A Little Princess - formato ePub

El pequeño Cedric Errol es un niño de siete años, que vive en Nueva York en compañía de su madre viuda. Su padre, un capitán inglés, ha muerto hace pocos años. Un apacible día, la modesta vida de Cedric...

La presente novela nos cuenta cómo Mary, una niña rebelde, solitaria y soñadora, queda huérfana en la India, por lo que viaja a Inglaterra para quedar al cuidado y vivir con su tío. Este habita en pleno...

Esta singular novela de Frances Hodgson Burnett, una de las favoritas de Nancy Mirford, empieza como La Cenicienta y termina como Rebeca. Emily Fox-Seton, que se gana la vida haciendo encargos para las...

Mary es una niña inglesa nacida en la India. Sus padres no se preocupan de ella, y como nadie la quiere, es solitaria, antipática y amargada. Sorpresivamente queda huérfana y es enviada a Inglaterra,...

Una niña en «el cuarto diurno de los niños» (porque también hay un «cuarto nocturno de los niños»), un sitio lóbrego e inhóspito en una casa estrecha en una calle estrecha... pero en el elegante barrio...

«La novela demuestra sobradamente su merecida pertenencia a la narrativa inglesa decimonónica. José María Guelbenzu, Babelia, El País. La formación de una marquesa (1901) está vista a través de los ojos...

Un clásico entrañable cuya vigencia permanece intacta.Mary Lennox tiene diez años y ha perdido a sus padres por culpa de una epidemia que ha azotado la India. Tras su defunción, Mary viaja desde el país...

Sara Crewe es una niña extraordinaria que ha vivido una vida de ensueño a lado de su padre, el capitán Richard Crew, llena de aventuras y fantasía. Pero la vida de Sara cambia cuando llega. Ala escuela...

Mary Lennox, una niña solitaria que a nadie le cae bien, llega desde la India para vivir con su tío en Yorkshire, Inglaterra. En su nuevo destino, Mary no puede hacer mucho más aparte de explorar esa...

"El jardín secreto" es un clásico de la literatura en lengua inglesa, elegido por el público de "The Big Read" de la BBC como una de las 100 mejores novelas de todos los tiempos. El relato de Mary Lennox,...

La colección «Alfaguara Clásicos» nos trae esta preciosa edición íntegra e ilustrada por Elizabeth Moreno de El jardín secreto de Frances Hodgson Burnett, una oda a la amistad y al amor, y un clásico...

Mary Lenox no es una niña simpática: la falta de atención y afecto convirtió a esta pequeña en un ser amargado, rencoroso y tiránico. Sin embargo, tras una terrible serie de sucesos, Mary se ve obligada...

Sara Crewe, una princesita que vive feliz con su padre en la India colonial, ingresa en un selecto colegio de Inglaterra. A pesar de su fama de persona estricta, la señorita Minchin, directora del colegio,...

Centenario Frances Hodgson Burnett (1924-2024) --- "El jardín secreto" es uno de los clásicos más populares de la literatura infantil de todos los tiempos, y a cien años de la muerte de su autora no ha...

Mary Lennox es una niña de diez años que vive en la India. Tras la muerte de sus padres, se ve obligada a mudarse a la imponente mansión de su tío en Yorkshire, Inglaterra. Ante tantos cambios, encuentra...

The novel consists of two plots or movements. Apparently wholly disconnected, but always, as the logic of events carries them on, bending nearer and nearer, until the principal dramatis personae meet...

The Lost Continent, A classic "lost race" story, with all of the required elements: a seductive empress, a straight-arrow hero, battles, escapes, sorcery, and earth-shattering cataclysms! Eminently readable...

Philip Haldane and his sister lived in a little red-roofed house in a little redroofed town. They had a little garden and a little balcony, and a little stable with a little pony in it—and a little cart...

A gripping 'cuckoo in the nest' domestic thrillerAfter the death of their mum, twins Chloe and Charlie are shocked when their dad introduces Lynne as their 'new mummy'. Lynne, a district nurse, is trusted...

THE REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK 'Dark academia, secret societies, and murder - what's not to love?' Jessica Payne'Takes you on a wild ride. It's a must-read!' Courteney CoxHow far would you go to...

***A new Peter Diamond novel from the CWA Diamond-Dagger-winner Peter Lovesey***'His work is the gold standard for UK crime fiction writing' DEADLY PLEASURES'Peter Lovesey writes feel-good crime yet he...

Gilmore Girls hit our screens in 2000 and has been our autumn obsession ever since. There's a reason that Vogue calls it 'the quintessential autumn girl show' and that, years later, we're still head over...

IN THE UNDERGROUND FAE REALM, ONLY THE STRONGEST AND MOST RUTHLESS HAVE POWER - BUT A YOUNG HUMAN WOMAN FORCED INTO A LIFE OF SERVITUDE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING 'A darkly enchanting page-turner laden...

'Warm, wise, witty, and just plain fun' Maggie Shipstead At a perfectly ordinary cocktail party, Francis is introduced to Billy and - although it slips right by him at the time - he falls in love with...

'If you've ever been in a relationship with another person, if you've ever had a family, you need to read this book' Ann PatchettPolly Solo-Miller Demarest is the perfect flower of the Solo-Miller family.The...

This stand-alone edition of King's novella, retitled The Shawshank Redemption, like the film, celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Best Picture Academy Award nominee. A mesmerising tale of unjust imprisonment...

'Addictive and impossible to put down, my favourite book of the decade' No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van DykenYou made a bargain... Your soul for his - and now, you are mine.Cate Holloway...

It all starts with a fire. Seven children, asleep in a big house in the Italian countryside. A forgotten candle. Their parents are not there. They are in a different country, a different continent, Africa,...

A viciously funny and intelligently provocative play about family, friendship and faith, adapted by the author from his Pulitzer-finalist short story.Who in your life would you trust to keep you alive?...

When Daniel Leicester goes in search of his late wife's missing bicycle in the oppressive heat of a Bologna summer, he is transported to her final days. But as unfinished business bleeds - quite literally...

NO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAY.THE BRAND NEW GANGLAND CRIME NOVEL FROM ROBERTA KRAYShe sold him out. Now he's out for revenge . . .After her murderous ex-boyfriend who she turned in to the police was released...

Having been saved from execution at the hands of the Draoihn - powerful magic users Raine used to count as allies - Raine finds herself in the Fault, a vast magical wasteland, which is falling apart before...

'Thrilling and propulsive, glorious and terrifying. Julia Phillips is a brilliant writer' Ann Patchett'Wondrous ... a fairy tale for the strange times in which we live' Rumaan AlamThey were sisters and...

'Brilliant, compelling, heart-wrenching writing.' PETER JAMESYour son has gone missing.And then the police arrest the prime suspect.You.You know you're innocent.That someone else took your son.But the...

Moidl is a farmer's daughter from the Hohenhauser Farm in Hintertux in the Zillertal region of Tyrol. Her close bonds with her family and the farm are her lifeblood, and the various blows they are dealt...

Three middle-class sixth-form girls leave their independent boarding school in the summer of 1918. They are told by their headmistress that their prospects of marriage have been reduced following the...

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome,...

 "IN TRUE MAY MCGOLDRICK STYLE, A TIMELY AND HEARTWARMING STORY FOR THE HOLIDAYS!"  Paige Coleman has stayed away from her beloved seaside home in the Connecticut village of Stonington ever since being...

 A fast-attack nuclear submarine cuts silently through the waters of the North Atlantic, hijacked by two-dozen armed terrorists.  The target: New York City  Trapped aboard the submarine, Ship Superintendent...

A PENNINGTON FAMILY NOVELLALady Millie, youngest of the Pennington family, has always lived in the shadow of her talented and powerful siblings. She's been the rock of stability and order for her sisters...

A PENNINGTON FAMILY NOVELLA CollectionFrom USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick…Three poignant stories of emotion, hope, and forever love—a duke and a Highland heiress, a prince and a pauper, and...

Mysterious murders are taking place in the Lake District in the northwest of England. Mysterious, since there seems to be no connection between them and no motive can be determined for any of them. It...

  DAPHNE DU MAURIER AWARD of Excellence WINNER  NATIONAL READERS' CHOICE AWARD FINALIST  RWA RITA AWARD FINALIST   A man awaits execution for a murder he did not commit . . .  A woman returns to a place...

 From USA Today Bestselling Author Jan Coffey comes a riveting tale of betrayal and murder.    A woman runs through the glittering streets of Newport with killers on her trail. She needs help. She needs...

USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey   Two decades after escaping a deadly New Mexico cult, one survivor remains—and time is running out. Kelly Stone, now a single mother...

A PENNINGTON FAMILY NOVELLA Lady Taylor Fleming is an heiress with a suitor on her tail. Her step-by-step plan to ditch him is simple. But there is nothing simple about the Duke of Bamberg.Taylor tries...