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Niccolò MachiavelliThe PrinceAn ambitious ruler seeks to seize and maintain power in an unstable and dangerous world. Through concrete examples and direct strategies, he learns to manipulate alliances, anticipate threats, and impose his authority. The author lays bare the mechanisms of power, where…Same genre
PlatoThe RepublicSocrates, a provocative philosopher, engages in a dialogue with several interlocutors to define justice and imagine the ideal city. Through these exchanges, he explores education, power, truth, and the role of rulers. He defends the idea of a government guided by knowledge and…Same genre
Émile ZolaLourdesOne August morning, the national pilgrimage leaves Paris for Lourdes, with whole trains full of the sick and of pilgrims. On board are Marie de Guersaint, a young woman who can no longer walk, and Father Pierre Froment, her childhood friend, who became a priest but no longer…Same genre
Charles DarwinOn the Origin of SpeciesDarwin, a passionate naturalist, observes the living world and seeks to understand the mechanisms that govern the diversity of species. Drawing on his travels and research, he develops a revolutionary theory based on natural selection. This idea challenges established beliefs…Same genreSame era
Emma GoldmanAnarchism and Other EssaysEmma Goldman, a committed activist, develops a radical reflection on individual freedom, society, and power structures. Through her essays, she critiques political, economic, and social institutions, proposing an alternative vision based on autonomy and justice. Her ideas…Same genre
Diogenes LaërtiusLives of Eminent PhilosophersDiogenes Laërtius traces the lives and ideas of the great philosophers of antiquity, from Thales to Epicurus. Through anecdotes, sayings and sometimes surprising stories, he reveals the personalities and doctrines of these major figures. Each portrait offers an accessible…Same genre
Lu XunA Call to Arms · The True Story of Ah QThis collection brings together Lu Xun’s first stories, published in the years just after the fall of the empire. A man reads in the history books that his neighbours eat people, a down-at-heel scholar clings to his dignity in a tavern, a father buys his son a remedy soaked in…Same genre
ChateaubriandMemoirs from Beyond the Grave, Volume 4 (1815–1828)This fourth volume of the Memoirs from Beyond the Grave covers the years 1815 to 1828. Chateaubriand, writer and statesman, tells of the Hundred Days, which he spends in Ghent with King Louis XVIII, of the Battle of Waterloo heard from afar, and then of Napoleon’s exile and…Same genreSame era
Nikolai GogolDead SoulsChichikov arrives in a provincial town, charms everyone who matters, and calls on the landowners nearby. He offers them a peculiar bargain: to buy the serfs who have died since the last census but still stand on the registers and are taxed to their owners. From estate to estate…Same genreSame era
Herman MelvilleBartleby, the ScrivenerA Wall Street lawyer hires a new copyist, Bartleby, silent and at first beyond reproach. Asked one day to do an ordinary task, the clerk answers that he would prefer not to, and repeats it to every later request. Settled in the office, demanding nothing and yielding nothing, he…Same genreSame era
José RizalRizal's Own Story of His LifeA collection published in Manila in 1918 by Austin Craig for the schoolchildren of the Philippines. In simplified language, it brings together texts in which José Rizal tells the story of his own life. He describes his childhood in Kalamba, on the shore of a large lake, his…Same genre
SunziThe Art of WarSunzi, a military strategist, sets out the fundamental principles of war and of victory without direct confrontation. He analyzes how to anticipate, manipulate, and adapt in order to dominate an opponent efficiently. Each idea rests on observation, discipline, and a clear…Same genre