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David Copperfield David Copperfield Charles Dickens David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. The novel's full title is The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rooke… OL10322056W
Notes on Eliot's " Mill on the Floss" Notes on Eliot's " Mill on the Floss" William Holland In this 19th-century novel, Maggie Tulliver breaks off her romance with the man she loves, after she discovers that it was he who ruined her family's small mill business. She runs off with her cousin… OL10363750W
Les Misérables Les Misérables Victor Hugo In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean--a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized, ambiguously malevolent police detective… OL1063588W
Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë The novel is set somewhere in the north of England. Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where s… OL1095427W
Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen Johan Huizinga *Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen* is het bekendste werk van de historicus Johan Huizinga uit 1919. In het werk presenteert Huizinga het idee dat de overdreven formaliteit en romantiek van het laatmiddele… OL1141875W
A Natural History of the Senses A Natural History of the Senses Diane Ackerman A Natural History of the Senses is a vibrant celebration of our ability to smell, taste, hear, touch, and see. Poet, pilot, naturalist, journalist, essayist, and explorer, Diane Ackerman weaves toget… OL12900W
The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent Washington Irving The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon is the compilation of 34 short stories and essays by Washington Irving. It includes some of his most famous stories, such as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van… OL13096162W
Proof by Seduction Proof by Seduction Courtney Milan She was his last chance for a future of happiness... A gifted fortune-teller from a humble background, Jenny can make even the most sophisticated skeptic believe her predictions simply by batting … OL15119425W
Only Time Will Tell Only Time Will Tell Jeffrey Archer "From the popular author of Kane and Abel and A Prisoner of Birth comes the story of one family across generations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph. The epic tale of Harry Clifton's life be… OL15981099W
New women in colonial Korea New women in colonial Korea Hyaeweol Choi This book provides the first English translation of some of the central archival material concerning the development of New Woman (sin yosong) in Korea during the late nineteenth century and the firs… OL16489843W
El príncipe de mis sueños El príncipe de mis sueños Lisa Kleypas Un príncipe, algo peligroso y rudo, se enamora de una princesa prometida con otro hombre. El príncipe Nikolás, un hombre rico, esquivo y belicoso, lamenta no poseer un don especial para conquistar a … OL17337220W
The adventuress The adventuress Nicholas Coleridge No one forgets Miss Cathy Fox in a hurry. From her scorpion tattoo to her other more worldly charms she's a woman on a mission to get what she wants. OL17951212W
Amazonian Indians from prehistory to the present Amazonian Indians from prehistory to the present Anna Curtenius Roosevelt "Compilation of articles on native inhabitants of the Amazon. Pt. 1 traces important ethnohistorical transition, a period of convulsive change in indigenous societies during European conquest and col… OL18340688W
Comprendre le Japon Comprendre le Japon Martin Beaulieu Le Japon et sa culture millénaire fascine mais la complexité de cette société peut constituer une difficulté dans le développement des rapports entre visiteurs et habitants. Ce livre a pour but de vo… OL19836049W
Prisoners of the White House Prisoners of the White House Kenneth T. Walsh One can scarcely imagine an environment outside the nation's penal system that is more isolating than the Executive Mansion, a habitat almost guaranteed to keep America's commander in chief far remov… OL19967066W
Because of Miss Bridgerton Because of Miss Bridgerton Julia Quinn Everyone expects Billie Bridgerton to marry one of the Rokesby brothers. The two families have been neighbors for centuries, and as a child the tomboyish Billie ran wild with Edward and Andrew. Eithe… OL20021821W
Passé imparfait Passé imparfait Julian Fellowes Roman de société OL20937228W
La grosse femme d'à côté est enceinte La grosse femme d'à côté est enceinte Tremblay, Michel "Au coeur du Plateau-Mont-Royal, ce quartier populaire de Montréal qui prend des allures de véritable microcosme social, une femme de quarante-deux ans, enceinte de sept mois, devient le centre d'un … OL22071707W
Evelina Evelina Frances Burney,Fanny Burney First published in 1778, this novel of manners tells the story of Evelina, a young woman raised in rural obscurity who is thrust into London’s fashionable society at the age of eighteen. There, she e… OL2252006W
Les Égyptiens Les Égyptiens Philip Steele Une documentation structurée, abondamment illustrée, dans une mise en pages variée, mais sobre. Chaque thème abordé (pharaons, ville, pyramides, etc.) fait l'objet d'une double page et certains, d'un… OL24280641W
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