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Anna Enquist De thuiskomst
roman
Het leven van Elizabeth Batts (1741-1835), de vrouw van de beroemde ontdekkingsreiziger James Cook.
Fictie | Biografie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 415 pagina's | Uitgeverij De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam | 2016
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Adri van Beelen Sjaantje
de muze van Isaac Israels
Isaac Israels ontmoet eind negentiende eeuw een naaister op het Amsterdamse Leidseplein. Er ontspint zich een bijzondere relatie tussen de schilder en zijn muze.
Fictie | Biografie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 287 pagina's | Gibbon Books, Amsterdam | 2022
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Carry van Bruggen Het huisje aan de sloot
Zelden was een titel zo bedrieglijk! Er is niets vredigs of banaals aan het huisje aan de sloot waar Carry van Bruggen opgroeide, met haar broertjes en zusje en hun streng-orthodoxe vader. De spanningen in het gezin worden waargenomen in een experimentele stijl, een combinatie van het gedetailleerde van het Realisme en het bloemrijke, inventieve taalgebruik van de Tachtigers. Eén van Carry van Bruggen bekendste en meest herdrukte romans, ergens tussen familiedrama, psychologische roman en poëzie...
Nederlands | 8 uur 5 minuten (354 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Oscar Wilde B.J. Harrison Reads The Ballad of Reading Gaol
"Yet each man kills the thing he loves / By each let this be heard / Some do it with a bitter look / Some with a flattering word/ The coward does it with a kiss, /The brave man with a sword!" Oscar Wilde’s poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" depicts an execution and the harsh circumstances of life in prison. Based on Wilde’s own experience in prison, the poem contains details that do not judge but simply describe, in poetic terms, that which both horrifies and moves. The famous ballad from the late...
Engels | 31 minuten (22 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Rudyard Kipling American Notes
"In American Notes", the Anglo-Indian Rudyard Kipling visits the USA, and the travel-diary that came out of it offers an interesting view of the America of the 1880's. Kipling affects a wide-eyed innocence and expresses astonishment at features of American life that differ from his own, not least the freedom (and attraction) of American women. However, he scorns the political machines that make a mockery of American democracy, and whilst exhibiting the racist attitude that has made him controversial...
Engels | 2 uur 45 minuten (119 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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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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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 Little Women
Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy are four sisters trying to support the family and keep their spirit up while their father is at war. Each one of them has a unique vivid personality which helps them overcome the hardships of poverty. Showing the transition from childhood to womanhood, "Little Women" together with its sequels: "Good Wives", "Little Men", and "Jo's Boys", has been one of the most widely read novels in the world. It has inspired numerous adaptations including a 2019 movie starring Emma Watson...
Engels | 10 uur 12 minuten (445 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Tineke Hendriks De zee, de zee alleen
roman over het leven van Betzy Akersloot-Berg
Het leven van de Noors-Nederlandse beeldend kunstenaar Betzy Akersloot-Berg (1850-1922), beroemd om haar zeegezichten, was één lange worsteling om als vrouw onafhankelijk te blijven en als schilder de kost te verdienen.
Fictie | Biografie
Nederlands | 288 pagina's (ePub2, 1,9 MB) | Uitgeverij Orlando, Amsterdam | 2021
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Anne Sewell Black Beauty
Told from the perspective of a horse, Black Beauty (1877) dives into the topic of animal rights like no other novel. Black Beauty is raised by a caring mother on an idyllic farm, not knowing that he will never be as free again. Tossed from owner to owner, he encounters mistreatment in many forms, but luckily, his journey is not without love either. Being herself an invalid, author Anna Sewell (1820-1878) seemed particularly aware of the importance of kindness toward all living creatures. She wrote...
Engels | 5 uur 38 minuten (255 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Henrik Ibsen Little Eyolf
In Henrik Ibsen's play "Little Eyolf" we meet Alfred Allmer and his wife Rita, whose marriage and relationship has been strained ever since their son, Eyolf, fell from a table as an infant and became lame. Alfred has been burying himself in work, writing his philosophical thesis on 'human responsibility’. Meanwhile, Rita still feels a lot of desire towards Alfred and is jealous of everyone who comes near him. But when little Eyolf is lured away by the Rat-Wife and drowns in a lake, the couple must...
Engels | 2 uur 36 minuten (114 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Henrik Ibsen The Master Builder
Master Builder Halvard Solness is an ageing architect who has not achieved what he wanted, neither in art nor in love. He fears and bullies his juniors, and thinks he is going mad. His wife and mistress try to care for him as best they can, without themselves getting hurt in return. The situation is further fraught by the arrival of young and seductive Hilda Wangel, who also plays a part in Ibsen's previous drama "The Lady from the Sea." The Norwegian playwright and poet Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)...
Engels | 2 uur 56 minuten (128 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Nelleke Noordervliet Altijd roomboter
Het bewogen levensverhaal van de overgrootmoeder (1856-1953) van de schrijfster.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | ePub2, 0,5 MB | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2012
E-book
Anna Enquist De thuiskomst
roman
Het leven van Elizabeth Batts (1741-1835), de vrouw van de beroemde ontdekkingsreiziger James Cook.
Fictie | Biografie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 415 pagina's (ePub, 0,9 MB) | Arbeiderspers, Utrecht | 2009
E-book
Mayli Wen Een vrouw op de Drakentroon
historische roman
Het levensverhaal van de laatste keizerin van China (1835-1908).
Fictie | Biografie | Historische roman
Nederlands | 472 pagina's | Conserve, Schoorl | 2005
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