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A Room Made of Leaves A Room Made of Leaves

Автор: Kate Grenville

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It is 1788. Twenty-one-year-old Elizabeth is hungry for life but, as the ward of a Devon clergyman, knows she has few prospects. When proud, scarred soldier John Macarthur promises her the earth one midsummer’s night, she believes him.
But Elizabeth soon realises she has made a terrible mistake. Her new husband is reckless, tormented, driven by some dark rage at the world. He tells her he is to take up a position as Lieutenant in a New South Wales penal colony and she has no choice but to go. Sailing for six months to the far side of the globe with a child growing inside her, she arrives to find Sydney Town a brutal, dusty, hungry place of makeshift shelters, failing crops, scheming and rumours.
All her life she has learned to be obliging, to fold herself up small. Now, in the vast landscapes of an unknown continent, Elizabeth has to discover a strength she never imagined, and passions she could never express.
Inspired by the real life of a remarkable woman, this is an extraordinarily rich, beautifully wrought novel of resilience, courage and the mystery of human desire.
A Rose of a Hundred Leaves: A Love Story A Rose of a Hundred Leaves: A Love Story

Автор: Barr Amelia E.

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From Pillar to Post: Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book From Pillar to Post: Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book

Автор: Bangs John Kendrick

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Palmetto-Leaves Palmetto-Leaves

Автор: Гарриет Бичер-Стоу

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Baled Hay. A Drier Book than Walt Whitman's «Leaves o' Grass» Baled Hay. A Drier Book than Walt Whitman's «Leaves o' Grass»

Автор: Nye Bill

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Mearing Stones: Leaves from My Note-Book on Tramp in Donegal Mearing Stones: Leaves from My Note-Book on Tramp in Donegal

Автор: Campbell Joseph

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