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Mary Shelley Mathilda
On her deathbed, Mathilda writes a letter to her only friend, revealing the dark secret of her past, a secret so shameful, she can only manage it now because her time is running out. Written between 1819 and 1820, author Mary Shelley unfortunately never saw this novella published. Though he enjoyed the writing, her father, William Godwin, refused to return the manuscript to her after she asked him to get it published in England, because he found the theme "disgusting and detestable". The world was,...
Engels | 3 uur 54 minuten (177 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Charles Dickens Oliver Twist
"Please, sir, I want some more," Oliver says, holding out his bowl for more gruel, a Dickens scene recognisable to most. A young orphan, Oliver Twist has only ever seen the tough side of life and having to suddenly live on the streets does not make surviving any easier. But being the sweet and innocent boy he is, Oliver eventually manages to attract the compassion of others, and time will reveal secrets about his past that could radically change his bleak future. Originally published in instalments,...
Engels | 14 uur 56 minuten (682 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Allan Pinkerton The Expressman and the Detective
"All history proves that no one can hug a secret to his breast and live (...) This is especially noticeable in persons who have committed criminal acts." When a trusted employee is suspected of stealing from the Adams Express Company in Alabama, the organization reaches out to the Pinkertons, the world‘s first private detective agency. Recounting true events, `The Expressman and the Detective‘ (1874) tells a fascinating and suspenseful story of an investigation in which all that can prove a person‘s...
Engels | 7 uur 14 minuten (334 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Oscar Wilde De Profundis
"But it is a very unimaginative nature that only cares for people on their pedestals. A pedestal may be a very unreal thing. A pillory is a terrific reality." Thus wrote Oscar Wilde in a farewell letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) in 1897 while serving a two-year sentence for "gross indecency with other male persons". In it, he sorts out his life and his love for Bosie, who, he feels, abandoned him to his fate. It is an intensely personal letter that follows the stages of grief and interlaces...
Engels | 1 uur 49 minuten (81 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Louisa May Alcott Eight Cousins
Rose Campbell is having a hard time adjusting to her new life. Recently orphaned, she has been swept away from a strict girls‘ boarding school and placed in the care of her six aunts and seven rowdy male cousins. When her guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad, things are about to change once more. To her aunts‘ alarm Alec has different ideas of what it means to raise a girl than most, but his unconventional approach might just be what gets Rose out of her shell. Just as author Louisa May Alcott‘s...
Engels | 7 uur 9 minuten (322 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Karin van der Wolf Titia Bergsma
Friese charme betovert Japanners
In woord en beeld wordt verteld over Titia Bergsma (1786-1821) die kortstondig op het kunstmatige eilandje Deshima bij Nagasaki in Japan verbleef en over de indruk die zij op de Japanners maakte.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 69 pagina's | Wizbone, [West-Terschelling] | 2021
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De dichters en de filosofen
wijsgerige aspecten van de poëzie in Nederland rond 1900
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Duits | Westerlauwers Fries | Engels | 159 pagina's | Friese Pers Boekerij, Leeuwarden | 2008
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Josef Fulka Deafness, gesture and sign language in the 18th century French philosophy
Non-fictie
Engels | 166 pagina's | John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam | 2020
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Rick Honings Star authors in the age of Romanticism
literary celebrity in the Netherlands
Non-fictie
Engels | 275 pagina's | Leiden University Press, [Leiden] | 2018
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IMISCOE Paths of integration
migrants in Western Europe (1880-2004)
Vergelijking van integratieprocessen in heden en verleden naar aanleiding van de vraag of nieuwkomers heden ten dage slechter en langzamer integreren.
Non-fictie
Engels | 343 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2006
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