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Edith Wharton Ethan Frome
"It seemed to Ethan that his heart was bound with cords which an unseen hand was tightening with every tick of the clock." Finding himself in the small town of Starkfield for the winter, the narrator sets out to learn the tragic story of Ethan Frome. The townspeople, however, are hesitant to tell him much. But one night he seeks shelter from a bad weather in the house of non other than Frome himself. ‘Ethan Frome’ (1911) is the beautifully written story of a loveless marriage and temptation, full...
Engels | 3 uur 10 minuten (146 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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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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F. Scott. Fitzgerald The Beautiful and Damned
Anthony does not want to work. Why should he? He gets by comfortably on his allowance and once his grandfather dies he will inherit so much that he never needs to think about money again. When he falls in love with the beautiful Gloria and they become part of the wild party scene of New York, it seems that Anthony has made it. But his grandfather’s will is just around the corner and it is about to blow up their lives in a way they could never have foreseen. One of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most accomplished...
Engels | 12 uur 53 minuten (592 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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Layla Heart Fierce Claim
Vera's pack keeps growing with the addition of Riley, a beautiful female Alpha, changing everything once more... In only a few weeks, Omega Vera went from being on the run with her fated Alpha at her side, to starting a pack with a scent matched second Omega and Alpha, to going into heat and getting pregnant, to meeting a third Alpha for their pack in a complicated and dangerous situation that exposed how vulnerable the pack is right now. It's no wonder that things are taking a toll on Vera's mental...
Engels | 148 pagina's (ePub3) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2025
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Layla Heart Lethal Alpha
Vera's life has changed significantly in the last few weeks, she went from being on the run for years to now settling down with her very own pack. Only, that new quiet is still under threat... After meeting under very unusual circumstances, Vera, Caleb and Mathew had fallen into a comfortable daily rhythm. Only for that rhythm to be broken when Jorge Thornton stepped through the door and set off a range of unexpected reactions. The end result being that the two Omegas went into heat in a nest that...
Engels | 148 pagina's (ePub3, 0,3 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2025
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Rachel Elisabeth Sir, I’m obsessed
18+. Since she became a mother, Elara's life - and the relationship with her husband - has altered drastically. A new colleague starts working at her firm, a handsome, mysterious man who makes every effort to keep his past tightly under wraps. Her days become ruled by the excitement he brings into her life, and she finds herself increasingly addicted and obsessed. His darkness slowly corrupts her... will she ever see the light again? Rachel Elisabeth lives with her family in Brabant. She is known...
Engels | 174 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Sextories, Prinsenbeek | 2025
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Layla Heart Building Haven
Vera and her pack are ready to turn the house into a real home, but that's not without problems... The pack has been living in Mathew's house for weeks, splitting their time between Mathew's office, the garden, the bedroom and the nest. The place needs some heavy remodelling, for the people who live there now, but also for the little ones who'll hopefully be joining them within the year. Only, remodelling is loud and busy, which is setting everyone on edge more than usual. Fleeing from the noise...
Engels | 144 pagina's (ePub3, 0,3 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2025
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Sidney Raven Bruises
Legal advisor Zilla Jongzeel grapples with submissive desires while navigating the pressures of her feminist mother and her marriage to actor Paul Arend. A secret lover fulfills her fantasies, until scandal strikes: photos of her bruises implicate Paul, leading to media backlash. Forced to defend themselves on a talk show, Zilla's world unravels, confronting betrayal and harsh consequences. In a gripping tale of love and self-acceptance, Zilla fights to salvage her fractured relationships amidst...
Engels | 232 pagina's (ePub2, 1,1 MB) | Ellessy, Prinsenbeek | 2024
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Layla Heart Stolen Omega
For six years, Omega Vera and Alpha Caleb have been fleeing from the pack leader she was supposed to marry. But it seems their luck has run out... The worst day of Vera's life turned into the best day when Caleb, a random passerby, stole her out of the wedding car and drove off. Their fated bond was intense and immediate. But the two haven't had a moment of rest since then, always looking over their shoulders, trying to stay ahead of the people sent to return Vera to her promised husband. In what's...
Engels | 150 pagina's (ePub3, 0,3 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2024
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Layla Heart Raging Heat
With the man Omega Vera and Alpha Caleb were fleeing from finally dead, things were supposed to calm down. But they've only gotten more hectic... Vera's week has been lively. After being on the run for six years from the pack leader she was supposed to marry, the criminal organisation run by the infamously ruthless Mathew Page was the first one to succeed and capture Vera and Caleb. Though, when the pack leader tactlessly tried to renegotiate the fee, he paid the ultimate price. And, to top it...
Engels | 156 pagina's (ePub3, 0,3 MB) | Easily Distracted Media, Groningen | 2024
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