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An excerpt from the book: "Sure, it's unusual to have an 18-year-old mother when you're 12. But when you're an orphan and she's your aunt and the only mother you've ever had well, as I explained, it had worked out real well..."

Questo romanzo pubblicato nel 1889, è una delle tante opere di Carolina Invernizio, scrittrice di romanzi popolari che seguono lo stile dei feuilleton. Nelle sue opere il bene e il male si contrappongono violentemente, colpi di scena e commenti morali da parte della scrittrice fanno accettare lo stile un po' approssimato e a volte non del tutto corretto.

Steven Colter è incredulo. Lui, ranger di lungo corso e tutore della legge, nonché temuto cacciatore di taglie, non è riuscito a sventare l'assalto alla diligenza su cui viaggiava a opera di uno sbarbatello e del suo timido aiutante, certamente alla prima rapina. Ferito nell'orgoglio, Colt recupera il suo cavallo e si lancia all'inseguimento dei malfattori, riuscendo a disarcionare il capo della banda. Senonché, cancellata la prima onta, scopre che il ferito, in realtà, è una donna dalle chiome corvine e dai profondi occhi viola.

Number one New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Laurens immerses you in the simple joys of a long-ago country-village Christmas, featuring a grandmother, her grandchildren, her unwed son, a determined not-so-young lady, foreign diplomats, undercover guards, and agents of Napoleon.

Anno Domini 1112. Zoya è convinta che non troverà mai l'amore a causa delle cicatrici che le attraversano il viso come graffi di una fiera. La sua vita è cambiata undici anni prima, quando era ancora una ragazzina innamorata, ma ora è una donna e sa cosa desidera: ricominciare a vivere in un luogo lontano dal passato. Per questo parte per la rocca di Rostock, dove spera di liberarsi dei pensieri che le avvolgono la mente e il cuore...

Il romanzo breve si svolge a Pietroburgo in primavera. Ed è incentrato su due soli personaggi: il giovane sognatore, eroe del romanzo; ed una ragazza.

Alexander and Hervi de Montroi, half-brothers with no inheritance, meet in France. Hervi is a professional jouster and Alexander, fleeing the beatings of an English monastery, needs a trade. Despite misgivings, Hervi takes him on as his squire, introducing him to the travelers' immoral lifestyle. He befriends a girl, Monday, taking care of her after her parents die until, pregnant with Alexander's child, she leaves, finding shelter in a castle as a seamstress. Noticed by King John, she becomes his mistress in England, bearing his son and gaining a house.

One abandoned, one unfinished, these short works show Austen equally at home with romance (a widowed clergyman with four daughters must needs be in search of a husband or two in The Watsons) and with social change (a new, commercial seaside resort in Sanditon). Typically touching, funny, charming and sharp.

Ross Poldark es la primera novela de la popular serie POLDARK, que ahora se ha convertido una vez más en una de las grandes series internacionales de televisión, protagonizada por Aidan Turner. Cansado por la severa Guerra en Estados Unidos, Ross Poldark vuelve a su Cornualles natal con su...

Lord Martin Langdon has been deeply wounded by love in the past, so he takes pride in his scandalous reputation where the art of seduction is a most rewarding—and emotionally painless—pastime. When he sets sail for the Isle of Wight to race his champion yacht during Cowes Week, he learns of a particularly beautiful woman who is "impossible to flirt with," and grows determined to prove that not even the prim and proper Evelyn Wheaton can resist his charms.

Once upon a time, there was a king who passed. He left behind two sons, one beloved and one outcast. The older of the two was set to take the throne, but before he could, he had to find a queen to call his own. The younger one was known to be unruly and unhinged. The chosen queen was warned to keep far away from him. Beautiful and cunning, in the light is where she stayed. But late at night, it was the shadowed lands in which she played. Mistakes were made and secrets forged; forgetting duty and her sense. And while the new king had her hand, her heart belonged to the scarred prince.

C'è un oleandro in fiore nel giardino di una casa a Carbonara, in Puglia. Lo ha piantato Agostino, quando si è trasferito lì con sua moglie Anita, per tutti "la Margiala". Donna di rara e profonda bellezza, la Margiala ha il potere di lenire i dolori dei neonati, è aiuto prezioso durante i parti e all'occorrenza è in grado di togliere il malocchio. Ha tre figlie: Rosetta, Cornelia e Diamante, la più piccola. La prima è bella e selvaggia come lei.

"في قرية صغيرة اسمها الجساسة .. هناك بدأت هذه القصة". تدخل الرواية ذروتها حين عقدت عائلة الأباطرة اجتماعًا طارئًا، على ضوء النيران المشتعلة، ليناقشوا أمر ارتباط...

After leaving Netherfield, Fitzwilliam Darcy hopes to escape the memory of Elizabeth Bennet. Yet, he cannot escape her in his dreams, where she angrily rejects his suit. As these dreams seem partially prophetic, Darcy begins to reconsider his actions in Hertfordshire. Unbeknownst to him, Elizabeth is experiencing similar dreams, seeing a different side of Darcy than the haughty demeanor he initially displayed. When they meet again in Kent, their reunion is unexpectedly amiable especially as they come to realize they shared a dream of the future.

Lady Sophia Rowlandson has spent years perfecting the art of quiet composure—broken only once, at a country picnic when she was fifteen. Branded a lackwit by an insensitive neighbor, she was rescued by the unexpected gallantry of his visiting friend. Mr. Harwood’s defense lingered in her memory, and not even a separation of four years succeeded in dimming her admiration.

Marta Ribas tenía un futuro prometedor cuando conoció a Antonio, pero una lealtad mal entendida trastocará sus vidas. Cuando Antonio cae enfermo, Marta se ve obligada a ponerse a trabajar, exponiéndose a las murmuraciones del vecindario y a la indignación del esposo, humillado en su hombría. Pero a Marta se le presenta una inesperada oportunidad que le permitirá salvar su propia supervivencia y la de su hija, y encontrar, por fin, su lugar en el mundo.

Valentine Layton, the Duke of Malvern, has twin problems: literally. It was always his father’s hope that Valentine would marry Miss Arabella Tarleton. But, unfortunately, too many novels at an impressionable age have caused her to grow up...romantic. So romantic that a marriage of convenience will not do and after Valentine’s proposal she flees into the night determined never to set eyes on him again. Arabella’s twin brother, Mr. Bonaventure “Bonny” Tarleton, has also grown up...romantic. And fully expects Valentine to ride out after Arabella.

From the glamorous San Francisco social scene of the 1920s, through war and the social changes of the ’60s, to the rise of Silicon Valley today, this extraordinary novel takes us on a family odyssey that is both heartbreaking and inspiring, as each generation faces the challenges of their day. The Parisian design houses in 1928, the crash of 1929, the losses of war, the drug culture of the 1960s - history holds many surprises, and lives are changed forever.

Long ago, Dare Grey disappeared from privilege to help the downtrodden. Abandoning his future as a nobleman, he instead came of age as the most skilled - and wanted - thief in East London. But when the Robin Hood of the Rookeries is captured, his influential grandfather offers him a choice: face his heritage...or the gallows. And to step into his rightful role as marquess, Dare must find a wife. Little do they know, he already has. Marrying Dare rescued young Temperance Swift from a brutal life.

Una magistrale novella che getta una nuova luce sulle convinzioni su amore e matrimonio, tale che ne fu per un certo tempo proibita la lettura. Il testo è completato da un’appedice in cui Tolstoj in persona risponde alle critiche che gli furono rivolte in proposito.
La lettura è completata dalla sonata di Beethoven da cui il titolo.