Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales

La sève du corbeau est un mélange de matières végétale et animale, d’animaux et de corps beaux, de corps et de psyché.

An immortal story of chivalry, treachery and death told anew for our timesThe legend of King Arthur has retained its appeal and popularity through the ages: Mordred's treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelot's fatally divided loyalties and his love for Guenevere, the quest for the Holy Grail.

Nebula and World Fantasy Award Finalist: A fantastic tale of intrigue, love, war, magic, and swashbuckling adventure set in an alternate universe where fairies mingle freely with Englishmen and all of Shakespeare’s fictional characters are real Welcome to an alternate civil-war-torn seventeenth-century England—a world where Hamlet once brooded and Othello jealously raged.

What was supposed to be a normal, relaxing Alaskan cruise for Garett Smith turns into the discovery of a lifetime.

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.

These "e;Seven Tales' were published in 1940 in The American Weekly Sunday magazine and have never been seen since.

Extrait : "C'est sur ces rives escarpées, véritables falaises, que se dressent les ruines du château de Châtel-Montagne, village qui a eu son importance au Moyen-âge.

**Wie weit wirst du gehen, um das Eis in den Herzen zum Schmelzen zu bringen?

This work is fiction based on a blend of the factual history of mythology mixed with what is not written but known physical evidence.

WINNER OF THE TADEUSZ BRADECKI PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ENCORE AWARD A novel with oodles of charm The Times Elegant, decadent, vulgar, clever, enchanting and dark Sarah Perry, author of EnlightenmentVersailles, 1682: a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis XIV's fever dream.

From science fiction Grand Master Clifford D.

'Sparkles with classical allusions and a wisecracking humour .

Extrait : "Comparables à la circulation du sang, les mouvements de la mer et des fleuves entretiennent la vie du globe rafraîchi et fécondé par leurs eaux.

**The mesmerising retelling from the woman at the heart of one of Ancient Greece's most famous myths.

A flooded world.

Uncover fourteen famous myths and legends from around the world, retold in a simple, lyrical style in this collection for children.

Extrait : "Ce livre n'est pas seulement le résumé des nombreux travaux qui ont jeté les bases d'une science des tempêtes.

Opening at the Hay Festival, and ending with the prospect of a spring wedding, Sue Gee's novel is a lively story of tangled relationships and the sustaining powers of good books, loyal friends and conversation.

“Sara Douglass has the breadth of vision necessary to create sweeping epics and the storyteller’s gift that makes readers love her.

Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning.

Extrait : "Dieu vous maintienne en joie, beaux vendeurs de poisson !

Extrait : "C'est un rêve.

Wishes open doors, avail to the longing of the heart and allow wants and desires for others and ourselves.

The Town of Little Helpers is a magical town where children help the lady with the peach cart, the baker, the hunter, the farmer, and the woodwright solve problems so they can do their work and sell their goods.

Serenity Lake is nestled within secluded hills that hold secrets unbeknownst to the three groups of people that are exploring the area.

Village of the Full Moon Curse, a novel about a cursed werewolf embarking on a dangerous quest to save the woman he loves from the hands of an aged powerful vampire.

'She turned into a frog, into a lizard, into all kinds of other reptiles and then into a spindle'In these tales, young women go on long and difficult quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or hindrance from magical dolls, cannibal witches, talking skulls, stolen wives, and brothers disguised as wise birds.

Extrait : "A voir sur une carte les côtes de la Norvège, quelle imagination ne serait émerveillée de leurs fantasques découpures, longue dentelle de granit où mugissent incessamment les flots de la mer du Nord ?

'Smart and subversive, these charming romances will ignite your heart - and your hope' Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the SunProper Regency ladies are not supposed to become magicians - but Miss Abigail Wilder is far from proper.

Eine neue, atmosphärische Fantasy-Welt und eine umwerfende Liebesgeschichte.

What more could a happy-go-lucky caterpillar want?

Dans les traditions anciennes, les sages ont souvent préféré transmettre leur savoir sous forme de contes, de fables ou de récits allégoriques véhiculant des enseignements moraux et philosophiques.

BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'One of our best and most captivating novelists' PHILIP HENSHER '[Godden] writes with grace and a cheerfully lilting prose' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'Her craftsmanship is always sure' NEW YORK TIMES A revered effigy of the God, Shiva, is missing from the Patna Hall Hotel on south India's exquisite Coromandel coast.

Extrait : "Il s'appelait Désiré-Félix Richard, mais ces trois noms mentaient, car il ne s'estimait ni enviable, ni heureux, ni riche, bien qu'il eût de quoi vivre.

A great many years ago, in the enchanted fairy tale world, there were fairies and elves and devils and angels Princes-wicked and charming Snow Queens and Ice Maidens A girl as little as a thumb And a Little Mermaid .

Extrait : "Dans une de ces planètes qui tournent autour de l'étoile nommée Sirius, il y avait un jeune homme de beaucoup d'esprit, que j'ai eu l'honneur de connaître dans le dernier voyage qu'il fit sur notre petite fourmilière ; il s'appelait Micromégas, nom qui convient fort à tous les grands.