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Mary Shelley Frankenstein
Told in the form of a series of letters ‘Frankenstein’ follows a young and charismatic Victor Frankenstein as he attempts to make his mark on the world of science. Taking a number of body parts from various corpses, he brings a monstrous creation to life which instead of being his crowning glory, terrifies him. The nameless monster escapes from his lab, taking many innocent lives before Frankenstein can track it down again. Shelley took inspiration from her trips through Germany and the legends of...
Engels | 7 uur 59 minuten (430 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet
Returning to London from war, an injured Dr John Watson is in acute need of a place to live. An acquaintance introduces him to the eccentric "consultant detective" Sherlock Holmes, and Watson soon finds himself pulled into an alluring world of crime solving adventures. Told partly through Watson, partly through the murderer, ‘A Study in Scarlet’ (1887) is Arthur Conan Doyle’s first dip into the world of Sherlock Holmes, and one that would make him world famous. This first Holmes novel became the...
Engels | 4 uur 11 minuten (196 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles
When Sir Charles Baskerville dies suddenly from a heart attack, a rumour of a deadly, supernatural giant dog, who may have been persecuted for generations, begins to circulate in the village. When Sir Henry Baskerville arrives from Canada for the legacy of the Baskerville manor in England, the skeptical Sherlock Holmes is called to help with the case. Was the death of Sir Charles Baskerville really a heart attack or maybe an animal lurking in deserted moors? Will Baskerville's new owner become the...
Engels | 6 uur 43 minuten (305 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Joseph Conrad Lord Jim
Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event is the abandonment of a ship in distress by its crew including the young British seaman Jim. He is publicly censured for this action and the novel follows his later attempts at coming to terms with his past. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Lord Jim #85 on its list of the 100 best English language novels of the 20th century. Joseph Conrad...
Engels | 14 uur 18 minuten (658 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arguably the best compilation of mystery stories ever, `The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes‘ (1892) is for any lover of intrigue and sophisticated humour. Sherlock‘s talent for solving cases based on things only he notices never disappoints, and everyone‘s curiosity is sure to be sustained till the end of each story. There is a reason Sherlock Holmes has been adapted more than a hundred times for various media. 2009-2011 saw Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law as Sherlock and Watson, and even Will Ferrell...
Engels | 11 uur 13 minuten (880 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Alexandre Dumas The Black Tulip
The Black Tulip is a historical novel written by Alexandre Dumas. The story begins with a historical event - the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, by a wild mob of their own countrymen - considered by many as one of the most painful episodes in Dutch history, described by Dumas with a dramatic intensity. It then unfold around The city of Haarlem, Netherlands, that has set a prize of 100,000 guilders...
Engels | 7 uur 33 minuten (338 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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G. A. Henty The Dragon and the Raven
The vikings have invaded England. King Alfred and a young thane knight, Edmund, must fight to save his lands. Artfully blending fiction and the history of this volatile time in England, “The Dragon and the Raven” is an entertaining, romantic, and a fun adventure from G. A. Henty, whose stories were known for their historical accuracy. G. A. Henty (1832-1902) was an English novelist and war correspondent, best known for his historical adventure stories. His works include “The Dragon & The Raven”...
Engels | 7 uur 17 minuten (336 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2016
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Anna Katharine Green That Affair Next Door
The dead body of a strange woman is found in an empty house next door to Amelia Butterworth, a single old lady with a formidable curiosity and lots of free time. When Detective Gryce gets on the case, he has a hard time persuading her to mind her own business, but soon Miss Butterworth’s female intuition and knack for interrogating witnesses through small talk proves invaluable to the investigation. In fact, she outsmarts all the professional men. ‘That Affair Next Door’ (1897) is Anna Katharine...
Engels | 11 uur 3 minuten (518 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2016
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Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels
When Lemuel Gulliver wakes up on an island after a shipwreck, tied on his hands and feet and with arrows pointed at him, you would think all hope is lost. But his captors are the size of a finger, their rope is as thin as thread, and their tiny arrows barely break the surface of his skin. This is not even as absurd as it gets on Gulliver’s travels at sea, but, hilariously, he has no emotional response to any of it. Jonathan Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ (1726) is political satire at its best. Published...
Engels | 11 uur 13 minuten (513 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2016
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Coriolanus
Na de opstand van de Romeinse generaal Coriolanus tegen Rome wordt hij uit de stad verbannen. In ballingschap sluit hij een pact met zijn vijand Tullus Aufidius om wraak te nemen op Rome.
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Boys in the trees
De scholieren Corey en Jonah, die vroeger vrienden waren, zijn in de nacht van Halloween op elkaar aangewezen. Vanaf ca. 16 jaar.
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Legend
Het verhaal van de tweeling Ron (1933-1995) en Reg Kray (1933-2000) die rond 1960 de georganiseerde misdaad in Londen beheersten.
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Suspiria
In 1977 wordt een jonge Amerikaanse danseres aangenomen op een prestigieuze dansacademie in West-Berlijn. Langzamerhand ontdekt ze dat de academie een duister geheim herbergt.
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Redwood
Om na te denken over een slecht bericht gaan Josh en zijn vriendin Beth kamperen in een afgelegen natuurgebied. Ondanks waarschuwingen wijken ze toch van het pad af.
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William Styron Sophie's choice
Een jonge Amerikaanse schrijver woont in New York in een pension met een liefdespaar waarvan de Poolse vrouw gekweld wordt door herinneringen aan Auschwitz.
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Engels | 632 pagina's | Vintage Books, London | 2004
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The girl in the spider's web
Hacker Lisbeth Salander en journalist Mikael Blomkvist van het blad Millennium worden met duistere geheimen geconfronteerd.
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Jennifer Kent The Babadook
Een alleenstaande moeder heeft veel te stellen met haar zoontje dat een grote angst voor monsters heeft. De angst slaat ook bij haarzelf toe na het bekijken van een sinister voorleesboek.
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Charlotte de Winter The Keykeeper
Finlay Reid, a 33-year-old Scottish homicide detective, unexpectedly acquires the 'gift' to access someone's thoughts and memories. An ability meant to help a Halfway, a deceased person still wandering the earth, move on. When he is given the investigation into the brutal murder of an English scientist he stubbornly ignores this unwelcome gift as much as he can. The scientist's wife, Robyn Ashton, is his main suspect but their first meeting turns out very differently than he expected. During the...
Engels | 176 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Zilverbron, Naaldwijk | 2024
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Rob Bakker The Plot of Europe
Amsterdam, during the Euro Summit, the German Chancellor stays in the best-guarded suite of the city's best-guarded hotel. Yet one morning he is found dead in bed: murdered... . While mutually antagonistic German and Dutch authorities feverishly pour themselves into the case, a plot unfolds that betrays unparalleled and very well thought-out planning. The political thriller Het Complot Tegen Nederland is the story of a successful attack and its (euro)political consequences. The Conspiracy Against...
Engels | 252 pagina's (ePub2, 1,9 MB) | Nobel Boeken, Baarn | 2024
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Xandra Lammers Snowflakes
With her departure for a house-sitting home in the far north, Julia hopes her life will take a new turn away from her old existence. Right after she arrives at the snowy white house, in a suburb of the town, the neighbour makes a loud noise. The residents of the house-sitting home soon leave for the south. In a cupboard, Julia finds newspaper articles that tell of a tragedy that happened in the nearby hotel, a mystery she wants to unravel. In the neighbourhood's only shop, she meets Eileen, who,...
Engels | 125 pagina's (ePub2, 1,9 MB) | Publisher Boekenbent, [Barneveld] | 2024
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