The Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of a Wife
Author | : Hannah Maria Jones |
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Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1830 |
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Author | : Hannah Maria Jones |
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Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1830 |
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Author | : Grace Burrowes |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-05-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781962291088 |
Lord Julian Caldicott accepts a request to search for the missing wife of Mr. John Tait. Evelyn Tait disappeared five years ago, and as Julian attempts to follow a cold trail, he meets with resistance, lies, and suspicion from those who should seek most eagerly to aid him. Matters grow more complicated when the investigation drives a wedge of silence between Julian and his dear friend Hyperia West. Julian battles his own past, unexpected enemies, and Hyperia's disapproving brother while searching for the prodigal wife, and just when he's tempted to give up in disgust, he realizes the lady is in danger. She needs not only to be found, but also to be rescued from imminent peril, no matter the cost to Julian or to the dreams he's dared to begin to cherish.
Author | : Amor Towles |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 2017-02-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0091944244 |
From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility. 'A comic masterpiece.' The Times 'Winning . . . gorgeous . . . satisfying . . . Towles is a craftsman.' New York Times Book Review 'A work of great charm, intelligence and insight.' Sunday Times 'Everything a novel should be: charming, witty, poetic and generous. An absolute delight.' Mail on Sunday 'If we do a better book than this one on the book club this year we will be very very lucky.' Matt Williams, Radio 2 Book Club 'Abundant in humour, history and humanity' Sunday Telegraph 'Wistful, whimsical and wry.' Sunday Express On 21 June 1922 Count Alexander Rostov - recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt - is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol. But instead of being taken to his usual suite, he is led to an attic room with a window the size of a chessboard. Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely. While Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval, the Count, stripped of the trappings that defined his life, is forced to question what makes us who we are. And with the assistance of a glamorous actress, a cantankerous chef and a very serious child, Rostov unexpectedly discovers a new understanding of both pleasure and purpose.
Author | : Wendy Moore |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2013-04-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0465065732 |
Thomas Day, an 18th-century British writer and radical, knew exactly the sort of woman he wanted to marry. Pure and virginal like an English country maid yet tough and hardy like a Spartan heroine, she would live with him in an isolated cottage, completely subservient to his whims. But after being rejected by a number of spirited young women, Day concluded that the perfect partner he envisioned simply did not exist in frivolous, fashion-obsessed Georgian society. Rather than conceding defeat and giving up his search for the woman of his dreams, however, Day set out to create her. So begins the extraordinary true story at the heart of How to Create the Perfect Wife, prize-winning historian Wendy Moore’s captivating tale of one man’s mission to groom his ideal mate. A few days after he turned twenty-one and inherited a large fortune, Day adopted two young orphans from the Foundling Hospital and, guided by the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the principles of the Enlightenment, attempted to teach them to be model wives. After six months he discarded one girl, calling her “invincibly stupid,” and focused his efforts on his remaining charge. He subjected her to a number of cruel trials—including dropping hot wax on her arms and firing pistols at her skirts—to test her resolve but the young woman, perhaps unsurprisingly, eventually rebelled against her domestic slavery. Day had hoped eventually to marry her, but his peculiar experiment inevitably backfired—though not before he had taken his theories about marriage, education, and femininity to shocking extremes. Stranger than fiction, blending tragedy and farce, How to Create the Perfect Wife is an engrossing tale of the radicalism—and deep contradictions—at the heart of the Enlightenment.
Author | : Hannah More |
Publisher | : London : T. Cadell and W. Davies |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 1809 |
Genre | : Conduct of life |
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Author | : Paul de Kock |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1846 |
Genre | : Courtship |
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Author | : C. Linden |
Publisher | : Zebra Books |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1420137530 |
When his wayward twin brother tricks him into marrying a vicar's widow, Marcus Reece, Duke of Exeter, finds his life forever changed by this spirited beauty as they are both swept into a world of deception, betrayal, and passion.
Author | : Oliver Sacks |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0684853949 |
Explores neurological disorders and their effects upon the minds and lives of those affected with an entertaining voice.
Author | : Sam Guzman |
Publisher | : Ignatius Press |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2019-04-24 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 162164068X |
What it means to be a man or a woman is questioned today like never before. While traditional gender roles have been eroding for decades, now the very categories of male and female are being discarded with reckless abandon. How does one act like a gentleman in such confusing times? The Catholic Gentleman is a solid and practical guide to virtuous manhood. It turns to the timeless wisdom of the Catholic Church to answer the important questions men are currently asking. In short, easy- to-read chapters, the author offers pithy insights on a variety of topics, including • How to know you are an authentic man • Why our bodies matter • The value of tradition • The purpose of courtesy • What real holiness is and how to achieve it • How to deal with failure in the spiritual life
Author | : C. S. Lewis |
Publisher | : Random House Trade Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2010-11-09 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 0812980018 |
Why are we so fascinated with Jane Austen’s novels? Why is Austen so universally beloved? The essayists in this volume offer their thoughts on the delightful puzzle of Austen’s popularity. Classic and contemporary writers—novelists, essayists, journalists, scholars, and a filmmaker—discuss the tricks and treasures of Austen’s novels, from her witty dialogue, to the arc and sweep of her story lines, to her prescriptions for life and love. Virginia Woolf examines Austen’s maturation as an artist and speculates on how her writing would have changed had she lived another twenty years, while Anna Quindlen examines the enduring issues of social pressure and gender politics that make Pride and Prejudice as vital today as ever. From Harold Bloom to Martin Amis, Somerset Maugham to Jay McInerney, Eudora Welty to Amy Bloom, each writer reflects on Austen’s place in both the literary canon and our cultural imagination.