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Penelope Fitzgerald The Bookshop
From the Booker Prize-winning author of 'Offshore', 'The Blue Flower' and 'Innocence' comes this Booker Prize-shortlisted story of books and busybodies in East Anglia. This, Penelope Fitzgerald's second novel, was her first to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It is set in a small East Anglian coastal town, where Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop. 'She had a kind heart, but that is not much use when it comes to the matter of self-preservation....
Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | Fourth Estate, [Nederland] | 2021
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Doris Lessing The Golden Notebook
The landmark novel of the Sixties - a powerful account of a woman searching for her personal, political and professional identity while facing rejection and betrayal. In 1950s London, novelist Anna Wulf struggles with writer's block. Divorced with a young child, and fearful of going mad, Anna records her experiences in four coloured notebooks: black for her writing life, red for political views, yellow for emotions, blue for everyday events. But it is a fifth notebook - the golden notebook - that...
Engels | ePub2, 1,2 MB | Fourth Estate, [Nederland] | 2021
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Henry James The Portrait of a Lady
Henry James is as solitary in the history of the novel as Shakespeare is in the history of poetry' Graham Greene Isabel Archer's main aim in life is to protect her independence. She is not interested in settling down and compromising her freedom for the sake of marriage. However, on a trip around Europe with her aunt, she finds herself captivated by the charming Gilbert Osmond, who is very interested in the idea of adding Isabel to his collection of beautiful artworks... Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | ePub2, 0,8 MB | Vintage Digital, [Nederland] | 2021
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Jane Austen Emma
World Classics
Jane Austen famously wrote: "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." Emma Woodhouse is perhaps Jane Austen’s most seductive and complicated character, filled with intrigue and uniqueness. Despite having decided to never marry, precocious Emma Woodhouse is a self proclaimed cupid that has taken it upon herself to help her friends find eligible matches. As it becomes evident that the judgement of her matchmaking abilities is misplaced, Emma finds herself at the heart of...
Engels | ePub3, 0,8 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2021
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Virginia Woolf Mrs Dalloway
World Classics
“...she always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day.” Mrs. Dalloway is busy taking care of the final preparations for her evening party when an old friend and suitor comes by. He leaves her with an unexpected question, but what he doesn't know is that thoughts about her past and her life are already swirlling around in her head. Moving seamlessles in and out of the minds of all her characters, you get the impression that Virginia Woolf understood people better than...
Engels | ePub2, 0,4 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2021
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William Shakespeare Othello
World Classics
Beginning in the streets of Venice, Roderigo and Iago are introduced in the heart of an argument. Iago is frantic as he has been disregarded for promotion and plots to take revenge against his General, Othello. Thus, the manipulation commends as Iago makes Othello believe his wife, Desdemona is disloyal. Othello is a courageous fighter, but he is presented as an idealist when it comes to both his love of Desdemona and his friendship with Iago. This ultimately blinds him to Iago’s betrayal, stirring...
Engels | ePub2, 0,4 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2021
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The Sorrows of Young Werther
A potent, touching, heart wrenching tale of love, desire and hope.‘The Sorrows of Young Werther’ is a tale composed in the form of letters from the young Werther himself, to his friend Wilhelm, documenting the pains of the emotion he feels from his unrequited love. Having fallen in love with village of Wahlheim, Werther falls hopelessly head over heels for beautiful Charlotte, a local girl who is already engaged to another man. This is a story that is familiar to all of us and indeed the author himself...
Engels | ePub3, 0,3 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2021
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Leif Davidsen The Sardine Deception
In a series of complex double-crosses a menacing mystery builds: Who is the "Sardine" behind the killing?"The Sardine Deception" is Leif Davidsen's author debut book from 1984. The novel takes place in the Basque Country, where a young Danish woman has been killed during an ETA attack. Her husband, Poul, travels to Spain to retrieve the coffin and is involuntarily drawn into political intrigues involving Basque freedom fighters, the Spanish government, civil guards and fascist infiltrated police....
Engels | ePub3, 0,4 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2021
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Jane Austen Persuasion
"All the privilege I claim for my own sex (it is not a very enviable one; you need not covet it), is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone." Twenty-seven-year-old Anne Elliot is well past the bloom of her youth. Having been persuaded by her friends and family to break off her happy engagement with the young naval officer Wentworth, whose station lies beneath her own, Anne is seemingly destined for spinsterhood. However, when Wentworth later reappears in Anne’s life, tension...
Engels | ePub3, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2021
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Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint. He hates everyone, especially children. But at Christmas three ghosts come to visit him, scare him into mending his ways, and he finds, as he celebrates with Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and their family, that geniality brings its own reward. This finest of all Christmas stories is beautifully illustrated with Arthur Rackham’s superb line drawings. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | ePub2, 2,5 MB | Wordsworth Editions, [Nederland] | 2021
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Andy Weir The Martian
The international bestseller behind the Oscar-winning blockbuster film
A survival story for the 21st century and the international bestseller behind the major film from Ridley Scott, starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain.I''m stranded on Mars.I have no way to communicate with Earth.I''m in a habitat designed to last 31 days.If the oxygenator breaks down, I''ll suffocate. If the water reclaimer breaks down, I''ll die of thirst. If the hab breaches, I''ll just kind of explode. If none of those things happen, I''ll eventually run out of food and starve to death.So yeah....
Engels | ePub2, 5,6 MB | Cornerstone Digital, [Nederland] | 2020
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Marian Keyes Grown Ups
An absorbing page-turner from Sunday Times bestselling author Marian Keyes
Fed up of being a grown up? Get away from it all with the No. 1 bestseller from Marian Keyes''Magnificently messy lives, brilliantly untangled. Funny, tender and completely absorbing!'' GRAHAM NORTON''SUCH a treat. Like reading the cleverest cream cake of words'' CAITLIN MORAN______ MEET JESSIE, CARA AND NELL.Married to brothers Johnny, Ed and Liam Casey.Three very different women tied to three very different men.Every family occasion is a party - until the day the secrets spill out.PLAYTIME IS OVER.BUT...
Engels | ePub3, 2,4 MB | Penguin Books Ltd, [Nederland] | 2020
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Jo Thomas Escape to the French Farmhouse
The #1 Kindle Bestseller
You smell the lavender, you feel the sun on your face, this book is pure joy!'' Katie Fforde''Uplifting and full of warmth, this novel is the next best thing to jetting off to France on a relaxing break away.'' My WeeklyCan Del find her recipe for happiness?Del and her husband Ollie moved to a beautiful village in Provence for a fresh start after years of infertility struggles. But six weeks after they arrive, they’re packing the removal van once more. As Del watches the van leave for England,...
Engels | ePub3, 2,5 MB | Transworld Digital, [Nederland] | 2020
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Elena Ferrante My Brilliant Friend
Now an HBO series: the first volume in the New York Times–bestselling 'enduring masterpiece' about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples (The Atlantic). Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante's four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflicted...
Engels | ePub2, 2,3 MB | Europa Editions, [Nederland] | 2020
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Elena Ferrante The Story of a New Name
A novel in the bestselling quartet about two very different women and their complex friendship: 'Everyone should read anything with Ferrante's name on it' (The Boston Globe). The follow-up to My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name continues the epic New York Times–bestselling literary quartet that has inspired an HBO series, and returns us to the world of Lila and Elena, who grew up together in post-WWII Naples, Italy. In The Story of a New Name, Lila has recently married and made her entrée...
Engels | ePub2, 2,3 MB | Europa Editions, [Nederland] | 2020
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Lacey-Crane Jane Lacey-Crane The Little Shop on Floral Street
an emotional story of love, loss and family
In the wake of tragedy, two sisters have to piece their family back together again... Grace never thought she''d have to return home to Floral Street. Having spent most of her life building a successful career in London, she''s done everything she possibly can to avoid the flower stall that''s been in her family for generations. But when tragedy hits, she''s got no choice. It''s time to face the demons of the past and support her family. Faith has returned home after years travelling the world. The...
Engels | ePub2, 3,8 MB | Aria, [Nederland] | 2020
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Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy 2
Purgatory; World Classics
Having survived the darkest and deepest depths of Hell, Dante must now clamber and climb up the mountain of Purgatory to secure his seat in Heaven. But reuniting with his beloved Beatrice is far from easy. Seven terraces await him. With seven deadly sins. Can Dante cleanse his soul of each and every one? And is his newfound heavenly hope enough to reject the fierce and fiery hell he left behind? In his second instalment of ‘The Divine Comedy’, Dante journeys through the no-man’s land between Heaven...
Engels | ePub3, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Jane Austen Mansfield Park
World Classics
Mr Darcy and Miss Bennet may be one of the most cherished love stories in English literature, but did you know, Fanny Price was Austen’s favourite? She’s also one of literature’s biggest controversies, but, more on that drama later. Sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle from her poverty-stricken home of Portsmouth, Fanny Price struggles to find her place in the upper-class world of Mansfield Park. Never allowing her to forget her true status, she is at the mercy of her cruel aunt, only finding...
Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet
World Classics
Does Romeo and Juliet really need an introduction? Of all William Shakespeare’s plays, this might be the best known to date. Lamentable tragedies, star-crossed lovers and feuding families: if you somehow haven’t managed to read the all-time romantic tragedy classic, this is your sign to do so. In the midst of a violence and disputes, two young lovers find each other in a world that continuously contradict their attempt to attain eternal love and happiness. The age-old vendetta between the Montagues...
Engels | ePub2, 0,5 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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Lev Tolstoj Anna Karenina
World Classics
Many consider ‘Anna Karenina’ to be the greatest novel of all time. A profound and exhaustive exploration of Russian life and the human condition. Tolstoy creates one of the most complex heroines in literature as he details Anna falling a conscious victim to her own passion. The dramatic scope of the story, the memorable characters, and the wealth of emotions that Tolstoy displays render ‘Anna Karenina’ much more than a novel, but rather an unmissable chronicle of the human condition that transcends...
Engels | ePub2, 1,3 MB | SAGA Egmont, [Nederland] | 2020
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