubliable, par le précurseur de la fantasy moderne.La traduction de cet ouvrage a bénéficié du soutien de la Région Languedoc-Roussillon (www.laregion.fr)

A true story of a young marine who escaped from a level 5 military prison on an island called Treasure Island. In the military, he graduated number one in his class; his future seemed bright. After his first love left him, his life spiraled out of control into drugs and crime. It's a true story of one unbelievable event after another. It will keep you wondering what's next and will give you hope if you've lost it.

The Earthly Paradise - Part 2 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1872.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.