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Theodor Fontane's best-known novel is published in simple language for the first time. Theodor Fontane's best-known novel is published in simple language for the first time. It largely complies with the ISO 24495-1:2023 plain language standard. We have also largely adapted it for plain language. The content is also typographically designed to be particularly reader-friendly. The book is suitable for readers with limited reading ability, English as a second language or with cognitive impairments.

Theodor Fontanes bekanntester Roman erscheint zum ersten Mal in einfacher Sprache. Er entspricht weitgehend der Norm DIN 8581-1. Wir haben ihn auch weitgehend für leichte Sprache adaptiert. Der Inhalt ist auch typografisch besonders lesefreundlich gestaltet. Das Buch eignet sich für Leserinnen und Leser mit eingeschränkter Lesefähigkeit (LRS), Deutsch als Zweitsprache oder mit kognitiven Einschränkungen. So können möglichst alle einen der berühmtesten deutschen Romane mit Genuss lesen und verstehen. aibo publishing produziert die Serie Weltliteratur in einfacher und leichter Sprache.

While Wolf is contemplating whether or not he wishes to continue taking on investigations, it seems that the dowager has taken the matter into her own hands and is investigating a case independently. But why has she gone missing from her home for two nights and what mischief has she got herself into? Tracking down the elderly woman takes Tabitha and Wolf into some of the darkest, most dangerous corners of the city.

Soltanto per amore amami e per sempre, per l’eternità. "Permettetemi di essere il vostro cavaliere per questa sera." “E per sempre”, avrebbe voluto aggiungere. Cavaliere. Campione. Guerriero. Schiavo. Qualunque cosa Phoebe avesse scelto, pur di restarle accanto. Dopo il disastroso matrimonio che l’ha privata di tutto tranne che della dignità, Phoebe Maple ha finalmente ritrovato la serenità come direttrice dell’Istituto Femminile di Greenhill. Con l’amore e con gli uomini ha chiuso per sempre, soprattutto con quelli come Lord Mark Antony Thornton, il più inaffidabile dei libertini.

Phoebe Atkinson is what society might call unconventional. Instead of marrying well like other women born to wealth, she chose to be a schoolteacher. Not to mention she lives in a leaky flat in an unfashionable part of town rather than stay in her parents’ mansion. But when her most promising pupil goes missing she has only one option: beg her sister’s best friend, the powerful Duke of Ellis, for help.

Stella Hobhouse is a brilliant rider, stalwart friend, skilled sketch artist—and completely overlooked. Her outmodish gray hair makes her invisible to London society. Combined with her brother’s pious restrictions and her dwindling inheritance, Stella is on the verge of a lifetime marooned in Derbyshire as a spinster. Unless she does something drastic…like posing for a daring new style of portrait by the only man who’s ever really seen her.

"Sashi era l’unica signora del suo cuore. L’unica che Grant non poteva amare e che, invece, amava disperatamente." Grant Cameron, direttore della Selby Overseas di Calcutta, è un uomo di successo, stimato da tutti e corteggiato dalle lady inglesi, ma non dimentica il passato che dalla Scozia lo ha condotto in India, né la gratitudine che lo lega a Lord Selby. Pertanto, non può rifiutare l’incarico di vegliare sulla giovane figlia dell’amico, anche se i sentimenti che la bellissima Sashi gli suscita nel cuore sono ben più profondi e intensi.

Ewan es el pequeño de los McEntrie, quizá por ello siempre ha estado en un segundo plano y se ha dedicado a observar a sus hermanos y a aprender de ellos. Le gustan los animales en general, aunque siente un afecto especial hacia los caballos, claro. Siempre ha sabido lo que quería hacer en la vida y cuando por fin consigue que su padre le dé permiso para ir a la mejor escuela veterinaria de Inglaterra se siente realizado por completo. Aunque a sus hermanos no les parece que esté realizado del todo y no se privan de decírselo.

Sie ist ein Mauerblümchen auf der Suche nach einem Gewinn. Die bücherliebende Lady Elizabeth Whitmoreland hat kein Interesse daran, eine Debütantin zu sein. Sie sitzt lieber in Ruhe in einer Bibliothek, als mit einem Einfaltspinsel in einem Ballsaal zu tanzen. Doch als sie mitbekommt, wie eine Wette bei einer Schachpartie abgeschlossen wird, sieht sie ihre Chance, den selbstgefälligsten Lebemann der feinen Gesellschaft herauszufordern. Wenn er verliert, muss er eine ganze Saison lang vorgeben, ihr den Hof zu machen, um ihre unerbittliche Mutter von ihr fernzuhalten.

Dora Fairweather wasn’t cut out to be a wife and mother, and as soon as she’s able, she turns her back on her young daughter Lissie. With no parents to protect her, Lissie has no option but the dangerous streets of soot-sodden Bradford or the workhouse orphanage. Life in the orphanage is bleak and Lissie longs for the warm embrace of her beloved father. As the years pass, Lissie learns to enjoy the camaraderie of the other girls in the workhouse, and when she’s taken under the wing of matron Connie Briggs, things begin to look up..

Henry Bastcher, Earl of Clainwood, arbeitet seit Jahren für den Premierminister. Unter anderem deswegen wird dem zukünftigen Marquess in politischen Kreisen eine großartige Zukunft vorausgesagt. Allerdings muss er dafür heiraten, bevor sein Vater stirbt, sonst verliert er den Titel und die damit verbundenen Privilegien. Sophie Mansfield ist nur deswegen in den höheren Kreisen der Londoner Gesellschaft akzeptiert, weil sie die Tochter eines reichen Geschäftsmanns ist.

Grace Melbury, la preciosa y delicada hija de un próspero maderero que haría cualquier cosa por ella, regresa al pequeño pueblo de su infancia después de haber recibido una refinada educación lejos de allí. Su reencuentro con quien siempre estuvo destinado a ser su marido, Giles Winterborne, les revela a los dos que, pese a todo lo que él pueda amarla, no está a la altura de sus nuevas expectativas sociales y, en cambio, sí lo está el nuevo médico de la región, el aristocrático Edred Fitzpiers, que aparece rodeado de libros y de un raro halo de misterio.

Wenn aus purer Vernunft die wahre Liebe wird. Die leidenschaftliche Regency Romance von Erfolgsautorin Stacy Reid! Lady Fanny Dashwood hat es aufgegeben, aus Liebe zu heiraten, nachdem sie erst einen Glücksritter und dann einen verlogenen Wüstling abserviert hat. Diesmal soll eine Ehe für sie rein geschäftlich sein, und zwar mit einem Mann, der ihren Bedingungen zustimmt, der ihr Kinder schenkt, aber ihr Herz nicht verletzt. Sebastian Rutledge, Viscount Shaw, begehrt Lady Fanny schon seit Jahren aus der Ferne.

Publicada póstumamente en 1818, presenta un cuadro de familia sumamente austeniano: un viudo pomposo que sólo lee el baronetario, una hija soltera llena de pretensiones, una hija casada hipocondríaca y caprichosa, una multitud ruidosa de parientes y vecinos que aparecen por todas partes… y, al fondo, en el último rincón, una heroína sensible, paciente y menospreciada.

As the ruthless owner of a notorious gaming hell, Aaron Chance’s fierce reputation commands the ton’s respect. Scarred by his tragic past, there is no room in his ordered life for love. Vengeance is his only desire. His interest in Miss Lovelace, the captivating owner of a ladies’ club, is strictly business. Something he reminds himself when she invades his thoughts at night, when she’s the endless subject of his dreams.

Lady Sybil Fallow, heartbroken after four stillbirths and desperate to provide her husband with an heir, secretly adopts a baby girl, Charlotte, from a destitute family. However, the deception does little to heal her fractured marriage with Lord Irvin Fallow.

Life is not a bed of roses for Lexie Forbes. Abandoned both by her husband and her lover, she resigns herself to a quiet life with her two young children. Until one day, everything changes. Her husband dies suddenly, leaving both his fortune and children in the guardianship of his best friend, Philip Templeton.

Isabella Stanton had determined from an early age that the fact of having been born female would not stand in the way of her doing what she desired. Having inherited a substantial estate from her grandfather, she insisted on taking an active role in managing her affairs, including the tenancy of Netherwick Hall, the magnificent mansion on her estate.

Daniel Stanton has been blessed with everything. He is charming, confident and handsome—and heir to the great Stanton fortune. At age 24, he has had his fair share of amorous adventures with women, as well as one tantalising experience with a man, leaving him wondering about his sexual inclinations. Those questions are quickly answered when he first meets Ambrose Cranshaw, his grandfather's estate manager. He wants the man, and what he wants, he usually gets. Not this time though.

Jasmine gli aveva fatto ritrovare la voglia di rimettersi in gioco. Il gioco più serio di tutta la sua vita, quello che non poteva permettersi di perdere. Dopo dieci anni trascorsi al servizio della Compagnia delle Indie, Rupert Selby ritorna a Londra. Rupert è nobile e ricco e il ton sarebbe disposto a perdonargli un passato scandaloso, se non fosse per la bimba di sangue misto nata dal suo precedente matrimonio. Rupert la adora, ma il carattere difficile della figlioletta mette alla prova le rigide governanti inglesi.