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Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," writes Charles Dickens in the opening of this dark and meaningful classic novel. It is the year 1775 and Jarvis Lorry is tasked with a secret mission for his employer. 17-year-old Lucie Manette joins him on his travels from London to Paris and is shocked to learn that her father is alive and has been released from eighteen years in a Paris prison. Set in the two metropolises just prior (and during) the French Revolution, Dickens paints a distinct...

Engels | 15 uur 20 minuten (701 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness

Before its 1902 publication, Heart of Darkness appeared as a three part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the '100 best novels' and part of the Western canon. The story centres on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river boat captain in Africa. Heart of Darkness exposes the dark side of European colonization while exploring the three...

Engels | 4 uur 38 minuten (211 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Henry Rider Haggard Allan Quartermain

Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines and its various prequels and sequels. Allan Quatermain was also the title of a book in this sequence. H. Rider Haggard's Quatermain, adventure hero of King Solomon's Mines and sequel Allan Quatermain, was a template for the American film character Indiana Jones, Henry Rider Haggaard (1856-1925) was an English author of Danish decent. Following his debut non-fiction book on South Africa, he helped introduce...

Engels | 13 uur 2 minuten (599 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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Edgar Rice Burroughs The Beasts of Tarzan

Old enemies are back to make life hard for Tarzan in ‘The Beasts of Tarzan’ (1916), the third novel in the thrilling adventure series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Dividing their time between Africa and England, Tarzan and Jane and their little son Jack are comfortably settled. But when they get kidnapped and separated, they must fight harder than ever to find a way back to each other. Tarzan returns to his roots in this particularly jungle-oriented novel in the series, and, using his primal intelligence,...

Engels | 5 uur 15 minuten (247 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Joseph Conrad Lord Jim

Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event is the abandonment of a ship in distress by its crew including the young British seaman Jim. He is publicly censured for this action and the novel follows his later attempts at coming to terms with his past. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Lord Jim #85 on its list of the 100 best English language novels of the 20th century. Joseph Conrad...

Engels | 14 uur 18 minuten (658 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre accepts a position as governess at Thornfield Hall and meets Mr. Rochester, the moody and cynical master of the manor. Growing up an unwanted orphan, Jane has known very little love in her life, but in spite of this, she has always been thoughtful and kind. Jane’s and Rochester’s apparent differences attract them to each other, but little does Jane know that something far more damaging than social statuses will keep them apart. ‘Jane Eyre’ (1847) is a love story that holds up over time,...

Engels | 18 uur 27 minuten (849 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Anna Katharine Green The Amethyst Box

On the night before his wedding, Sinclair finds that his precious amethyst box containing a tiny flask of deadly poison is missing. And he knows it can only have been taken by either of two people: his soon-to-be wife or her cousin. Together with his friend Mr. Worthington, he must find who stole the poison and stop them before they use it. ‘The Amethyst Box’ (1905) is a short story by American crime writer Anna Katharine Green; a suspenseful "whodunit" with a dash of romance, which concludes thoroughly...

Engels | 2 uur 50 minuten (132 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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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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Henry James Washington Square

Catherine is well on her way to becoming a spinster. She‘s 21 and part of New York‘s upper-class society, but she has never had a flirt and is plain-looking without the sparkling personality to make up for it. Or so her father thinks. Because when the handsome Mr. Morris Townsend catches her eye, Catherine falls head over heels in love with him. But does Townsend really like her back, or does he just like all the money she is set to inherit? Based on a true story as told to him by a friend, `Washington...

Engels | 7 uur 3 minuten (321 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Maisey Yates In de armen van de cowboy

Fictie

Nederlands | 381 pagina's | Harlequin®, Toronto, Amsterdam | 2018

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Shannon Stacey Noodgeval: hart verloren!

Fictie

Nederlands | 350 pagina's | Harlequin®, Toronto, Amsterdam | 2018

Gedrukt boek
Beleef de Geschiedenis Anno Domini 892

rauw geluk

Bundel verhalen die zich afspelen in de vroege middeleeuwen.

Fictie

Nederlands | 253 pagina's | Godijn Publishing, [Hoorn] | 2017

Gedrukt boek
Kelly ter Velde De huisarts

Een huisarts voelt zich aangetrokken tot een van zijn patiënten en zij tot hem, maar eigenlijk kan een arts geen relatie met een patiënte beginnen.

Fictie

Nederlands | 224 pagina's | Uitgeverij Boekscout.nl, Soest | 2017

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Jérémy | Alejandro Jodorowsky Nigredo, de zwarte fase

Ballonstrip.

Fictie

Nederlands | 56 pagina's | Glénat, Antwerpen | 2017

Gedrukt boek
Alexandre Dumas La tulipe noire

Cornelius van Baerle, kweker van de zwarte tulp, komt in het historisch Frankrijk per abuis in het gevang terecht. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.

Fictie

Frans | 95 pagina's | Cideb, Gênes | 2004

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Wiley Cash The last ballad

Beschrijving van het leven van Ella May Wiggins (1900-1929), een alleenstaande blanke vrouw die zich inzette voor de rechten van met name zwarte arbeiders in de Amerikaanse staat North Carolina.

Fictie

Engels | 378 pagina's | Faber & Faber, London | 2018

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Giovanna Fletcher Some kind of wonderful

Een 28-jarige vrouw probeert zichzelf terug te vinden als haar relatie na tien jaar wordt beëindigd. De warmte van haar familie en nieuwe vrienden helpen haar bij deze zoektocht.

Fictie

Engels | 391 pagina's | Penguin Books, UK | 2018

Gedrukt boek
Benjamin Black Prague nights

De jonge wetenschapper Christian Stern wordt hij aankomst in Praag in 1599 door keizer Rudolf gezien als de door God gezondene; Christian krijgt de opgedracht om de moordenaar van de geliefde van de keizer op te sporen.

Fictie

Engels | 330 pagina's | Penguin Books, UK | 2018

Gedrukt boek