Ergebnis für "Rose" in Klassiker

Ein Mord erschüttert die Gemäuer des altehrwürdigen, weltberühmten Benediktinerklosters. Bruder William aus dem fernen Baskerville wird vom Abt mit der diskreten Klärung des Verbrechens beauftragt. Doch kaum beginnt William in den Katakomben zu ermitteln, wird der zweite Mönch tot gefunden.

Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim his fortune and left them to eke out a living in a village far from their home in the city. But when Bryony is caught in a snowstorm and takes refuge in an abandoned manor, she stumbles into a house full of dark enchantments. Is the Beast that lives there her captor or a fellow prisoner? Is the house her enemy or her ally? And why are roses blooming out of season in the courtyard?

On the fabled world of Krynn, Lord Soth finally learns that there is a price to pay for his long history of evil deeds, a price even an undead warrior might find horrifying. Dark powers transport Soth to Barovia, and there the death knight must face the dread minions of Count Strahn Von Zarovich, the vampire lord of the nightmare land. But with only a captive Vistani woman and an untrustworthy ghost for allies, Lord Soth soon discovers that he may have to join forces with the powerful vampire if he is ever to escape the realm of terror.

Things are looking up. For the first time in what feels like years, October "Toby" Daye has been able to pause long enough to take a breath and look at her life - and she likes what she sees. She has friends. She has allies. She has a squire to train and a King of Cats to love, and maybe, just maybe, she can let her guard down for a change.

Featuring a reluctant hero’s extraordinary journey through the cosmos, C. S. Lewis’s classic trilogy contains all the magic, invention, humour and big ideas of his Narnia novels. Thrilling, mystical and evocative, it mixes theology and mythology to tell the epic story of an interplanetary struggle between good and evil. This audio collection includes Alex Jennings’ unabridged readings of Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, and a stunning full-cast adaptation of That Hideous Strength.

Now a major motion picture, The Roses, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman, Warren Adler’s iconic 1980s tale of a crumbling marriage―an era’s defining portrait of a macabre divorce. “Terrifying, black-humored, black-hearted and bristling.” ―Gillian Flynn, New York Times...

Dessa Rose is the heartwarming story of an extraordinary friendship between two strong, remarkable women from very different backgrounds, both caught in the shadow of slavery in the 19th-century South. One is an escaped Black slave under sentence of death; the other is a white woman committed to end the horrors her neighbors accept as a matter of course. Ruby Dee's passionate and sensitive reading gives a poignant sense of reality to this magnificent story of courage, daring, and love.

"Rose Bernd" gehört zu Hauptmanns sozialen Dramen. Der aktuelle Anlass für die Tragödie der von ihrer Umwelt zum äußersten getriebenen Bauernmagd war ein Gerichtsverfahren in Hirschberg gegen eine des Meineids und Kindsmords angeklagte Landarbeiterin, an dem Hauptmann als Geschworener teilnahm. Rose Bernds Liebesverhältnis mit dem Erbgrundbesitzer Christoph Flamm gehört zu Beginn des Schauspiels bereits der Vergangenheit an. Sie ist bereit, den bieder-frommen Buchbinder August Keil zu heiraten, den ihr Vater bestimmt hat. Doch der Maschinist Streckmann, ein brutaler und prahlerischer Weiberheld, verfolgt sie mit erpresserischen Drohungen und beantwortet ihr Flehen mit Vergewaltigung.

Major von Göbern sucht nach einem desertierten Offizier, der unter falscher Identität der blinden Auguste nachstellt. Als Handwerker verkleidet wohnt der Major bei Auguste und ihrer Mutter. Der Vater ist verschollen. Plötzlich wird Auguste entführt... "Die Rose von Ernstthal" ist eine Kurzgeschichte. Sie wurde bereits in "Aus dunklem Tann" (Band 43 der Gesammelten Werke) veröffentlicht.

In the year leading up to the First World War, four people’s lives intertwine, only to be pulled apart. A landmark of gay and pacifist literature, Rose Allatini’s story foregrounding conscientious objectors and queer love amidst wartime turmoil was banned months after its publication. At a...

Accepting employment as a governess after hard times hit her family, medieval scholar Rosalind Hawkins is surprised when she learns that her mysterious employer has no children and only wants her to read to him through a speaking tube.

Jane Austen's subtle and witty novel of secrets and suppression, lies and seduction, brilliantly portrays a world where rigid social convention clashes with the impulses of the heart. It tells the story of two very different sisters who find themselves thrown into an unkind world when their father dies. Marianne, wild and impulsive, falls dangerously in love, while Elinor suffers her own private heartbreak but conceals her true feelings, even from those closest to her.

Following the loss of most of his colleagues in a violent ambush, Kenton has become Lord Mastrell of the few remaining Sand Masters, magicians who can manipulate sand to do their bidding. With the ruling council poised against him, the hot-headed Kenton must become a diplomat to have any hope of preventing the eradication of his people forever. However, there’s another complication: assassins are coming for him from all directions, and Kenton’s only true ally is Khriss, a visitor from the other side of the planet who has an agenda of her own to pursue.

Rosemarie Fendel erzählt zarte, philosophisch weise eher unbekanntere Werke von Hans Christian Andersen. Mit ihrem wunderbaren Staunen in der Stimme liest sie sechs Märchen des dänischen Schriftstellers, denen eines gemeinsam ist:. Sie spiegeln Freude, Sehnsucht, Trauer und Glück wider. aber auch stolze Schönheit, stille Bescheidenheit und stetige Vergänglichkeit…. "Die schönste Rose der Welt“ ist eine Hommage an die Liebe.

Ein Märchen von Oscar Wilde, gesprochen von AnNa. R.

Penguin Classics presents Bram Stoker's Dracula, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by the actor Richard E. Grant. 'Alone with the dead! I dare not go out, for I can hear the low howl of the wolf through the broken window' A...

Gustav Meyrinks Feder entströmt eine außergewöhnliche Prosa, die mit facettenreichem und sehr phantasievollem Ausdruck gesegnet ist. Innerhalb der Reihe "Phantastische Geschichten" präsentieren sich irrationale, ambivalente, groteske Situationen, Handlungen und Charaktere im Gewand der Alltäglichkeit, so dass eine fast greifbare Spannung entsteht, die sich als Nerven kitzelnder, Bewusstsein stimulierender und Fantasie anregender transzendentaler literarischer Zustand entpuppt, innerhalb dessen man gemütliche Stunden des Genusses erleben bzw. verstreichen lassen kann.

In the third romance anthology of The Quill Collective series, 16 celebrated Austenesque authors write the untold histories of Austen’s heroines, brave adventuresses, shy maidens, talkative spinsters, and naughty matrons. Rational Creatures is a collection of humorous, poignant, and engaging short stories set in Georgian England that complement and pay homage to Austen’s great works and great ladies who were, perhaps, the first feminists in an era that was not quite ready for feminism.

Eine Sammlung von Geschichten und Gedichten, die das Außergewöhnliche der Rose besingen und ihre Aura beschwören. Mit Gedichten von Rilke, Hofmannsthal, Lessing, Shakespeare, Reinick, Anakreon, Hölty, Klopstock, Mörike, Heine u.a. Mit Musik von Robert Schumann.

Finn looks and acts human, though he has no desire to be. He was programmed to assist his owners, and performs his duties to perfection. A billion-dollar construct, his primary task now is to tutor Cat. As she grows into a beautiful young woman, Finn is her guardian, her constant companion…and more. But when the government grants rights to the ever-increasing robot population, however, Finn struggles to find his place in the world, and in Cat’s heart.