Tess of the d’Urbervilles - formato ePub

Bathsheba Everdene, una muchacha con una sonrisa «de las que sugieren que los corazones son cosas que se pierden y se ganan», hereda, a la muerte de su tío, la mayor granja del pueblo de Weatherbury....

Cuando el párroco de los Durberfield descubre por azar el origen noble de su linaje, la joven Tess es enviada a reclamar su parentesco ante los nuevos D’Urberville, que compraron el título años atrás....

Un par de ojos azules La estructura de la novela viene marcada por su protagonista femenina, Elfride Swancourt, encarnación literaria de la mujer de Thomas Hardy, cuya vitalidad y emotividad ejercen una...

El regreso del nativo El mundo novelesco de Hardy se desenvuelve en el territorio que él llama Wessex y que es su Dorsetshire natal, un mundo sombrío, pelado, medio inhóspito, que en El regreso del nativo...

El regreso del nativo es la sexta novela publicada de Thomas Hardy. Apareció por vez primera en la revista Belgravia, una publicación conocida por su sensacionalismo, y fue presentada en doce mensualidades...

En la peripecia de Jude Fawley –en el abandono de su mujer, en su renuncia forzosa a seguir estudios universitarios, en la relación ilícita, tortuosa y vagabunda que emprende con su prima Sue-, Thomas...

El alcalde de Casterbridge (1886), una de las novelas de madurez de Thomas Hardy y, junto con Jude el oscuro (1895), una de las que cimentan su histórica fama de novelista trágico, se abre con una escena...

«La más perfecta de las novelas de Thomas Hardy.» J. M. Barrie «Para quienes viven en el bosque, casi todos los árboles tienen una voz propia, además de unos rasgos propios»: así también son los persona-jes...

John Durbeyfield, de la aldea de Marlott, arrendatario de una pequeña vivienda con terreno, padre de siete hijos, haragán y borrachín, se entera un buen día de que su apellido es en realidad una deformación...

Jude Fawley es un joven de origen campesino cuya principal aspiración es acceder a tener unos estudios, para lo cual no escatima esfuerzos aun cuando se emplee en el oficio de cantero. La consecución...

Lady Constantine se aburre en su finca del suroeste de Inglaterra por la ausencia de su marido, hasta que un día, en una torre de la heredad, conoce a Swithin St Cleeve, diez años más joven que ella,...

"Los habitantes del bosque" forma, junto con "Tess" y "Jude el oscuro", el tríptico con el que Hardy cerró su carrera de novelista y nos dio sus mejores creaciones. Pese a ser un poco menos conocida...

La bien amada Jocelyn Pierston pertenece a una de las familias más importantes de Horada, una isla dedicada a la explotación de sus canteras. Sin embargo, desea dedicarse al arte y aspira a ser uno de...

«Un pequeño placer para el paladar literario.» SolodelibrosRetenidos por el mal tiempo en un museo municipal, los miembros del Club de Naturaleza y Arqueología de Wessex deciden entretenerse contando...

Este volumen reúne los cuatro libros de cuentos que Thomas Hardy publicó en vida –Cuentos de Wessex, Un grupo de nobles damas, Pequeñas ironías de la vida y Un hombre cambiado y otros relatos– más algunos...

El regreso del nativo es la sexta novela publicada de Thomas Hardy. Apareció por vez primera en la revista Belgravia, una publicación conocida por su sensacionalismo, y fue presentada en doce mensualidades...

Samantha Dawson is running from her past, a past that has alienated her family and has her watching her back at every turn. She doesn't share her family's faith, but she desperately wants to reconnect...

Every city has secrets. Some are evil. A killer stalks Spokane, Washington, with his history of victims stretching back fifty years. It seems an unlikely truth, but Major Crimes Detective Wardell Clint...

Every Sherlock needs his Watson, every Hercule Poirot his Captain Hastings. Who else could tell their stories that we might share in their adventures? Meet Simon Fletcher, a recently (and reluctantly)...

Finn BakkerSexy! Bossy!Off limits!One night only? Do you know what happens when you create a 'boyfriend of convenience? It comes back to bite you on the ass, that's what happens!My parent's throw a charity...

Opposites attract… but then what? Everything Tarn thought he knew about the universe is changing. He himself has been altered by his Maker goddess, going against the sacred law he was taught at the High...

With only six weeks left before the war between Chaos and Order will begin, Harmoni can't let despair rule her. She knows it's inevitable that Ares will be recaptured by Aion Corp. Nothing can change...

When his friend Michel LaBon, head chef at a top culinary bistro in Toulouse is brutally murdered on the opening day of the city's famous Merguez Sausage Festival, Laurent drives to Toulouse, to find...

They say life has a way of pulling you in unexpected directions, but I didn't realize how true that was until I met Ethan. One minute I was navigating the fast-paced world of real estate deals and high-stakes...

Rory Ashfield and her fiancé, Anders Waverly, moved three times in the past year, and Rory truly hopes Anders will be happy living in the apartment owned by his friend, Granger, who lives upstairs in...

What is the end of the world?Destruction? Rebirth?When David traveled to this post-apocalyptic wasteland full of corruption and mutation, he found that it was none of them.The end of the world is mechanical...

Summers in Seabrook were always predictable—scooping ice cream for tourists and watching the waves kiss the shore. That was, until Tobias and his ice cream truck rolled into town, shaking up my world...

Bailey, who was shot and killed innocently in a drug dealer's escape, unexpectedly got a chance to save his life. He received a mysterious mission and will hold the Red Alert system in different planes...

This book is a short love story about two college students and how their affection towards each other till the last have gone through different emotions, struggle and hardship. The story swim across the...

This is why I wanted to try and resist the hot maid of honor at my best friend's wedding…That one hook-up led to one huge decision.And then a complication that neither of us were prepared for.Look, I'm...

I tried it all…I hated him in the way that he deserved.I resisted him in the way that I knew best.But I failed.Miserably.It was easier to hate Claude but harder to stay out of his bed.He wanted to win.He...

When Governor Pete Fox of New Mexico sets a bounty on the head of notorious outlaw Sammy Jo Cole, he never expected the women in the territory to take up the challenge. But these aren't just any ordinary...

In a world shrouded in darkness, Talia, a blacksmith's daughter from the quiet village of Bramblewood, is thrust into a harrowing adventure when her younger brother, Aron, is kidnapped by Luther's sinister...

This is a book about good and evil. King Icemor froze the entire earth. Thoth the walrus and Lemo the penguin set off on a long journey to bring back warmth from the cold king Icemore. Beautiful illustrations...

Ladies! Is there a disconnect in your relationship with your partner? Does he struggle to hold an erection? He may have prostate issues coming. This book is the perfect gift; it could save his life and...

«Mia's Star Journey» is a fascinating story about a little star named Mia, who accidentally fell to the ground. Colorful illustrations will not leave children indifferent. Here she meets true friends —...

A little mouse with a huge heart and a big imagination. He dreams of becoming a real illusionist and giving magic to all the animals in the forest. With the help of the old book «Illusions for Mice» Mishutka...

  If you love historical fiction, this novel will seize your imagination from the very first page. In the eleventh century, a Viking longship, swept from the misty shores of Markland, finds itself drawn...

Mecha battle wings, large ships and cannons, and a torrent of steel sweeping across a mechanical civilization.God's grace shines everywhere, there are countless believers, and the vast kingdom of God...

Sometimes the line between friend and foe can become blurred which makes it difficult to keep your perspective.  An alleged enemy can be your friend.  But what if the trust in a friend is also blurred?...

This book is still fun and quirky, but it does dip a wee bit darker than previous books in the series as we dive into Lexi's family history…Lexi Danforth has always known her family holds dark secrets,...

Discover the enchantment within "The Book of Wonder: 20 Amazing Tales from the World of Magic and Adventure." This captivating collection weaves together extraordinary stories filled with mythical creatures,...

Sometimes, the best way to avoid your past is to bury yourself in flowers. At least, that's what I tell myself as I arrange bouquets for weddings, anniversaries, and people who still believe in forever....

I only had one option: Run away from my wedding.But what I did next was quite unexpected.I fell in love with trouble.My secrets were all piled up when I met Zach.A changed identity, a new name, but the...

Just sign on the dotted line...JulianneGetting lost in the desert during a sandstorm isn't my idea of fun, and after proving my directionally challenged self needs navigation and MAPS to make it anywhere...

They say life can unravel in the blink of an eye, but I never expected it to happen at a dog training facility in New Haven. After my breakup, I was searching for something to fill the gaping hole in...