Romance genre books (451)


101.

Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Soderberg EN

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Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
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A masterpiece of enduring power, Doctor Glas confronts a chilling moral quandary with gripping intensity. With an introduction by Margaret Atwood. Stark, brooding, and enormously controversial when first published in 1905, this astonishing novel juxtaposes impressions of fin-de-siècle Stockholm against the psychological landscape of a man besieged by obsession. Lonely and introspective, Doctor Glas has long felt an instinctive hostility toward the odious local minister. So when the minister’s beautiful wife complains of her husband’s oppressive sexual attentions, Doctor Glas finds himself cont... continue

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Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis EN

Rating: 5 (9 votes)
Description:
A classic story of love and jealousy, Dom Casmurro is the story of Bento and his childhood love, Capitu, who overcome their parents' reluctance to marry. But Bento jealously suspects that their son is not his. But beyond this straightforward plot, Machado plays with the reader's expectations and comments on the structure of the story, blurring the line between fiction and reality and appearing very modern.

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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands : A Moral and Amorous Tale by Jorge Amado EN

Rating: 5 (3 votes)
Description:
It surprises no one that the charming but wayward Vadinho dos Guimaraes–a gambler notorious for never winning—dies during Carnival. His long suffering widow Dona Flor devotes herself to her cooking school and her friends, who urge her to remarry. She is soon drawn to a kind pharmacist who is everything Vadinho was not, and is altogether happy to marry him. But after her wedding she finds herself dreaming about her first husband’s amorous attentions; and one evening Vadinho himself appears by her bed, as lusty as ever, to claim his marital rights.


105.

Dornenvögel by Colleen McCullough DE

Rating: 2 (2 votes)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts macht sich Paddy Cleary mit seiner vielköpfigen Familie von Irland auf, um nach Australien auszuwandern. Seine Schwester hat dort eine Farm, die Arbeit und Wohlstand verspricht. Trotz familiärer Spannungen und den Anforderungen, die das raue Land an seine Bewohner stellt, scheinen die Clearys mehr oder weniger in Frieden zu leben. Doch der Schein trügt - Paddys jüngste Tochter Meggie liebt den attraktiven Priester Ralph de Bricassart. Und als sie zur Frau heranreift, kann auch Ralph sich ihrem Zauber nicht mehr entziehen...


107.

Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / China flag China
Description:
The Chia family experiences a decline in fortune during the Ch'ing dynasty.

108.

Dreams Beyond the Shore by Tamika Gibson EN

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"Seventeen-year-old Chelsea March and was pretty satisfied with her life. Until recently. Willing to play the dutiful daughter as her father's bid to become Prime Minister of their island home brings her family into intense public scrutiny, Chelsea is swept along by the strong tidal wave of politics and becomes increasingly disturbed by her father's duplicity. She finds a reprieve when she meets Kyron, a kindred spirit encased in low riding blue jeans. The two share a bond as he too struggles to get beyond his father's shadow. But when Chelsea discovers an even darker more sinister side to her... continue


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Ecologia : romance by Joana Bértholo PT

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Country: Europe / Portugal flag Portugal
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Numa sociedade que se fundiu com o mercado – tudo se compra, tudo se vende – começamos a pagar pelas palavras. A estranheza inicial dá lugar ao entusiasmo. Afinal, como é que falar podia permanecer gratuito? Há seis mil idiomas no mundo. Seis mil formas diferentes de dizer «ecologia», e tão pouca ecologia. Seis mil formas diferentes de dizer «paz», e tão pouca paz. Seis mil formas diferentes de dizer «juntos», e é cada um por si.