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Emma.
Een welgestelde, jonge vrouw op het Engelse platteland rond 1800 komt door haar zelfingenomen gedrag in pijnlijke situaties.
Fictie | Historische roman | Psychologische roman
Film
A. Frank. Pinkerton Won by Crime
"'It is no use!' she cried, at last, pushing back the mass of thick black hair falling over her white brow; 'I shall never be able to get India by heart, unless I can see the places. I wish papa would let us go reconnoitering amongst the ruined temples and other mysterious buildings; it is so annoying staying here day after day, never seeing anything outside the palace.'" In "Won by Crime", the Portuguese Viceroy Don Garcia has brought his daughter Lianor and nephew Pantaleone to the wild island...
Engels | 1 uur 20 minuten (58 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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A. Frank. Pinkerton Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express
In this High Victorian detective novel, Dyke Darrel investigates the robbery of the Central Railroad’s midnight express, during which Dyke’s friend Arnold Nicholson, a messenger, was murdered. He is helped by his sister Nell, with whom he was supposed to go on holiday. Dyke Darrell turns "the Gotham of the North" - as he calls Chicago - upside down in search of the culprit. On the way he encounters old ennemies, kidnappers and masquerades, as he tries to solve "the most audacious crime of my remembrance."...
Engels | 3 uur 58 minuten (179 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Hetty Feather
Londen, 1882. Weeskind Hetty is opgevoed door pleegouders, maar als ze zes is moet ze naar het weeshuis. Het leven is er hard, maar ze hoopt dat ze ooit haar moeder zal vinden. Vanaf ca. 9 jaar.
Fictie | Historische roman
Film
Wayétu Moore She would be king
Magisch realistisch verhaal dat aan de hand van de belevenissen van drie personages de geschiedenis vertelt van de beginjaren van Liberia in de negentiende eeuw.
Fictie | Historische roman | Sociale roman
Engels | 360 pagina's | ONE, an imprint of Pushkin Press, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Henrik Ibsen Little Eyolf
In Henrik Ibsen's play "Little Eyolf" we meet Alfred Allmer and his wife Rita, whose marriage and relationship has been strained ever since their son, Eyolf, fell from a table as an infant and became lame. Alfred has been burying himself in work, writing his philosophical thesis on 'human responsibility’. Meanwhile, Rita still feels a lot of desire towards Alfred and is jealous of everyone who comes near him. But when little Eyolf is lured away by the Rat-Wife and drowns in a lake, the couple must...
Engels | 2 uur 36 minuten (114 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Henrik Ibsen The Master Builder
Master Builder Halvard Solness is an ageing architect who has not achieved what he wanted, neither in art nor in love. He fears and bullies his juniors, and thinks he is going mad. His wife and mistress try to care for him as best they can, without themselves getting hurt in return. The situation is further fraught by the arrival of young and seductive Hilda Wangel, who also plays a part in Ibsen's previous drama "The Lady from the Sea." The Norwegian playwright and poet Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)...
Engels | 2 uur 56 minuten (128 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
Luisterboek (digitaal)
C Pam Zhang How much of these hills is gold
Twee qua karakter verschillende zusjes van een Chinese immigrantenfamilie in de VS halverwege de 19e eeuw zijn, als hun vader sterft tijdens de Gold Rush en hun moeder onvindbaar is, gedwongen tot een overlevingstocht.
Fictie | Historische roman | Sociale roman
Engels | 272 pagina's | Riverhead Books, New York | 2020
Gedrukt boek
C Pam Zhang How much of these hills is gold
Twee qua karakter verschillende zusjes van een Chinese immigrantenfamilie in de VS halverwege de 19e eeuw zijn, als hun vader sterft tijdens de Gold Rush en hun moeder onvindbaar is, gedwongen tot een overlevingstocht.
Historische roman | Sociale roman
Engels | 368 pagina's | Random House Large Print Publishing, New York | 2020
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