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eBook: Enter Big Willy C. In this his first published novel, Collins tackles two conflicts in the Rome of 408 AD: Paganism vs. Christianity and the titular hero, the daughter of a Christian Roman zealot, Antonia vs. Goisvintha – a Goth survivor of a Roman massacre. And when mild-mannered Antonia ends up captured by Goisvintha's brother during a siege, a tale of betrayals, sex and cat and mouse can truly unfold. It's not giant mech battles on distant planets exactly, but for 1850 English literature, this is pretty darn exotic.

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eBook: Enticed by a large sum of money, Jessie, a spunky young girl of 20 summers, moves into a grand house inhabited by three older men. Now, if you think you already know where "Queen of Hearts" is heading, you should get your mind out of the gutter, because the year is 1859 and the style is chaste romance... but with a twist.The titular Queen of Hearts, Jessie, is a sensation with the three brothers, but her stay is numbered to only six full weeks (a calamity in itself) yet to top it off, one of the brothers' sons is in love with Jessie and wants to get home in time to propose. Thus, it falls to her hosts to delay Jessie's departure and so they devise a plan to compose and tell stories to enthrall and captivate her.

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eBook: If you're born in the Western world or have played a lot of video games, chances are the title "The Legacy of Cain" will make you think of either polygon vampires or take you straight back to the lazy sunlit classrooms of primary school Bible studies. Fortunately, Wilkie Collins' 1888 novel avoids the oppressive embrace of both of these constructs yet still manages to mix in both faith and horrific murder.Against both his wife's and doctor's wishes, a minister decides to adopt the baby daughter of a prisoner facing execution, arguing that the mother's evil can't possibly have been passed down. The hitherto childless couple suddenly has a baby girl of their own and the two girls are raised ignorant of the truth. Yet as ghosts of the past creep into the girls' lives, the question becomes how long the secret can be kept – and what the consequences its uncovering will be.An exploration of nature vs. nurture with a pinch of the supernatural, "The Legacy of Cain" isn't about anybody named Cain at all – but we'll wager you'll like it all the same.

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eBook: “In the autumn month of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven… two idle apprentices, exhausted by the long, hot summer, and the long, hot work it had brought with it, ran away from their employer.”Under the pseudonyms of Francis Goodchild and Thomas Idle, Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins set off on a walking tour of the north-west of England, reporting back on their adventures for Dickens\'s magazine Household Words.A unique insight into the friendship of two of the towering figures of Victorian literature, and featuring a pair of chilling ghost stories from the leading exponents of the genre, The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices is a charming evocation of the adventures they experienced on their trip and the gently mocking nature of their relationship.

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eBook: A giant diamond stolen from India; a rakish rogue; a naive teenager and a drug-fueled scandal.These are the leading parts that combine to make one of the greatest detective novels of all time.\'The Moonstone\' by Wilkie Collins laid many of the foundations for the detective genre.At heart, though, it is a great story.Rachel Verinder inherits a large Indian diamond on her 18th birthday. It turns out to have been stolen from India by her corrupt uncle and is of immense religious significance.When the diamond goes missing at Rachel\'s birthday party, it sparks a mystery that involves Indian jugglers, Hindu priests, an unlikely love story, betrayal, intrigue - and twists and turns to the final page.Collins was a close friend of Charles Dickens, who serialised \'The Moonstone\' in his magazine \'All the Year Round\'.In 2016 it was made into a five-part BBC TV series, starring John Thomson. It is an example of an epistolary one written as a series of documents, including letters and diary entries. Other famous examples include Mary Shelley\'s \'Frankenstein\' and Bram Stoker\'s \'Dracula\'.

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eBook: Haunted by a death in Boulogne, Lewis Romayne returns to London where he meets Stella Eyrecourt, who falls in love with Lewis. Enter Father Benwell, a Catholic priest who wants to convert Lewis to Catholicism. He makes it his mission to stop a marriage between Lewis and Stella because Stella is Protestant.With the forces against them, Lewis and Stella then become embroiled in gripping events involving love triangles, Catholic authorities and inheritance. An insight into Victorian England’s angst surrounding the Catholic Church, this novel is ultimately about a love story against all odds.

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eBook: Collins' output includes 25 novels, more than 30 short stories and novelettes, over a dozen plays and sporadic bits of journalism. As was the practice with Victorian novelists, Collins wrote his fair share of ghost stories. THE HAUNTED HOTEL, however, was the first novel in which the supernatural is of central interest. Wilkie Collins also penned one of the first in the genre of the detective novel, THE MOONSTONE.

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eBook: An Englishman's fictional account of the first case of wrongful convictions in the history of The United States, the story centers around two brothers sentenced to death and life in prison respectively, for murdering their brother-in-law. However, the evidence is circumstantial, no body is found and how much does one brother's fiancée really know?

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eBook: Banished from the Christian Community at Tadmor, Illinois, Amelius Goldenheart goes to England to the family of John Farnaby. While Farnaby tolerates him, his wife seeks the answer to the disappearance of her child and their niece is kept away from him. Yet after one glimpse, Amelius is captivated.

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eBook: "The New Magdalen" is a classic Victorian sensation novel, highlighting the prejudices against a woman of the streets in English society.Mercy is at the frontline of the war in France when she meets Grace Roseberry, a traveller who is returning to England to connect with her wealthy English relative, Lady Roy, after being left penniless in Italy. Spotting an opportunity to change her life, Mercy cunningly takes Grace’s name. It’s a dramatic tale of a stolen identity amongst the upper classes, which would be right at home in the pages of "The Talented Mr. Ripley".Not only a thriller, this novel is a touching display of female friendship and unexpected romance, with twists in every chapter.

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eBook: "The Two Destinies" is a manageable little number about George and Mary – star-crossed lovers from different social classes. The setting is mid-19th Century England – a convenient Collins favourite.But before you glance at your copy of Pride & Prejudice, groan about this novel being yet another installment of a tired old trope and unpause "Bootylicious", keep reading because there's more! Old fortune-telling crones, transatlantic voyages, fat inheritances, malicious scandals, starving children, attempted suicides, spectres and disabled people – the story is a hotpot of explosive adjectives and colourful nouns. For the period at least.

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eBook: The Law and the Lady builds on that tradition by introducing one of English literature's earliest women detectives, Valeria Woodville, who investigates the murder of her husband's first wife in the attempt to prove him guiltless.

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eBook: Who is the "solitary figure of a woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments," whose appearance shattered forever the outward peace of life at Limmeridge House? Is she an apparition...a madwoman...perhaps a player in some bizarre scheme? From the moment "the Woman" first appears to Walter Hartright on a moonlit London road, Wilkie Collins' melodrama casts its spell.

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eBook: Po úspěšném románu ´Bez jména´ od Wilkieho Collinse (1824-1889), přítele Charlese Dickense nabízíme jeho další román ´Armadale´, který považoval T. S. Eliot za "nejlepší z jeho románů". Když starý Allan Armadale učiní na smrtelné posteli strašlivé přiznání, netuší, jaké bude mít následky, neboť tajemství, které odhalí, se týká záhadné Lydie Gwiltové: plamenné svůdnice. Její zákeřné intriky jsou hnacím motorem tohoto napínavého románu: příběhu o záměně identit, dědičné kletbě, milostné rivalitě, špionáži ... Postava Lydie Gwiltové vzbuzovala u dobových kritiků hrůzu, jeden z recenzentů ji označil za "jednu z nejzatvrzelejších ženských padouchů, jejichž úklady a touhy nemají obdobu". Zůstává jednou z nejzáhadnějších a nejvíce fascinujících žen v literatuře devatenáctého století a temným srdcem tohoto skvělého viktoriánského románu.

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eBook: The Athenaeum reviewer of Armadale (1866) was only one of many contemporary critics horrified by Lydia Gwilt, the bigamist, husband-prisoner and laudanum addict whose intrgues spur the plot of this most sensational of Victorian "sensational novels". When Miss Gwilt flings herself from the first-class deck of a Thames steamer, her attempted suicide sets off events that lead to Allan Armadale inheriting Thorpe-Ambrose in Norfolk, romantic rivalries, espionage, counter-espionage and greedy plans for murder.

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eBook: If you’ve seen "The Sixth Sense" with Bruce Willis, you’ll be familiar with Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome: deliberately making a person feel unwell in order to care for them. In "Jezebel’s Daughter", the poisonous Mrs Fontaine does exactly that in a plan to get her daughter, Minna, married. This is a story of romance and what happens when parents get too involved in their children’s marriages.Centred around a business based in London and Frankfort (or Frankfurt as we say today), "Jezebel’s Daughter" offers distinctive Victorian characters. Fritz Keller, the son of a partner of the business, is in love with Minna Fontaine. Meanwhile, the kindly proto-feminist Mrs Wagner runs the London office which employs women. She is caring for a patient, Jack, from the Bedlam psychiatric hospital.This thriller of a tale culminates when Mrs Fontaine, Mrs Wagner, and Jack all clash in a gothic plot that will determine the happy ending of Fritz and Minna.

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eBook: Magdalen Vanstone and her sister Norah learn the true meaning of social stigma in Victorian England only after the traumatic discovery that their dearly loved parents, whose sudden deaths have left them orphans, were not married at the time of their births.

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eBook: William Wilkie Collins (8. ledna 1824 – 23. září 1889) byl anglický romanopisec, autor povídek a divadelních her. Přestože jeho tvorba zůstala ve stínu jeho slavnějšího přítele Charlese Dickense je Wilkie Collins velmi oblíbeným autorem, čemuž nasvědčuje i zvýšený zájem o jeho díla ze strany televizních a filmových producentů. Po mnohaleté pauze jeho knihy opět zaplňují regály v knihkupectvích. Román ´No Name´ (Bez jména), odsouzený viktoriánskými kritiky jako nemorální, je dnes považovaný za dílo s mimořádným společenským vhledem, ukazuje Williama Wilkieho Collinse na vrcholu jeho literární tvorby. Je to příběh dvou sester, Magdalény a Norah, které po smrti svých milovaných rodičů zjistí, že jejich rodiče nebyli v době jejich narození manželé. Vyděděné a vyhnané ze svého domova se musí postarat sami o sebe a buď se smířit se svým neblahým osudem, nebo se rozhodnout získat zpět své bohatství jakýmkoli způsobem. Romantický příběh se zajímavě rozvíjí a bude vás držet od začátku až dokonce. Kniha byla upravena i pro rozhlas, kterou vysílalo na BBC Radio 4 v šesti epizodách v roce 1989 - opakováno pro velký úspěch v roce 2013, 2019 a v září 2021.

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eBook: Collins's 1889 collection of fourteen short stories includes "Miss Morris and the Stranger," about a young governess and a fateful meeting, "Mr. Medhurst and the Princess," about two star-crossed lovers, and a dozen other tales involving love, social classes, money, and even ghosts.

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eBook: When Lady Lydiard has the money stolen from her, the plot becomes a whodunnit. A precursor to modern-day detective novels, this novella revolves around the colourful characters (and a Scottie dog) who are all present in Lady Lydiard’s household when her pound500 disappears.In this fun and compelling tale, two of the men suspected are both romantically interested in Isabel Miller, Lady Lydiard’s companion-cum-adoptive-daughter. "My Lady’s Money" follows these suspects as the intensity of both the theft and romance increases.

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eBook: Man and Wife (1870) combines the fast pace and sensational plot structure of Collins's most famous novels with a biting attack on the inequitable marriage laws in Victorian Britain. At its centre is the plight of a woman who fears that the archaic marriage laws of Scotland and Ireland may have forced her into committing unintentional bigamy. As the novel progresses, the atmosphere grows increasingly sinister when the setting moves from a country house to a London suburb and a world of confinement, plotting, and murder.

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eBook: Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), přítel Charlese Dickense, který o něm řekl, že toužil být stejně dobrým spisovatelem jako on. Kniha ´Slečna nebo paní?´ má dvě základní zápletky. Patnáctileté dívce fyzicky dobře vyvinuté a docela hezké se dvoří mnohem starší muž, kterého nenávidí. Natalie je totiž zamilovaná do mnohem mladšího muže, svého bratrance a on do ní, ale její bohatý otec, který je poněkud naivní, což se mu stane osudné má s ní jiné plány. Druhá zápletka se soustředí na staršího nápadníka. Existuje podezření, že byl v minulosti zapleten do ohavné vraždy. I v tomto případě oceníte, jak Wilkie Collins dokáže poutavě vyprávět svůj příběh.

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eBook: This is a charming and very readable novel written in the mid 19th century by a contemporary of Charles Darwin. Written around the time of Voltaire's Candide and Flaubert's A Sentimental Education, this novel also mixes the adventure and unexpected turns of a picaresque work with the protagonist being from a mildly upper class lineage. Like those others, A Rogue's Life trades on the main character's one foot in the noble's world and one foot in the workingman/adventurer's world to shed light on the inconsistencies and moral hazards that appear when those two spheres meet. A Rogue's Life also includes a 'lifelong' love story as well, although this one, fortunately, rewards the reader heaps more than the other works mentioned. ... (Avel Rudenko)

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eBook: The journey began aboard ship. In 1851 the railway stopped in Plymouth and so travellers had to be ferried across the River Tamar into Cornwall. The vogage is wonderfully related with such vivid descriptions and a helpful local local boatman coming to life on the page.

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eBook: Wilkie Collins's intriguing story about a blind girl, Lucilla Finch, and the identical twins who both fall in love with her, has the exciting complications of his better-known novels, but it also overturns conventional expectations.

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eBook: What happens if two boys are given the exact same name? If you guessed \'disaster in adulthood\', you would be right. When one of the men dies, there is an exciting adventure to find his heir. Leading from London to the sunny Mediterranean and across to the Alps, you will meet a diverse cast of characters; some good, some bad, and some that are eerie and exotic. \'No Thoroughfare\' is a play in five acts written as a collaboration between two great writers; Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Full of mystery and romance with a touch of excitement, this dramatic play is well worth reading for any Dickens or Collins fan.

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Vengeful spirits, mysterious revenants and haunted objects stalk the pages of Wilkie Collins' short fiction, and yet his reputation as a sensation and detective novelist has long overshadowed his inventive contributions to the ghost story genre. Drawing from across the writer's career, Xavier Aldana Reyes presents eight stories of the strange and uncanny to celebrate this lesser-known side of the Collins' imaginative and ground-breaking fiction, guiding the reader into a candlelit night in which unearthly forces - and inescapable doom - lie in wait.

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Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. One of the great Victorian novels, The Moonstone has engrossed, entertained and enraptured readers since its first publication in 1868. This edition features an introduction by the renowned historian, journalist and author, Judith Flanders.Lady Verinder's uncle gives her the Moonstone - a magnificent diamond as large as an egg - for her eighteenth birthday, but it is not quite the generous gift it first seems. For he obtained it through bloody and nefarious means in India, and legend says the diamond's guardians will stop at nothing to get it back. When the Moonstone is stolen, an innocent man is accused of the crime and from this simple beginning, Wilkie Collins creates a stunning, complex narrative of dark mystery, suspense and atmosphere - and one of the very first detective stories ever written.

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Introduction and Notes by David Blair, Rutherford College, University of Kent. The Moonstone, a priceless Indian diamond which had been brought to England as spoils of war, is given to Rachel Verrinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night, the stone is stolen. Suspicion then falls on a hunchbacked housemaid, on Rachel's cousin Franklin Blake, on a troupe of mysterious Indian jugglers, and on Rachel herself. The phlegmatic Sergeant Cuff is called in, and with the help of Betteredge, the Robinson Crusoe-reading loquacious steward, the mystery of the missing stone is ingeniously solved.

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Classic / British EnglishThe Moonstone is an ancient Indian diamond which brings disaster to everyone who owns it. Rachel Verinder’s uncle gives her the diamond as a birthday present, but that same night it is stolen… The Moonstone is now seen as the first, and one of the best, English detective novels.

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Editedand with an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. 'Have you ever heard of the fascination of terror?'This is a unique collection of strange stories from the cunning pen of Wilkie Collins, author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone. The star attraction is the novella The Haunted Hotel, a clever combination of detective and ghost story set in Venice, a city of grim waterways, dark shadows and death.The action takes place in an ancient palazzo coverted into a modern hotel that houses a grisly secret. The supernatural horror, relentless pace, tight narrative, and a doomed countess characterise and distinguish this powerful tale. The other stories present equally disturbing scenarios, which include ghosts, corpses that move, family curses and perhaps the most unusual of all, the Devil's spectacles, which bring a clarity of vision that can lead to madness.

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eBook: First published in 1905, author L. Frank Baum considered ‘Queen Zixi of Ix or The Story of the Magic Cloak’ to be one of his greatest works. Closer in style to a traditional fairy tale than many of his other children’s stories, the plot centres around a magic wishing cloak created by Queen Lulea and her fairy subjects. The cloak will grant a single wish to each wearer of the cloak – unless they have come into possession of it by dishonest means. A captivating story, full of magic, morals, mystery, and wonder. A must-read for all Oz fans.

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eBook: The chilling classic that inspired the new Netflix horror drama, \"The Fall of the House of Usher\". Venture, if you dare, into the House of Usher...The narrator visits his friend, Roderick Usher in his decaying mansion, only to witness the harrowing unravellings of Usher\'s mind and the dark family secrets lurking beneath the crumbling ancestral home. A classic tale of gothic horror that has haunted readers for generations. This collection includes \"The Raven\", \"The Tell-Tale Heart\", “The Cask of Amontillado”, \"The Masque of the Red Death\", \"The Purloined Letter\", \"The Pit and the Pendulum\", \"Berenice\", \"The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether\", \"The Fall of the House of Usher\", and \"MS. found in a Bottle\". Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American writer renowned for his macabre and horror-themed tales. His poetic and mysterious style explored themes of death, love, and madness, leaving a lasting impact on gothic literature. Poe\'s notable works include \'The Raven,\' \'The Tell-Tale Heart,\' and \'The Fall of the House of Usher.

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eBook: A seamless blend of fact and fiction, \'The Royal Life Guard, or The Flight of the Royal Family\' tells the story of the downfall of the French Monarchy. Set during the French Revolution, this novel paints Marie Antoinette as the villain of the piece. By comparison, King Louis XIV is depicted as an accommodating monarch with his people\'s interests at heart. Historians will know the outcome of this thrilling tale but, even so, will find it fast-paced and brimming with intrigue and conspiracy.The adventure-packed narrative is supported by historical observations and Dumas\' rapier-sharp political knowledge. A superb read for those new to his work and for those who want to read beyond the romantic romps of \'The Three Musketeers.\'

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eBook: Dive into this electrifying tail-wagging tale filled with magic, mystery, and the timeless bond between man\'s best friend... and mankind! When an ordinary dog named Faraday vanishes from a science experiment, he reappears in the unlikeliest of places - right next to Harry and his friends Sofia, Jack, Alex, and Vivi. But this is no ordinary dog. With sparks flying off his fur and the power to float into mid-air, Faraday leads the kids on a journey beyond their wildest imaginations. Suddenly they\'re transported to an ancient desert valley where construction of magnificent pyramids is underway! Facing Egyptian spearmen and royal feasts with Pharaohs, can they get home safe without unravelling the historical timeline? Meet Sophia, Jack, Vivi, Alex and Harry - friends who stumble upon a stray dog named Faraday from a local science lab. But Faraday is no ordinary dog; he possesses quantum powers including time travel and teleportation! Each story whisks them through different historical periods where they must safeguard the timeline. Their adventures start to echo in history - an imprint of their quantum canine companion! Jeffrey Archer (1940-) is a bestselling British author and former politician, renowned for his captivating novels, short stories, and children\'s books published in over 97 countries and over 37 languages. His best-known works include ‘First Among Equals’, ‘Kane and Abel’ and ‘Only Time Will Tell’.

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eBook: This is a unique history of what in the 1980s was the world’s largest association in the media field. However, the IOJ was embroiled in the Cold War: the bulk of 300,000 members were in the socialist East and developing South. Hence the collapse of the Soviet-led communist order in central-eastern Europe in 1989–91 precipitated the IOJ’s demise. The author – a Finnish journalism educator and media scholar – served as President of the IOJ during its heyday. In addition to a chronological account of the organization, the book includes testimonies by actors inside and outside the IOJ and comprehensive appendices containing unpublished documents.

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Román Žena v bílém vypráví napínavý tajemný příběh s detektivní zápletkou, vsazený do ponurých kulis viktoriánské Anglie. Vše se točí kolem neskutečné podobnosti záhadné dívky v bílých šatech Anny Catherickové a bohaté Laury Fairlieové. Příběh o sňatku pro peníze, oddané lásce, šílenství a špinavých intrikách sira Percivala Glydea a jeho „okouzlujícího“ přítele hraběte Foska, který má moc rád bílé myšky, šlehačkové dorty a jed, předkládá autor čtenáři prostřednictvím několika vypravěčů. Fiktivní deníkové zápisky a střídající se úhly pohledu spolu s děsivou atmosférou skrytou pod rouškou společenských konvencí vytvářejí neodolatelný celek. Žena v bílém je jedním z nejvýraznějších a nejoblíbenějších děl anglické literatury viktoriánského období. Autor v textu skvěle propojil prvky gotického hororu a psychologického románu.

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eBook: Pilgrims, colonialism, slavery, politics, romance - this book is packed with tales depicting the history of America spanning over 400 years. Starting with the settlement of the pilgrims aboard the most important ship in US history, "The Mayflower" all the way to their descendants in the early 20th century. Exploring the remarkable and exciting history of the United States, Harriet Beecher Stowe describes serious events through the course of American history with a sense of humor that makes you want to keep reading.

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Audiokniha: Román Žena v bílém předcházel Měsíčnímu kameni a žánrově patří spíše k příběhům s tajemstvím, než by byl plnokrevnou detektivkou. Přesto detektivní zápletku nepostrádá. Mimo ní tu najdeme prvky romantické a hororové. Složitý děj nás zavádí do viktoriánské Anglie. Jednak ho tvoří milostný příběh bohaté dívky Laury a mladého učitele kreslení Waltera, základní osou je však zápletka, v níž hraje hlavní roli neuvěřitelná podoba Laury s chudou dívkou Annou. Na záhadu jejich nepochopitelné podoby se nabaluje série dalších nejasností. Zatímco vycházejí najevo staré zločiny, během příběhu dochází k řadě nových a postupně se objevují a rozkrývají stále nové a nové záhady.

Objev podobné jako Žena v bílém - Wilkie Collins - audiokniha

eBook: What do we usually find in Jane Austen\'s novels? At least one girl with a conflict and a handsome man or two to rush in and save the day. If nothing else, Jane was a romantic through and through! Catharine is a young orphan being raised in the country. Her best friends are the four children of the vicar. After the vicar’s death, they have been sent off to various locations to make their way in the world. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley come to visit Catharine and her guardian aunt. They have a daughter Camilla, and a handsome son Edward. Camilla and Catharine become friends and Camilla is sure that Catharine and Edward will become a couple. The heroine, Catharine Percival, is young and naive, but intelligent and spirited. Although she is an orphan, as befits the heroine of a novel written in the late eighteenth century, she is hampered in her adventures by her loving aunt who is overprotective and fearful of the world Catharine is soon visiting London as well. Will she reunite with her old friends? Will Catharine and Edward become a couple or will something from the past force them apart?

Objev podobné jako Catharine, or The Bower - Jane Austenová - e-kniha

eBook: Part of a duology about the life of King Louis XV, \"The Conspirators; or the Chevalier d\'Harmental\" follows the conspiracy against Phillip II, Duke of Orleans, regent of the infant King. Of his work on the period, it is considered among Dumas\' best by critics and fans alike.It is a thrilling novel, threaded through with romance, political conspiracy, and the epic clash between the Church and the Crown, for the support of the people. From the brilliant mind behind \'The Three Musketeers\', it is another brilliant gem in his already epic body of work, perfect for anyone who loves historical fiction or the intrigue of Netflix\'s \'The King\'.-

Objev podobné jako The Conspirators; or The Chevalier d\'Harmental - Alexandre Dumas - e-kniha

eBook: In this witty and charming French play, the audience follows Madame Pernelle, whose self-importance leads her to leave her son Orgon\'s house because no one pays any attention to her. The only person who happens to meet her high expectations is Tartuffe. While Tartuffe\'s true character of being \'the Hypocrite\' is slowly revealed to the audience, Madame Pernelle remains blissfully unaware of the fraud who exploits his victims by pretending to be pious. Madame Pernelle is on the point of leaving many times, but can\'t leave without having the last word and finds herself coming back to admonish or criticize one more person. Molière\'s ´Tartuffe, or The Hypocrite´ puts a satirical spin on religious hypocrisy and will delight fans of Shakespeare\'s ´The Taming of the Shrew´. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright, actor, and poet. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world literature. Molière wrote comedies, farces, tragicomedies, and comédie-ballets. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed at the Comédie-Française more often than those of any other playwright today. He was born into a prosperous family and studied at the Collège de Clermont which made him well-suited for a life in the theatre. Molière spent thirteen years as an itinerant actor, which helped him polish his comedic abilities. While acting, he began writing, combining Commedia dell\'arte elements with the more refined French comedy.

Objev podobné jako Tartuffe, or The Hypocrite - Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliére - e-kniha

eBook: First published in December 1853, Clotel was written amid then unconfirmed rumors that Thomas Jefferson had fathered children with one of his slaves. The story begins with the auction of his mistress, here called Currer, and their two daughters, Clotel and Althesa. The Virginian who buys Clotel falls in love with her, gets her pregnant, seems to promise marriage—then sells her. Escaping from the slave dealer, Clotel returns to Virginia disguised as a white man in order to rescue her daughter, Mary, a slave in her father’s house. A fast-paced and harrowing tale of slavery and freedom, of the hypocrisies of a nation founded on democratic principles, Clotel is more than a sensationalist novel. It is a founding text of the African American novelistic tradition, a brilliantly composed and richly detailed exploration of human relations in a new world in which race is a cultural construct.

Objev podobné jako Clotel; or, The President's Daughter - William Wells Brown - e-kniha

eBook: PřítomnostKdyž se Seleně rozpadne vztah a spolu s ním i sny o budoucnosti, zatouží malířka z Manchesteru po dovolené. Chata Trnka jako by vypadla z pohlednice a zdá se být tím pravým místem, kde Selena zapomene na všechny své problémy. A tak se s přicházejícím jarem nastěhuje do svého nového domova. Ale už zanedlouho k ní začne promlouvat minulost. Chata Trnka ukrývá tajemství, která nehodlají zůstat ukrytá.1682Grace Cotterová netouží po ničem jiném než po muži a rodině. Je sice spokojená se svou prací na statku, ráda pečuje o otce a od báby Bett se nechává zasvěcovat do léčivých praktik, i tak ale stále touží po lásce. Jenže doba snílkům nepřeje a pomluvy i klepy dokážou přivodit smrt. Jediná chybička může Gracein osud navždy zpečetit…Dvě ženy od sebe dělí tři sta let a přes to je k sobě svede dům plný krve a kouzel. Graceina duše touží po odpočinku a jen Selena jí v tom může pomoci.

Objev podobné jako Strom čarodějnic - Elena Collins - e-kniha

eBook: Young Jeff Benson and his elder brother Jacob are left fatherless when their father dies unexpectedly. The tragic event changes the course of their lives forever – and Jeff sets his sights on a life at sea. After several years learning his craft, Jeff returns to land to become a coastguardsman in his hometown of Cranby – where plenty of daring adventures await him.

Objev podobné jako Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman - R. M. Ballantyne - e-kniha

eBook: Dahlia Lighthousová se ve svých dvaceti šesti má pořád co učit o tom, jak to chodí ve světě mimo ostrov, na kterém vyrostla. Rodiče ji spolu s jejím dvojčetem Andym i staršími sourozenci vzdělávali doma a jejich učební plán zahrnoval ještě něco navíc: vrahy a jejich oběti. To proto, aby byli připraveni na zlo, které může čekat venku.Ani když Dahlia tento život plný strachu v devatenácti opustila, nedokázala normálně žít a celé roky strávila pátráním po Andym, který v šestnácti odešel z domu.Teď zemřel její otec a Dahlia se po sedmi letech vrací na Blackburn. Doufá, že se tam shledá i se svým dvojčetem. Když se ale všichni sejdou v odlehlém rodinném sídle, zjistí, že v hrobě určenému jejich otci už je pohřben někdo jiný…Skoro to vypadá, jako by Andy ostrov nikdy doopravdy neopustil…

Objev podobné jako Rodina na zabití - Megan Collins - e-kniha

eBook: Zhoršení vztahů mezi Ruskem a západními zeměmi v uplynulých deseti letech provázelo mimo jiné i vzájemné obviňování z politizace energetických dodávek. Rusko je v tomto smyslu nejčastěji obviňováno spotřebitelskými zeměmi, že dodávky energetických surovin zneužívá jako nátlakového nástroje k dosažení svých zahraničněpolitických cílů. Nejvyhrocenější spory se v tomto ohledu odehrály v souvislosti s přerušením dodávek ruského zemního plynu, které v lednu 2009 významně dopadlo zejména na region jihovýchodní Evropy. Dopad na státy v této části kontinentu byl tvrdý s ohledem na jejich závislost na energetických importech a struktuře ekonomiky. Autor v této knize odpovídá na otázku, zda Ruská federace skutečně zneužívá plynové dodávky jako mocenský nástroj a za jakých podmínek takovéto zneužití hrozí. Na případech 13 zemí zkoumá, na kolik Rusko skrze státem vlastněnou ruskou společnost Gazprom a její dceřiné společnosti jedná dle tzv. strategického přístupu k energetice, tj. zda tyto společnosti fungují jako nástroje ruské zahraniční politiky.

Objev podobné jako Politicization in the Natural Gas Sector in South-Eastern Europe: Thing of the Past or Vivid Present? - Jirušek Martin - e-kniha

eBook: Harry Collins – emeritní profesor University v Cardiffu, britský klasik „nové sociologie vědy“ – v této popularizačně laděné knize rozlišuje různé typy „expertství“, které lze v současných demokratických společnostech nalézt. Tímto rozlišením odpovídá na otázku, zda se dnes všichni můžeme legitimně považovat za (vědecké) experty: nemůžeme, alespoň tedy nikoli všichni za experty stejného druhu. Collinsovu knihu lze považovat za obranu vědy, resp. její partikulární epistemické kompetence, v době, kdy je autorita vědy mnoha sociálními mechanismy, ale také vlastními vědeckými neúspěchy či selháními oslabena. To může na první pohled vypadat skoro paradoxně, protože právě sociologie vědy, či přesněji sociologie vědeckého poznání, bývá vnímána jako akademická disciplína, která k oslabení autority vědy značnou měrou přispěla. Ostatně i proto může být Collinsova analýza „expertství“ přirozeně vedena mj. přes výklad principů sociologie vědeckého poznání a některých jejích výsledků, a to ve výzkumných oblastech, jakými jsou např. pandemie AIDS, skepse vůči očkování, detekce gravitačních vln, studium klimatické změny ad. Pro Collinse jde tedy o příležitost obhájit sociologii vědeckého poznání jako disciplínu, která není protivědecká, třebaže ve svých studiích je – a od svého založení v 70. letech minulého století byla – vůči idealizovanému obrazu vědy kritická. Collinsova kniha je velmi přístupná, u čtenáře nepředpokládá žádné zvláštní znalosti z akademických oborů, ze kterých čerpá nebo kterých se jinak dotýká. Pro čtenáře je kniha přívětivá také svým rozsahem a nekomplikovanou strukturou (veskrze lineární výklad dělený do čtyř hlavních částí). V českém prostředí si knížka může najít dvě publika: čtenáře, kteří se zajímají o velká společenská témata současnosti – od pandemie AIDS po klimatickou změnu, vše s vazbou na podobu a úlohu expertního vědění –, a čtenáře-studenty sociálních věd, kteří v ní najdou úvod do sociologie vědeckého poznání.

Objev podobné jako Jsme dnes všichni vědečtí experti? - Harry Collins - e-kniha

eBook: Vílí princezny Violka, Růžička, Sasanka a Zvonečka se chystají na korunovaci lesní víly Prvosenky. Společně s pozvánkou na obřad jim přišly i nádherné šaty, už zbývá jen vybrat vhodné doplňky a vyrazit do Stromového paláce v Diamantovém lese. Na místě se však dozvídají strašlivou zprávu – někdo ukradl Prvosenčinu korunku a korunovace je v ohrožení. Podaří se vílím princeznám zachránit situaci a korunku najít?

Objev podobné jako Vílí princezny - Violka z Diamantového lesa - Poppy Collins - e-kniha

eBook: Víla Cesmínka je nadšená! Její kamarádky, vílí princezny, ji pozvaly na vánoční večírek do paláce. Je to největší událost roku, kterou žije celé vílí městečko. V den bálu ale sněží tak hustě, že okřídlení poníci nedokážou vílu dovézt do paláce. Splní se Cesmínce její vánoční přání a dostane se na bál včas?

Objev podobné jako Vílí princezny - Cesmínka a vánoční přání - Poppy Collins - e-kniha

eBook: Vítej ve světě módních vílích princezen! Pojď spolu s Prvosenkou a jejími kamarády zažít kouzelná dobrodružství v zemi víl. Diamantovým lesem se prohnala divoká bouře a zničila králíčkovi Nadýchánkovi domeček. Chudinka malý králíček teď nemá kde bydlet! Dokáže mu vílí princezna Prvosenka najít nový domov?

Objev podobné jako Vílí princezny - Prvosenka z Diamantového lesa - Poppy Collins - e-kniha