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Mary Whistler Escape to Happiness
Perfect for fans of Netflix adaptation of Bridgerton by Julia Quinn. Rose had read about the wedding, a widely covered social event, and under no circumstances had imagined that she would have anything to do with such an important event. Then, to her great surprise, she finds the wounded groom at her doorstep after leaving his bride at the altar, wanting Rose’s help. Could this really be happening? Who is this mysterious and charming man acting in such a reckless manner? The intriguing love tale...
Engels | 4 uur 3 minuten (180 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie The Gates of Dawn
Richard Trenchard was a man used to having his way, so when he wants his sister to pass over her secretary Melanie Brooks as a companion to his young niece, she has to succumb to his will. When Melanie turns up late to their first meeting, he is not happy. Yet things slowly begin to kindle between the two, and she has to acknowledge the romantic surroundings that Richard keeps placing them in – the English countryside and the Australian Alps – are the perfect setting for a budding love affair. ...
Engels | 7 uur 50 minuten (344 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie The Marriage Wheel
Federica is a hard-working 23-year-old who takes up a job as the chauffeur of the wealthy businessman Humphrey Lestrode. Not pleased with having a female driver, Lestrode is not too corteous towards Federica. When her family arrives at his cottage, things quickly change, and Federica is not at all happy at the attention her employer shows towards her attractive sister. Yet, as it turns out, she is not the only sister Humphrey has his eyes set on. The romantic tale written under one of Ida Pollock’s...
Engels | 4 uur 50 minuten (212 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie Mistress of Brown Furrows
Carol Inglis is leading a glamorous life and has come far from her days at an English boarding school. Yet she feels that something essential is missing: true love from her husband. Timothy Carrington has given her everything she had wanted, and most importantly, saved her from an unfortunate life of poverty. What she wants most is true feelings from the man. Can she light the kindle between them, and does he return her love for him? The love story written under Ida Pollock's pseudonym Susan Barrie...
Engels | 7 uur 22 minuten (325 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie The Quiet Heart
Alison had married for convenience, and when her husband died, she still had his three daughters to look after in Leyden Hall. When she meets the new master of the hall, architect Sir Charles Leyden, she finds him to be distant and quite intimidating. Yet when Sir Charles falls ill and she cares for him, she must admit that there is a softer side to him that she finds rather alluring. Does she stand a chance with this man, especially since his attentions appear to be directed at her stepdaughter...
Engels | 4 uur 39 minuten (203 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Susan Barrie Victoria and the Nightingale
Victoria survives a car accident along with her employer’s son and begins to care for the boy, who is now fatherless. Sir Peter kindly enough provides the two with a place to stay. Yet Sir Peter’s fiancée who also inhabits the place is far from kind towards Victoria, whose feelings for the man of the house slowly begin to deepen. How can Victoria maintain this new-found stability in her life and the affections of Sir Peter over this vicious other woman? The romantic novel mapping out a dramatic...
Engels | 4 uur 29 minuten (197 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Importance of Being Earnest
In "The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People", our main characters Algernon and Jack are tired of social obligations and have decided to lead a double life instead. However, nothing is simple when it comes to keeping secrets and several fates get entangled with the men’s questionable endeavours. This late-19th-century play by Oscar Wilde is considered a satire of its time, offering a critique of Victorian institutions, such as marriage. The play has seen numerous radio,...
Engels | 2 uur 28 minuten (108 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Sometimes self-fulfilling prophecies are not all they seem. Lord Arthur Savile is a young British aristocrat about to get married. Mr. Podgers tells people’s fortunes, and he has bad news for the groom: he will commit murder. Unable to get the thought off his mind, he decides to get it over with before entering into marriage, but things do not go as planned. Hear the darkly humorous short story “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime” by Oscar Wilde from the late 19th century brought to life by B.J. Harrison....
Engels | 1 uur 21 minuten (60 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B.J. Harrison Reads The Picture of Dorian Gray
B.J. Harrison reads the classic that has puzzled and delighted readers for over two centuries. Dorian Gray is a beautiful man, who has been immortalized in a painting. As he comes to the realization that his beauty will eventually fade, he makes a wish to never lose his beauty and retain eternal youth. Meanwhile, his age and sins continue to live on in his portrait. The late-19th-century classic by Oscar Wilde, a charming yet horrifying Gothic novel, has been adapted countless times to the screen....
Engels | 8 uur 47 minuten (383 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Devoted Friend
“The Devoted Friend” from the 19th century is an unconventional classic for children and adults alike. The Water-rat tells the story of Big Hugh and his friend Hans, whose friendship is not what it seems, and certainly not easy. This story within the story tells of friendship, its importance and how it can go wrong. This ageless fairy tale is a dark and funny short story created by Oscar Wilde is now read by B.J. Harrison. It was also adapted into an animated TV movie in 2003 called "Wilde Stories:...
Engels | 28 minuten (21 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Oscar Wilde B.J. Harrison Reads The Ballad of Reading Gaol
"Yet each man kills the thing he loves / By each let this be heard / Some do it with a bitter look / Some with a flattering word/ The coward does it with a kiss, /The brave man with a sword!" Oscar Wilde’s poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" depicts an execution and the harsh circumstances of life in prison. Based on Wilde’s own experience in prison, the poem contains details that do not judge but simply describe, in poetic terms, that which both horrifies and moves. The famous ballad from the late...
Engels | 31 minuten (22 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island
When an old sea captain dies mysteriously in his parent‘s inn, young Jim Hawkins finds a treasure map in the captain‘s possessions that will spark a wild and adventures treasure hunt. Joined by a handful of untrustworthy pirates, he meets the antagonistic Long John Silver, a character whose fame transcends the tale. With Treasure Island (1883), author Robert Louis Stevenson invented the modern image of the pirate, without which we likely wouldn‘t have experienced Johnny Depp as the infamous Captain...
Engels | 7 uur 28 minuten (344 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden
"Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it." When her parents die, Mary, spoiled, yet unloved, is shipped from India to England to live with her absent uncle. When she discovers a secret garden, and starts to tend to it, like the flowers, she comes to life. One day she hears a cry from within the mansion, and soon learns that she is not the only one in need of some fresh air. `The Secret Garden‘ (1911) by Frances Hodgson Burnett is among the most...
Engels | 6 uur 55 minuten (308 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Virginia Woolf The Voyage Out
The Voyage Out is the first novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1915 by Duckworth; and published in the U.S. in 1920 by Doran. Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship and is launched on a course of self discovery in a kind of modern mythical voyage. The mismatched jumble of passengers provide Woolf with an opportunity to satirize Edwardian life. The novel introduces Clarissa Dalloway, the central character of Woolf's later novel, Mrs. Dalloway. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)...
Engels | 17 uur 37 minuten (802 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Denise Meijer Bubbelbaden en dubbeldekkers
Als Emma voor haar werk overgeplaatst wordt naar Londen doet ze, tot grote verbazing van haar collega’s, niet bepaald een vreugdedansje. Sterker nog, ze moet er niet aan denken om aan de andere kant van de Noordzee te gaan wonen. Zeker niet als blijkt dat haar irritantste collega’s met haar meegaan. Bovendien vindt Emma haar Engels niet bepaald goed en stiekem heeft ze enorm last van heimwee. Maar na het verbreken van haar relatie is ze wel op zoek naar een nieuwe woonruimte… En wordt het niet eens...
Nederlands | ePub2, 0,9 MB | Loft Books, Amsterdam | 2023
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Åsa Hellberg B&B vol geheimen
In B&B vol geheimen van bestsellerauteur Åsa Hellberg staat Isabella, ooit een beroemd actrice en nu ondernemer, op een keerpunt in haar leven: na jaren te hebben geleefd met haar naar aandacht hunkerende, overspelige echtgenoot is ze van hem gescheiden en heeft ze haar bedrijf verkocht. Isabella's beste vriendin Carina woont in Engeland en is qua karakter de tegenpool van Isabella: ze is een kleurrijke, nogal impulsieve persoonlijkheid. Ook zij staat op een keerpunt in haar leven, aangezien ze...
Nederlands | 266 pagina's (ePub3, 0,4 MB) | Xander, Haarlem | 2023
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Åsa Hellberg Sonja's erfenis
Als Sonja in Sonja's erfenis van bestsellerauteur Åsa Hellberg, bekend van de Hotel Flanagans-trilogie, onverwacht overlijdt, ontdekken haar drie beste vriendinnen Susanne, Rebecka en Maggan dat ze haar lang niet zo goed kenden als ze dachten. Sonja laat héél erg veel geld voor ze achter, maar dit krijgen ze pas als ze de opdrachten uitvoeren die Sonja voor hen heeft bedacht. Sonja heeft namelijk grootse plannen voor de drie vriendinnen. Hun leven wordt helemaal op zijn kop gezet: Rebecka wordt...
Nederlands | 279 pagina's (ePub3, 0,5 MB) | Xander, Haarlem | 2023
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Olivia Waite De wals van bedrog - Vrouwelijk verlangen 3
Het verhaal van Sophie en Maddie
Pianist Sophie Roseingrave en haar familie moeten Londen gedwongen verlaten, nadat haar vader door een oneerlijke zakenpartner is opgelicht en zij hun pianowinkel kwijt zijn geraakt. Ze proberen opnieuw te beginnen in het stadje Carrisford, waar Sophie de mooiste vrouw van haar leven ontmoet. Het is Sophie echter meteen duidelijk dat zijdewever Maddie Crewe niets goeds van plan is. Alles wat Maddie Crewe nodig heeft, is één grote overval zodat ze de weversbond voor altijd kan financieren. Giles,...
Nederlands | 199 pagina's (ePub2, 1,2 MB) | Heartbeat, Amsterdam | 2023
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Olivia Waite De liefdesangel
Het verhaal van Agatha en Penelope
1820. De Londense Agatha Griffin, 45, heeft veel aan haar hoofd. Ze probeert de drukkerij van haar overleden echtgenoot draaiende te houden, terwijl de belastingen stijgen, en tegelijkertijd haar opstandige 19-jarige zoon uit de problemen te houden. En dan treft ze ook nog eens een bijenkolonie in haar magazijn aan… Agatha vraagt de lokale imker Penelope om hulp bij het verplaatsen van de bijenkolonie. Penelope Flood, warm en intelligent, doet de gereserveerde Agatha beseffen dat ze drie jaar na...
Nederlands | 299 pagina's (ePub2, 1,3 MB) | Heartbeat, Amsterdam | 2023
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Scarlett Peckham De hertog die ik verleidde
De geheimen van Charlotte Street 1
Hij is beheerst, nauwgezet, onberispelijk. Niemand verwacht dat een fatsoenlijke hertog lid is van een van de meest exclusieve en immorele clubs in Londen. Zeker zijn aanstaande vrouw niet… Nadat hij zijn familie van een financiële ondergang heeft gered en vervolgens de meest legendarische investeerder in Londen is geworden, moet de hertog van Westmead zijn toekomst veiligstellen. Dat betekent trouwen en voor een erfgenaam zorgen. Maar het is nog niet zo makkelijk om een vrouw te vinden die geen...
Nederlands | 271 pagina's (ePub2, 1,1 MB) | Heartbeat, Amsterdam | 2023
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