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Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence
Winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, "The Age of Innocence" is Edith Wharton’s masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during the splendid Golden Age of Old New York. Everything in Newland Archer’s easy life seems to be perfectly on track; he has a comfortable position in society, a high-powered job and a beautiful and well-bred fiancée, May Welland. But when May's mysterious cousin Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York after leaving a terrible marriage,...
Engels | 9 uur 53 minuten (451 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre accepts a position as governess at Thornfield Hall and meets Mr. Rochester, the moody and cynical master of the manor. Growing up an unwanted orphan, Jane has known very little love in her life, but in spite of this, she has always been thoughtful and kind. Jane’s and Rochester’s apparent differences attract them to each other, but little does Jane know that something far more damaging than social statuses will keep them apart. ‘Jane Eyre’ (1847) is a love story that holds up over time,...
Engels | 18 uur 27 minuten (849 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in February 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known. The Pathfinder, published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American writer and seaman, popular for his historical and political fiction. His most famous work is ‘The Last of the Mohicans’, which is the second in a series of five about life among...
Engels | 17 uur 7 minuten (768 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," writes Charles Dickens in the opening of this dark and meaningful classic novel. It is the year 1775 and Jarvis Lorry is tasked with a secret mission for his employer. 17-year-old Lucie Manette joins him on his travels from London to Paris and is shocked to learn that her father is alive and has been released from eighteen years in a Paris prison. Set in the two metropolises just prior (and during) the French Revolution, Dickens paints a distinct...
Engels | 15 uur 20 minuten (701 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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James Fenimore Cooper The Pioneers
The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is a historical novel, the first published of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. While The Pioneers was published in 1823, before any of the other Leatherstocking Tales, the period it covers makes it the fourth chronologically. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American writer and seaman, popular for his historical and political fiction. His most famous work is ‘The...
Engels | 18 uur 26 minuten (858 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Jacobine van den Hoek De roos van Napoleon
Marie-Josèphe-Rose vlucht vanwege de slavenopstanden van Martinique naar Parijs, maar daar is net de Franse Revolutie begonnen. Als ze in de gevangenis belandt, maakt ze kennis met de jonge miltair Napoleon Bonaparte.
Fictie | Historische roman | Romantische verhalen
Nederlands | 390 pagina's (ePub2, 1 MB) | HarperCollins, Amsterdam | 2022
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Lucia S. Douwes Dekker-Koopmans De terugkeer van Julia Caglieri
waar je woont, is niet altijd waar je hart ligt
PADUA EIND VORIGE EEUW: Voor Guiseppi Caglieri - hoofdtuinman van de beroemde Orta Botanica in Padua - is zijn dochtertje Julia met al haar dromen een 'principessa'. Maar Guiseppi's verbitterde moeder Marietta Caglieri dringt erop aan 'het kind' naar Nederland te sturen, waar ze thuishoort. Na haar vaders overlijden gaat Julia naar het bruisende Valencia, waar oom Vito en zijn muzikale echtgenote Elsbetta haar opvoeden. Daar ontdekt Julia de liefde voor stadsarchitectuur. AMSTERDAM, ARNHEM, BIRMINGHAM,...
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Nederlands | 292 pagina's (ePub2, 0,6 MB) | NAU Uitgeverij, Blaricum | 2020
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