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"Ein beeindruckender Roman über zwei abenteuerlustige Frauen, eine wunderbare Freundschaft und die faszinierende Welt der Fossilien." The Telegraph

Seit Mary als Baby vom Blitz getroffen wurde, steht fest, dass sie für Höheres bestimmt ist. Und tatsächlich: Niemand findet so spektakuläre Fossilien am Strand des kleinen Städtchens Lyme wie Mary. Eines Tages macht sie eine erstaunliche Entdeckung, doch in der männerdominierten Welt des 19. Jahrhunderts schenkt ihr niemand Gehör. Zum Glück findet sie in Elizabeth, einer jungen Frau aus besseren Kreisen, die aus London...

'Spellbinding' ELIF SHAFAK 'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Year 'Sparkling'OBSERVER 'A triumph' PHILIP PULLMAN 'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead' INDEPENDENT 'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon’ PHILIPPA GREGORY ‘A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game’ SPECTATOR FROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend...

This collection of original stories by today's finest women writers--including Tracy Chevalier, Francine Prose, Elizabeth McCracken, Tessa Hadley, Audrey Niffenegger, and more--takes inspiration from the famous line in Charlotte Bronte's most beloved novel, Jane Eyre.

A fixture in the literary canon, Charlotte Bronte is revered by readers all over the world. Her novels featuring unforgettable, strong heroines still resonate with millions today. And who could forget one of literature's best-known lines: -Reader, I married him- from her classic novel Jane Eyre?...

'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Month 'Sparkling'OBSERVER 'A triumph… beyond admiration' PHILIP PULLMAN 'Spellbinding…. Chevalier at her fabulous best' ELIF SHAFAK ‘A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game’ SPECTATOR FROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano.

Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives learning to handle. Women are not meant to work with glass, but Orsola...

Von der Autorin des Weltbestsellers »Das Mädchen mit dem Perlenohrring«

Venedig, 1468. Auf Murano, Wiege der Glaskunst, fließt die Zeit sanft wie das Wasser in den Kanälen. Doch der tragische Tod des Glasvirtuosen Lorenzo Rosso, bringt die Welt zum Stillstand. In ihrer Verzweiflung nimmt Tochter Orsola das Schicksal der Familie in die Hand. Mutig kämpft sie gegen alle Konventionen und erlernt im Verborgenen das Handwerk des Vaters. Ihr gläsernes Geheimnis, zart wie die Perlen, die sie formt, trägt sie durch die Zeiten und das Leben der jungen...

1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck - in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work...

Translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, starring Scarlett Johanson and Colin Firth

Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings.

History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the...

This groundbreaking new source of international scope defines the essay as nonfictional prose texts of between one and 50 pages in length. The more than 500 entries by 275 contributors include entries on nationalities, various categories of essays such as generic (such as sermons, aphorisms), individual major works, notable writers, and periodicals that created a market for essays, and particularly famous or significant essays. The preface details the historical development of the essay, and the alphabetically arranged entries usually include biographical sketch, nationality, era, selected...