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Wide Sargasso Sea, a masterpiece of modern fiction, was Jean Rhys's return to the literary center stage. She had a startling early career and was known for her extraordinary prose and haunting women characters. With Wide Sargasso Sea, her last and best-selling novel, she ingeniously brings into light one of fiction's most fascinating characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. This mesmerizing work introduces us to Antoinette Cosway, a sensual and protected young woman who is sold into marriage to the prideful Mr. Rochester. Rhys...

The Banbury Cross Series was a collection of 12 volumes of books edited by Grace Rhys and published in London by Dent in the 1890s. Each book is attractively illustrated with full page and partial page pen and ink drawings in a classic Art Nouveau style by leading artists of the era. The legendary figure of East Anglian folklore, Tom Hickathrift, appears next to the curious tale 'The Fairy Gifts' in this volume of the series. Accompanied by H. Granville Fell's neat black and white illustrations. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before,...

Bestsellerautorin Rhys Bowen mit einem Roman über ein großes Geheimnis auf den verschlungenen Wegen Venedigs und der Liebe.

Caroline ist frisch getrennt, als ihre geliebte Großtante Lettie ihr ein ungewöhnliches Erbe hinterlässt: ein Skizzenbuch, drei Schlüssel und einen letzten Wunsch. Sie fliegt nach Italien, um ihr Versprechen zu erfüllen. Die Reise führt sie tief in eine Vergangenheit, die mehr mit ihrer Zukunft zu tun hat, als sie ahnt ...

Die junge Kunstlehrerin Juliet reist 1938 nach Venedig, wo sie endlich ihre große Liebe Leonardo wiedersieht. Dessen...

The Banbury Cross Series was a collection of 12 volumes of books edited by Grace Rhys and published in London by Dent in the 1890s. Each book is attractively illustrated with full page and partial page pen and ink drawings in a classic Art Nouveau style by leading artists of the era. This book 'Aesop's Fables' presents a select collection of some of Aesop's most entertaining stories with thought-provoking morals along with Robinson's beautifully imaginative and humourous black and white pen and ink illustrations. Contents Include: The Daw in Borrowed Feathers, The Sun and the Wind, The Dog...

The Banbury Cross Series was a collection of 12 volumes of books edited by Grace Rhys and published in London by Dent in the 1890s. Each book is attractively illustrated with full page and partial page pen and ink drawings in a classic Art Nouveau style by leading artists of the era. H. Isabel Adams was chosen to illustrated Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb. Her black and white pen and ink drawings are full of emotion and magnificently complement Rhys' adaptations of these children's favourites. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and...