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Tracy Chevalier The last runaway
Een jonge Engelse trouwt in de 19e eeuw met een Quaker en raakt betrokken bij een organisatie die gevluchte slaven helpt ontsnappen.
Fictie | Historische roman
Engels | 305 pagina's | Dutton, New York [etc.] | 2013
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's cabin, or, Life among the lowly
Op ware gebeurtenissen berustend verhaal over het leven van een zwarte slaaf in Amerika in de eerste helft van de 19e eeuw.
Fictie | Historische roman | Roman over het rassenvraagstuk
Engels | 629 pagina's | Penguin Books, Harmondsworth [etc.] | 1986
Gedrukt boek
Jeff Grace Meek's cutoff
Een groepje landverhuizers is in 1845 in Oregon op zoek naar water. Een cowboy belooft hen een snelle weg door het barre landschap, maar ze verdwalen.
Fictie | Wild-westroman
Film
Rose Tremain Lily
a tale of revenge
Engeland, 19e eeuw. Een 16-jarig weesmeisje kijkt terug op haar jeugd in een pleeggezin op het platteland en in een Londens weeshuis en makt duidelijk warom ze eem moord heeft gepleegd.
Fictie | Historische roman
Engels | 275 pagina's | Chato & Windus, London | 2021
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Mark Twain Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Twee romans.
Fictie | Verhalenbundel
Engels | 435 pagina's | Everyman's Library, London | 1991
Gedrukt boek
Silvia Moreno-Garcia The daughter of Doctor Moreau
a novel
De dochter van een geobserdeerde wetenschapper, die een hybride ras kweekt voor een grootgrondbezitter, neemt het op voor de onderdrukten en beleeft haar eerste liefde.
Fictie | Historische roman | Science fiction
Engels | 306 pagina's | Del Rey, New York | 2022
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P.D. James Death comes to Pemberley
Op de vooravond van een belangrijk feest in het begin van de 19e eeuw wordt de rust in het huis van de Darcy's verstoord door een zus van de vrouw des huizes die beweert dat haar man ergens in het bos vermoord is.
Fictie | Detectiveroman | Historische roman
Engels | 310 pagina's | Faber and Faber, London | 2011
Gedrukt boek
The stolen
Een Engelse immigrante trekt na de moord op haar man met een bont gezelschap door Nieuw-Zeeland op zoek naar haar zoontje.
Fictie | Thriller
Film
Henry James The American
Christopher Newman, a somewhat awkward but well-meaning American businessman traveling in Europe for the first time, meets and falls in love with the aristocratic young widow Claire de Bellegarde. But her French family does not like his American ways and oppose his offer of marriage. When he discovers a dirty family secret, however, the tables are suddenly turned. But what should he do with upper hand? Despite being one of Henry James earliest works, `The American‘ (1877) flows more like a contemporary...
Engels | 13 uur 57 minuten (623 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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M.R.C. Kasasian The Horror of Haglin House
Home is where the horror is... Jilted thriller writer Lady Violet Thorn has withdrawn to the Suffolk market town of Montford with two servants and her leading character, the adventuress Ruby Gibson, for company. Violet’s peace is disturbed when a stranger asks her for help, claiming that a friend is being kept prisoner in her own home. Her visitor seems so afraid that Violet, despite her scepticism, is persuaded to investigate. A woman is killed outside Violet’s house, then another murdered in...
Engels | 13 uur 1 minuut (587 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's cabin
Op ware gebeurtenissen berustend verhaal over het leven van een tot slaaf gemaakte man in het noorden van Amerika in de eerste helft van de 19e eeuw.
Fictie | Historische roman | Roman over het rassenvraagstuk
Engels | 529 pagina's | The Library of America, Literary Classics of the United States, New York | 2010
Gedrukt boek
Anthony Hope The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. The king of the fictional country of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces are such that in order for the king to retain his crown his coronation must go forward. An English gentleman on holiday who fortuitously resembles the monarch, is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an attempt to save the situation. The books were extremely popular and...
Engels | 5 uur 35 minuten (250 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Anthony Hope Rupert of Hentzau
’Rupert of Hentzau’ (1898) picks up three years after ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’ ended with Rudolf Rassendyll sadly leaving behind his love, Queen Flavia. Now unhappily married, Flavia writes Rassendyll to reconcile, but the letter is stolen and before long, Rassendyll once again finds himself forced to impersonate the king. Only this time, the ploy promises to leave behind several fatalities. A decidedly darker sequel, this novel once again asks the question, Duty or love? And the answer might surprise...
Engels | 8 uur 38 minuten (385 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Modern furniture
150 years of design
Overzicht in woord en beeld van meubelontwerpen in de 20e eeuw.
Non-fictie
Engels | Frans | Nederlands | 703 pagina's | Ullmann, [Königswinter] | 2009
Gedrukt boek
Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice
Rediscover one of the greatest love stories of all time with this new audio edition of Pride and Prejudice, masterfully narrated by actress Adjoa Andoh ('Bridgerton', 'Doctor Who'). Pride and Prejudice's prolific status as a beloved story is thanks to its dynamic, ever-evolving central characters, as well as the strength of the wit and satire wielded by Austen. It is a love story, yes, but it is also a profound critique of Georgian high society and the plight of women. Without a male heir, the...
Engels | 12 uur 34 minuten (552 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Anna Katharine Green That Affair Next Door
The dead body of a strange woman is found in an empty house next door to Amelia Butterworth, a single old lady with a formidable curiosity and lots of free time. When Detective Gryce gets on the case, he has a hard time persuading her to mind her own business, but soon Miss Butterworth’s female intuition and knack for interrogating witnesses through small talk proves invaluable to the investigation. In fact, she outsmarts all the professional men. ‘That Affair Next Door’ (1897) is Anna Katharine...
Engels | 11 uur 3 minuten (518 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2016
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Jane Davis Small Eden
Secrets shared can bind hearts, but secrets concealed? That's a tale of its own. The year is 1884. Robert Cooke and his pregnant wife Freya tragically lose their two sons to scarlet fever, sending Freya into self-imposed isolation for the safety of their unborn child. Cut off from each other, their shared grief becomes a silent, destructive foe. A decade later and now a successful businessman, Robert conceives a poignant tribute to his lost sons - a pleasure garden. But in withholding his vision...
Engels | 10 uur 55 minuten (496 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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William Blake Milton
A Poem
Milton is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810. Its hero is John Milton, who returns from Heaven and unites with Blake to explore the relationship between living writers and their predecessors, and to undergo a mystical journey to correct his own spiritual errors. William Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker, largely unrecognized in his own lifetime, but now widely acclaimed as a major figure in the history of the poetry and art...
Engels | 2 uur 24 minuten (108 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Myrtle Reed Lavender and Old Lace
Lavender and Old Lace is a Victorian romance novel written by Myrtle Reed and published Sep., 1902. It tells the story of some remarkable women, each of whom have a unique experience with love. The book follows in Reed's long history of inciting laughter and tears in her readers through provocative prose. She was often witty in dialogue and dispensing in advice, while gingerly skirting the moral issues. Myrtle Reed (1874-1911) was an American author, poet and journalist. A best-selling romance...
Engels | 4 uur 14 minuten (190 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Myrtle Reed At The Sign of The Jack O'Lantern
This novel begins with an odd inheritance at the end of a honeymoon, both parties being inexperienced. Then someone comes to visit, then another, until we've got a chaotic bedlam of New England's tragically off the wall odd ball relations. Our protagonists may not communicate efficiently at first but at least they've got a sense of humours. The humourous style keeps up as well as some moments of lustre and rich feeling about the printed word itself. Myrtle Reed (1874-1911) was an American author,...
Engels | 7 uur 8 minuten (321 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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