1879 год, Одесса. Лиза Журавская — воспитанница Института благородных девиц. Душу ее тревожат странные ночные кошмары. В них она каждый раз тонет в болоте вместе с незнакомцем. Спустя время Л...
Средневековая Англия. Екатерина Валуа — подлинный бриллиант французской короны, жена блестящего правителя и военачальника Генриха V. Ее любовь к мужу не знала границ, но холодный, поглощенный...
Антон Гофмиллер — лейтенант кавалерии австрийской армии, выходец из бедной многодетной семьи. По воле случая он оказался на ужине у богатого землевладельца. Стараясь быть галантным кавалером,...
В семье Уилсонов много девочек и все меньше денег. Чтобы поправить семейные дела, юная мечтательница Эйми принимает предложение Джеймса Беннетта — состоятельного джентльмена, годящегося ей в ...
1899 г. Элизабет Дюкен вместе с женихом Ричардом отправляется в Нью-Йорк. Девушка пытается забыть о том, что сотворил с ней собственный дед, властный Гуго Ларош. Элизабет хочет вернуться к чете Вул...
Behind this rather prim title lies the hilarious fictional diary of a disaster-prone lady of the 1930s, and her attempts to keep her somewhat ramshackle household from falling into chaos. Written w...
A sequel to extremely popular, largely autobiographical „Diary of a Provincial Lady,” by E. M. Delafield (also known as Mrs Henry de la Pasture), about her life in England in the early ...
Written in the style of a diary, it tells the story of woman living in 1930s Russia who finds herself toiling on a collective farm, battling with public transport, and generally struggling with lif...
No one could have been more surprised than our Provincial Lady to receive an invitation from her American agent to travel transatlantic and embark upon a programme of lectures and signings. What fo...
During a period of illness, Latimer first discovers he is able to read other peoples’ minds and see visions of the future. Rather than being a gift, this strange phenomenon increasingly becom...
Set during the time of the Reform Act of 1832, the story centers on an election contested by Harold Transome, a local landowner, in the „Radical cause”, contrary to his family’s T...
Penned by George Eliot, „Romola” is an intense, gripping historical novel set in 15th-century Italy. In the narrative, Tito, a handsome but scheming Greek opportunist, marries Romola, t...
Crushed by a loveless marriage to the cruel and arrogant Grandcourt, Gwendolen Harleth seeks salvation in the deeply spiritual and altruistic Daniel Deronda. But Deronda, profoundly affected by the...
First published in 1860, „Brother Jacob” is a short story about deception, imperial venture, and self-interest by George Eliot in which she explores the relationship between the selfish...
A well-written book by Marie Corelli detailing the life of millionaire David Helmsley, who gave up his wealth to live as a drifter and found his inner self in a small village in Somerset. The autho...
Marie’s skill lies in her powers of observation. She sees how men behave with women, how the rich behave with the poor, how power is based on political machinations, how actors bow to virtuou...
The plot takes place in England. Pastor John Walden, a forty-year-old „man of worship”, is presented as having a cheerful, optimistic personality, athletic build, and strong character. ...
This book depicts the machinations and problems concerning the royal family and politicians in power in fictional England. A revolutionary conspiracy gathers momentum in an imaginary country ruled ...
This is the story of a young woman from England at the turn of the 20th century who learns the truth about her parents, and this knowledge sets her life on a path she is not ready for and those aro...
The main character, who is fond of music, being under the heavy pressure of a creative crisis, goes on a journey with her friends to improve her mental and physical health. There she meets an artis...