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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Berkley trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"1785 was to be the most marvelous year of Marianne's life, until an unfortunate turn of events left her in a compromised state and desperate for a husband to care--or rather cover--for her. Now, stuck in an undesirable marriage to Mr. Edward Bennet, who is desperate in his own way for a male heir, and still carrying a smoldering desire for the handsome Colonel Miller, Mrs. Bennet must find ways to avoid her husband's lascivious advances until she...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In her notes and introduction to this final volume in Harvard's annotated Austen series, Deidre Shauna Lynch outlines the critical disagreements Mansfield Park has sparked and suggests that Austen's design in writing the novel was to highlight, not downplay, the conflicted feelings its plot and heroine can inspire.--
164) Pride and prejudice
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A simplified version, designed for upper-intermediate readers, of Jane Austen's novel about Elizabeth Bennet's relationship with Mr. Darcy, whom she initially dislikes. Includes an introduction and post-reading activities.
165) A daughter's a daughter and other novels: A daughter's daughter, Unfinished portrait, The burden
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Presents three novels by Agatha Christie, written under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott between 1930 and 1956, including "Unfinished Portrait," "The Burden," and the title work about a daughter's opposition to her mother's plan to remarry.
166) Deliver me
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When Abby's doctor tells her she's two months pregnant she doesn't believe him. She can't be - she hasn't had sex for over a year. But to her astonishment and dismay, multiple tests confirm it's true. Desperately searching for an explanation, Abby recalls New Year's Day - the terrible hangover, the hole in her memory where the night before should have been and the inexplicable sense of unease - and realises that this baby must have been conceived...
167) Mansfield Park
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
Fanny Price es aún una niña cuando sus tíos la acogen en su mansión de Mansfield Park, rescatándola de una vida de estrecheces y necesidades. Allí, ante su mirada amedrentada, desfilará un mundo de ocio y refinamiento en que las inocentes diversiones alimentarán maquinaciones y estrategias de seducción. Ese mundo oculta una verdad peligrosa, y sólo Fanny, desde su sumiso silencio, será capaz de atisbar sus consecuencias y amenazas....
168) A woman's war
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In the darkest days they'll find their greatest strength . . . As enemy planes continue to bombard the North West of England, the women of Great Paxford fight harder then ever to persevere. Pat thought she'd found true happiness, but as things change at home she finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew about her husband. Laura's young life has been besieged by tragedy, yet a new future looms on the horizon if she can find the courage...
169) A woman's courage
Author
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the depths of war, the members of one village's WI fight harder than ever to help the war effort. But behind closed doors each is fighting a more personal battle. Pat is still reeling from her own role in her abusive husband's death, and the new freedom before her is daunting. Sarah is struggling with the absence of her husband, stranded in a POW camp abroad, and trying her best to fill his treasured place in the village. Teresa is anxious about...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"Cuando Bruno decidió acompañar a su amigo Shmuel a la cámara de gas, ¿qué ocurrió con su hermana, Gretel, y sus padres? ¿Sobrevivió su familia a la guerra y los estragos del nazismo? Gretel Fernsby es ahora una anciana de 91 años que vive cómodamente en un apartamento en una de las zonas más acomodadas de Londres. Cuando una joven familia se muda al piso de abajo, Gretel no puede evitar entablar amistad con Henry, el hijo pequeño...
171) Jane
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Jane is the first reimagining of the legendary Tarzan story from Jane's point of view, and the first version by a female writer that's fully authorized and endorsed by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate. Set in the early 1900s, Jane is both a page-turning adventure novel (complete with lush jungle settings, a devious villain, and turn-of-the-century science) and an unlikely yet intimate love story.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Persuasion: "Anne Elliot is a young woman of perfect breeding and unwavering integrity. Austen wrote of her, 'She is almost too good for me.' Persuasion is the story of Anne and Captain Wentworth and their long awaited union. The world of country gentry in Regency England serves as a setting while portraying the many aspects of proper society - its failings and humor"--Container.
Pride and prejudice: "A delightful novel about 'how girls catch husbands.'...
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