Workaholic refers to an uncontrollable need to work constantly, often at the expense of personal health, relationships, and overall well-being. While dedication and ambition can be positive traits, workaholics struggle to disconnect from work, even during leisure time. This behavior is often driven by internal pressures such as perfectionism, fear of failure, or the need for validation. Over time, excessive work habits can lead to burnout, stress, and imbalance in life. This book explores ...

Pour éviter les rôdeurs galants des villes d'eaux, les maris de la petite baronne Andrée de Fraisières et de la petite comtesse Noëmi de Gardens les ont « enterrées » pour tout l'été dans une maison perdue près de Fécamp. Ne sachant qu'inventer pour se distraire, elles s'organisent un dîner fin, au champagne, et maintenant, un peu grises, elles échangent des confidences sur la manière de conquérir les hommes, dont le valet Joseph.

Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western canon.This highly symbolic story is actually a story within a story, or frame narrative. It follows Marlow as he recounts, from dusk through to late night, his adventure into the Congo...

Justin Blake receives an invitation from his old school-fellow Tom Temple to join him and his family for the Christmas holidays in Yorkshire. Having no other plans, he decides to go. Though he is normally much the opposite of what would be called a lady's man, he falls instantly in love with Miss Forrest, one of the guests, who had already shared his train compartment on the way. When he meets the mysterious Herod Voltaire and finds that he must protect the girl from him and his weapons of...

Der Flussdampferkapitän Marlow reist im Auftrag einer belgischen Handelskompanie tief in den Kongo. Auf seiner Reise erlebt er unverständliche Wirrnisse, Sinnlosigkeit und eine unvorstellbare Ausbeutung der Schwarzen. Die Reise den Fluss entlang entwickelt sich immer mehr zur Reise in sein eigenes unbewusstes Inneres. Marlow trifft auf den berühmt-berüchtigten und angeblich besonders erfolgreichen Elfenbein-Agenten Kurtz. Kurtz hat auf seinem Handelsposten, von der Handelsgesellschaft als ...

Rasumow, der unglückliche Held dieser zum Teil auf historischen Vorkommnissen fußenden Geschichte, der nichts als Russe ist, muß selber zum Verstehenden werden; darauf weist bereits die Bedeutung seines Namens im Russischen und im Polnischen. "Ein gewöhnlicher junger Mensch", der, unehelicher Sohn eines Fürsten, ohne jede menschliche Bindung, nur auf sein Studium, seine Karriere bedacht ist. Der Fanatiker Haldin, der einen Minister ermordet hat, macht ihn in naivem Vertrauen zum Mitwisser,...

"La nation haïtienne est centenaire et son passé est des mieux remplis : on ne saurait soutenir qu'elle n’a point d’histoire. Les pages de cette histoire peuvent offrir un certain intérêt et même un certain attrait aux penseurs qui, dans les pays vieux, s’occupent de questions constitutionnelles et d’administration comparée : le règne des faits remplace partout celui de la science conjecturale. D’autre part, la loi est un prince muet comme disait déjà Cicéron : elle est supérieure aux prin...

“An Outpost of Progress” is one of the best-known novellas written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924).First published in 1897, the tale is centered around a trade outpost in Africa and the two European men who work there and go mad in that heart of darkness.

An elderly man called Deane is murdered in an English town. Inspector Mellapont thinks it's a simple robbery, but others disagree, and Deane's business partner, an attractive young girl named Miss Pretty, offers a reward for information. No fewer than three rogues decide to improve their own prospects by investigating — the two Hackdale brothers, John and Simmons, working independently, and the town drunk James Bartlett, who sobers up rapidly when blackmail and extortion are in prospect. A...

Extrait: Vous voulez que je vous dise mes impressions sur mon entretien avec le Chef de l’État ? Je crains que ceci ne me soit point aisé. Voici un moment où je me sens mauvais narrateur, mauvais écrivain. Car l’essentiel d’un entretien vivant, purement verbal, c’est ce qui n’a pas été dit, l’essentiel en est sensation imprévue, émotions, sourire, regard, silence, éclair, musique. Et comment exprimer un éclair, narrer une musique ?

After five years of exploration and adventure Jeffrey Renouard has settled in seclusion on the island of Malata with an assistant, and has recently been granted the silk farming concession. In conversation with his friend a newspaper editor in the colonial city (Singapore?) Renouard reports having been invited to a dinner party, where he met Felicia Moorsom and was very struck by her attractiveness and her interest in his own background. Renouard lives in isolation and is not used to socia...

Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel by the Anglo-Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as one of the earliest examples of the locked room mystery subgenre. It is not a novel of the supernatural (despite a few creepily ambiguous touches), but does show a strong interest in the occult and in the ideas of Swedenborg.Like many of Le Fanu's novels, it grew out of an earlier short story, "A Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess" (1839), which h...