Ergebnis für "Passionen" in Klassiker

In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. Love in its fiery form may last but a moment―or forever. The need and want are obvious to both. Its all-consuming, if feels like it will always endure and never end. But passion and desire can burn bright and then burn themselves out. Our very devoted authors have much to share.

"Suscitava in Connie un misto di compassione e di bramosia selvaggia, e un folle, ardente desiderio fisico." "L'amante di Lady Chatterley" è il libro forse più scandaloso della letteratura inglese del Novecento. Scritto in Italia tra il 1926 e il 1928, venne proibito in Inghilterra per oscenità e pubblicato in patria solamente nel 1960 dopo un lungo processo che fece epoca. Ambientato nella profonda Inghilterra, vuole rappresentare il contrasto irriducibile tra il vitalismo dei sensi e l'atrofizzazione della società industrializzata.

John Fowles won international acclaim for his innovative, allusive novels The Collector, The Magus and The French Lieutenant's Woman. All were critical and commercial successes, translated into several languages and adapted as feature films. This collection brings together the BBC Radio adaptations of these three modern classics, with stellar casts including Judi Dench, Charles Dance and John Hurt.

Astri has decided to leave Rivenna along with Jorgen in order to track down a human druid in the Asian World. The druid breeds real dragons; the only creatures left in the entire world. He's in possession of dragon venom - a magical healing liquid that can reverse any spell and heal any creature, including Jetli. Astri knows that this is her only chance to save her beloved Pixie and get Jorgen's dragon back. The journey alone is extremely dangerous, and on top that, Astri's heat season is quickly approaching.

In this gripping and emotionally charged Victorian drama, Louisa May Alcott reveals a darker, passionate side of her storytelling. Pauline’s Passion and Punishment follows the intense emotional journey of Pauline, a woman betrayed by the man who once swore he loved her.

A lover's most unlikely jealousy, a mother's patient wait for revenge, a young actress driven to distraction by a cruel husband, a story of jilted love and murder in a London lodging house, and a confrontation that brings a saga of mutual loathing to a terrible conclusion on the other side of the Atlantic - here are stories by five master storytellers.

Set in the turbulent time right before World War I, this novel chronicles the tragedy of Edward Ashburnham, his seemingly perfect marriage, and his two American friends. Told through disjointed flashbacks, lies, infidelity, and acts of betrayal are revealed that eviscerate the ties that pull the friends and couples together.

A first-generation Cuban son comes of age in the debut––and most autobiographical––novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. Winner of the Ingram Merrill Foundation Award and the Rome Prize Hector Santinio is the younger son of Alejo and Mercedes...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox's best-known work Poems of Passion read here by Emma Topping.

The beautiful Pauline has been wronged and sets about getting a little her own back. Collateral damage ensues in this tale of revenge and it's consequences.

Ces quelques nouvelles témoignent de la précision avec laquelle Maupassant s'attache à observer les femmes et de l'intérêt qu'il porte à leurs diverses existences. Elles trouvent toujours un angle de vision original pour nous faire toucher du doigt la vérité des expériences réinventées par la fiction.

From Little Nell to Miss Havisham, Dickens’ Women tells the story of Charles Dickens’ life through his beloved characters. Co-written and performed by Miriam Margolyes, best known for her role as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films, this one-women show is a celebration of her...

As a historical document, this audiobook is far more entertaining than it has a right to be. It's a wonderful, funny, sad peek into the emotional agonies of a sexual era that is happily past. Or is it? You won't know quite whether to laugh, cry, or thank Dr. Wakely for his almost criminally Victorian little 1846 book. Despite stating that it was "for sale by all booksellers", one wonders who would have the nerve to make such a purchase in 1846.