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Strait is the Gate (French: La Porte Étroite) is a 1909 French novel written by André Gide. It was translated into English by Dorothy Bussy. It probes the complexities and terrors of adolescence and growing up. Based on a Freudian interpretation, the story uses the influences of childhood experience and the misunderstandings that can arise ...
915.042. Book of the Marvels of the World (Italian: Il Milione, lit. 'The Million', possibly derived from Polo's nickname "Emilione"), [1] in English commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Italian explorer Marco Polo. It describes Polo's travels through ...
Film. Around the World in Eighty Days (1919) In 1919, a silent film was released. Produced in Germany and starring Conrad Veidt as Phileas Fogg, the film's original German title was Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen. Its original 2 hour and 11 minute running time was later cut by seven minutes.
Avicenne ou la route d'Ispahan (Avicenna or the Road to Ispahan), novel, 1989 - Based on diaries of Abu Ubaid al-Juzjani, the famous pupil of Sheykh; L'égyptienne (The Egyptian), novel, 1991; La fille du Nil (The Daughter of the Nile River), novel, 1993; Le livre de saphir (The Sapphire Book, novel, 1996; Le dernier pharaon (The Last Pharaoh ...
Angélique is a series of thirteen historical adventure romance novels written by French author Anne Golon.Originally published from 1957 to 1985, the novels have reportedly sold 150 million copies worldwide [1] and have been adapted into six feature films, several theatre productions, a Japanese manga series, and a French "global manga" comic book series.
From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes (French: De la Terre à la Lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes) is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post- American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an enormous Columbiad space gun and ...
Dick Sand is a fifteen-year-old boy serving on the schooner Pilgrim, a whaler that normally voyages across the Pacific in their efforts to find targets. However, this time, the hunting season has been unsuccessful, and as they plan to return home, four people request passage to Valparaiso: Mrs. Weldon, the wife of the hunting firm's owner; her five-year-old son, Jack; his old nanny, Nan; and ...
European discovery and colonization of the Americas. Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus [a] led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain to the Caribbean and to Central and South America. These voyages led to the widespread knowledge of the New World.