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O Napoleão de Notting Hill Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1904 · ★ 3.8 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Desafiador A witty and surreal novel of the future. In a rather dull stuck-in-a-rut future, a prankster chosen randomly to be King of England revives the old ways and inadvertently arouses romantic patriotism and civil war between the boroughs of London. Temas em comum: Politics and government, British and irish fiction

Tufão Joseph Conrad · 1902 · ★ 3.6 · 74p · ≈ 2h · Desafiador TYPHOON is the story of Captain Macwhirr, A dull but reliable seaman and his crew. While at sea, Macwhirrs first mate tells him to change course because of the storm ahead, but Machwirr will have none of that, And then the adventure begins...Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents… Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Historical Fiction

Shirley Charlotte Brontë · 1800 · ★ 3.8 · 640p · ≈ 21h · Exigente Shirley, published in 1849, was Charlotte Brontë’s second novel after Jane Eyre. Published under her pseudonym of “Currer Bell,” it differs in several respects from that earlier work. It is written in the third person with an omniscient narrator, rather than the first-person of Jane Eyre, and incorporates the themes of industrial change and the plight of unemployed workers. It also features… Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Historical Fiction

Os Diamantes de Eustace Anthony Trollope · 1872 · 774p · ≈ 25h · Exigente The Palliser Novels, book 3: The Eustace Diamonds Temas em comum: Politics and government, British and irish fiction

O Americano Tranquilo Graham Greene · 1940 · ★ 4.2 · 202p · ≈ 6h · Desafiador One of Graham Greene's best works. The story is set at the time of the French war against the Viet Cong and tells the story of liberal British journalist Thomas Fowler, his mistress Phuong, and their relationship with American idealist Pyle. The latter is an earnest young man indocrinated with geo-political theory and whose attempts to shape the world to American ideals ends in his own personal… Temas em comum: Politics and government, British and irish fiction

Bel-Ami Guy de Maupassant · 1893 · ★ 3.9 · 417p · ≈ 13h · Desafiador .I Quand la caissiere lui eut rendu la monnaie de sa piece de cent sous, Georges Duroy sortit du restaurant. Comme il portait beau, par nature et par pose d'ancien sous-officier, il cambra sa taille, frisa sa moustache d'un geste militaire et familier, et jeta sur les dineurs attardes un regard rapide et circulaire, un de ces regards de joli garcon qui s'etendent comme des coups d'epervier. Les… Temas em comum: Politics and government, Historical Fiction

Rob Roy Sir Walter Scott · 1817 A historical novel first published in 1817, this was one of the first popular novels to attempt the use of regional dialect, in this case both Scottish highland and lowland dialects with a glossary of Scottish words. The story is set immediately before the Jacobite Rising of 1715 and follows the narrator, an English merchant, to Scotland in pursuit of a debt. Here he encounters Rob Roy MacGregor,… Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Historical Fiction

Waverley; ou, Sessenta anos atrás Sir Walter Scott · 1800 · ★ 3.4 · 669p · ≈ 22h · Exigente "Edward Waverley is a young, cultured man whose sensibilities lead to his involvement in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. In his journey into Scotland, down to Derby, and back up again he explores the cultural and political geography of Great Britain." "Waverley; or, 'tis Sixty Years Since was Scott's first novel, but like its final chapter, 'A Postscript, which should have been a Preface', it… Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Historical Fiction

Entre Dois Fogos Christopher Buehlman · 2012 · ★ 4.3 · 456p · ≈ 15h · Moderado Between Two Fires is a 2012 historical fiction horror novel by Christopher Buehlman. Set during the Black Death, it follows a disgraced knight and a mysterious young girl who travel across France, as Lucifer and other fallen angels start another war with Heaven. Temas em comum: Historical Fiction

Raptado Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886 · ★ 3.8 · 219p · ≈ 7h · Desafiador KIDNAPPED is an adventure story that has become the model for any thriller of escape and suspense. Set in 1751, the flight of David Balfour and Alan Breck across the Highlands of Scotland is based on real events. Though he wrote the book to make money, while living as an invalid in Bournemouth. Stevenson was proud of it; he inscribed a presentation copy with the couplet. Here is the one sound… Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Historical Fiction

David Balfour Robert Louis Stevenson · 1883 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Desafiador From the book:It is the fate of sequels to disappoint those who have waited for them; and my David, having been left to kick his heels for more than a lustre in the British Linen Company’s office, must expect his late re-appearance to be greeted with hoots, if not with missiles. Yet, when I remember the days of our explo-rations, I am not without hope. There should be left in our native city some… Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Historical Fiction

O Mestre de Ballantrae Robert Louis Stevenson · 1888 · ★ 3.7 · 354p · ≈ 11h · Desafiador The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is one of Stevenson's darker, more political novels. Two brothers are brought into conflict by the Jacobite rising of 1745, which tears their family apart. Temas em comum: British and irish fiction, Historical Fiction

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