Sagas Classics

"För Sherlock Holmes är hon den enda kvinna i världen: han kallar henne alltid endast »hon». Jag har aldrig hört honom ge henne någon annan benämning. I hans ögon står hon högt över sina medsystrar – hon fördunklar alla och en var av hela sitt kön. Jag tror ej, att han för Irene Adler erfarit någon slags känsla, liknande kärlek; alla känslor och sinnesrörelser – kärlek i synnerhet – voro främmande för hans kalla, bestämda och utomordentligt väl avvägda karaktär."

I många år trodde man att världen hade sett det sista av den berömda detektiven Sherlock Holmes, men tre år efter hans påstådda dödsdag dyker en mystisk man upp i London som utger sig för att vara den kusligt begåvade brottsbekämparen. Det visar sig snart stämma att den mystiska mannen faktiskt är Holmes – och hans plötsliga uppenbarelse kommer just i rättan tid. Ett hemskt, och tillsynes olösbart, mord har begåtts i London.

The Forsyte feud continues into the next generation with Jolly and Val involved in a drunken bout of fisticuffs.Soames continues to pursue Irene driving her to seek refuge in Paris. Believing that she has a lover, he puts her under surveillance to obtain evidence. Jolyon travels to Paris on the pretext of discussing business and he and Irene spend some time together unaware their movements are being watched.

It is 1899. Old Jolyon has long since been buried at Robin Hill, and with the death of Aunt Susan in 1895 and Roger’s funeral opening this instalment of the Saga, the Forsytes are fast becoming aware of their mortality. Yet more problems beset the family.

In this, the second volume of the Saga to be released in an unabridged recording by Assembled Stories, Soames’ house continues to be built as his marriage disintegrates. Is Irene having an affair? Certainly her relationship with the architect Bosinney is causing ructions in the family. While attempting reconciliation with his son, Old Jolyon, spurred by June’s suffering as she feels herself losing her lover, sends Young Jolyon to sound the man’s intentions.

Soames travels to Paris to make one last attempt to regain Irene and the detective agency think they have found the man involved in the affair.Irene returns to London to seek Jolyon’s help and the two become closer while Soames takes out some insurance with Annette’s mother.The spurned husband confronts the lovers at Robin Hill in a meeting which verges on violence and as devastating news comes from the Front more young Forsytes prepare to serve their country.

Timothy, at just over 100 years of age, is the last survivor of the 10 siblings of Superior Dosset Forsyte. In this latest volume we are introduced to the grandchildren of those Forsytes who first began the Saga. Soames’s daughter Fleur is 20 at the start of the 1920s, a bright, wilful and independent spirit who can twist her father around her little finger. There is also Jon, the offspring of Jolyon and Irene, a sensitive and intelligent, though slightly naïve, young man of the same age.

Профессор Пьер Аронакс - известный морской биолог, который работает вместе со своим слугой Конселем и гарпунёром Недом Лэндом. Трое отважных мужчин неустанно охотятся на загадочного морского монстра в опасных морских водах. Над ними нависла большая опасность. Почему трое моряков гонятся за чудовищем?

Sota ja rauha seuraa viittä aatelisperhettä - Bezuhovien sukua, Bolkonskien sukua, Rostovien sukua, Kuraginien sukua sekä Drubetskovien sukua - Napoleonin hyökätessä Venäjälle 1800-luvun alussa. Nämä maailmanhistoriaa muokanneet tapahtumat ravistelevat myös tsaarinaikaista, mahtavaa venäläistä imperiumia. Tärkeä osa romaania on Austerlitzin taistelu, joka toimi alkusoittona Napoleonin myöhemmille yrityksille hyökätä Venäjää vastaan. Eräs päähenkilöistä, prinssi Andrei, päätyy taistelun melskeissä ranskalaisten vangiksi ja tapaa suuresti arvostamansa keisari Napoleonin.

Kriget lägrar sig över Europa, men på samma gång spirar kärleken. Så fort löjtnant Hofmiller ser den tragiska skönheten Edit bestämmer han sig för att uppvakta henne. Edit tillhör en förmögen familj och har i hela sitt liv fått allt hon pekat på - men hon kan inte gå. Och Edit ser inte bara igenom löjtnantens tafatta närmanden, hon föraktar dem. Men kriget som drar in över Europa kommer att sätta alla känslor på spel. Stefan Zweig (1881 - 1942) var en Österrikisk författare, dramatiker och journalist.

Dopo essere stato attaccato dai pirati ed essere sopravvissuto a un terribile incidente in barca nell'Oceano Atlantico, un giovane inglese si ritrova arenato su un'isola remota e deserta. Vi rimarrà bloccato per 28 anni. Robinson dovrà imparare a sopravvivere su quest'isola e superare la sua solitudine. La storia di questo sfortunato giovane marinaio è stata portata sul grande schermo nel 1997, con Pierce Brosnan nei panni del naufrago.

"Oliver Twist", also known as "The Parish Boy's Progress", is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin, naively unaware of their unlawful activities.

On the outer banks of the Carolinas in 1941, fishermen and a few lonely sailors constitute the human population. Dominating the rough yet beautiful landscape is the majestic Killakeet Lighthouse, run for generations by the Thurlow family. But Josh Thurlow, the lighthouse keeper's son, has...

Colum McCann creates in Songdogs a mesmerizing evocation of the gulf between memory and imagination, love and loss, past and present. With unreliable memories and scraps of photographs as his only clues, Conor Lyons follows in the tracks of his father, a rootless photographer, as he moved from...

Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. Madame Bovary narra la oscura tragedia de Emma Bovary, mujer infelizmente casada, cuyos sueños choca cruelmente con la realidad. Al hechizo que ejerce la figura de la protagonista hay que añadir la sabia combinación argumental de rebeldía, violencia, melodrama y sexo, «los cuatro grandes ríos», como afirmó en su día Mario Vargas Llosa, que alimentan esta historia inigualable. La publicación de esta obra en 1857 fue recibida con gran polémica y se procesó a Flaubert por atentar contra la moral.

A compelling drama and a merciless scrutiny of a newly monied upper-middle-class family at the turn of the 20th century, The Forsyte Saga has a sumptuous range of characters. If you have enjoyed The Forsyte Saga on television in the past, you will be familiar with this engrossing story; if not, prepare to be completely captivated and engaged by one of the best tales ever told.

Il capolavoro della Letteratura italiana del Novecento che ha ispirato il celebre film con Marcello Mastroianni e Claudia Cardinale.Il giovane Antonio Magnano è invidiato da tutti gli uomini e desiderato da tutte le donne. Quando sposa l’avvenente Barbara, tutta Catania crede che i due siano la coppia perfetta. Ma, alla notizia che Antonio non riesce "a farsi onore” con lei, l’ammirazione si tramuta in disprezzo.

När hittebarnet Heathcliff får följa med Mr Earnshaw hem till det stora huset på Wuthering Heights är det början på hans nya liv. Heathcliff och Mr Earnshaws dotter Catherine finner varandra direkt, men trots att Heathcliff är älskad av fadern och systern kan brodern inte acceptera honom som en del av familjen. Heathcliff växer upp olycklig och svåråtkomlig och när hans fosterfar avlider försvåras hans liv ytterligare.

"Lord Jim" is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in "Blackwood's Magazine" from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event is the abandonment of a ship in distress by its crew including the young British seaman Jim. He is publicly censured for this action and the novel follows his later attempts at coming to terms with his past. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked "Lord Jim" #85 on its list of the 100 best English language novels of the 20th century.

He's provided for each of them the opportunity to lead a life of health, wealth, and power far beyond their imagination. By his own example, he's shown them that such gifts are meant to be shared, used to make the world a better place. And he's never asked them for anything in return, showing a willingness to risk even his own life to live to his own ideals. Now Will Stark needs their help. He's helpless, he's uneducated, and he's about to meet men who can utterly destroy him. And they'll need to make sure that's exactly what happens.