New Releases by Elizabeth Goudge

Guernesey, 1888. Tous les vents marins semblent s''être donné rendez-vous le long des côtes emblématiques de l''île, là où s''accroche la vieille chaumière d''André du Frocq et de sa famille. Un lieu sauvage, miroir fidèle des sentiments de ceux qui l''habitent. Face aux assauts des éléments et aux difficultés financières, André pense quitter la ferme. Mais c''est sans compter l''attachement sans faille, presque viscéral, de sa femme Rachel pour cette terre : son havre de paix. Une nuit de tempête, un bateau fait naufrage au large de l''île, et la famille recueille, parmi les rescapés, Ranulph Mabier, un être plein de courage et d''amertume. De secrets aussi. Dès lors, la vie à la ferme change. L''espoir renaît. D''une plume sobre, pudique et raffinée, Elizabeth Goudge (1900-1984) nous offre une magnifique chronique familiale. Un premier roman écrit en 1934 où elle excelle dans l''art de faire vivre les paysages à l''unisson des êtres qui les hantent et qui n''existent que par eux.

A captivating story filled with English charm, luminous wisdom, and astonishing spiritual insight. Mary Lindsay is a born and bred Londoner who has enjoyed her city life—a prestigious job, and friends with whom she takes in the city pleasures of theatre, art and music. But fleeting memories of a childhood visit to her father’s elderly cousin out in the country are revived with the news that the woman has willed her home, the Laurels, to Mary. She makes an uncharacteristically sudden and life-changing decision to leave London for the country. The gradual unfolding of her understanding of herself, of the now-deceased woman who has bequeathed her home to Mary, and of the people of Appleshaw, all weave together in a most memorable story of love’s redemptive power.

Amidst the beauty of the Channel Islands in 1888, Rachell and Andre du Frocq and their five rambunctious children struggle to keep their rundown farm. Their hope is revived when they take in Ranulph, a shipwreck survivor. Is he an answer to prayer? A heartwarming story of commitment, perseverance, and family devotion!

In the raw aftermath of World War II, this is the story of the Wentworth family. It is the story of John Wentworth—vicar of a church in Devon, England—and his wife, Daphne, who feels trapped in the vicarage. While John’s great-aunt lives in the dilapidated family manor house, their three daughters attend a dysfunctional school, captive among embattled staff and their headmistress. It is only Harriet, John’s aging former nanny, who holds the family together through her love and empathy. But when Michael Stone returns to town, recently released from prison and now searching for his former love, Daphne, he is a disruption to the lives of all—including his own—helping to free them from their prisons, both physical and metaphorical.

It''s late 16th-century London and awkward teenager Faithful travels to Oxford to study in England''s great university. When Canon Leigh takes him in, Faithful enters into a family as exciting and educational as the university itself. Woven into the narratives of Faithful and the canon''s daughter Joyeuce is a coming-of-age tale of young love and hope!

For a fleeting instant Maria thought she saw a little white horse with a flowing mane and tail, head raised, poised, halted in mid-flight, as though it had seen her and was glad.'' The beautiful valley of Moonacre is shadowed by the memory of the Moon Princess and the mysterious little white horse. When Maria Merryweather comes there on a visit she finds herself involved with an ancient feud. She is determined to restore peace and happiness to the whole of Moonacre Valley. And Maria usually gets her own way.

Bored with the distractions of London, Judy Cameron insists on taking herself, her parents and her fiance to remote Glen Suilag in the Scottish Highlands. Leaving behind the busy whirl of the capital, she becomes absorbed in an unknown and yet strangely familiar world. As Judy explores the house and glen, secrets begin to unravel and questions arise that she must find the answers to. Why does the strange house feel so familiar? How does she know the laird, Ian Macdonald? Why does she feel so terrified of the middle window in the parlour? And who is the mysterious Judith who haunts her dreams?

Dans une petite chambre éclairée par la lueur dansante du feu, les rideaux de perse fleurie étaient tirés contre la fraîcheur du soir. Avec son lit à colonnes, sa coiffeuse enjuponnée de ruches, sa commode galbée et les gravures anciennes aux murs, cette pièce était une véritable oasis de paix dans ce monde tourmenté. Lucilla était adossée à ses oreillers ; une mantille de dentelle recouvrait ses beaux cheveux blancs. Les enfants, blottis près de la cheminée, semblaient eux aussi enfermés dans une sécurité inviolable. Comme presque toujours, chez Elizabeth Goudge, il y a une maison au centre du roman, une maison protectrice, un foyer dont les murs épais, anciens, solides, abritent une famille. Chez les Eliot, c’est Lucilla, la grand-mère, qui tient les rênes, veille au bien-être de chacun – mais aussi au respect des règles de la morale, même si autrefois, elle avait bien failli les bafouer elle-même... Aujourd’hui, dans une atmosphère en apparence apaisée, on va aimer voir s’agiter, grandir, s’épanouir tous les membres de cette attachante famille – même si certains orages grondent encore dans le lointain...

Cette auberge était une maison ancienne, assez vaste, avec d’épaisses murailles blanchies à la chaux et une toiture cabossée, fortement inclinée, en tuiles couleur d’ambre. Elle ressemblait à une robuste forteresse, accueillante et profondément vivante, avec une lourde porte en chêne. En la découvrant, aucun des membres de la famille n’osait bouger : cette demeure les avait ensorcelés. C’était trop beau pour être vrai, comme une vision qui menace de s’évanouir au moindre mouvement. Dans la famille Eliot, c’est Lucilla, la douce grand-mère, en réalité à la main de fer, qui dirige son "clan" depuis sa belle maison au fond de la campagne anglaise. Inquiète pour son petit-fils préféré, David, devenu un comédien célèbre, qu’elle sait épris de sa ravissante jeune tante par alliance, elle va tout faire pour lui trouver l’épouse idéale. Mais la timide Sally – un des plus attachants personnages d’Elizabeth Goudge – saura-t-elle s’imposer face à l’éblouissante Nadine ? Or, c’est en réalité la très ancienne auberge qui accueillait autrefois les pèlerins, et que son mari vient d’acheter, qui va séduire Nadine – et nous avec elle – et devenir le cœur de ce merveilleux roman.

First published in 1944, ''Green Dolphin Country'' is a magnificent epic of love, courage and selfless devotion, set in the Channel Islands and New Zealand in the nineteenth century, written with Elizabeth Goudge''s inimitable feeling for the intricacies of human emotions. Though the book is fiction, and the characters not portraits, it is based on fact. A stunning tale of loss and self-sacrifice, it is truly one of the most memorable love stories of the last century.

Against the pomp and pageantry of turbulent seventeenth-century England, Elizabeth Goudge weaves the poignant tale of Lucy Walter, the proud and beautiful secret wife of Charles II. Here is a subtle portrait of a deeply good and fascinating woman. From her early childhood in a castle by the sea in Wales evoked as only Elizabeth Goudge can evoke the joys and pangs of childhood to her tragic estrangement from the king and her death in Paris at the age of twenty-eight, Lucy Walter lived to the full a life of intense joy and equally intense drama. Miss Goudge portrays brilliantly a young love almost too ecstatic to bear. Equally moving is her characterization of Lucy a spirited woman caught up in the cataclysmic wars and disruptive revolution of a tumultuous era. London at the time of the Great Fire, Paris when British royalty fled to the sanctuary of the Louvre, Brussels and The Hague against this rich panoramic background a master storyteller traces the life and loves of an extraordinary woman. "The Child from the Sea" is a superbly colorful and romantic historical novel alive with brilliant cameos and infused with a spiritual essence rare in our times."

The captivating story of the world''s favorite saint is now retold for a modern audience by one of the great novelists of our time. Perhaps more than any other figure in Christian history since Jesus Christ, Saint Francis of Assisi has captured our imagination, for his is a story of extreme self-sacrifice, of love to God and man. How could this wealthy, handsome youth cast away all the advantages that were his by birth and choose instead a career of poverty and humility? How could he attract members of all strata of society to his mission? And how, when his order became established throughout Europe, could he renounce great personal power and humbly continue his life''s work? Here is Francis, from his twelfth-century boyhood to his life as a missionary roaming the very boundaries of the known world. Here too are the men and women who followed him--Bernard de Quintavalle, the rich businessman; Peter Cathanii, the lawyer; Brother Giles, the farmer''s son; Lady Clare; and so many others--all drawn together by the personal magnetism and humble faith of their leader, all re-created by bestselling novelist Elizabeth Goudge against a rich medieval canvas.

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This charming, magical story from award-winning author Elizabeth Goudge beautifully depicts early twentieth century English country life while conjuring an air of magical adventure. Written by the author who inspired J.K. Rowling, it is full of vivid characters, battles between good and evil and wonderful spell-binding moments. Locked away in separate rooms as punishment by their ruthless grandmother, Nan, Robert, Timothy and Betsy decide to make their escape ? out of the house, out of the garden and into the village. Commandeering a pony and trap, the children and their dog are led away as the pony makes his way nonchalantly home. The ponyOCOs destination happens to be a house that belongs to the childrenOCOs uncle Ambrose. Gruff but loveable Uncle Ambrose agrees to take them under his wing, letting the children have free reign in his sprawling manor house and surrounding countryside. Befriending the motley collection of house guests including an owl, a giant cat and a servant who converses with bees, and getting to know the miscellaneous inhabitants of the village, the four siblings discover a life in which magic and reality are curiously intermingled and evil and tragedy lurk never far away. Winner of Hesperus PressOCO ?Uncover a ChildrenOCOs Classic CompetitionOCO, The Runaways is a truly charming story from a bygone era."

In Make-Believe, we rejoin Andre and Rachel du Frocq and their five children, the delightful family from Elizabeth Goudge''s first novel, Island Magic. Few authors have captured the spirit of childhood as Goudge does in these stories. This new edition of the long out-of-print book includes the original illustrations by Walter Hodges.

This beloved Christmas story is set in an old English seaport town, where a little girl hopes for a visit from the Wise Men. She gets and equally magical surprise instead when three ships sail into the harbor. Pen-and-ink illustrations throughout.

When best friends Jay, Franny, Emerson and Stevie reunite at their fifteen year college reunion, they catch up on their accomplishments and goals and learn the importance of friendship and acceptance.

El valle de Moonacre es el lugar más hermoso y mágico del mundo, pero sus habitantes no son felices. Desde que la primera Princesa de la Luna huyera del valle con su misterioso caballo blanco, viven sometidos a los malvados hombres del Bosque Tenebroso. Sin embargo, todo cambia el día en que llega María Merryweather. Tras quedarse huérfana y sin dinero a los trece años, María ha llegado a Moonacre para vivir con su tío, el anciano y sorprendente sir Benjamin. Elegida nueva Princesa de la Luna, María intentará devolver la paz y la felicidad al valle, para lo cual deberá averiguar lo que le ocurrió a la primera Princesa de la Luna. Sólo así podrá deshacer la maldición que persigue al lugar y a su familia desde entonces. Elogiada con entusiasmo por J.K. Rowling, El pequeño caballo blanco es un clásico contemporáneo que ha emocionado a niños y adultos desde su publicación en 1946, año en que recibió la Medalla Carnegie. Su autora, Elizabeth Goudge (Inglaterra, 1900-1984), es una de las escritoras más populares y respetadas de Gran Bretaña.

Ce livre est sans doute l''un des meilleurs portiques pour accéder à l''œuvre, un temps oubliée, d''Elizabeth Goudge (1900-1984), dont les romans (L''Arche dans la tempête, Le Pays du Dauphin Vert) connurent juste avant et juste après la guerre un extraordinaire succès - et que la critique salua comme une nouvelle Emily Brontë. Au-dessus du petit port de Torquay, dans l''Ouest de l''Angleterre, la Colline aux Gentianes et son antique chapelle semblent monter la garde à la lisière de deux mondes : poste-frontière entre l''Ici et l''Ailleurs. De là-haut, pour peu qu''on n''ait pas froid aux yeux, l''on découvre ce que promet demain : une navigation parmi les écueils. C''est ce qu''a tôt compris Zachary, déserteur de quinze ans qui ne supporte pas la vie à bord (nous sommes à l''heure des guerres napoléoniennes) et qui cherche dans un trou perdu de la plus banale campagne à oublier sa peur - et à se faire oublier. Mais le passé s''arrange toujours pour vous rattraper par la manche. Le garçon rencontrera sur son chemin la petite Stella, une gamine encore mais qui en fascine plus d''un. Stella non plus n''est pas d''ici. Adoptée par des paysans, elle a toujours eu le sentiment d''avoir habité en rêve un autre pays. La vraie vie, nous est-il suggéré à mi-voix, est forcément ailleurs : un ailleurs que les âmes en rupture de ban - déserteurs, naufragés, enfants sans père ni mère - ont pour mission de découvrir, au besoin en s''y cassant les dents. Du rêve considéré comme une école d''existence.

Left in the care of their strict grandmother, the four Linnet children still have a happy summer with Uncle Ambrose, his one-legged gardener, and the people of a small English village.