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The Romance of Golden Star – ebook
George Griffiths
George Griffiths has written many science fiction novels. Each is unique in itself. The Romance of Golden Star is one of those. At the heart of the plot is a story about researchers who go in search of a Lost Inca tribe in Peru.Data dostępności:
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The Romance of His Life – ebook
Mary Cholmondeley
There are eight unrelated shorts in this book. The author tells us about the cottage she lives in and the memorable experience she had during the war.Data dostępności:
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The Blithedale Romance – ebook
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A group of people is a powerful mixture of competing ambitions, and its idealism finds little satisfaction in agriculture. Instead of changing the world, Blithedale community members individually follow selfish paths that ultimately lead to tragedy. Hawthorne’s tale simultaneously mourns and saturates a rural idyll, not unlike the history of America in the 19th century as a whole.Data dostępności:
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The Romance of the Secret Service Fund – ebook
Fred M. White
There are several families, without any secrets or rumors, and the Amory were no exception to this rule. Servants in the house and people in the village used to talk about Lady Amory with a significant look or smile, depending on the circumstances. Sir Gabriel Amory spent most of his time in the south of France and was not in England for many years, while his wife was not seen until he died. All wealth...Data dostępności:
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Wiła - słowiański dark romance – ebook
Catrina Curant
Istoty z dawnych słowiańskich opowieści: szalone, zabójcze i fascynujące. Wiły, rusałki, południce – zostały już dawno zapomniane, a lęk przed nimi wygasł. A gdyby jednak wciąż żyły między nami? Catrina Curant zaprasza Czytelniczki i Czytelników do świata, w którym wszystko jest możliwe. Nawet to, że demon potrafi kochać. Młoda dziewczyna z zamożnej, konserwatywnej rodziny spotyka na balu utalentowanego,...Data dostępności:
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The Dolliver Romance – ebook
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dr. Dolliver, a worthy character of great antiquity. A person’s desire for an immortal existence, an attempt to satisfy which would be stated in various ways: first, through the selfish old sensualist, Colonel Dabni, who greedily grabbed the mysterious elixir and took his draft so that he died on the spot; then, through the plain old Grandir, longing to live for Pansy; and, perhaps, through Pansy herself,...Data dostępności:
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Diana Tempest – ebook
Mary Cholmondeley
The Tempest family estate was long-standing, extremely wealthy, and passed from father to son through many generations; but complications arose in the late nineteenth century. These complications, and what they led to, are set forth in this marvelous tale, which has elements of the sensational novel and elements of the „new women’s romance” mixed with a touch of family saga and romance.Data dostępności:
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Spinster of This Parish – ebook
W.B. Maxwell
The romance story of a hearty well-known explorer, who finally, at the age of 62 crosses the Antarctic and the spinster who accompanies him on his journey to the Andes in 1895. Here we have a young Victorian woman’s unconventional romance with a man, who was already married, had various adventures, was disowned by her family, etc. So, what happened in between? Did their romance end when he left for...Data dostępności:
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The House of Fulfilment – ebook
Elizabeth Louisa Moresby
The spiritual romance of a soul in the Himalayas. An Englishman in India is so influenced by a group of converts to Buddhism that he travels to a monastic retreat in Tibet in the search for spiritual enlightment. The author, also known as E. Barrington, purports that the supernormal happenings in this romance novel are true and are founded upon the ancient Indian philosophy of Upanishads. Moresby was...Data dostępności:
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Brentwood – ebook
Grace Livingston Hill
„Brentwood” is a romance novel of a young woman adopted by a well to do couple. Marjorie Wetherill had always known she was an adopted child; her adoptive parents, the Wetherills, whom Marjorie loved deeply, had made no secret of it. But when she faces her first Christmas alone after her parents’ deaths, she starts to wonder about finding her first family. A letter among Mrs. Wetherill’s things gives...Data dostępności:
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