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A Ilesa le sorprendió la llegada a su casa de su hermanastra Doreen luego de años de ausencia, indiferencia y silencio. Doreen pretendía casarse con el Duque de Mounteheron y lo había citado con el pretexto de mostrarle unos cuadros de su Padre y asi evitar que el Duque se enterara de un turbio asunto de amores en el que estaba involucrada. El Duque luego de visitar el lugar decide invitar a ambas y a su Padre a visitar su Mansion. Como los planes de Doreen se vendrian abajo por la inoportuna presencia de un leopardo indio y como el Duque encuentra el amor...es relatado en esta sorprendente historia de Barbara Cartland. *Originalmente publicado como

London Socialite and friend of King George IV, the Duke of Strathnarn enjoys his London life is reluctant and resentful when he inherits from his hated father the title - and onerous responsibilities - of Chieftain of the Clan McNarn. Arriving bitterly angry in the highland fiefdom he fled as a youth, he',s faced with a terrible dilemma. To free his young nephew and heir from the clutches of his Clan',s mortal enemies, the Kilcraigs, he must marry Clola, the daughter of their fearsome Chieftain. Appalled, he complies with bad grace, but refuses even to look his young bride in the face, so certain is he that she will be coarse, uneducated and unattractive, so unlike the sophisticated beauties with whom he is wont to dally in London Society. Soon, however, a terrifying plot against the King involving a sinister poisoner and her deranged and vengeful son unfolds - and it is Clola, aided by a ghostly Grey Lady, who comes to the rescue. Only now, after so terribly misjudging and ill-treating her, does the Duke see his bride for what she is - a raven-haired, musically talented and courageous beauty. But is it too late for their marriage of convenience to be transformed by the blessing of true love?_,

Dutiful, demure and far lovelier than she knows, Princess Zosina, the eldest daughter of the Archduke Ferdinand of Lü,tzelstein, is reluctantly obedient when her father announces that she must marry King Gyó,rgy of neighbouring Dó,rsia in order to create an alliance between the two nations that will defend them against the threat from the German Empire. Arriving in Dó,rsia on a State visit she is greeted by the country',s Regent, a kind, handsome and very considerate Prince. By contrast and much to Zosina',s dismay, her future husband King Gyó,rgy is as wild and disagreeable as his reputation had suggested. It seems that for the sake of her country she must yield to a life without love - until dramatic events supersede even the power of Kings and the hope is rekindled in the young Princess Zosina',s heart that happiness and true love will triumph after all._,

In a world where membership in one of the four magic guilds guarantees respect and wealth, it is strange that Lucinda Guillierre is terrified of being exposed as a witch. The Fire Warlock finds her attitude puzzling, but does not give her his full attention until a long-buried secret comes to light.She has good reasons to be afraid.As war looms and dangerous romance beckons, who will have the best chance to kill her? Her enemies, her friends, or Lucinda herself?_,

Professor Aldwyn wakes from a nap to discover that he is actually dead. During life he was a rational man of science, but he has now entered the spirit world and is forced to account for his actions on earth. In this novella Florence Marryat presents the reader with a sometimes playful, but ultimately engaging, challenge to the wider scientific community and its skepticism of the spiritual other. This new edition, edited by Dr Greta Depledge, features an introduction, contextual notes and additional material on contemporary debates._,

A collection of short ghost stories by Victorian writer Charlotte Riddell. Includes

Her Father s Name is the sensational story of Leona Lacoste, a pistol-toting young woman who embarks upon a quest to clear the name of her late father. The compelling plot combines murder, mystery, cross-dressing, illegitimacy, amateur sleuthing, and hysteria. This new edition, edited by Greta Depledge, features a critical introduction, contextual notes and additional material on contemporary debates._,

First published in 1864, Henry Dunbar includes all the classic ingredients of a sensation novel, including murder, fraud, mistaken identity, and a train accident. This modern edition features a critical introduction, suggestions for further reading, explanatory footnotes, and additional contextual material._,

First serialised between 1866 and 1867 by the Newsagents Publishing Company and Edwin J. Brett, The Skeleton Crew, or, Wildfire Ned was among the finest and most popular of the fierce penny dreadful tales which flourished in the mid nineteenth century. Edward Warbeck, the eponymous Ned, pursues a quest to defeat murderous bandits known as the Skeleton Crew, led by the indefatigable Death-wing. Occultist A. E. Waite described this bloodthirsty tale as suggestive of a film produced by the inmates of Bedlam with a storyline in a state of nightmare . The original vivid, and often terrifying, images of the skeleton outlaws are reproduced in this edition._,

In this beautifully written study, Carolyn Lambert explores the ways in which Elizabeth Gaskell challenges the nineteenth-century cultural construct of the home as a domestic sanctuary offering protection from the external world. Gaskell s fictional homes often fail to provide a place of safety

In a career spanning over 50 years, Morley Roberts wrote hundreds of short stories and was one of the most successful operators in the Victorian-Edwardian literary marketplace. His remarkable imagination and willingness to experiment resulted in tales of sailors on the high seas, adventurers in the Australian bush, cowboys in the wild west, saloon society in frontier towns, tramps on the railroad, miners in the mountains of British Columbia, farmers on the South African veld, and writers in men s clubs. Whatever the setting, Roberts evokes the dangers and challenges his characters face. With an eye for detail and an unerring skill in capturing the vernacular of the desperate characters he portrays, Roberts leads the reader into vividly-drawn masculine worlds. In this edition, Markus Neacey acknowledges Roberts s special contribution to the British short story by selecting the best examples from his extensive work._,

Dame Clara Butt (1872-1936) was one of the most celebrated singers of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, a symbol of the glory of a Britain on whose Empire the sun never set. Standing an Amazonian 6 2 tall, Clara had a glorious contralto voice of such power that when she sang in Dover, Sir Thomas Beecham swore she could be heard in Calais. A friend of the royal family, Clara was made a Dame in recognition of her sterling work during the First World War. Her rousing performances of Land of Hope and Glory brought the nation together and raised thousands of pounds for charity. In the first biography since her death, Maurice Leonard tells Dame Clara Butt s remarkable story, from humble beginnings in Sussex, to her dazzling apotheosis by an adoring nation. With humour and insight, Leonard reveals the woman behind the cultural icon._,

The most thoroughly sensual tale I have read in English for a long time, complained Geraldine Jewsbury in her reader s report on Rhoda Broughton s Not Wisely, but Too Well (1867). Initially serialised in The Dublin University Magazine, the novel had been brought to the attention of the publisher Bentley and Son by its editor, J S Le Fanu, who also happened to be Broughton s uncle. Although Jewsbury convinced Bentley that this novel was unsuitable for decent people , she succeeded only in delaying its publication, as Broughton instead struck a deal with their rival, Tinsley Brothers. While Broughton ultimately triumphed, she was obliged to make extensive revisions, promising to expunge it of coarseness and slanginess, & to rewrite those passages which cannot be toned down . Jewsbury s moral squeamishness was not shared by the reading public, who were thrilled by Broughton s vivid depiction of Kate Chester teetering on the brink of an adulterous liaison with the solipsistic and haughty Dare Stamer. Notwithstanding the extensive editorial changes, Broughton s novel remains a pioneering portrayal of female sexuality, or what Jewsbury called highly coloured & hot blooded passion . Reproducing the text of its first appearance in volume form, this new edition of Not Wisely, but Too Well illuminates the novel s ideological and aesthetic complexity through appendices related to its publication history, revision, and reception. These appendices include a section containing Jewsbury s reader s report and Broughton and Le Fanu s correspondence with the Bentleys, a list of variants between serial and volume formats of the novel, and a selection of contemporary reviews. Together these materials provide a fascinating case study of the coming to print, and reception, of a controversial Victorian text, while also attesting to the challenges Broughton faced in representing female desire in her early fiction. This completely reset critical edition includes

PEQUENOTES PRIMEIRAS PALAVRAS es un libro del autor VV.AA. editado por GIRASSOL EDIÇOES. PEQUENOTES PRIMEIRAS PALAVRAS tiene un código de ISBN 978-989-633-739-1, de la colección PEQUENOTES JANELAS.

El corazón es algo frágil, algo precioso que hay que cuidar y mimar. A veces la gente juega con él. A veces somos nosotros los que jugamos con el de los demás. El corazón es como un Tamagotchi. ¿Has alimentado hoy al tuyo? Conjunto de historias que habla sobre las diferentes etapas del amor y sobre como los demas o nosotros mismos jugamos metaforicamente con nuestros corazones.

Dos conocidos en tiempos de la dictadura vuelven a encontrarse, años después, en una manifestación contra el gobierno. Uno de ellos invita al otro a acompañarlo hasta una iglesia donde se guarda un feretro ¿Quien descansa en el? ¿La mujer que los ha unido durante años? ¿Es la propia patria asesinada? ¿Son las armas usadas contra la dictadura preparadas ante los nuevos aires de revolucion? Nuno Judice, uno de los autores indiscutibles en lengua portuguesa, forma una prosa critica con la que dota de vida a la propia patria, una patria deslocalizada, sin una frontera definida, creando asi una novela atemporal y reivindicativa, alzada como punta de lanza de una literatura de lucha surgida en torno a la inestabilidad politica y economica que ha menguado derechos, etica y oportunidades. Judice asume el desafio: hacer una novela que retrate, con ojo critico y cuestionador, el momento politico y social que se vive, y de este modo, combatir lo que se llama El fin de los intelectuales en Portugal Bruno S. Castanheira (Publico Pt.) El mito de una Europa seducida, violada y exprimida hasta dejar sus ubres secas e inservibles. La vieja Europa derrocada del Olimpo y vendida al mejor postor.

Una trepidamente historia de coincidencias, cuyo desenlace deja abierto el nacimiento de una saga. El amor traducido en capítulos con nombre de mujer. Un escritor, un prínicpe árabe, un sacerdote de los de antes, una prostituta de lujo que siempre quiso ser princesa, una psicologa lesbiana, una ninfa terrenal, una historia verdadera que por momentos juega a ser ficcion, un vividor moderno en el arte de la seduccion, un secreto abominable...un editor sin escrupulos, un relato emocionante que te atrapara de principio a fin.

Cloc! saparta clarament de la línia dels anteriors poemaris dAugust Bover. Després dels darrers reculls japonitzants, vinculats a uns paisatges concrets, ara el poeta sendinsa pel camins iniciats per lavantguarda francesa del grup Oulipo i, encomanant-se a Llull, fa un recorregut polimorf per algunes de les contraintes classiques: el sonet amb eco, el poema aparentment bilingue, els gentilicis desplaçats, els lipogrames monovocalics, el monosillabisme, la sequencia de tautogrames, etc. Pero no satura aqui, sino que va molt mes enlla tot explorant algunes de les caracteristiques de la llengua catalana: el triftong, lus de la dieresi, del guionet i del punt volat, lobertura i el tancament de les vocals, la vocal neutra, els sons de les consonants, les combinacions dels pronoms febles, les interjeccions onomatopeiques o la formacio de paraules. I, tot plegat, en un delicios dialeg amb els esplendids dibuixos de Pere Capella Simo, que sintegren perfectament en el joc. Perque, com diu Marius Serra en el proleg, aquest Cloc! no clou res, sino que obre noves vies per a la literatura potencial en la nostra llengua.

Esta es la historia de Frank Dickin, un joven aspirante a escritor, y su relación con una excéntrica familia rusa, en particular con su hermosa hija Eva. Dickin, al que todos consideran pariente de Dickens, es tambien el protegido de lord Ottercove, un magnate de la prensa enamorado de la futura novela de Frank, en la que este narra sus aventuras y desventuras amorosas con las dos hijas de los emigrantes rusos. Con la aparicion de un cientifico loco que se propone acabar con el sufrimiento de la humanidad valiendose de una explosion atomica, la novela se deslizara de la mejor comedia social hacia uno de los mayores apocalipsis de la ciencia ficcion.Parte satira, parte ciencia ficcion, esta obra que presagia la era atomica se convirtio en la novela favorita de Evelyn Waugh.