Henry James What Maisie knew

Na de scheiding van haar ouders wordt de 6-jarige Maisie het middelpunt van hun strijd om de voogdij.

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Engels | 309 pagina's | Penguin Books, London | 2013

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Henry James Roderick Hudson

Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, Roderick Hudson is a One has the money but not the talent. One has the talent but not the money. It would seem that Rowland Mallet and Roderick Hudson were meant to meet. A rich and sensible man, Rowland is ecstatic when Roderick, a beautiful but somewhat selfish sculptor, accepts his offer of joining him in Rome for two years to develop his artistic talents. To complicate matters, however, Rowland has fallen in love for the first...

Engels | 13 uur 20 minuten (597 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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Henry James What Maisie Knew

`What Maise Knew‘ (1897) should perhaps have been titled `Divorce for Dummies` instead. In this tense and clever novel, Henry James lays out with perfect clarity what not to do when your child becomes one of divorce, as in do the absolute opposite of everything Maise‘s parents do. Shuttled back and forth between her selfish mother and her vain father, Maise becomes a weapon in her parents‘ battle, a way for them to intensify their hatred of each other. Like Charles Dickens before him, Henry James...

Engels | 8 uur 46 minuten (415 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Henry James The American

Christopher Newman, a somewhat awkward but well-meaning American businessman traveling in Europe for the first time, meets and falls in love with the aristocratic young widow Claire de Bellegarde. But her French family does not like his American ways and oppose his offer of marriage. When he discovers a dirty family secret, however, the tables are suddenly turned. But what should he do with upper hand? Despite being one of Henry James earliest works, `The American‘ (1877) flows more like a contemporary...

Engels | 13 uur 57 minuten (623 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017

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Henry James Washington Square

Beeld van het leven van een New Yorkse vrouw die haar verloofde ondanks zijn slechte eigenschappen trouw blijft

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Engels | 173 pagina's | Penguin Books, Harmondsworth [etc.] | 1963

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Henry James The American

Engels | 382 pagina's | Dell, New York | 1965

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Henry James Roderick Hudson

A novel of displaced homosexuality and thwarted self-development. The story of Roderick Hudson, a young artist who is given money to free himself of his boring job and repressive family by the rich idle gentleman, Rowland Mallet, goes to Europe to fulfill his gift

Engels | 349 pagina's | Penguin Books, Harmondsworth [etc.] | 1969

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