Katherine Mansfield Prelude

"There was not an inch of room for Lottie and Kezia in the buggy. When Pat swung them on top of the luggage they wobbled; the grandmother‘s lap was full and Linda Burnell could not possibly have held a lump of a child on hers for any distance." The seemingly perfect Burnell family is moving from one house to another, and on the surface, everything appears idyllic. But as the story develops, the tension grows, threating to explode and expose their true nature. `Prelude‘ (1922) is evidence of Katherine...

Engels | 1 uur 43 minuten (78 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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Wilfred de Bruijn Op zoek naar mijn Frankrijk

een persoonlijk portret van een prachtig land vol tegenstellingen

De Nederlandse Parijzenaar Wilfred de Bruijn ontrafelt met scherpe blik en humor de ziel van Frankrijk.

Non-fictie

Nederlands | 184 pagina's (ePub2, 0,8 MB) | J.M. Meulenhoff, Amsterdam | 2017

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