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Wealthy heiress Catherine Sloper has always been plain and rather simple, though very sweet. She is drawn by the attentions of handsome gentleman Morris Townsend, the only man who ever even noticed her. But is he more interested in her fortune than Catherine herself? When they get engaged, despite protestations from her brilliant physician father, Catherine has to choose between her inheritance or love.

This chilling collection includes: "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes" by Henry James, "The Shadow" by E. Nesbit, "Monsieur Anastasius" by Dinah Maria Mulock, "John Granger" by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and more.

The young and beautiful Isabel Archer finds herself suddenly wealthy beyond her imagination thanks to her devoted uncle. Sought after by many suitors and yet determined not to marry any of them, Isabel embarks on a journey of self-discovery throughout Europe, only to find herself drawn to the charming and clever Gilbert Osmond. Through betrayal and heartache, Isabel not only learns what she truly wants out of life but also just how strong she really is.

Henry James' 1898 novella is one of the world's greatest ghost stories. Told by an unnamed governess who accepts a position looking after two children at a remote English country manor, the story is famously ambiguous. The governess gradually comes to believe that the house - and the two seemingly angelic children, Miles and Flora - are haunted by the ghosts of her predecessor and her brutish lover. But are the ghosts actually real? Or is the governess slowly going mad?

Scriptwriters Matthew Graham (Life On Mars, Doctor Who, The Spanish Princess) and James Henry (Smack The Pony, Green Wing) make the most of being in Cornwall during a pandemic by walking (in a socially distanced manner) in the countryside and talking about scriptwriting. Will also include the occasional interview and low-level celebrity gossip.

Una joven institutriz es enviada a una casa de campo para hacerse cargo de dos niños huérfanos, Miles y Flora. Inquieta por un presagio oscuro dentro de casa, empieza a creer que algo o alguien malévolo está acechando a los niños, los espectros y visiones comienzan a trastornarla.

Loss in any form seems to burden us with more weight than anything that can possibly be gained or learnt from. The loss of a person, a loved one, is often overwhelming. Lives so interwoven that the severing or loss of one life leaves the other weakened, unable to function for some time. Recovery comes in a myriad of forms but is usually debilitating, slow and, in the end, we are not as whole as we once were.It is a subject that authors return to again and again.

James fue uno de los mayores escritores epistolares de todos los tiempos. Existen más de 10,000 cartas personales suyas, y se han publicado más de 3,000. Entre sus correspondientes se encuentran Robert Louis Stevenson y Joseph Conrad.

James fue uno de los mayores escritores epistolares de todos los tiempos. Existen más de 10,000 cartas personales suyas, y se han publicado más de 3,000. Entre sus correspondientes se encuentran Robert Louis Stevenson y Joseph Conrad. También escribió 20 novelas, 112 cuentos, 12 obras de teatro, e infinidad de crónicas de viaje, artículos y notas periodísticas.

A biographer of long-deceased American romantic poet Jeffrey Aspern learns that Aspern's mistress and inspiration, the divine "Juliana", is astonishingly still alive and living in Venice with her middle-aged niece. Obsessed with obtaining all of Aspern's papers in the old woman's possession, he insinuates himself into the crumbling palatial home of the two women and uses increasingly unscrupulous and manipulative methods in pursuit of his ends....

The Ambassadors is the story of early 20th century American Puritanism and how such attitudes restrict the joy of living a full life. When Lewis Strether's widowed fiancé, Mrs. Newsome, sends him to Paris to convince her wayward son, Chad, to return to Massachusetts and take his place in the family business, life gets complicated.

Though many of us might answer "yes" to that question, attracting more joy into our lives is not always easy - life and stress can seem to hinder our well-being, despite our best efforts. What’s worse, studies have shown that pressuring yourself to feel happy and upbeat when you feel down can actually take a toll on us psychologically! So, where do you begin? The solution lies in understanding the innate psychological forces that conspire against us.

If you are looking for advice on money, health, or happy living, look no further than this collection of wisdom from the sages. An extensive gathering of advice from learned men and women throughout the ages.

Le Tour d'écrou est une nouvelle fantastique d'Henry James. Le narrateur assiste à la lecture du journal d'une gouvernante. La jeune femme a été engagée par un riche célibataire pour veiller sur ses neveu et nièce, Flora et Miles. Orphelins, ceux-ci vivent dans une vaste propriété isolée à la campagne.

Henry James's story Julia Bride appeared in Harper's magazine in 1908. Julia Bride is being courted by Basil French, the son of a wealthy but very traditional New York family. He wants to know more about her background, but she is reluctant to let him know that she has been engaged six times, and that her mother has been divorced twice and is likely heading for a third one. Julia is caught between America’s class mobility, social fluidity and personal freedoms, and the rigid ethics, snobbery, and social codes that the east coast elite had imported from Europe.

The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly magazine (January 27 - April 16, 1898). Classified as both gothic fiction and a ghost story, the novella focuses on a young governess sent to a remote country house to take charge of two orphans. Unsettled by a dark foreboding of menace within the house, she soon comes to believe that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care. But is the threat to her young charges really a ghostly presence or something else entirely?

The Lesson of the Master is a novella by Henry James about life and art, the choice that an artist must make, and the life that art makes. It’s the story of a young writer, Paul Overt, who becomes friends with Henry St. George, a famous author, at about the same time that he meets the love of his life. St. George tells Paul that he ought to dedicate himself to writing, and warns him against the distraction of a wife and family; he goes out of his way to persuade the young writer that marriage would destroy his creativity.

A warmhearted, family-oriented multicultural novel, adapted from the Hollywood screenplay, about a down-and-out dad, estranged from his wife and son, who screws up Christmas and tries to make it right - during the festival of Kwanzaa.

This ghost story is about a governess who, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted.

Es klingt nach einer Aufgabe, wie jede andere auch, die eine junge Lehrerin auf einem abgelegenen Landsitz zu erfüllen hat. Kinder unterrichten, das richtige Benehmen lehren, dafür sorgen, dass alles in geordneten Bahnen läuft. Anfangs scheint alles genauso zu laufen. Bald aber zeigt sich, dass hinter der goldigen Fassade der Kinder etwas lauert. Etwas Unaussprechliches. Etwas Böses. Etwas, dass nur eines will - zurückkehren ins Reich der Lebenden.