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La novela narra la historia de Víctor Frankenstein, un estudiante de medicina en Ingolstadt, obsesionado por conocer "los secretos del cielo y la tierra". En su afán por desentrañar "la misteriosa alma del hombre", Víctor crea un cuerpo a partir de la unión de distintas partes de cadáveres diseccionados. Víctor Frankenstein comprende en ese momento el horror que ha creado, rechaza con espanto el resultado de su experimento y huye de su laboratorio. Al volver, el monstruo ha desaparecido y él cree que todo ha concluido.

Orgullo y prejuicio fue publicada por primera vez en 1813 y ha sido considerada una de las mejores novelas de Jane Austen. En ella, se relata la historia de las cinco hermanas Bennet y sus amores y desamores, centrándose en la figura de Elizabeth y en cómo debe superar obstáculos y madurar para descubrir a quién ama de verdad. Todo ello aderezado de un padre un poco excéntrico, una madre que roza el ridículo en sus ansias para casar a sus hijas, unas hermanas con caracteres muy diferentes y una auténtica colección de pretendientes interesados.

Lord Jasper Hartcliffe—Hart the Heartless to the ton—left Society behind years ago, choosing freedom and fortune over expectations. But to save his twin brother from ruinous debt, Hart returns to London and enters a devil’s bargain with the formidable Justin St. Briac… a bargain that entangles him with St. Briac’s brilliant, unconventional daughter.

Ambulatory wheelchair user Margaret Kingsley secretly crafts gadgets for the Daughters of Genius Society, a covert team of lady inspectors disguised as harmless bluestocking spinsters. While her fellow inspectors gallivant about London solving crimes, Margaret has been perfectly content...

Helen Ravenel devait épouser le richissime Rhys Winterborne, propriétaire du plus grand magasin de Londres. Puis, sur un malentendu, leurs fiançailles ont été rompues. Le cœur brisé, Helen ose aller trouver Rhys pour lui clamer son amour. Mais l'irascible Gallois sait que les Ravenel s'opposeront désormais à leur union. Pour leur forcer la main, il lance un ultimatum à la jeune fille : elle doit s'offrir à lui le jour même.

In the gaslit dark, love is never tender. It’s teeth at your throat. Blood on silk. It is the sweetest surrender – and the most exquisite damnation. By day Lady Euphemia Butterworth is a dutiful daughter – corseted, perfumed, and groomed to marry a lecherous duke twice her age. By night...

Two of the greatest women authors of the twentieth century come together in this incredible collection. This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of Jane Austen Complete Novels and Anne of Green Gables Collection.

Ze kenden elkaar absoluut niet, de twee nichtjes; ze wisten zelfs niet van elkanders bestaan af. Wanneer zij bij toeval oog in oog komen te staan na een treinongeval in Engeland, wordt de hoeksteen gelegd voor een komedie die tien dagen zal moeten duren. Dat deze komedie voor Prinses Johanna, voor Koning István van het verre Luthenije verstrekkende gevolgen zal hebben, kunnen de beide meisjes op dat moment niet voorzien.

Estamos en las postrimerías del siglo XIX, cada vez más mujeres se interpelan sobre su papel en una sociedad gobernada por hombres. Marjorie lleva un año en Nueva York, nuevos amigos y nuevas experiencias, aunque eso no hace que se olvide de Henrietta y Robert. En casa de la condesa se va a celebrar una fiesta de cumpleaños y se espera la llegada de William para las próximas semanas. Marjorie se prepara para volver a Worthington a pasar el verano, pero no se imagina lo que se va a encontrar a su regreso. 

After Leo and Jasper are summoned to the reading of a last will and testament for a woman they do not know, they are stunned to receive not only a joint bequest, but also a bidding from the grave: to find out if the woman's young son fell to his death a dozen years ago . . . or if he was, as she...

Isa Rose can hardly believe her luck when she lands a job as a maid to Charles Dickens' family. She has writing ambitions of her own and it isn't long before the charming, convivial Charles begins to take her under his wing. But as Isa is drawn into the lives of the Dickens' family, she begins to realise that behind closed doors all is not quite as it seems, and not everyone there is happy about her growing influence.

Nathaniel Ellison, the powerful Duke of Scarsdale, has sworn never to fall in love. The bitter marriage of his parents taught him one hard lesson—love makes fools of men. When the time comes, Nathan intends to marry only for duty… never for love. Then he meets Sophia Vane. Sophia is nothing like the polished ladies of London society. She's a tavern girl with fierce determination, sharp wit, and a desperate plan to escape the cruel father who controls her life—and save her young brother before it's too late.

Nel cuore dell'Inghilterra vittoriana, Eleanor Sutton, una donna vivace e intelligente, si è rassegnata a una vita di solitudine e insegnamento, credendo che una ferita d'infanzia la renda inadatta al matrimonio. Il suo mondo viene capovolto quando incontra William, l'affascinante Duca di Thornfield, che vede oltre le sue paure ed è determinato a conquistare il suo cuore.

Rescued from a French prison by a mysterious benefactor, smuggler Nathaniel “Nate” Payne returns home to Cornwall a nearly broken man. He hopes to recover at his old haunt, but The Queen’s Head Inn has a new owner. Susannah Linwood is a young widow with a dark secret fleeing a brutal past. She has made an honest success of the inn and intends to keep it that way, and not fall in with the likes of Nate.

Un scandale. Une demande en mariage. Un amour qu’aucun d’eux n’avait prévu. Lorsque la fougueuse Celia Ashbourne se retrouve au cœur d’un scandale, la dernière chose qu’elle souhaite, c’est épouser l’arrogant — bien que terriblement séduisant — vicomte James Redwell. Mais des fiançailles précipitées pourraient bien être la seule façon de sauver sa réputation… et son cœur n’est pas prêt à affronter ce qui l’attend.

A bold beauty. A brooding viscount. And two weeks that may change everything. Lady Alice Pickford is not the kind of woman who fades quietly into the background. With flaming red hair, a razor-sharp wit, and a smile that dares the world to keep up, she thrives on risk, rebellion, and romance—for others. Love, after all, is something she’ll only accept on her own impossible terms. Samuel Baldwin, Viscount Crewe, has spent years building a life of restraint and order.

Thief or gentleman, he is uniquely dangerous! Governess Matty Mather has grown to love her pupils of the Dove family. When a borrowed ring is stolen from Catherine Dove and her friend, now in their first London Season, the redoubtable Matty goes alone to Maida Pleasure Gardens to confront the thief – who turns out to be outrageous, charming and utterly mysterious.

Love at first smile… Charmingly wicked, Johnny Winter has spent his adulthood drifting from scandal to scandal. However, inheriting the dukedom of Dearham has him considering his responsibilities, one of which is to right the wrong done to a distant cousin twenty years ago. His search takes him to Maida Pleasure Gardens, where he is distracted by an unusual and intriguing beauty.

“Feed this directly into my veins.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author From the bestselling author of Hungerstone, an intoxicating and chilling gothic horror novel that reimagines Hamlet with a seductive sapphic twist—and where the only thing more dangerous than a...

Ein abgelegtes Gelübde, ein Herz auf dem Spiel und eine Liebe, für die es sich zu kämpfen lohnt... Evangeline Winchester hat ihr Leben unter dem kontrollierenden Blick ihrer Stiefmutter verbracht, gefangen in einer Welt voller Pflichten und Opfer. Doch als der gutaussehende und geheimnisvolle Duke von Emberleigh, Nicholas Blackwood, in ihr Leben tritt, beginnt sie, auf eine Zukunft voller Liebe und Freiheit zu hoffen.