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After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky set out in The Idiot to portray a man of pure innocence. The 26-year-old Prince Myshkin, following a stay of several years in a Swiss sanatorium, returns to Russia to collect an inheritance and “be among people”. Even before he reaches home, he meets the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose obsession with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement.

Anthony C. Yu’s translation of The Journey to the West, initially published in 1983, introduced English-speaking audiences to the classic Chinese novel in its entirety for the first time. Written in the sixteenth century, The Journey to the West tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China’s most famous religious heroes, and his three supernatural disciples, in search of Buddhist scriptures.

And now, her uncle wants to marry her off to the fallen son of her arch-enemy. But Jael is a battle-hardened warrior, trained to kill since she was 10-years-old. She doesn’t plan on being anyone’s wife. Eadmund Skalleson is drunk. His father is threatening him with a wife again. And this time he’s given him an ultimatum. Marry Jael Furyck or your brother returns from exile. But if Eadmund was ever going to choose a wife, it wouldn’t be Jael Furyck. Not her. Not ever.

Теплый, чуточку колдовской и глубоко человечный роман о трех поколениях женщин, которые пытаются договориться друг с другом — и со своим прошлым. Безрассудная и импульсивная Ангустиас покинула дом своей строгой, глубоко религиозной матери Ольвидо, когда забеременела в подростковом возрасте. Спустя десять лет она возвращается в родной городок с повзрослевшей дочерью Фелиситас, которая никогда не видела бабушку. С первой же встречи девочка понимает, что Ольвидо ничуть не похожа на милую, ласковую старушку из детских сказок.

Nell'Italia del '900, una Cerchia di donne si riunisce per trovare la propria libertà Alla Rocca, paesino del Lazio meridionale, tutti conoscono i Maletazzi, i signori che vivono nel più bel palazzo del centro. Però solo Camilla, la più giovane della famiglia, sa quanti segreti si nascondono tra quelle stanze, quanto dolore. Un dolore che lei custodisce in silenzio finché, nell'autunno del 1920, Peppina, la levatrice e chiudiocchi del paese, non l'accoglie nella Cerchia, un gruppo di donne che si ritrova per condividere fatiche e saperi.

Jade Dare has done everything in her power to overcome her mother’s unstable influence. Changed her name. Became a success. Vowed never to risk passing on the potential for inherited pain. What has it gotten her? One fiancé who wanted her for money. A second who cheated on her with his brother’s wife. Now she’s sworn off men. Or at least off serious relationships. But when the chance to indulge in a little revenge sex with a man she’s secretly fantasized about arrives, she jumps in. Only to land heart-first into a case of the feels she can’t bring herself to trust.

"Mimi, it's me. Nick," he whispered, his Nazi uniform a mockery of the boy who once promised to protect her. She stared through her tears at eyes she'd never forgotten—now belonging to the enemy. When the Nazis invade Paris, the peaceful world Mimi shares with her beloved grandmother Chloe—is shattered forever. In a single, brutal day, police tear through their neighborhood, ripping Jewish families from their homes and destroying lives built over generations.

When single mother Seren Evans returns to Anglesey with her young daughter Enya, she hopes to leave her troubled London past behind. Living near the Black Point lighthouse of her childhood, Seren reconnects with her estranged father and begins uncovering the mystery behind her mother's long-ago abandonment. As Seren settles into island life and starts a job at an art gallery, sparks fly between her and Jamie, a Scottish journalist with his own scars.

Sisters Alice and Annie have always been close but will a man come between them? Annie and Alice love their life working at the Beach Hotel together and each is thrilled to have finally found a sweetheart. Yet the path of true love never did run smooth and they soon find themselves facing conflict and strife. Could love come between them and the bond they share?

1938: Die Amerikaner John Morgan und Richard Cooper treffen in Wien auf die Halbjüdin Isabelle. Beide verlieben sich in die unbekannte Schönheit. Als Hitler Österreich dem Deutschen Reich einverleibt, schwebt sie von einem Tag auf den anderen in höchster Gefahr, und die beiden Männer verhelfen ihr zur Flucht. Fortan lebt Isabelle von Heimweh geplagt auf Johns Apfelbaumplantage „Morgan's Hall". John kettet sie wie sein Eigentum an sich und hofft auf ihre Liebe. Ihr Herz aber gehört nur Richard, der versprochen hatte, sie zu sich zu holen.

Cuando su familia es masacrada, Meribeth Colquhoun solo tiene una opción: huir. Con su hermano pequeño a su cuidado y una identidad falsa para mantenerse con vida, atraviesa Escocia aferrándose a una única promesa: protegerlo cueste lo que cueste. Lo que no esperaba era encontrarse con Broc Ross, un highlander de mirada peligrosa y pasado turbulento que amenaza con desbaratar todos sus planes.

Dos hermanas. Un país dividido. Un amor imposible. Estefanía y Selina,. hijas de una familia acomodada de Oviedo, viven sus días entre las imágenes religiosas del taller familiar y los. sueños de un matrimonio ideal. Pero en la Asturias de los años treinta,. el amor nunca es solo amor: es clase, es política, es destino. Fani se enamora de un guardia civil. Lina, de un joven minero comprometido con la lucha obrera. Entre el incienso y la dinamita,. sus elecciones marcarán el rumbo de sus vidas y el de toda una familia.

München, 1948: Drei Jahre ist es her, dass die Schwestern Anita und Emmi beschlossen haben, die im Krieg zerstörte Großbäckerei ihres Vaters wieder aufzubauen. Einst gehörten die Simmerl-Semmeln zu den beliebtesten der Stadt, und daran wollen die beiden jungen Frauen wieder anknüpfen. Doch das ist leichter gesagt als getan: Das Geld ist knapp, Rohstoffe sind Mangelware und auch das Privatleben kommt den beiden immer wieder in die Quere.

When Amelia Spencer finds herself unmarried, pregnant, and cast out by society, she flees to the Bryant & May match factory, searching for her estranged sister, Sadie. Desperate for a fresh start, Amelia takes work at Bryant & May and dares to dream of a better life for herself and her son. When the shadows of Amelia's past return with a vengeance - and a killer begins stalking the women of Whitechapel - Amelia must fight to protect her child and the life she's struggled to claim, before everything she's fought for is destroyed.

In the bustling heart of London’s East End, Maisie, Amanda and Bethan work long hours at the uniform factory. The pay is poor, the shifts relentless and the bombs fall far too close for comfort ­– but these three women refuse to give in to despair. For when not at the factory, the girls spend their days on the markets of Petticoat Lane, trying to source material in order to make dresses ­– doing their best to bring any small amount of joy in these troubled times. When a chance encounter leads them to a bundle of parachute silk, they decide to think bigger.

Anthony C. Yu’s translation of The Journey to the West, initially published in 1983, introduced English-speaking audiences to the classic Chinese novel in its entirety for the first time. Written in the sixteenth century, The Journey to the West tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China’s most famous religious heroes, and his three supernatural disciples, in search of Buddhist scriptures.

Sagan om Emilie är en släktkrönika fylld av hemligheter och kärleksintriger. Vi följer den vackra torpardottern Emilie i norska Trøndelag på 1880-talet, ett samhälle med stora klyftor mellan rika och fattiga. Solfrid tänker på Even Conrad, som hon inte har hört av på ett tag, men mest av allt tänker hon på Odd, som hon både ser fram emot och bävar för att träffa igen. Emilie är chockad över vad Simon har utsatt henne för.

Vivir a la sombra de un padre y un tío convertidos en leyenda no es fácil. Mucho menos cuando debes competir por su atención con un hermano gemelo y un primo tan brillantes como ellos. Jean Campbell ha crecido rodeada de hombres extraordinarios, aprendiendo desde niña a luchar por su lugar en un mundo que no estaba hecho para mujeres como ella. Durante años ha logrado retrasar lo inevitable: un matrimonio impuesto que pondría fin a su libertad. Pero cuando la presión familiar se vuelve insoportable, Jean decide rebelarse y emprender una aventura tan arriesgada como irresistible.

A thirty-five strong cast including Leo McKern as Kutuzov, Simon Russell Beale as Pierre Bezuhov, Emily Mortimer as Natasha Rostov and Gerard Murphy as Andrei Bolkonsky, brings all the passion and turbulence of Tolstoy’s epic masterpiece to the airwaves in this unique BBC Radio 4 dramatisation...

Cuando el laird de los Lamont recibe la orden del rey Jacobo de casar a su hija con un Campbell para poner fin a los años de rivalidad entre ambos clanes, sabe que aceptar significará sacrificar a su familia. Decidido a evitarlo, trama un engaño que podría cambiarlo todo… siempre que nadie descubra la verdad. Pero su plan no tarda en desmoronarse.