A Spinster's Story
Author : Mary Ann Fisher
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Page : 418 pages
File Size : 43,99 MB
Release : 1866
Category : Single women
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Author : Mary Ann Fisher
Publisher :
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 43,99 MB
Release : 1866
Category : Single women
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Author : Rosalind Urbach Moss
Publisher :
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 49,20 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Feminism
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Author : Charlotte Yonge
Publisher : Litres
Page : 1145 pages
File Size : 50,60 MB
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 5041784566
Author : Charlotte Mary Yonge
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 25,95 MB
Release : 1860
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Author : Yonge
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 26,8 MB
Release : 1861
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Author : Catherine Stein
Publisher : Steam Cat Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 41,54 MB
Release : 2021-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1949862305
Revenge is in her future. But falling for her enemy’s son is one fate this spiritualist could never have envisioned. Playwright Maxwell Millerson would rather spend his days dreaming up stories than cleaning up his father’s messes. But a trendy renovation has the family’s gaming club on the brink of ruin, and not even Max’s imagination can conjure a way out. Desperate, he turns to the multi-talented—and alluringly audacious—Madame Xyla to help him spin gold from straw. Lydia Weaver, professionally known as spiritualist Madame Xyla, has long sought revenge on the man responsible for her cousin’s imprisonment. When her enemy’s son visits her seance room seeking advice, Lydia leaps at the opportunity for vengeance—until Max’s easy charm and poetic words threaten to turn her plans upside-down. As their friendship grows and they give way to their mutual attraction, Lydia and Max must weigh family duty with their hearts’ desires. And only when they confront old wounds and new feelings can a happy ending be in the cards.
Author : Brian Mckillop
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 33,9 MB
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1551996219
Winner of the UBC Medal for Biography and shortlisted for the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize. The prolific novelist and social prophet H.G. Wells had a way with words, and usually he had his way with women. That is, until he encountered the feisty Toronto spinster Florence Deeks. In 1925 Miss Deeks launched a $500,000 lawsuit against Wells, claiming that in an act of "literary piracy," Wells had somehow come to use her manuscript history of the world in the writing of his international bestseller The Outline of History , a work still in print today. Thus began one of the most sensational and extraordinary cases in Anglo-Canadian publishing and legal history. In this riveting literary whodunit, A.B. McKillop unfolds the parallel stories of two Edwardian figures and the ambition to capture the sweep of history that possessed them both: H.G. Wells was the celebrated writer of autobiographical fiction and futuristic fantasy who, at the end of the Great War, preached the need for a global world order. Florence Deeks was a modest teacher and amateur student of history who intended to correct traditional scholarship's neglect by writing an account of civilization that stressed the contributions of women. Her manuscript was submitted to the venerable Macmillan Company in Canada but was rejected and never published. Wells's opus, completed in an astonishingly short period, was released by the same firm in North America the year following. As the mystery deepens and new evidence is revealed, it seems that the verdict of the courts in Deeks vs Wells may not be that of history. The cast of characters is as intriguing as it is wide in Canada, the United States, and England: renowned publishers and editors, eminent lawyers and judges, leading journalists and all-seeing office secretaries. Not all, it turns out, merited their reputations. Above all, the tale embraces the lives of the philandering Mr. Wells, his wife, and his mistresses, and the scarcely noted Miss Florence Deeks, her family, her life's work, and her search for justice.
Author : Eva Devon
Publisher : Entangled: Amara
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 25,31 MB
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1682816141
The marriage game is afoot in this clever blend of My Fair Lady meets Pride and Prejudice with a twist! Edward Stanhope, the icy Duke of Thornfield, likes his life in a certain order. Give him a strong drink, a good book, and his dog for company, and he’s content. But when he goes to his library and finds a woman sitting in his chair and petting his dog, a fiery battle of wits ensues—leading to a steamy kiss that could ruin them both if they were caught. Of course, that’s precisely when Edward’s aunt walks in, and introduces Miss Georgiana Bly...the future Duchess of Thornfield. Georgiana was content to be a spinster, spending her days reading and working to keep her family out of debt. But now her days are spent locked away with a growly duke and learning how to be the perfect duchess, and her nights are spent fighting the undeniable attraction to a man who was never meant for her. As their wedding day approaches, the attraction between them burns hot and fierce, but is it enough to melt the duke’s chilly facade? Each book in the Never a Wallflower series is STANDALONE: * The Spinster and the Rake * Much Ado About Dukes * The Duke's Secret Cinderella
Author : Mary Blandy
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Page : 74 pages
File Size : 39,49 MB
Release : 1752
Category : Trials (Murder)
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Mary Blandy was tried at the Oxford assizes in 1752, for the murder of her father, Francis Blandy.
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Page : 272 pages
File Size : 35,17 MB
Release : 1816
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