Henry James Roderick Hudson

Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, Roderick Hudson is a One has the money but not the talent. One has the talent but not the money. It would seem that Rowland Mallet and Roderick Hudson were meant to meet. A rich and sensible man, Rowland is ecstatic when Roderick, a beautiful but somewhat selfish sculptor, accepts his offer of joining him in Rome for two years to develop his artistic talents. To complicate matters, however, Rowland has fallen in love for the first...

Engels | 13 uur 20 minuten (597 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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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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Henry James The Bostonians

a novel

Een feministe uit het 19e eeuwse Boston en haar neef uit het zuiden strijden om de gunsten van een mooie vrouw.

Fictie

Engels | 396 pagina's | Penguin Books, London [etc.] | 2000

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Henry James Washington Square

Beeld van het leven van een New Yorkse vrouw die haar verloofde ondanks zijn slechte eigenschappen trouw blijft

Fictie

Engels | 173 pagina's | Penguin Books, Harmondsworth [etc.] | 1963

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Henry James Washington Square

Een jonge vrouw, beschermd opgevoed in het 19e eeuwse New York, wordt het slachtoffer van de botsing tussen haar rijke vader en een fortuin zoekende verloofde.

Fictie

Nederlands | 191 pagina's | Prometheus, Amsterdam | 1998

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