Résultats pour "A" dans Victorien

Nella solitaria e selvaggia brughiera dello Yorkshire, invidie, rancori e ossessioni trasformano la storia d'amore tra Catherine e Heathcliff in un gioco crudele e pericoloso, in una passione assoluta e divorante, destinata a non abbandonarli mai. Neppure dopo la morte. A causa dei contenuti troppo forti, del carattere distruttivo del legame tra i due protagonisti e di una costruzione non lineare, Cime tempestose dovette aspettare il Novecento per essere riconosciuto come un capolavoro della letteratura mondiale.

Antes de convertirse en emperatriz de Francia junto a Napoleón III, Eugenia fue la imprudente condesita de Teba, una señorita condenada a sobrevivir en el encorsetado mundo decimonónico español ante la vigilante y estricta mirada de su madre, doña María Manuela, condesa viuda del Montijo. Mientras Eugenia resuelve el futuro de su hermana Paca empujando a James, el joven duque de Alba, a declararse; Pepe Alcañices, futuro duque de Sesto, la mantiene en una desesperante espera.

When Tabitha Penrose accepts an invitation to a Cornish Manor - Marrowhall House, she steps from the safety of girlhood into a world that will devour her innocence. Behind its gilded doors lie secrets too dangerous to whisper: a gallery heavy with grief, women bound by chains of silence, and two bachelors locked in a contest of charm and cruelty.

Dans un monde où le devoir et la passion s'entrechoquent, Lady Seraphina Bradford rêve d'une vie au-delà des limites de la haute société. Avec un cœur avide d'aventure, elle se promet d'explorer le monde avant de succomber aux pièges du mariage.

Jonas Parker, der Earl of Harrington, hat keinerlei Wunsch zu heiraten. Er genießt es viel zu sehr, ungebunden zu sein – eine Ehefrau würde nur alles verkomplizieren. Sein Club ist sein Zufluchtsort, und für die Ehe ist er nicht bereit, ihn aufzugeben. Doch sein Großvater, der Duke of Southington, will nichts sehnlicher, als ihn verheiratet zu sehen und zurück in den Schoß der Familie zu holen. Aus genau diesem Grund meidet Harrington anständige Damen und Hochzeitsglocken.

En un mundo donde el deber y la pasión chocan, Lady Seraphina Bradford sueña con una vida más allá de los límites de la alta sociedad. Con un corazón que anhela aventuras, se promete a sí misma explorar el mundo antes de sucumbir a las ataduras del matrimonio.

BARBARA FLYNN's only skills are embroidery and being snob, and living in Victorian India that all she needs. But when she and her nagging mother find themselves in the middle of a terrible siege without even a change of clothes with the threat of painful death on all sides, she must fight for their survival.

Charlotte tries to make headway in her town's social life but reveals herself to be unaware of all the intricacies of polite society. Though Edward pitches in, tutoring her in society's expectations, she just seems to make things worse. And the more she comes to know of her father's assistant, the more trouble she has imagining life without him. Caught in a trap of her own making and seeing the hopelessness of her prospects, will Charlotte get to keep her work, or will she have to cede her heart?

Henrietta y Robert siguen con su apasionada relación. Dos temperamentos fuertes unidos por un poderoso lazo de dos cabos: el amor y el respeto. Marjorie, la hermana de Robert, vive con ellos y compagina su amor por la lectura con su talento para pintar. William Harvey, el mejor amigo de Robert, se ha convertido en alguien importante para ella. La vida en Worthington Hall se desliza suave y tranquila, hasta que un suceso inesperado volverá a poner sus vidas del revés.

In Heather B. Moore's enthralling 1840's historical romance, Heart of the Ocean, Eliza Robinson has turned down the very pretentious Mr. Thomas Beesley's marriage proposal. As a business partner of Eliza's father, Thomas quickly discredits the family and brings disgrace to the Robinson name.

Miss Emma Wynn has spent the last year at Ashwick Hall under the protection of Lady Westcliffe. Her uncle and brother think her dead and must continue to do so until she attains her majority. She must prove she is a fit guardian to re-establish herself and protect her brother. When permitted to visit her friend, Lady Eagleton, she is drawn to the reclusive Mr Carne. She suspects, however, that some scandal is attached to him, and she cannot afford to be tainted by association.

After years of hiding who and what she is, Constance Michaels must now face the bitter truth of her wrenched past and the knowledge one of her children wants nothing to do with her. She understands her daughter’s feelings. Thirteen years was a long time to be absent to just expect to walk back into a person’s life and pick up where she left off. There were mountains to climb and bridges to mend before she could possibly hope for forgiveness for the part she played.

When former lovers Hawker and Mrs. Peabody are paired on a spy mission over the holidays, the pair battle a deadly enemy…and a desire that neither can deny. As they surrender to passion, secrets emerge that could destroy their chance at happiness. Can they work together to vanquish their foes and win the love of a lifetime?

Will Ryan is a busy man. He has a farm that he has finally managed to get in good heart and is one of the town deputies. He is gentle and the kind of man who can always be relied upon to help anyone in trouble. When Anna responds to his advertisement for a bride, he knows he must help her - even if it costs him the chance to love again. He prays that if he can make this sweet woman's life better that he will finally achieve redemption from his own past. But can he really ever forget and forgive himself for what happened to Alice?