Paula Power, daughter of a wealthy railroad tycoon, inherited De Stancy Castle, an ancient castle in need of modernization. She instructs a young London architect, George Somerset, to do this work. Somerset falls in love with Paulo. But Paula, the Laodicean title, referring to a person with a warm or indecisive soul, is torn between the admiration of George and the admiration of Captain de Stancy, whose romanticism in the old world contrasts with Somerset’s visionary gaze....
Once upon a time there lived in the 19th century a charming young lady from a poor but proud family and a young ambitious gentleman in spirit, but not in origin. And now the boundaries of estates and welfare were ready to be erased under the pressure of the couple’s feelings and understanding of the girl’s parents that it’s not the age of her daughter to attract men and we need to work with what we have. However, the lady turned out to be capricious, fell into a hysteria an...
The Durbeyfield family are poor and simple people, but their ancestors were the mighty d’Urbervilles, an ancient and noble family. When the Durbeyfields meet with misfortune, they send their eldest daughter Tess to visit her wealthy cousin and ask for help, but the wealthy cousin has a young son, Alec Stoke-d’Urberville, who finds Tess very attractive…
Wspaniały portret niezależnej kobiety, która potrafi wybrnąć nawet z pozornie nieodwracalnych skutków źle podjętych decyzji. Klasyczna i jedna z najlepszych powieści w dorobku autora, obrazowo ukazująca przesądy i zwyczaje małej wiejskiej społeczności. Dziewiętnastowieczna Anglia. Betsaba Everdene dziedziczy farmę po zmarłym wuju. Wszyscy oczekują, że wyjdzie za mąż i zajmie się dziećmi. Ale ona, silna i inteligentna, nie zamierza wiązać się z nikim bez miłości. Życie przynie...
