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Sons and Lovers, Lawrence's third published novel, was written by the author at the height of his literary powers. The story of class differences (the relationship between a middle-class woman and a miner) in the tough world of coal mining brought a refreshing realism to literature. It remains a challenging text and is studied widely. It is particularly effective on audiobook in the hands of Nottinghamshire reader Paul Slack.

Sorcha Donovan n'a jamais quitté son village natal sur la côte sauvage du comté de Cork. Mais lorsqu'elle tombe amoureuse de Con Daly — un musicien aussi séduisant que passionné — et qu'il lui demande de tout quitter pour partir à Londres, Sorcha suit son cœur sans hésiter. Hélas leurs rêves se heurtent vite à la réalité. L'argent manque, les problèmes et les désillusions s'accumulent… jusqu'à ce que Con décroche enfin la gloire.

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), scrittore britannico, segna il passaggio tra il periodo vittoriano e il novecento, di cui anticipa il pessimismo scopenhaueriano: l’uomo, con i suoi sogni e desideri ostacolato da un destino ostile. La tecnica narrativa di Hardy è molto ifluenzata dagli impressionisti:: "un romanzo è un'impressione, non un ragionamento", perciò ricorre spesso a descrizioni pittoriche e ai colori.

Stockholm, 1913. Agneta ne peut que retenir ses larmes quand elle apprend que son père est décédé sans qu'elle ait pu le revoir. Sommée de retourner dans la demeure qu'elle avait fuie pour étudier l'art et vivre libre, loin des carcans imposés par son sexe, elle est désormais la seule héritière du domaine de Löwenhof et se doit de reprendre la gestion du haras familial.

Uno scandalo incombe sulla famiglia Bott: il povero Ernest, appena deceduto in un incidente stradale, ha diseredato la moglie Milly. Possibile che quegli occhi di colomba, quella figuretta tanto dolce e amabile meritino un castigo tanto duro? La costernazione e l'indignazione iniziale dei Bott si trasformano presto in dubbio e sospetto: e se quei venticinque anni di vita matrimoniale nascondessero un inconfessabile segreto? La soave Milly si è forse macchiata di qualche oscuro peccato?

1940 finds Adam Southey in a mood of bitter resentment: he cannot join up because he is lame. But at the school where he is teaching, the headmaster, Sam Cooke, is a brilliant scientist. And Adam suddenly finds that the battleground is not the only place to fight a war — for Dr. Cooke has developed a deadly secret weapon and enemy agents are after the plans. Adam and the doctor move to an engineering works in Scotland to build a working model of the weapon.

Sons and Lovers was the first of Lawrence's major works, and is still considered to be one of his best. The 1913 novel, partly autobiographical and set in the coalmining village of Bestwood, is notable for being the first English novel to be genuinely working-class in origin and focus.

"Anne d'Avonlea", le deuxième roman de la série bien-aimée d'Anne Shirley, plonge les lecteurs dans l'univers enchanteur et pittoresque d'Avonlea, une petite communauté rurale sur l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard, au Canada. Écrit par Lucy Maud Montgomery et publié en 1909, ce livre continue les aventures de la pétillante orpheline aux cheveux roux que nous avons rencontrée pour la première fois dans "Anne... La maison aux pignons verts".

Sous un ciel de plomb, des prisonniers défilent à l'entrée du camp d'Auschwitz. Bientôt, ils ne seront plus que des numéros tatoués sur le bras. C'est Lale, un déporté, qui est chargé de cette sinistre tâche. Il travaille le regard rivé au sol pour éviter de voir la douleur dans les yeux de ceux qu'il marque à jamais. Un jour, pourtant, il lève les yeux sur Gita et la jeune femme devient sa lumière dans ce monde d'une noirceur infinie. Ils savent d'emblée qu'ils sont faits l'un pour l'autre. Mais dans cette prison où l'on se bat pour un morceau de pain et pour sauver sa vie, il n'y a pas de place pour l'amour.

La Seconde Guerre mondiale touche à sa fin. À bord d'un porte-avions au large du Japon, Philip Bowman rentre aux États-Unis. Il a deux obsessions, qui l'accompagneront tout au long de sa vie : la littérature et la quête de l'amour. Embauché par un éditeur, il découvre ce milieu très fermé, fait de maisons indépendantes, et encore dirigées par ceux qui les ont fondées. Bowman s'y sent comme un poisson dans l'eau, et sa réussite s'avère aussi rapide qu'indiscutable.

Isole Scilly, 1951. Esther Durrant, una giovane madre, viene internata per volere del marito. La struttura, situata nelle remote isole a sud della Cornovaglia, rischia di trasformarsi per lei in una prigione. Ma grazie alla gentilezza del dotto Richard Creswell, uno psichiatra con idee all'avanguardia, quel luogo sembra trasformarsi in un rifugio per Esther. 2018. La scienziata marina Rachel Parker si imbarca per un progetto di ricerca nei mari inglesi, quando un violento temporale la costringe trovare riparo su un'isola.

1928. In British-ruled India, headstrong Sita longs to choose her own path, but her only destiny is a good marriage. After a chance meeting with a Crown Prince leads to a match, her family’s status seems secured and she moves into the palace, where peacocks fill the gardens and tapestries adorn the walls. But royal life is far from simple, and her failure to provide an heir makes her position fragile. Soon Sita is on the brink of losing everything, and the only way to save herself could mean betraying her oldest friend …

In the bleak days of 1942, Countess Elisabeth von Trecheim, Berlin-born and city-raised, runs her husband’s family estate in isolated Silesia, while her Panzer officer spouse, Hans-George, confronts the horrors of Stalingrad. Meanwhile, Gideon Rokesby, an English mining engineer, is captured by the Germans in North Africa and endures brutal internment, showing determination to escape. As fate links these characters within a chaotic, war-torn world, a dance of survival, loyalty, and forbidden connection unfolds against the looming collapse of the Third Reich.

Fans of Kate Quinn and Kristina McMorris will love this gripping historical novel based on the true story of the woman who used her codebreaking skills to bring down Prohibition gangsters and WWII Nazis, and who ultimately helped found the present-day CIA. Grace Smith has never been one to...

He gave his word, refused to break a vow, and lost his one chance at true love. Now they've come for his land. Hap Wilkes is a man facing a painful past, an increasingly uncertain future, and now fights with everything left in a broken and failing body, to keep the one thing still left to him - his pride. The Irish Cowboy is a story of loss, secrets, redemption, and the always present human yearning for love and forgiveness, and marks the most personal novel to date from best-selling author D.W. Ulsterman.

Inspired by real events, The Lady of Lake Como follows the story of a lieutenant with the Italian police who, during the height of World War II, is tasked with investigating the unsettling disappearance of two women from his small town. Complicating matters, Ezio receives a detestable order from his superiors to arrest a Jewish man simply for the accident of his birth. While en route to carry out his unbearable duty, Ezio has a crisis of conscience when he encounters a nun whose secret forever changes his heart.

1938: Divya has made the long sea journey from India to England, employed as a nanny by a British family. But once they arrive, she is cruelly abandoned, with no means to return home. Afraid and alone, she faces prejudice and rejection… until she finds her way to an Irish-run boarding house on West India Dock Road and meets Jack, Charity and a host of unexpected friends.

Barbie France has known Edward Steyne all her life - indeed they were childhood sweethearts. Charming, spirited, debonair, he is the ideal companion. Everyone, especially Edward, assumes they will marry one day. But Barbie is uneasy. Edward sometimes behaves very oddly. There are his sudden, huge winnings on the racecourse and the strange affair of Aunt Amalie's emerald ring. And last, but not least, Barbie is puzzled by his reaction to the handsome stranger she meets at a wedding; for suddenly easy-going Edward becomes hostile and unfriendly . . . Can Barbie discover the truth?

Rani, the bright and spirited daughter of an Indian Crown Prince, leads a privileged if lonely life. Longing for freedom, she escapes the confines of her father’s palace and meets Prasad – a poor young man – with whom she falls deeply in love. But her plan to gain her father’s approval for the match disastrously backfires. Estranged from her family and haunted by guilt, Rani’s path takes her from Cambridge to Bletchley Park and a new world of intrigue and secrets. Against the backdrop of war, Rani finds comfort and a sense of belonging with fellow codebreaker William and his young son.

Rimasta senza genitori, Alita Lang vive nel castello dello zio, il duca di Langstone, da cui non è autorizzata a uscire: di fatti non è mai stata vista da estranei, tanto che nessuno sa della sua esistenza. Il suo unico interesse sono i cavalli dello zio, di cui si prende cura con amore. Tutto però è destinato a cambiare quando, all'ippodromo privato del duca, Alita conosce il ricco americano Clint Wilbur, un uomo così diverso da lei, eppure così affine. Improvvisamente il cuore di Alita galoppa più veloce dei cavalli, così forte che è impossibile ignorarlo.