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Arthur Conan Doyle De Vereniging van Roodharigen
Eindelijk lijkt het geluk pandjesbaas Jabez Wilson toe te lachen. Hij mag toetreden tot de Vereniging van Roodharigen. Daar ontvangt hij een mooi bedrag voor het overschrijven van een encyclopedie. Dat duurt niet lang, want deze zonderlinge buitenkans lijkt al snel ordinaire fraude. Of is er meer aan de hand? In opperste staat van verwarring vraagt Wilson raad aan Sherlock Holmes. Hij ontdekt al snel dat een veel ernstiger misdaad dreigt. De Vereniging van Roodharigen is een van de 56 verhalen...
Nederlands | 54 minuten (46 MB) | OORkracht 8, Amsterdam | 2012
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Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost
The first thing the American family see when they step into their new British mansion is the bloodstain in the sitting room. As it turns out, they have moved into an already occupied house, and their new roommate is a proud ghost determined to terrify them to death. But things do not go as planned for the poor ghost. The more he tries to scare the Otis family, the more they make fun of and ignore him. Clever from start to finish, Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Canterville Ghost’ (1887) is charming and engaging....
Engels | 1 uur 23 minuten (63 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Elisabeth Mcneill Lark Returning
Can Lark take the path of the woman who went before her and learn to follow her heart? Lark is a much-loved forces sweetheart spreading comfort as she sings in the music halls while Scotland’s sons fight in the Great War. But despite her fortune, Lark yearns for a life away from the crowds. She sets out to make a fresh start in the Border country seeking the contentment that has eluded her. Decades earlier, Lark’s great-grandmother, Jane, found herself in the same hills, in unhappy circumstances....
Engels | 12 uur 55 minuten (565 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Elisabeth Mcneill Mistress of Green Tree Mill
She must find the courage to accept her fate. At the age of eleven young Lizzie Mudie’s life changes forever. With the death of her mother in the most shocking disaster, Dundee has ever seen, Lizzie is forced to grow up quickly. She discovers a strength beyond her years and when an unexpected legacy bestows upon her the dilapidated Green Tree Mill, she is determined to turn things around. Lizzie becomes a formidable mistress, but is she prepared for the price she – and those she loves – will...
Engels | 13 uur 54 minuten (613 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Elisabeth McNeill Turn of the Tide
They have survived the worst they could imagine – now they must face the future. After a catastrophic storm tears through the village of Eyemouth in 1881, the villagers have slowly started to move on. Inconsolable at the loss of her husband, Rosabelle Maltman has left Scotland to start a new life, leaving her son behind. Meanwhile, Jessie, her sister-in-law, is finding ways to manipulate the men of the village for her own gains. But it is their mother-in-law Effie, the lynchpin of the family, who...
Engels | 5 uur 32 minuten (244 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Arthur Conan Doyle De hond van de Baskervilles
Een mysterie in het Engelse Dartmoor. Een bloeddorstige hond dwaalt rond door de mistige heuvels. Hij heeft het schijnbaar gemunt op de Baskervilles. Nadat Charles Baskerville op raadselachtige wijze om het leven is gekomen, vreest zijn erfgenaam Henry Baskerville voor zijn leven. Zijn de lokale volksverhalen juist en rust er een vloek op de adellijke familie? De excentrieke detective Sherlock Holmes onderzoekt de zaak, daarbij geholpen door zijn goede vriend Dr. Watson. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle schreef...
Nederlands | 5 uur 31 minuten (555 MB) | OORkracht 8, Amsterdam | 2018
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Arthur Conan Doyle Zilverbles
Onder mysterieuze omstandigheden verdwijnt het renpaard Zilverbles, vlak voor een belangrijke wedstrijd. Een verdwaasde staljongen en een dode trainer blijven achter. Kan Sherlock Holmes het waardevolle dier terugvinden? Samen met zijn goede vriend Dr. Watson reist hij af richting Dartmoor, de plaats des onheils. Zilverbles is een van de 56 verhalen over Sherlock Holmes van de hand van Arthur Conan Doyle. Het verhaal verscheen in de bundel De memoires van Sherlock Holmes. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Nederlands | 1 uur 6 minuten (94 MB) | OORkracht 8, Amsterdam | 2018
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Jane Davis Small Eden
Secrets shared can bind hearts, but secrets concealed? That's a tale of its own. The year is 1884. Robert Cooke and his pregnant wife Freya tragically lose their two sons to scarlet fever, sending Freya into self-imposed isolation for the safety of their unborn child. Cut off from each other, their shared grief becomes a silent, destructive foe. A decade later and now a successful businessman, Robert conceives a poignant tribute to his lost sons - a pleasure garden. But in withholding his vision...
Engels | 10 uur 55 minuten (496 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Dido Michielsen Lichter dan ik
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Java, 1850. Isah is de dochter van de kleermaakster van de sultan en groeit op in de gesloten gemeenschap van de Kraton, het vorstenverblijf in Djokja. Haar levensloop in de traditionele standenmaatschappij lijkt daarmee vast te staan. Maar Isah is eigenzinnig en loopt weg van huis. Ze wordt huishoudster én minnares van een Hollandse officier en schenkt hem twee dochters. Wanneer hij hen verlaat, moet ze grote offers brengen om haar kinderen in de snel veranderende kolonie te zien opgroeien. Uiteindelijk...
Fictie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 214 pagina's (ePub2, 3,1 MB) | Hollands Diep, Amsterdam | 2019
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Oscar Wilde B. J. Harrison Reads The Importance of Being Earnest
In "The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People", our main characters Algernon and Jack are tired of social obligations and have decided to lead a double life instead. However, nothing is simple when it comes to keeping secrets and several fates get entangled with the men’s questionable endeavours. This late-19th-century play by Oscar Wilde is considered a satire of its time, offering a critique of Victorian institutions, such as marriage. The play has seen numerous radio,...
Engels | 2 uur 28 minuten (108 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Catherine Cookson Als de zon wil schijnen
Hoe belandt de piepjonge Jinnie, helemaal alleen en volledig uitgebuit, in een wreed werkhuis? Het is 1873 wanneer haar vader overlijdt en Jinnie zichzelf moet zien te redden. Na een afschuwelijke jeugd in het werkhuis, mag ze op vijftienjarige leeftijd dienstmeisje worden bij de familie Shaleman. Ze hoopt zich eindelijk veilig en geborgen te voelen, maar niets is minder waar. De familie heeft hele andere plannen voor haar in petto. Wacht er een beter leven voor Jinnie, nadat ze de mysterieuze Richard...
Nederlands | 12 uur 42 minuten (552 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet
Returning to London from war, an injured Dr John Watson is in acute need of a place to live. An acquaintance introduces him to the eccentric "consultant detective" Sherlock Holmes, and Watson soon finds himself pulled into an alluring world of crime solving adventures. Told partly through Watson, partly through the murderer, ‘A Study in Scarlet’ (1887) is Arthur Conan Doyle’s first dip into the world of Sherlock Holmes, and one that would make him world famous. This first Holmes novel became the...
Engels | 4 uur 11 minuten (196 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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Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol
One night at Christmas, Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and greedy man, gets a visit from the ghost of his dead business partner. The ghost warns him about the awful punishment that awaits if he continues to live his life selfishly. The next three nights, Scrooge is visited by three separate spirits who confront him with Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come. Will the horrors and the joy Scrooge sees make him change his ways? Adapted for film and television more times than any other...
Engels | 3 uur 11 minuten (145 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Jody Hedlund Het bruidsschip
‘Het bruidsschip’ van Jody Hedlund is een romantische, historische roman die begint in een van de armste wijken van het negentiende-eeuwse Londen. Als Mercy Wilkins de kans krijgt een nieuw leven aan de overkant van de oceaan te beginnen, grijpt ze die met beide handen aan. Mercy denkt dat ze daar kan werken als kindermeisje of bediende. Ze weet niet dat er aan de kade al een bruidegom op haar staat te wachten. Als ze aan boord de rijke arts Joseph ontmoet en ze zijn assistente wordt, blijkt de ontluikende...
Fictie
Nederlands | 291 pagina's (ePub2, 5,9 MB) | KokBoekencentrum Fictie, Utrecht | 2020
E-book
Hans Christian Andersen The Goblin and the Woman
In every peasant dwelling, lives a goblin, a small invisible creature, who plays all kinds of tricks on the inhabitants. At least, that is what the peasants believe, but one woman, the gardener’s wife, did not believe this. Yet, they really do exist, and the little goblin who lived in the gardener’s house was very angry that the woman did not believe in him! Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy...
Engels | 11 minuten (8 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Hans Christian Andersen Tales About Love
What is love? What does it take to love? Let Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved characters show you what love could be, what it takes to love and how love can manifest itself in many different ways, shapes and form! A collection for the curious and empathetic young and adult readers. Contains the following fairy tales: - The Steadfast Tin Soldier - The Little Mermaid - The Ugly Duckling - The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep - The Sweethearts - The Happy Family - The Story of a Mother Hans...
Engels | 1 uur 55 minuten (85 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Hans Christian Andersen Tales About Truth
What is truth? What better way to learn about the topic of truth than through the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen? The storyline of these fairy tales offers a wonderful platform to think about and discuss truth and its ethical and moral aspects. A collection for the curious and empathetic young and adult readers, who would like to dive into the magical world of the beloved author. Contains the following fairy tales: - The Emperor's New Clothes - The Snow Queen - Clumsy Hans Hans Christian...
Engels | 1 uur 32 minuten (67 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Hans Christian Andersen New Year's Eve Fairy Tales
Bring in the New Year with the whimsical fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen! This collection of wonderful stories are centred around New Year’s Eve and will enchant children and adults alike. The collection contains the following fairy tales: - The Little Match Girl - The Story of the Year - Ole, the Tower Keeper - The Porter's Son - The Gardener and the Noble Family Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most...
Engels | 2 uur 4 minuten (90 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Hans Christian Andersen Tales About Courage
What is courage? What does it take to be brave? How does courage show? Follow Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved characters on their adventures and discover what courage means to them. A collection of for the curious and empathetic young and adult readers. Contains the following fairy tales: - The Steadfast Tin Soldier - Little Ida's Flowers - The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep - Thumbelina - Ole Lukoie Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for...
Engels | 1 uur 20 minuten (59 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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