Evie is a near-perfect bioengineered human. In a broken-down future England where her kind has been outlawed, her 'husband' Matthew keeps her hidden. When her existence is revealed, she must take her chances on the dark and hostile streets.
Paul Braddon Libri
Questo autore approfondisce le profondità della psiche umana e le complessità delle relazioni interpersonali. La loro precisione stilistica e la loro acuta visione del mondo conferiscono alle loro opere una risonanza unica. I lettori incontrano temi di identità, memoria e la ricerca di significato, il tutto intrecciato in narrazioni avvincenti. Il loro approccio invita alla contemplazione sulla propria esistenza e sul mondo che ci circonda.
Aurora Floyd
- 474pagine
- 17 ore di lettura
With Lady Audley's Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon had established herself, alongside Wilkie Collins and Mrs Henry Wood, as one of the ruling triumvirate of `sensation novelists'. Aurora Floyd, following hot on its heels, achieved almost equal popularity and notoriety. P.D. Edwards's introduction evaluates the novel's leading place among `bigamy-novels' and Braddon's treatment of the power struggle between the sexes, as well as considering the similarities between the author and her heroine.
The Lawyer's Secret
- 120pagine
- 5 ore di lettura
Orphan Ellinor Arden is called from her secluded Paris home to London for the hearing of her estranged uncle’s will. To her surprise, she is named as the inheritor of his fortune, on condition that she marry his adopted son. Encouraged by her lawyer and guardian, the dashing Horace Margrave, she attaches herself irreversibly to this perfect stranger, but it soon becomes clear that her trust in a dead man’s wishes has been misplaced. Suspense-ridden sensation fiction from a master of the art, The Lawyer’s Secret and the counterpart piece presented here, "Mystery at Fernwood," are particularly valuable for affording a rare female take on an art form still dominated by the male viewpoint.
Mistrzowski thriller o zniszczonych więziach rodzinnych Hanna pochodzi z Polski i należy do nielicznych Żydów, którzy przeżyli niedawno zakończoną wojnę. Cudem uniknęła śmierci w Auschwitz, a teraz, dręczona poczuciem winy, usiłuje pogodzić się z tym, że z całej rodziny ocalała tylko ona. Lecz obwinia też znajomego i jest zdeterminowana, by go odnaleźć i się na nim zemścić. Nie cofnie się przed niczym. Kłamie i manipuluje, by sprawiedliwości stało się zadość. Podszywając się pod inną osobę, obejmuje posadę pielęgniarki opiekującej się mężczyzną, który odebrał jej wszystko. Ale nieoczekiwanie to jej życiu zagraża niebezpieczeństwo. Kto zostanie ofiarą?