Понякога е нужно да се изгубиш, за да откриеш себе си. ... Приятелите на Линда смятат, че е жена с късмет. Съпругът ѝ финансист продължава да е влюбен в нея след десетгодишен брак. Линда има две прекрасни деца, работи в голям вестник в Женева, прекарва отпуските си на екзотични места и в очите на другите няма никакви проблеми. Но едно интервю с известен писател променя всичко. "Нямам ни най-малък интерес да бъда щастлив - предизвикателно заявява той. - Предпочитам да живея със страст, което е опасно, защото никога не знаеш какво ще се случи в следващия момент!". Тези думи карат Линда да се вгледа в живота ... |
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Dickens wrote of David Copperfield: "Of all my books I like this the best". Millions of readers in almost every language on earth have subsequently come to share the author's own enthusiasm for this greatly loved classic, possibly because of its autobiographical form. Following the life of David through many sufferings and great adversity, the reader will also find many light-hearted moments in the company of a host of English fiction's greatest stars including Mr Micawber, Traddles, Uriah Heep, Creakle, Betsy Trotwood, and the Peggoty family. Few readers, arriving at the end of David Copperfield, will ... |
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Anna Karenina is one of the most loved and memorable heroines of literature. Her overwhelming charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness and density. Tolstoy considered this book to be his first real attempt at a novel form, and it addresses the very nature of society at all levels, of destiny, death, human relationships and the irreconcilable contradictions of existence. It ends tragically, and there is much that evokes despair, yet set beside this is an abounding joy in life's many ephemeral pleasures, and a profusion of comic relief. ... |
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From its first publication in 1719, Robinson Crusoe has been printed in over 700 editions. It has inspired almost every conceivable kind of imitation and variation, and been the subject of plays, opera, cartoons, and computer games. The character of Crusoe has entered the consciousness of each succeeding generation as readers add their own interpretation to the adventures so thrillingly recorded by Defoe. Praised by eminent figures such as Coleridge, Rousseau and Wordsworth, this perennially popular book was cited by Karl Marx in Das Kapital to illustrate economic theory. However it is readers of all ages over the last ... |
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The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are world famous animal stories. Set in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s, The Call of the Wild is about Buck, the magnificent cross-bred offspring of a St Bernard and a Scottish Collie. Stolen from his pampered life on a Californian estate and shipped to the Klondike to work as a sledge dog, he triumphs over his circumstances and becomes the leader of a wolf pack. The story records the "decivilisation" of Buck as he answers 'the call of the wild', an inherent memory of primeval origins to which he instinctively responds. In contrast, ... |
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Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a "heroine whom no one but myself will much like", but Emma is irresistible. "Handsome, clever, and rich", Emma is also an "imaginist", "on fire with speculation and foresight". She sees the signs of romance all around her, but thinks she will never be married. Her matchmaking maps out relationships that Jane Austen ironically tweaks into a clearer perspective. Judgement and imagination are matched in games the reader too can enjoy, and the end is a triumph of understanding. ... |
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Многото стаи на сърцето е история, която дописва обикновения делник и с оперна страст го превръща в магически реализъм. Дария и Богомил се срещат в лятото на живота си. Той е важен и вечно зает адвокат, свикнал да командва всички наоколо и нещата да стават по неговия начин. Тя е разведена, физиотерапевт с вълшебни ръце и огнен нрав. Първата среща е служебна, ала в страстта, която лумва помежду им, няма нищо делово. Любовта им е знойна като тропическо лято и упоителна като магически реализъм. Но никоя извънмерна любов и страст не може да устои на времето и ежедневието. Дария заминава за Мексико, а страниците на дневника & ... |
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Лондон през 1939 г. не е бляскавият град, който младата Грейс Бенет от Дрейтън си е представяла. Вместо да я посрещне с мода и стил, английската столица е набраздена от знаците на приближаващата война, докато Хитлер си проправя път през континентална Европа. Грейс винаги си е мечтала да работи в голям магазин, но вместо това се оказва наета в малка прашна книжарница. Заобиколена от стотици книги, постепенно героинята открива, че между кориците им се крият светове, способни да преведат човек и през най-трудните изпитания, каквото неминуемо е войната. Последната книжарница в Лондон от Мадлин Мартин е емоционален роман, в ... |
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Lily hasn't always had it easy, but that's never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She's come a long way from the small town where she grew up - she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily's life seems too good to be true. Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He's also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn't hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle's ... |
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Every ending has a beginning. Lily and her ex-husband, Ryle, have just settled into a civil coparenting rhythm when she suddenly bumps into her first love, Atlas, again. After nearly two years separated, she is elated that for once, time is on their side, and she immediately says yes when Atlas asks her on a date. But her excitement is quickly hampered by the knowledge that, though they are no longer married, Ryle is still very much a part of her life-and Atlas Corrigan is the one man he will hate being in his ex-wife and daughter's life."Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan ... |
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What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius - his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse. Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two ... |
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Когато се срещат през 1925 г. в Ню Йорк, Хенри Мъри е амбициозен лекар от Харвардския университет, женен за богата бостънска наследница, а Кристиана Морган - непокорна студентка по изкуства, съпруга на ветеран от войната. Привлечени от надхвърляща волята им сила, двамата пътуват до Швейцария, за да се подложат на психоанализа при Юнг, който потапя Кристиана в дълбоки състояния на транс. Виденията на младата жена, правдиво нарисувани в тетрадките ѝ, ще се превърнат в отправна точка на експеримент, насочен към търсене на абсолютната любов, който ще продължи през следващите четирийсет и две години. "Тъкачката на ... |
