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Annabel Abbs

    Annabel Abbs est une écrivaine et romancière anglaise dont l'œuvre explore souvent les complexités des personnages féminins et leur vie intérieure. Elle aborde des thèmes tels que l'identité, l'art et la recherche de sa place dans le monde. L'écriture d'Abbs se caractérise par sa prose lyrique et son éclairage psychologique aiguisé, offrant aux lecteurs un regard profond sur le cœur et l'esprit de ses sujets. Sa voix distinctive donne vie à des récits historiques et personnels avec une profondeur captivante.

    Annabel Abbs
    Frieda
    Sleepless
    The Language of Food
    Windswept
    Frieda
    Miss Eliza
    • Miss Eliza

      • 416pages
      • 15 heures de lecture
      Miss Eliza
    • Frieda

      La véritable histoire de Lady Chatterley

      • 461pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      <p>The moving story of Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D.H. Lawrence - and the real-life inspiration for <i>Lady Chatterley's Lover, </i>a novel banned for more than 30 years Germany, 1907. Frieda, daughter of aristocrat Baron von Richthofen, has rashly married English professor Ernest Weekley. Visiting her family in Munich, a city alive with new ideas of revolution and free love, and goaded by a toxic sibling rivalry with her sisters, Frieda embarks on a passionate affair that is her sensual and intellectual awakening.</p><p>England, 1912. Trapped in her marriage to Ernest, Frieda meets the penniless but ambitious young writer D.H. Lawrence, a man whose creative energy answers her own needs. Their scandalous affair and tempestuous relationship unleashes a creative outpouring that will change the course of literature - and society - forever. But for Frieda, this fulfilment comes at a terrible personal cost.</p><p>A stunning novel of emotional intensity, <i>Frieda</i> tells the story of an extraordinary woman - and a notorious love affair that became synonymous with ideas of sexual freedom.</p>

      Frieda
    • Windswept

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      A feminist exploration of the power of walking in nature, following in the footsteps of Gwen John, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frieda Lawrence, Clara Vyvyan, Simone de Beauvoir and Nan Shepherd.

      Windswept
      4,0
    • The Language of Food

      • 416pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      Eliza Acton, despite having never before boiled an egg, became one of the world's most successful cookery writers. Her story is fascinating, uplifting and inspiring. With recipes that leap to life from the page, The Language of Food explores the enduring struggle for female freedom, the creativity and quiet joy of cooking and the poetry of food.

      The Language of Food
      3,9
    • Sleepless

      • 256pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      A revelatory, personal exploration of insomnia and the night which shows how women throughout history have found inspiration, creativity and freedom in darkness.

      Sleepless
      3,6
    • Frieda

      • 384pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      The Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month. The moving story of Frieda von Richthofen, a German aristocrat whose affair with the penniless, ambitious English writer, D. H. Lawrence, shocked society and inspired his classic novel Lady Chatterley's Lover

      Frieda
      3,5
    • The Joyce Girl

      • 362pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      A mesmerising tale of love and madness inspired by the tragic life of Lucia Joyce, daughter of James Joyce. Inspired by a true story, 'The Joyce Girl' is a compelling and moving account of thwarted ambition and the destructive love of a father.

      The Joyce Girl
      3,5
    • Den Wind in den Haaren

      Auf den Spuren freiheitsliebender Frauen

      • 384pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      In diesem inspirierenden Buch stellt Annabel Abbs Künstlerinnen vor, die ein tiefes Bedürfnis nach Freiheit und Unabhängigkeit hatten. Und sie geht der Frage nach, warum das Unterwegssein in der Natur gerade für Frauen so beglückend ist. Sie eroberten sich eine Freiheit, die bislang Männer vorbehalten war. Sie besaßen den Mut, einsame Landschaften zu durchwandern. Sie gingen allein zu Fuß, um ihre Unabhängigkeit zu behaupten. Simone de Beauvoir war als junge Frau stundenlang auf den einsamen Küstenwegen bei Marseille unterwegs. Die Malerin Georgia O’Keeffe durchschritt mit ihrem Skizzenbuch die schier endlose Ebene bei Amarillo. Die schottische Schriftstellerin Nan Shepherd lief barfuß und oft bei Nacht durch die Cairngorm Mountains und nahm die Schönheit der Natur mit allen Sinnen auf.

      Den Wind in den Haaren