11 Bücher ähnlich wie Das tote Geheimnis
Adam Bede
Adam Bede is a hardy young carpenter who cares for his aging mother. His one weakness is the woman he loves blindly: the trifling town beauty, Hetty Sorrel, whose only delights are her baubles-and the delusion that the careless Captain Donnithorne may ask for her hand. Betrayed by their innocence, both Adam and Hetty allow their foolish hearts to trap them in a triangle of seduction, murder, and…
Gemeinsame Themen: Illegitimate children in fiction, Illegitimate children, England in fiction, Social life and customs
Der scharlachrote Buchstabe
A stark and allegorical tale of adultery, guilt, and social repression in Puritan New England, The Scarlet Letter is a foundational work of American literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne's exploration of the dichotomy between the public and private self, internal passion and external convention, gives us the unforgettable Hester Prynne, who discovers strength in the face of ostracism and emerges as a…
Gemeinsame Themen: Illegitimate children in fiction, Illegitimate children, History
Die herrlichen Ambersons
Major Amberson had "made a fortune" in 1878, when other people were losing fortunes, and the magnificence of the Ambersons began then. Magnificence, like the size of a fortune, is always comparative, as even Magnificent Lorenzo may now perceive, if he has happened to haunt New York in 1916; and the Ambersons were magnificent in their day and place. Their splendour lasted throughout all the years…
Gemeinsame Themen: Inheritance and succession in fiction, Inheritance and succession
Bleak House
As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court, whose parentage is a source of deepening mystery; the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn; the determined sleuth Inspector Bucket; and even Jo,…
Gemeinsame Themen: Illegitimate children, Inheritance and succession, Social life and customs, History
Jude im Dunkeln
Hardy's last work of fiction, Jude the Obscure is also one of his most gloomily fatalistic, depicting the lives of individuals who are trapped by forces beyond their control. Jude Fawley, a poor villager, wants to enter the divinity school at Christminster. Sidetracked by Arabella Donn, an earthy country girl who pretends to be pregnant by him, Jude marries her and is then deserted. He earns a…
Gemeinsame Themen: Illegitimate children, Social life and customs, History
Die Königin der Herzen
The queen of hearts is a playing card in the standard 52-card deck.
Gemeinsame Themen: British and irish fiction, Mystery
Wiedersehen in Howards End
Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. A strong-willed and intelligent woman refuses to allow the pretensions of her husband's smug English family to ruin her life. Howards End is considered by some to be Forster's masterpiece
Gemeinsame Themen: Illegitimate children, Inheritance and succession, Social life and customs
Der unkommerzielle Reisende
A collection of seventeen sketches which grew out of Dickens' insomnia. He took long walks through London at night and his observations resulted in these sketches.
Gemeinsame Themen: British and irish fiction, Social life and customs, History
Vetter Heinrich
When the Squire of Llanfeare dies, his nephew Henry inherits the estate. Rumours are rife that the Squire had named his niece Isabel as his heir, and that Henry is an impostor. Mr Apjohn, the family lawyer, takes it upon himself to investigate.
Gemeinsame Themen: Inheritance and succession, British and irish fiction, Social life and customs
Das Geheimnis des Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final, uncompleted novel by Charles Dickens. John Jasper is a choirmaster who is in love with one of his pupils, Rosa Bud. She is the fiancee of his nephew, Edwin Drood. A hot-tempered man from Ceylon also becomes interested in her and he and Drood take an instant dislike to one another. Later, Drood disappears, and as Dickens never finished the novel, Drood's…
Gemeinsame Themen: England in fiction, British and irish fiction, Social life and customs, Mystery
Der schuldige Fluss
B..melodrama is perennial and the craving for it is perennial and must be satisfied' T. S. Eliot ('Wilkie Collins and Dickens') Collins's ability to construct a gripping situation and to create an atmosphere of mystery and menace is fully evident in the three novellas reprinted here. All proceed through a series of dramatic scenes to a climax that in one case at least is literally explosive. The…
Gemeinsame Themen: British and irish fiction, Mystery