Frances Hodgson Burnett

Potom prekĺzla cez dvere a zatvorila ich za sebou. Zostala stáť opretá o ne chrbtom a rozhliadala sa okolo seba. Srdce sa jej rozbúchalo a dych zrýchlil od vzrušenia, úžasu a potešenia...

Smart and intuitive, Bettina is not fooled by Sir Nigel, the English aristocrat, who has come to New York to marry her sweet and naïve older sister Rosalie. And rightly so: Sir Nigel is cruel and selfish and only marries Rosalie for her money. But

"Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it. " When her parents die, Mary, spoiled, yet unloved, is shipped from India to England to live with her absent uncle. When she discovers a secret garden, and st

Malá Sára žije v elitní výběrové škole jako privilegovaná žákyně, neboť její otec je velmi bohatý a majitelka školy bohatství cení ještě mnohem víc než Sářino nadání a ušlechtilou povahu. Jednoho dne však do školy dorazí zpráva o smrti Sářina otce..

Knížka, jejíž anotaci právě prohlížete, je až neskutečně krásná a pronikavě silná. Je z toho šafránově mála vyprávění, jimž člověk podlehne, ať je mu devět, třicet dva nebo sedmdesát osm let. Výjimečná knížka, příběh psaný pro čtenářky a právě tak...

Little Lord Fauntleroy is the first children's novel written by English playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was originally published as a serial in the St. Nicholas Magazine between November 1885 and October 1886, then as a book by Scribne

Sara Crewe is devastated when the news of her beloved father‘s death in India reaches her at her boarding school in London. Miss Minchin, the heartless and greedy headmistress, immediately moves Sara to the attic and forces her to become her servan

One summer, a fragile and shy little girl and her working-class parents move in as caretakers for a large house in the suburbs that has been hastily abandoned by its owners. After getting settled comfortably in the servants‘ apartments, the girl se

Enjoy reading about this little boy and discover if he stays true to himself even with all the changes in his life...

On the grounds of Misselthwaite, her Uncle Archibald's estate near the Yorkshire moors, nine-year-old Mary Lennox finds a walled-in garden that has been locked securely for years. With the help of Dickon Sowerby, ...

After her parents die of cholera in India, Mary Lennox is sent to live with her uncle in his gloomy house in Yorkshire, where she leads a lonely and neglected life, with nothing to do apart from exploring her surroundings...

When young Cedric Errol's father dies, he becomes heir to the fortune of his English grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, and must move from working-class New York to England...

When little Sara Crewe is brought from India to London to join Miss Minchin's school, she arrives a princess - cloaked in velvet and feathers, surrounded by extravagant affection. Then disaster strikes; her father dies and his business fails, ...

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Mary Lennox is a spoilt, unpleasant little girl who goes to live with her uncle on his enormous estate in Yorkshire after the death of her parents in India. Left very much to herself she explores the grounds of the house and finds...

Penguin Books Ltd: Sara Crewe is an exceptional student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies. When her adored...