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41) Hester
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English
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"A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne, the tragic heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the enduring legacy of New England's witchcraft trials. Who is the real Hester Prynne? Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband, Edward. An apothecary who has fallen under the spell of opium, his pile of debts...
Author
Series
"Sepan cuantos " volume 631
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
5. edición.
Language
Español
Description
Caught in the harsh Puritan environment of 17th century Boston, Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman, stands alone against society. Having given birth to a child from an illicit affair, she refuses to name the father and is forced to wear the letter "A" for "Adulteress" embroidered on her dress.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"'Your husband is a landowner,' they told her. 'Food and clothing is so plentiful, it grows on trees. You will be able to go to school.' Of the three lies the matchmaker told Willow before she left home as a picture bride in 1918, the third hurt the most. Never one to be deterred, Willow does all that she can to make the best of her unexpected circumstance. But it isn't long before her dreams for this new life are shattered, first by a husband who...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
A single-volume anthology of the epic story of the Berrybender pioneer family follows the relocation of British aristocrats Lord and Lady Berrybender to 1830 Texas, where their idealistic plans are shaped by their daughter's relationship with frontiersman Jim Snow.
58) Jacob's way
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Value edition.
Language
English
Description
Fleeing a bloody pogrom that threatens their tiny Russian village, Reisa Dimitri and her grandfather, Jacob, sail the ocean to a new life in America. They are swiftly embraced by New York's Jewish community. But God has other plans that will call them far from the familiar warmth and ways of their culture.
60) El fantasma
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
Español
Description
The romance of Sarah Ferguson, an 18th century countess who flees her abusive husband in England to join her French lover in America. It is presented through the eyes of a modern man who reads her diary, drawing inspiration from it to improve his own love life.
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