Esther Freud: 8 books

Book cover of Lucky Break

Lucky Break

A Novel

by Esther Freud
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011

It is their first day at Drama Arts, and the circle of huddled, nervous students are told in no uncertain terms that here, unlike at any other drama school, they will be taught to Act. To Be. To exist in their own world on the stage. But outside is the real world--a pitiless, alluring place in which...
Book cover of The Sea House

The Sea House

A Novel

by Esther Freud
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013

The architect Klaus Lehmann loves his wife, Elsa, with a passion that continues throughout their married life despite long periods of separation. Almost half a century after Lehmann's death in the village of Steerborough, a young woman, Lily, arrives to research his life and work. Pouring over Klaus's...
Book cover of Transference: A Short Story from the collection, Reader, I Married Him
by Esther Freud
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016

A short story by Esther Freud from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In ‘Transference’, a woman in a troubled relationship is drawn to her enigmatic therapist. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader I Married Him, brings together some of the finest...
Book cover of L'ho sposato, lettore mio
by Tessa Hadley, Sarah Hall, Helen Dunmore
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 21, 2016

Per quale ragione «L’ho sposato, lettore mio» è una delle frasi più celebri e citate della letteratura inglese? La risposta, tutt’altro che ovvia, risiede nel capolavoro da cui è tratta: Jane Eyre (1847), la storia di un’orfana che, grazie alla sola intelligenza e caparbietà, riesce a...
Book cover of Mr. Mac and Me
by Esther Freud
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015

Thomas Maggs is thirteen and lives with his parents and sister at the Blue Anchor pub, in the village of Dunwich on the Suffolk coast. Born in winter while the sea stormed, Thomas is the youngest child, and the only son surviving. In Dunwich, life is quiet and shaped by the seasons: fishing and farming,...
Book cover of Love Falls

Love Falls

A Novel

by Esther Freud
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009

From the author of Hideous Kinky comes a charming, surprising, and utterly irresistible tale of adolescent love and self-discovery. When seventeen-year-old Lara accepts her father's invitation to accom­pany him to a Tuscan villa for the summer, she's both thrilled and nervous for the exotic...
Book cover of Transfert

Transfert

L'ho sposato, lettore mio

by Esther Freud
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 11, 2016

Per festeggiare i 200 anni della nascita di Charlotte Brontë, Tracy Chevalier ha chiesto alle migliori autrici in lingua inglese di scrivere una storia ispirata alla celebre battuta di Jane Eyre: «L’ho sposato, lettore mio». Questo racconto fa parte della raccolta dedicata a Charlotte Brontë: L’ho sposato, lettore mio a cura di TRACY CHEVALIER
Book cover of Innamoramenti
by Esther Freud
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 16, 2010

Estate 1981. Ogni cosa pare sospesa. Mentre a Londra fervono i preparativi per il matrimonio di Carlo e Diana, la diciassettenne Lara attende trepidante che la vita abbia inizio. L'occasione è un viaggio in Toscana in compagnia di suo padre Lambert che lei conosce appena. Incuriosita dal mondo degli adulti, Lara brucia le tappe di un'educazione sentimentale dal sapore dolceamaro...
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