An edition of Atonement (1808)

Expiation

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An edition of Atonement (1808)

Expiation

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Briony, une adolescente surprend Robbie, celui qu'elle aime en secret, dans les bras de sa soeur aînée et décide de se venger. Quoi de mieux qu'une accusation de viol qui va envoyer Robbie en prison? Dans la seconde partie du roman, Robbie est soldat et participe à la Seconde Guerre mondiale et Briony cherche par tous les moyens à expier ce crime qu'elle a commis cinq ans auparavant (en 1935). L'expiation sera "lonGue et douloureuse" (A. Clavel). Recommandé. [SDM].

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Gallimard
Language
French
Pages
491

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historical romance, Dunkirk Evacuation, National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, award:national_book_critics_circle_award=2002, award:national_book_critics_circle_award=fiction, Psychological fiction, Teenage girls, Fiction, Atonement, Ex-convicts, Sisters, Domestic fiction, Life change events, Country life, Guilt, open_syllabus_project, World War, 1939-1945, History, Family, Teenagers, False testimony, Historical fiction, Girls, Fictional Works [Publication Type], Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940, Fictional Works, England, fiction, Sisters, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Fiction, family life, Judicial error, Large type books, Fiction, general, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Historical, FICTION / Sagas, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Romans, Adolescents, Romans, nouvelles, Sœurs, Fiction, family life, general, Fiction, romance, historical, general, English literature

People

Briony Tallis, Cecilia Tallis, Robbie Turner, Dolores Quincey, Jackson Quincey, Pierrot Quincey, Leon Tallis, Paul Marshall, Danny Hardman, Corporal Nettle, Corporal Mace, Betty, Luc, Emily Tallis, Jack Tallis, Grace Turner

Places

England, Great Britain, University of Cambridge

Times

1936-1952, George 6, George VI, 1936-1952, George V, 1910-1936, 1935, 1939-45

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Expiation
2009-02-24, Gallimard
Paperback in French - Movie Tie-in
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Atonement
2007?, Anchor Books
Paperback in English - 1st Anchor Books edition (17)
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Atonement
Jul 16, 2007, Anchor Books
paperback in English - Vintage Classics Limited Edition (1)
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Atonement
2007-11, Seal Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Seal Books movie-tie-in edition (3)
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Atonement
2007, Vintage Books
Paperback in English - Movie Tie-In Edition (1)
Cover of: Atonement
Atonement
2007, Anchor Books
Paperback in English - 1st Anchor Books edition (13); movie tie-in
Cover of: Atonement
Atonement
2007, Vintage Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Movie Tie-In Edition (2)
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Expiation: roman
2003-09, Gallimard
Paperback in French
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Espiazione
2002, Einaudi
in Italian
Cover of: Atonement
Atonement
2002-04, Nan A. Talese | Doubleday
Hardcover in English - First edition in the United States of America (1)

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Edition Notes

Published in
[Paris]
Series
Du monde entier
Copyright Date
2003
Translation Of
Atonement
Translated From
English

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
828/.914 M142e
Library of Congress
PR6063 C4A924 2003

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
487 pages
Number of pages
491

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32698451M
Internet Archive
expiationroman0000mcew
ISBN 10
207076477X
ISBN 13
9782070764778
OCLC/WorldCat
154656826, 319914552
Goodreads
58567906

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Atonement is a 2001 British metafiction novel written by Ian McEwan. Set in three time periods, 1935 England, Second World War England and France, and present-day England, it covers an upper-class girl's half-innocent mistake that ruins lives, her adulthood in the shadow of that mistake, and a reflection on the nature of writing.

Widely regarded as one of McEwan's best works, it was shortlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize for fiction. In 2010, Time magazine named Atonement in its list of the 100 greatest English-language novels since 1923.

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The play, for which Briony had designed the posters, programmes and tickets, constructed the sales booth out of a folding screen tipped on its side, and lined the collection box in red crepe paper, was written by her in a two-day tempest of composition, causing her to miss a breakfast and a lunch.
added by Lisa.

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