Adam Bede - formato ePub

Middlemarch: Un estudio de la vida en provincias es una novela de George Eliot, el seudónimo de Mary Anne Evans, llamada posteriormente Marian Evans.

Dorothea Brooke, a los diecinueve años, ha recibido «una educación para jovencitas comparable a las cavilaciones y opiniones de un ratón pensante», pero, activa e idealista, enamorada de un sesudo erudito...

«Nunca había visto nada parecido a la veracidad exquisita y a la delicadeza tanto del humor como del pathos de estas historias; y me han impresionado de una manera que me sería muy difícil expresar.»...

En El velo alzado hay un narrador que descubre algo anormal; en su caso, la habilidad para leer el futuro y también los pensamientos ajenos. Aunque claro: lo que al principio puede ser una maravilla,...

"Adam Bede" fue la más vendida y leída de las novelas de George Eliot, pseudónimo de la escritora Mary Ann Evans. Sus relatos y novelas figuran entre lo más escogido de la literatura victoriana. En esta...

Silas Marner, un bondadoso tejedor, es acusado de un robo abyecto cometido por su mejor amigo, lo que le obliga a exiliarse de su comunidad. Se instala en Raveloe, un pueblo apartado, en donde se convierte...

El hermano Jacob (1860) se inicia con una cita de La Fontaine que advierte contra los falsarios y usurpadores: a través de la peripecia de David Faux (que, de aprendiz de pastelero, aspira a ser un gran...

Inspirada en gran parte en los recuerdos de la infancia de la autora, que transcurrió en las propiedades paternas de Warwickshire junto a su hermano Isaac, El molino del Floss gira en torno al desigual...

El velo alzado (1859) es una nouvelle con sorprendentes elementos góticos y fantásticos que uno no suele asociar con la autora de Middlemarch. En ella, el joven Mortimer, un melancólico que tiene «la...

Punzante, entretenidísima y profundamente lúcida, George Eliot parodia las tópicas novelas que dominaban los listados de ventas de su tiempo, con sus encantadoras y hermosas heroínas, y sus previsibles...

Gwendolen Harleth es la mayor de cinco hermanas, que la admiran. Es hermosa, egoísta y malcriada, y cree poseer grandes cualidades. Cortejada por los jóvenes de su localidad, su destino cambiará cuando...

Middlemarch: Un estudio de la vida en provincias es una novela de George Eliot, el seudónimo de Mary Anne Evans, llamada posteriormente Marian Evans.

"Si tuviéramos una visión y un sentimiento agudos de toda la vida humana ordinaria, sería como oír crecer la hierba y latir el corazón de la ardilla, y moriríamos a causa de rugido que se encuentra al...

"Middlemarch" es una novela clásica escrita por George Eliot, seudónimo de la autora británica Mary Ann Evans. Publicada entre 1871 y 1872, la historia retrata la vida de personajes en una ciudad ficticia,...

Un recorrido por algunos de los textos que contribuyeron a sentar las bases de la defensa de la dignidad, la inteligencia y el potencial humano de las mujeres durante la primera ola feminista. ¿Cómo iban...

Une seule goutte d’encre sert de miroir, en Égypte, à un moderne nécromancien qui se fait fort d’évoquer, aux yeux de tout venant, les scènes lointaines du passé. Moi aussi, lecteur, avec cette goutte...

-THE DOUBLE- centers on a government clerk who goes mad. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his...

'Truly unnerving' Jane Bailey'I raced through it in little more than a single session' 5* Reader Review They said a mother knows best and I believed them. Was I wrong? It is supposed to be a dream. James...

17. yüzyıl İspanya'sında edebiyat düşkünü bir maceraperest; günümüzdeyse klasikleşmiş bir yazar: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. İspanyol donanmasına katılıp Kıbrıs'ta, İnebahtı'da, Tunus'ta, Navarin'de...

Upon being arrested for the gruesome murder of her father, all college student Kanna Hijiriyama tells the police is, "It's up to you to find the motive." Amidst the media frenzy about the woman "too beautiful...

Agatha Christie meets Julie Caplin in this exciting new cosy crime series that captures the glamour of the 1930s with the gorgeous escapist destinations! November 1930....

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,...

An hilarious and gripping festive whodunnit, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Agatha Christie It's Christmas Eve at the Merry Monarch. Nestled amongst the Yorkshire Dales, the pub is preparing to...

'OMG this book is so tense! I couldn't stop reading!' Lauren North'Totally gripping . . . I absolutely loved it!' Lisa Timoney A twisty, addictive page-turner about marriage, secrets and betrayal - perfect...

In this smart and swoony adventure rom-com, a journalist and a movie star find themselves teaming up to cover up a murder... What could possibly go wrong?When freelance journalist Khin Haymar is assigned...

THERE'S A PUZZLING MYSTERY WHEN A BELOVED PUB BURNS DOWN...BUT LIBBY SARJEANT IS ON THE CASE.After learning of a suspicious attempt to burn down a beloved old pub, The Crooked Horse, amateur detective...

'Once I started I just did not want to stop. So atmospheric and written in such a way I felt like I was truly there transported back in time living it all... A highly thrilling, fast paced and totally...

Anna is on the brink of losing it all when she is handed the career opportunity of a lifetime - working as a ghostwriter for charismatic neuroscientist Nate. Nate's work at the mysterious Pain Laboratory...

'Fiendishly clever and highly addictive.' Ian Moore The perfect Christmas gift for armchair detectives – Agatha Christie meets Murdle. 12 murderous mysteries to read....

Return to the snow-covered mountains of the Isle of Skye this winter in book two of The Skye Sisters Trilogy – where new loves and unknown family are just waiting to be found… Available to pre-order now!...

'So much fun!' KATIE FFORDEIla has her pride. And she's about to discover just how much trouble that can be... It's 1976 and in the Vile Parle suburb of Mumbai, bastion of the Maharashtrian middle-class,...

A new job. A new home. A new start.It's all Anna wants.But in a closed rural community, strange traditions and a suspicion of outsiders mean everything is not as it seems. Three teenage girls have vanished...

Christmas is just around the corner, and Ronja and Melissa's father is out of work. When ten-year-old Ronja hears about a job selling Christmas trees, she thinks it might be the stroke of luck they all...

A cold case returns to haunt Blix, as a cold-blooded killer taunts him with evidence of further victims, while Ramm investigates a murder with no body… Blockbuster, explosive Nordic Noir.`Contemporary...

Follow the bank of the Koitogawa river until you reach the beach. From there a path of white seashells will lead you to the Chibineko Kitchen. Step inside, they'll be expecting you. These are the directions...

On a cold winter evening in a secluded fjord in Iceland, a neighbour visits the house of a family that has not been seen in a week. No one comes to the door when he knocks. After breaking down the back...

The first book in the New York Times bestselling series with over ten million copies in print! ‘Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier’s The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills...

WHAT YOU WERE FIGHTING FOR is a wonderful collection of short stories that provokes the mind with its weird and intriguing tales. We catch glimpses of worlds that are similar to our own, but always different...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NORTH WIND COMES A DARKLY REIMAGINED TALE OF FORBIDDEN LOVE, INSPIRED BY THE GREEK MYTH OF HERO AND LEANDER AND THE SCOTTISH BALLAD TAM LIN.    Brielle of Thornbrook has dedicated...

PRE-ORDER THE EPIC NEW EAGLES OF THE EMPIRE NOVEL FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR SIMON SCARROW NOW - THE PERFECT BOOK FOR THE SEASON OF ROME!ROME AND BOUDICA. A DUEL TO THE DEATH.AD 61. Britannia is divided....

'Every new novel by Giles Foden is something to celebrate - my hand leaps to the shelf' PAUL THEROUX'The most original and interesting novelist of his generation' ALLAN MASSIE, SCOTSMAN2039, the Skeleton...

THE BRAND NEW FESTIVE ROMANCE FROM ISLA GORDONSIX PASSENGERS . . . When six ex-friends are invited to a winter wedding in Canada, the last thing they want is a reunion. But bride-to-be Bryn is desperate,...

The latest Bob Skinner mystery from the legendary Quintin Jardine.'The legendary Quintin Jardine . . . such a fine writer' DENZIL MEYRICKAn expensive mobile home, abandoned in a new housing development,...

THE BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2024 - THE TIMES 'I very much doubt I'll read a better crime novel this year' IAN RANKIN'Quite breathtaking' DAILY MAIL'Dominic Nolan is a wonderful writer' CHRIS WHITAKER'Mind-blowing...so...

ONE WAY IN. NO WAY OUT.'Deaf teenager goes missing in Esseberg. Mountain rescue are launching a search party but conditions hinder their efforts. The tunnel is being kept open all night as an exception.'When...

A prize-winning railway murder mystery from Japan, this crime classic is a hair-raising delight perfect for fans of Agatha Christie.Early one morning, a body is found lying next to the railway tracks...