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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
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray
"You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit." One day, the artist Basil Hallward is painting a picture of his muse Dorian Gray with his friend Lord Henry watching. Dorian listens as Lord Henry confidentially presents his hedonistic world view, saying beauty is the only thing in life that truly matters. It makes Dorian wish that his painting would age instead of him. Not long thereafter, Dorian sees his girl perform Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet...
Engels | 9 uur 55 minuten (431 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Edith Wharton Ethan Frome
"It seemed to Ethan that his heart was bound with cords which an unseen hand was tightening with every tick of the clock." Finding himself in the small town of Starkfield for the winter, the narrator sets out to learn the tragic story of Ethan Frome. The townspeople, however, are hesitant to tell him much. But one night he seeks shelter from a bad weather in the house of non other than Frome himself. ‘Ethan Frome’ (1911) is the beautifully written story of a loveless marriage and temptation, full...
Engels | 3 uur 10 minuten (146 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness
Before its 1902 publication, Heart of Darkness appeared as a three part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the '100 best novels' and part of the Western canon. The story centres on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river boat captain in Africa. Heart of Darkness exposes the dark side of European colonization while exploring the three...
Engels | 4 uur 38 minuten (211 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Danielle Steel A good woman
Nadat haar vader en broer bij de ramp met Titanic in 1912 zijn omgekomen, besluit een heel jonge vrouw haar leven in dienst te stellen van anderen.
Fictie | Historische roman | Romantische verhalen
Engels | 416 pagina's (ePub, 0,9 MB) | Transworld, [Nederland] | 2018
E-book
Hugh MacDonald Beethoven's century
essays on composers and themes
Non-fictie
Engels | 255 pagina's | University of Rochester Press, Rochester, NY | 2008
Gedrukt boek
Berlioz
scenes from the life and work
Essays over het leven en werk van de Franse componist (1803-1869).
Non-fictie
Engels | 248 pagina's | University of Rochester Press, Rochester, NY | 2008
Gedrukt boek
John Suchet The treasures of Beethoven
Rijkgeïllustreerde beschrijving van leven en muziekcarrière van de Duitse componist (1770-1827), inclusief uitneembare facsimile documenten en memorabilia en een cd met fragmenten van een aantal van zijn meest beroemde werken.
Non-fictie
Engels | 64 pagina's | Andre Deutsch, London | 2008
Gedrukt boek
Inside Beethoven's quartets
history, interpretation, performance
Non-fictie
Engels | 285 pagina's | Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA [etc.] | 2008
Gedrukt boek
Beyond the art of finger dexterity
reassessing Carl Czerny
Artikelen over de betekenis van Carl Czerny (1791-1857), achtereenvolgens als belangrijke pianopedagoog en als componist.
Non-fictie
Engels | 280 pagina's | University of Rochester Press, Rochester, N.Y. | 2008
Gedrukt boek
Communication in eighteenth-century music
Musicologische detailstudies over aspecten van communicatie in werken van bekende componisten uit de 18e en het begin van de 19e eeuw.
Non-fictie
Engels | 345 pagina's | Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [etc.] | 2008
Gedrukt boek
Andrew Carrington Shelton Ingres
Leven en werk van de Franse kunstschilder (1870-1867).
Non-fictie
Engels | 239 pagina's | Phaidon, London [etc.] | 2008
Gedrukt boek
Matthew Schneider The long and winding road from Blake to the Beatles
Analyse waarin gesteld wordt dat songs, carrière en persoonlijkheden van de Beatles de indirecte invloed weerspiegelen van belangrijke Engelse dichters uit de Romantiek, zoals William Blake, William Wordsworth en Lewis Carroll.
Non-fictie
Engels | 230 pagina's | Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY [etc.] | 2008
Gedrukt boek