Ergebnis für "In the Garden" in Anthologien & Kurzgeschichten

Tobias Wolff's masterful short story about one woman's quiet revenge on the pomposity and arrogance of academia Meticulous, funny, eccentric—Mary has always been mindful of the complex role she plays as a professor of history. Her lectures are carefully written out beforehand; her departmental...

Eigentlich ist die betagte Lady Sally ein ausgemachter Weihnachtsmuffel. Doch als sie eine Einladung von ihrem Ziehsohn Robert und dessen Freundin Vanessa zum Fest der Liebe erhält, nimmt sie diese kurzerhand an und macht sich auf den Weg zum Seaside Hotel. Für Sally beginnt eine Reise voller Erinnerungen in die Vergangenheit, in der die Uhren anders ticken. Hier ist sie wieder jung und bis über beide Ohren in den attraktiven Eventmanager Alan verliebt, der für ihre Familie den traditionellen Weihnachtsball ausrichten soll.

Erika is drieëndertig en zou eigenlijk over niets in haar leven moeten klagen. Maar hoewel ze het goed heeft, voelen de sleur en de zekerheid uiteindelijk verstikkend aan, en wanneer ze de avontuurlijke George ontmoet, gooit ze alles overboord – haar dagelijks leven, haar relatie, haar baan...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Bonnie Wright, best known for her role as Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter films. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Lorna Sage . Innovative, startlingly perceptive and aglow with colour, these fifteen stories...

Erika is thirty-three and shouldn't have anything to complain about in her life. But despite having it good, the routine and security eventually feel suffocating, and when she meets the adventurous George, she throws everything overboard – her everyday life, her relationship, her job, and her...

Three heart-pounding mysteries where passion and peril intertwine, and no one is safe from the truth…or love. Her Darkest Secret When a cold-case serial killer returns, FBI special agent Fiona Kelly has one last chance to stop him before he claims the prize he’s always wanted—her. The...

Seven stories to span the Christmas holidays: A Faraway Smell of Lemon: The School Term has ended. It is almost Christmas but Binny, out last-minute shopping couldn't feel less like wishing glad tidings to all men. Ducking out of the rain she finds herself in the sort of shop she would never...

Ein altes Anwesen, zwei geheimnisvolle Männer und jede Menge ungelöster Rätsel. Von einem mysteriösen Sog geleitet, gelangt Gloria auf ein abgelegenes Anwesen. Von dem Schlossherrn Frederik von Grafenstein hat sie noch nie zuvor gehört. Er hingegen weiß alles über sie. Neugierig und fasziniert zugleich geht sie auf sein Angebot ein: Sie bleibt und kümmert sich um den verwilderten Garten. Schnell wird klar, dass sie nicht zufällig an diesem Ort ist. Ihr Schicksal ist auf mysteriöse Weise mit Frederik und seinem Ebenbild verknüpft, von dem sie jede Nacht träumt.

Lawrence is often accused of misogyny, and this story used as evidence against him. There is the simple but honest mine worker who has taken on a wife who is "above" him, but who is struggling to understand her and her feelings for him. Slowly, the story unravels the woman's past. The listener cannot be entirely unsympathetic to her plight - Lawrence is too good a writer to let that happen - but her dishonesty has probably ruined two lives, and our feelings are for the husband. 

George has always hated dirt, but somehow now into his retirement it feels like all he does is work with it. His days seem to fall into a pattern of working his garden to bring in its fruits and vegetables and make his wife happy. Today, though, is different and something else is brought in from the garden.

WARNING: Enter if you dare! "The Rotted Garden. A Short Creepy Horror Story" isn't just an audiobook - it's a haunting descent INTO TERROR that will grip your very soul! Join Audrey Harrington as she confronts her family's DARK LEGACY at the cursed Eldergrove Estate, where every shadow whispers...

Her Living God by Armada West: Tomás Diego, MD, is getting his good samaritan card treating Ebola patients in the Congo. While digging a clean well, the epidemic survivors exhume a sarcophagus. When Tomás becomes plagued by dreams of a woman, he learns why a sarcophagus is so far from the land of Egypt. Protecting Raina by Cari Robe: Raina is one of the top feline specialists in the world. She has a huge heart and wants to save every stray she finds. What she doesn’t know is that the strays are going to be what saves her.