Felicity Jones, David Tennant and Benedict Cumberbatch star in BBC Radio 4's full-cast dramatisation of the novel by Jane Austen, one of the great English classics. Seeking a position in society, young Fanny Price goes to live with...
Uncles
- Author:Austen, JaneSummary:
- Author:Austen, JaneSummary:
Fanny Price, is a young girl from a large and relatively poor family, who is taken from them at age 10 to be raised by her rich uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas, a baronet, and Lady Bertram, of Mansfield Park. She had previously lived with...
- Author:Austen, JaneSummary:
Mansfield Park, lieu de vie de la famille du baronnet Sir Thomas Bertram, qui en est, en quelque sorte, le personnage central. Fanny Price, la petite cousine pauvre accueillie par charité, devra d'abord apprendre à s'y sentir chez...
- Author:Noble, ShelleySummary:
School teacher Julie Barlow and her two best friends, Beth and Aggie, are looking forward to an adults only beach vacation. They've barely hit the road when a frantic call from Julie's mother hijacks their best laid plans....
- Author:Ware, Syrus MarcusSummary:
Carter's up in the middle of the night, too excited to sleep: her baby sister is being born! She asks her Uncle Marcus to tell her some soothing stories about the beautiful things in his dreadlocks so she can relax and rest.
- Author:Healy, DermotSummary:
- Author:Baker, DarrylSummary:
Jake and Kamik are finally ready to run their first dog sled race with a full team! But there is a lot to do to prepare, and Jake must follow his uncle's lead if he and his dogs are going to be ready for the early spring race. Kamik...
- Author:Hobbs, WillSummary:
14-year-old Shannon and her little brother Cody have the time of their lives when they spend the summer rescuing animals for a little-known wildlife shelter, Jackie's Wild Seattle. Their parents away in Pakistan, Shannon and Cody are...
- Author:Laberge, RosetteSummary:
Voici un extrait de la lettre que Caroline, Roxanne et Laurie ont reçue d'un notaire: ...Vous êtes conviée à venir passer six mois au manoir de votre oncle. Conscient qu'une telle demande risque de bouleverser votre vie,...
- Author:Weston, Joanna M.Summary:
After Frame and her brother Ranger discover Uncle Tam's body in the river, they question if his death was really an accident. Their suspicions are confirmed when they find a knife under a rock. Clues mount up after they discover that...
- Author:HORVATH, PollySummary:
Eleven-year-old Primrose living in a small fishing village in British Columbia recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
- Author:Hillsbery, KiefSummary:
Lost in time for generations, the story of a 19th-century English gentleman in British India-a family mystery of love found and loyalties abandoned, finally brought to light In 1841, twenty-year-old Nigel Halleck set out for Calcutta as...
- Author:Peck, DaleSummary:
Sent to stay with their uncle in a ship-like home called Drift House, twelve-year-old Susan and her two younger stepbrothers embark on an unexpected adventure involving duplicitous mermaids, pirates, and an attempt to stop time forever...
- Author:St. John, LaurenSummary:
When orphaned Laura Marlin moves from a children's home to live with her uncle in Cornwall, she longs for a life of excitement just like the characters in her favourite detective novels.
A real life adventure is on hand as she is...
- Author:Sanschagrin, Joceline, Brignaud, PierreSummary:
C’est la première fois que Caillou rencontre son oncle Félix.L’arrivée d’une personne inconnue insécurise le jeune enfant. Peu à peu, il parviendra à surmonter sa gêne et son anxiété.
- Author:Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:
When the author was only four years old, her parents emigrated from Haiti to New York in search of a better life, leaving their daughter in the care of her uncle Joseph. A peaceful pastor in Port-au-Prince, Joseph raised Edwidge with...
- Author:Seethaler, Robert, Collins, CharlotteSummary:
Shortlisted for The 2016 Man Booker International PrizeAndreas lives his whole life in the Austrian Alps, where he arrives as a young boy taken in by a farming family. He is a man of very few words and so, when he falls in love with...
- Author:Seidler, TorrSummary: