Forfatter fødeår: 1843-1916
Da Maisie er omkring fem år gammel, bliver hendes forældre, Ida og Beale Farange, skilt. Af dommen fremgår, at den lille pige skal være et halvt år ad gangen hos hver af sine forældre.... Læs mere
Christopher Newman, an American millionaire in France, falls in love with the aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde. Her family, however, taken aback by his brash American manner, rejects his... Læs mere
Mrs Gereth is convinced that Fleda Vetch would make the perfect daughter-in-law. Owen Gereth, however, has inconveniently become engaged to the uncultured Mona Brigstock. As a... Læs mere
Making her debut in London society, Nanda Brookenham is being groomed for the marriage market. Thrust suddenly into the superficial and immoral circle that surrounds her mother, the... Læs mere
A nameless young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Unsettled by a dark foreboding of menace within the house, she soon comes to believe that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care.
*The inspiration behind Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor*Discover Henry... Læs mere
The novel is essential reading for scholars, critics and general readers interested in the political and social crisis of late-Victorian Britain, the means by which writers of... Læs mere
Includes 178 letters, 98 of which are published for the first time, written from November 1, 1881, to January 1, 1883. The letters record Henry... Læs mere
Written with such exquisite ambiguity, this book will call into question everything you know - but, in The Turn of the Screw, not knowing the truth might be a blessing.
Presents in a critical and scholarly edition the complete letters of one of the great novelists and letter writers of the English language