Historical Letters

La giovane eroina di questo romanzo, condannata per adulterio nella Boston dei Puritani, dovrà portare per sempre, cucita sul vestito, una lettera scarlatta. Una vicenda dai risvolti imprevedibili, il risveglio della coscienza femminile per l'affermazione dei diritti delle donne. Musica di Kevin Mac Leod

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) är en av de stora amerikanska författarna. Han har skrivit ett flertal romaner, noveller och biografier. Hawthorne växte upp i Nya England i USA och bodde senare i Massachusetts. Berättelsen handlar om Hester Prynne, en ung kvinna som begår ett av de värsta möjliga brotten i 1600-talets Nya England: äktenskapsbrott. Som straff tvingas hon bära ett stort rött A (= adultress, äktenskapsbryterska) på bröstet på sin klänning.

Third-year Harvard student William Price takes an absence from his studies when an opportunity arises to accompany Charles Dickens on his American tour as his personal assistant. Leaving the love of his life, Rebecca, behind in Cambridge and traveling along the East Coast with Dickens and his lively crew, Price discovers the incomparable joys, follies, temptations, and opportunities of life on the road. As Price gets to know Dickens in a series of settings, from somber one-on-one chats to his flamboyant performances and raucous after-parties, they develop a complicated friendship.

Remarkable Diaries traces the history of the diary in all its forms, from ancient times to the present day. It brings together historical and literary diaries, artists' sketchbooks, explorers' journals, and scientists' notebooks. Discover what is was life to build a pyramid, sail the seas with Magellan, travel into the heart of Africa, or serve on the Western Front. Find out how writers and artists planned their masterpieces and how scientists developed their groundbreaking theories.

The City of Angels has played a distinct role in the hearts, minds, and imaginations of millions of people, who see it as the ultimate symbol of the American Dream. David Kipen, a cultural historian and avid scholar of Los Angeles, has scoured libraries, archives, and private estates to assemble a kaleidoscopic view of a truly unique city. From the Spanish missionary expeditions in the early 1500s to the Golden Age of Hollywood to the strange new world of social media, this collection is a slice of life in L.A. through the years.

Giulia Farnese, une femme qui traverse le temps pour trouver, dans ce roman, son rachat. Sa véritable histoire raconte l’histoire d’une femme qui va bien au-delà de la figure de Sponsa Christi avec qui elle est connue dans le monde entier. L’auteur esquisse le profil d’une femme forte qui, libérée des chaînes d’une famille qui l’a élevée à l’obéissance, renaît de ses cendres et de la damnatio memoriæ pour devenir la mater et la domina du fief de Carbognano.

Oración es de aquellos libros que transforman nuestra sensibilidad al pensar la tragedia humana. Con la investigación del asalto del Ejército a la casa donde a fines de 1976 muere Vicki Walsh, el libro propone una nueva tradición fundada en las cartas que Rodolfo Walsh dedica a su hija y a sus amigos.

The Scarlet Letter is one of the great classics of American literature. Set in the harsh Puritan environment of the 17th century Boston, it describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society.

Set in the Puritanical society of 17th-century Boston, this novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, a married woman who has an affair and gives birth to a daughter. Hester refuses to name her lover, but when her estranged husband appears unexpectedly, he determines to discover the man's identity.

Anglo-Saxon England. Having built a rich empire and keen to win the favor of the royal court, Hilda and AEligard have little time for their daughter, Catheryn. But one man, Selwyn, is intrigued by the intelligent and high-spirited girl.

Reconstructed from actual letters and diaries, this is the story of four young people living in Philadelphia whose lives become intertwined when the American Civil War begins in 1861. Jan is a German immigrant who begins his studies at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg. Emma is a Quaker who has learned survival skills growing up in a thick forest. Gabrielle, is a Southerner, was raised by her governess and wealthy Virginian father. Maura travels alone to America from Ireland to escape the potato famine and eventually enters the convent as a Sister of Mercy.

You take your secrets to the grave...unless they're buried in letters stored in your attic. When Anne finds her great-great-grandmother's hidden love letters, the past is rewritten, page by scandalous page. Find out how in Secret Letters today.

The letters arrive unsigned. The writer demands that Penelope meet him in one of London's most ill-reputed and darkest streets. When she dares to keep the assignations, she encounters a man in a black mask who leaves her breathless from his stolen kiss. Yet he claims the reason for their surreptitious tryst is an honorable one. Should she believe him? Can he be trusted?

Captain Wentworth and Anne Elliot’s wedding was once prevented by the interference of friends and family. Now that fate has afforded them a second chance, will fresh obstacles derail their happiness? After the Letter is a novella continuation of Jane Austen’s classic novel Persuasion and follows the twisting path Anne and Frederick must follow, after the letter that rekindled their romance, to reach their happily ever after.

Lord Samuel Keaton refuses to take part in any Christmas festivities, the memories of a tragic and terrible event a few years earlier haunting the festive season. Miss Clara Covington has loved Lord Samuel Keaton ever since she first set eyes on him. A long-time friend of his sister, Elizabeth, Clara yearns for something more than friendship with Samuel.

In this very funny audiobook, Bobs gives us his opinions on everything from fireworks to frogs, cats to Christmas, in his own words. This collection of his letters takes us through a year in the life of Bobs, the adored pet terrier owned by national treasure Enid Blyton.

The secret correspondence of one Miss Elizabeth Bennet, and another, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, during quarantine lockdown of 1812; she from the confines of Hunsford Parsonage with the Collinses, he within the bounds of Rosings Park, with his Aunt, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Cousin Anne and Colonel Fitzwilliam. (Book 1 of 'The Lizzy & Darcy Letters')

Anne Wakefield travels halfway around the world for love. But when she arrives in Canada from England at the end of World War II, she discovers the handsome Canadian pilot she'd fallen in love with has married someone else. Heartbroken, she prepares to return to London, though she has nothing left there to return to. Her former fiance's mother makes a suggestion: marriage to her other son.

Georgian England, 1789: As the French Revolution rages, the English nobility offer sanctuary to many a refugee. Captain Dalton Evans arrives in Dover to meet a distant cousin, expecting to see a spoiled aristocrat. Instead, he's conquered by the simplicity of his new charge. And his best friend Thomas Archer isn't immune to her artless charm, either. French émigré Cecile Beaumont didn't expect that impersonating her own mistress would introduce her to a most mesmerizing man. Now she must play out the masquerade, or risk life, freedom - and her heart.

A mysterious letter and the drop-dead handsome town marshal are the last things Mariah expects to find making rounds as a midwife. Mariah McAllister plans to be married before her next birthday. Too bad Marshal Virgil Kincaid barely knows she's alive. Not one to give up easily, she's determined to show him she has an abiding passion for more than her work. Virgil Kincaid loved a woman once - after she broke his heart, he spent three years in prison. Women can't be trusted, no matter how good they look.