Résultats pour "roman roman" dans Victorien

On a beau être belle, intelligente et riche, il reste à faire l’apprentissage des caractères et des relations pour soi-même connaître l’amour. Jeune, célibataire, fortunée et quelque peu désœuvrée, Emma Woodhouse est maintenant la maîtresse de maison de Hartfield où elle vit avec son père, hypocondriaque et de nature inquiète. Seuls M. Knightley et les Weston viennent fréquemment leur rendre visite, ce qui est toujours l’occasion de longues conversations à deux avec M. Knightley.

When Elizabeth Bennet first knew Mr. Darcy, she despised him and was sure he felt the same. Angered by his pride and reserve, influenced by the lies of the charming Mr. Wickham, she never troubled herself to believe he was anything other than the worst of men—until, one day, he unexpectedly proposed. Mr. Darcy's passionate avowal of love causes Elizabeth to reevaluate everything she thought she knew about him.

It is 1859, and the son of an infamous fraudster enters the London home of a wealthy industrialist and his daughter. Before long, passions flare, three people have gone missing, and the work of a rising novelist has been abruptly stopped. A reputation is in ruins, and a fortune will be lost.

- Ton fiancé sait-il à quel point tu peux être insolente dans l'intimité ? - Non, mais moi je sais à quel point tu peux être mufle devant tout le monde, rétorqua Rosalie avec un sourire glacial. Rosalie Charbrey ne parvient pas à y croire. Comment le duc de Langford, l'homme qui l'a séduite et abandonnée deux années plus tôt, ose-t-il se comporter d'une manière aussi odieuse ? Que cherche-t-il après tout ce temps ? À ruiner son bonheur et son prochain mariage avec le jeune et charmant vicomte d'Edgfield ?

Recently orphaned and left destitute, Briar Monroe accepts the protection of Lord Danville and the shadowed sanctuary of Thornby Manor. As Briar navigates the undercurrents of a household ruled by watchful servants and locked doors, she is drawn ever deeper into a web of suspicion, desire and fear. Whispers in the night, figures at windows, and a constant sense of being watched leave her questioning not only the truth about Thornby, but her own safety within its walls.

The work tells the story of Jane's early life, her experience at Lowood School and as a governess. Her refusal to accept Rochester's love on any but her own strictly moral terms is a passionate cry for independence.

An historical romance set in London and the English countryside with remarkable nuance and descriptions about dress, parties, houses, men and women and their dealings with each other, with special insights into marriage. A wonderful ode to our better selves and what we can be if we move beyond the bumps and bruises in life.

Au cœur de l'Angleterre victorienne, Eleanor Sutton, une femme vive d'esprit et intelligente, s'est résignée à une vie de solitude et d'enseignement, croyant qu'une blessure d'enfance la rend inapte au mariage. Son monde est bouleversé lorsqu'elle rencontre William, le séduisant duc de...

Das Wunderwasser aus der Glockengasse Köln, 1873: Als der junge Parfümeur Ferdinand Mülhens die Leitung des Dufthauses in der Glockengasse übernimmt, muss er sein Kölnisch Wasser gegen den ärgsten Konkurrenten Farina verteidigen. Auf einer Reise nach Wien trifft er die Blumenverkäuferin...

Irrungen, Wirrungen (1888) ist einer der bekanntesten Romane von Theodor Fontane, in dem er die feinsinnige, aber aussichtslose Liebesgeschichte zwischen dem adeligen Offizier Botho von Rienäcker und der bürgerlichen Näherin Lene Nimptsch erzählt. Fontane entwirft ein vielschichtiges Panorama der Berliner Gesellschaft im 19. Jahrhundert – geprägt von Konventionen, Klassenunterschieden und der stillen Kraft weiblicher Würde. Die leise Tragik dieser Beziehung ist zugleich scharfe Gesellschaftsanalyse und anrührende Charakterstudie.

Kann die wahre Liebe an einer Liste festgemacht werden? Die bezaubernde Regency Romance Reihe von Ella Quinn geht endlich weiter qualiLady Alice Carpenter hat genaue Vorstellungen, wie ein geeigneter Ehemann sein sollte: intelligent, freundlich, kinderlieb, passabel aussehend, humorvoll. Doch...

Sie möchte eine Vernunftehe – doch er entfacht tiefe Gefühle und Leidenschaft in ihr Es geht romantisch weiter mit Ella Quinns bezaubernden Worthingtons Ganz anders als ihre abenteuerlustigen Schwestern bevorzugt Lady Madeline Vivers das Konventionelle und Vernünftige. So sucht die junge...

She wanted sanctuary... Helena Reynolds will do anything to escape her life in London, even if that means traveling to a remote cliffside estate on the North Devon coast and marrying a complete stranger. But Greyfriar's Abbey isn't the sort of refuge she imagined. And ex-army captain Justin Thornhill - though he may be tall, dark, and devastatingly handsome - is anything but a romantic hero. He needed redemption... Justin has spent the last two decades making his fortune, settling scores, and suffering a prolonged period of torture in an Indian prison.

Solicitor Tom Finchley has spent his life using his devious intellect to solve the problems of others. As for his own problems, they're nothing that a bit of calculated vengeance can't remedy. But that's all over now. He's finally ready to put the past behind him and settle down to a quiet, uncomplicated life. Former lady's companion Jenny Holloway has just been given a modest independence. Now, all she wants is a bit of adventure. A chance to see the world and experience life far outside the restrictive limits of Victorian England.

On the trail of an aristocrat's secret son, enquiry agent Mark Braglewicz finds his quarry in a music hall, performing as a trapeze artist with his twin sister. Graceful, beautiful, elusive, and strong, Pen Starling is like nobody Mark's ever met - and everything he's ever wanted. But the long-haired acrobat has an earldom and a fortune to claim.

Una historia de amor accidentada. Las tres hermanas Bronte, Jane, Charlotte y Emmy publicaron en forma casi simultanea, a mediados del siglo XIX tres novelas, que ya son clasicas dentro de la literatura ingles. Quiza la mas popular ha sido "Jane Eyre" de Charlotte, por su gran dramatismo y su sensacional desarrollo.

An escaped convict! A Contessa who is not what she seems! What are the mysteries of the Whitaker Theatre company? And –– could a baby be on the way? Where is the doctor???

Ramona Drottoveo, an albino, is a chambermaid at a lush Italian estate. Distinguished by the intoxicating scent she exudes, Ramona is despised by all women and adored by all men, whose inexhaustible lust she eagerly satisfies. Life changes when her husband dies after discovering his bride with another man on their wedding night. Blamed for his death, Ramona and her lover are exiled to the neighboring city of Naples.

What’s a reluctant viscount to do when the woman he can’t have becomes the woman he can’t live without?

Lady Calpurnia Hartwell ha sempre rispettato le regole, ma le è servito solo a rimanere sola e insoddisfatta. E allora ha giurato di ignorarle e vivere la vita trasgressiva che fino a quel momento si era negata. Ma per partecipare a ogni festa da ballo, rubare baci di mezzanotte e altri segreti piaceri, Callie ha bisogno di un compagno. Qualcuno che sia esperto nella trasgressione, qualcuno come Gabriel St. John, marchese di Ralston, affascinante oltre ogni dire, con una reputazione pessima e un disarmante sorriso da canaglia.