Ergebnis für "Daisy Miller" in Historische Liebesromane

Henry James' signature theme, the American abroad, centers on a beautiful but flawed daughter of a wealthy Schenectady industrialist. Daisy Miller travels through Europe with her doting, vapid mother and rambunctious young brother. Daisy falls for the sophisticated Mr. Winterbourne, another expatriate, but their romance is threatened by Daisy's behavior. The mores and traditional social customs were something Daisy managed to ignore and caused more than a few eyebrows to be raised throwing her reputation into question. The story has a tragic and unexpected ending.

Das große Finale der "Wallflowers"-Saga von Bestseller-Autorin Lisa Kleypas. Die lebenslustige Daisy Bowman hat es, anders als ihre Freundinnen, auch nach zwei Londoner Saisons nicht geschafft, einen Ehemann zu finden. Am Ende seiner Geduld stellt ihr Vater, ein reicher Industrieller, ihr ein Ultimatum: Sollte sie auch in dieser Saison keinen Erfolg haben, muss sie seinen Geschäftspartner heiraten. Matthew Swift ist clever, ernst und schrecklich langweilig – Daisy kann ihn nicht ausstehen. Jeder Mann wäre besser als er.

The innocent and insolent Daisy confronts the traditions of old Europe and confounds all of the people (especially the men) who surround her. All throughout the story, there are classic Jamesian views on the differences between English and American societies.

“What the European male fails to understand is that the American Girl is innocent by definition, mythically innocent; and that her purity depends upon nothing she says or does…”—Leslie Fiedler When Frederick, an American expatriate traveling in Europe, meets the newly rich Miller family...

Daisy Miller is a beautiful and flirtatious rich young American visiting a Swiss spa. There she meets upper class expatriate American, Frederick Winterbourne, who is warned about her reckless ways with men by his aunt. Their relationship and Daisy's with the Italian lawyer Mr. Giovanelli leads to a climactic scene in the Coliseum in Rome, followed by tragedy and regret.

France, 1940. A hotel on the border. One woman will risk everything in the name of freedom. 'The characters were compelling, the romantic aspect wonderful, and the tension never let up as I raced through the pages' Jill Mansell, Sunday Times bestselling author 'A thrilling page-turner charting...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Waiting Hours by Ellie Dean, read by Julie Maisey. Slapton Sands, 1943 War has not been kind to Carol Porter. It took her husband and baby, and with them her heart. At last she’s found some peace, working as a land girl at Coombe Farm. But...

Nineteen-year-old April Wilton has just enlisted in the WRENs in Portsmouth, where she works servicing engines on ships. She finds herself immersed in dockyard life and surrounded by soldiers - from England and America. The atmosphere is one of spontaneity and impulsiveness, brought on by the...

Brought to you by Penguin. Planes to deliver. A war to be won. Bobbie Fraser, Mary Holland and Jean Thornton are Atta Girls - part of the Air Transport Auxiliary team flying planes between bases. Taking to the air in anything they're given, their work is dangerous but their courage always comes...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of As the Sun Breaks Through by Ellie Dean, read by Penelope Freeman. THE FIFTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN Cliffehaven, June 1944 As the planes continue to circle over Cliffehaven, Peggy Reilly’s sister Doris...

The gripping new Second World War novel from Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of While We're Apart. After the death of her parents in a bombing raid, Mary Jones discovers a secret in the pages of father’s diaries. Her search for the truth brings her to Cliffehaven on the south coast...

Brought to you by Penguin. The heartwarming and moving story of three fascinating women finding their strength in World War II, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Call the Midwife and Downton Abbey It is June 1940, and as the bombs fall, the women at home must dig deep . . . Tucked on the edge of...