Frances: 2004 books

We all think we know Ophelia’s story. Hers is a tragedy peripheral to the greater tragedy of Hamlet. But what if she were the centre? Imagine an Elsinore where identity and meaning are as fluid as water, where love and loss, life and death, past and present flow together and one woman’s imagination might have the power to transform the hell of madness itself into a kind of beauty.

"Il piccolo lord Fauntleroy" (1886) e "Il giardino segreto" (1911) sono best seller intramontabili, ma questo romanzo del 1901 è per molti lettori il preferito tra quelli scritti da Frances Hodgson Burnett: Nancy Mitford lo adorava e fa parte del programma di alcune università...

Il giardino segreto, scritto da Frances Hodgson Burnett, è considerato uno dei suoi libri più famosi, anche se inizialmente non fu accolto positivamente né dalla critica né dal pubblico, poiché metteva in crisi l’idea tradizionale di educazione. La protagonista, Mary, è una bambina indiana...

A norte-americana Frances Mayes colhia amoras com amigos na Toscana quando avistou um chalé parcialmente em ruínas, cercado de castanheiros e carvalhos. Foi, como ela própria relata, uma atração fatal que a levou a comprar e restaurar o imóvel, que deu o nome de Bramasole. A experiência de...

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett is best known for writing books for kids, and her classic A Little Princess, originally published in 1905, is considered one of literature's best children's novels.

Greta's life is carefree until the abrupt disappearance of her elder sister, and all her courage can't save her from the sinister shadows that engulf her. Even when she finds a way out betrayal and treachery threaten her.

After an unsuccessful suicide attempt on New Year’s Eve, Valentina Binotte returns to where she feared she would never go again: back home to Cordeaux, her childhood village hidden away in the remote mountains of Corsica. It isn’t long however before Valentina discovers that life in the...

The Good Wolf By Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett was an English author best known for writing some of the greatest children’s novels in literature.  Some of Burnett’s works have been turned into popular plays.  This edition of Two Little Pilgrims’ Progress includes a table of contents.

Roth (The Invasion Trilogy #2) Mattie: I was taken and left for dead on a planet far from Earth. My new nightmare is called Roth. I have only Hank for an ally here and a burning rage that builds higher with each passing day. But we have a plan. One that will hopefully give humans back the Earth....

ODEN (The Invasion Trilogy #3) Mattie: A war is coming. It will not be an Earth bound battle yet humans will have to fight for their survival. This is no longer about fighting to take our planet back, this is a fight for our society, our way of life. However I will not be fighting in this war, I have...

On a camping trip, a young woman’s best friend helps her discover her own body and new avenues to pursue after graduation.

In this gripping short story from The Secret Garden author Frances Hodgson Burnett, unspeakable tragedy befalls Arle, a small, tight-knit fishing community on England's coast. Will the town be able to pick up the pieces and start over? "One Day at Arle" is a moving tale that will linger on in readers' minds.

Frances Hodgson Burnett's T. Tembarom (1913) picturesquely describes the life styles of the American and British upper classes. Detailing life-long struggles of a young man who tests his metal against in a struggle with the English gentry in England.