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Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint Majoor Frans
'Majoor Frans' is een eigentijdse roman van A.L.G. Bosboom-Tuissaint over een eigenzinnige en onafhankelijke vrouw, Majoor Frans. De roman belicht het tragische liefdesverleden van Majoor Frans die als jongen werd opgevoed en opnieuw haar positie moet zien te bepalen binnen de gendernormen van haar tijd. Het boek werd al snel een groot succes en is vaak herdrukt. Hoewel Bosboom-Touissaint altijd heeft ontkend dat het boek is geschreven om een rol te spelen in de vrouwenemancipatie wordt het desalniettemin...
Nederlands | 17 uur 26 minuten (757 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Roy Jacobsen Vorst
De Noorse bestsellerauteur Roy Jacobsen neemt de lezer duizend jaar terug in de geschiedenis naar het ruige Vikingtijdperk. Het jaar is 1006 als de dertienjarige Gest IJsland moet ontvluchten nadat hij de man heeft gedood die zijn vader heeft vermoord. De gevolgen van zijn daad zijn niet te overzien, want zijn vaders moordenaar is een van de machtigste leiders van IJsland. Als hij aankomt in Noorwegen begint er een nieuw, ijzig en meedogenloos hoofdstuk in zijn leven, waarin hij het door zijn ongelooflijke...
Nederlands | 15 uur 13 minuten (666 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Louisa May Alcott Little Women
Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy are four sisters trying to support the family and keep their spirit up while their father is at war. Each one of them has a unique vivid personality which helps them overcome the hardships of poverty. Showing the transition from childhood to womanhood, "Little Women" together with its sequels: "Good Wives", "Little Men", and "Jo's Boys", has been one of the most widely read novels in the world. It has inspired numerous adaptations including a 2019 movie starring Emma Watson...
Engels | 10 uur 12 minuten (445 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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F. Scott. Fitzgerald B.J. Harrison Reads Bernice Bobs Her Hair
"He wondered idly whether she was a poor conversationalist because she got no attention or got no attention because she was a poor conversationalist." Bernice is having a difficult summer trying to fit in with her popular cousin Marjorie and her friends. But when Marjorie helps her become a society girl and she wins the affections of a certain young man, a battle of wits and wills ensues between the two cousins. In classic 90s makeover movie style, 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' is the 1920s equivalent...
Engels | 1 uur 1 minuut (44 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Henry James Roderick Hudson
Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, Roderick Hudson is a One has the money but not the talent. One has the talent but not the money. It would seem that Rowland Mallet and Roderick Hudson were meant to meet. A rich and sensible man, Rowland is ecstatic when Roderick, a beautiful but somewhat selfish sculptor, accepts his offer of joining him in Rome for two years to develop his artistic talents. To complicate matters, however, Rowland has fallen in love for the first...
Engels | 13 uur 20 minuten (597 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes
One day, an ape named Kala finds a small human boy in the jungles of Africa. She names him Tarzan ("White skin" in ape language), and raises him as her own. In time, differences between himself and his tribe become clear to Tarzan, and when he finds a human-made cabin with books and photographs, he starts to understand why. Little does he know that his encounters with other humans have only just begun. This 1912 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs was first published in a pulp magazine and quickly became...
Engels | 9 uur 12 minuten (421 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Louisa May Alcott Rose in Bloom
After traveling around the world for several years, Rose Campbell returns home to find her boy cousins all grown up. In this upbeat sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose has become an attractive heiress and is now drawing the attention of several male suiters. But like Pride & Prejudice and Anne of Green Gables, Rose in Bloom (1876) shows a woman ahead of her time with her own ideas about her future. Besides, who would love Rose for her and not her money? The answer might surprise her. Heart-warming and...
Engels | 8 uur 55 minuten (405 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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