As brilliant for its compassion as its art, Gaskell’s socially conscious masterpiece shows the early effects of the Industrial Revolution on both workers and employers through the intelligent eyes of Margaret Hale, whose advocacy for...
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Author:Gaskell, ElizabethSummary: -
Author:Burrowes, GraceSummary:A proper lady must choose between society or the untitled gentleman who has stolen her heart.
- Author:Cohen, JenniekeSummary:
1830s, England. Culinarians are the crème de la crème of high society. A golden opportunity arises Elijah Little to turn him from a street vendor to a gentleman chef.
- Author:Kiesling, LydiaSummary:
A propulsive novel about class, power, politics, and desire by the celebrated author of The Golden State. The year is 1998, the End of History. The Soviet Union is dissolved, the Cold War is over, and Bunny Glenn is an American teenager...
- Author:Abbs, AnnabelSummary:
In 1835, London is awash with new ingredients, but no one knows how to use them. Eliza Acton hires young Ann Kirby to help her write a cookbook. They break class boundaries while creating new ways of writing recipes.
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Author:Schraff, AnneSummary:Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
- Author:Giffin, EmilySummary:
A restless golden boy and a girl with a troubled past navigate a love story that may be doomed before it even begins, in this?"glorious, satisfying" (Adriana Trigiani)?new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of...
- Author:Kleypas, LisaSummary:
Catherine Marks is a paid companion to the Hathaway sisters, but their older brother Leo is thoroughly exasperating. When one quarrel ends in a sudden kiss, Cat is shocked at her powerful response.
- Author:Austen, JaneSummary:
Felicity Jones, David Tennant and Benedict Cumberbatch star in BBC Radio 4's full-cast dramatisation of the novel by Jane Austen, one of the great English classics. Seeking a position in society, young Fanny Price goes to live with...
- Author:Austen, JaneSummary:
Mansfield Park, lieu de vie de la famille du baronnet Sir Thomas Bertram, qui en est, en quelque sorte, le personnage central. Fanny Price, la petite cousine pauvre accueillie par charité, devra d'abord apprendre à s'y sentir chez...
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Author:Roy, William G.Summary: - Author:Peterson, Tracie, Miller, JudithSummary:
Les cousines Amanda, Sophie et Fanny Broadmoor sont comme des soeurs, mais quand leur grand-père décède, les dispositions de son testament pourrait bien rompre le lien qui les unit. À 17 ans, Fanny n’a jamais attaché beaucoup d’...
- Author:Segal, ErichSummary:
The love between wealthy Oliver Barrett IV and working-class beauty Jenny Cavilleri allows them to overcome their differences, but cannot help them when tragedy strikes.
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Author:Patterson, Richard NorthSummary:Educated, engaged, and the youngest in a prominent family, Whitney has everything she and her father have ever wanted. But the arrival of Benjamin Blaine awakens a sense of independence within Whitney, changing her entire world.
- Author:Portella Bricka, Patricia, Marc-Antoine, ZouékiSummary:
Les gens du Sud n’aiment pas la pluie présente une fresque de la survivance en temps de guerre. Carmen, le personnage central du roman est une femme simple, ballotée par l’Histoire. Une vie pleine de mystères, d’injustices et de misères...
- Author:Beyala, CalixtheSummary:
Boréale n'a que vingt ans, mais des problèmes à revendre, entre un amoureux infidèle, une patronne dépressive, une tante qui veut lui faire porter son enfant et une mère qui la dénigre constamment. Dans ce quartier populaire de Douala...
- Author:Zhang, C Pam.Summary:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, TOWN & COUNTRY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, ESQUIRE, ELECTRIC LITERATURE, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN AND MORE ! "One of the most...
- Author:Saint-Jean, MathildeSummary:
Après une fusillade qui a failli lui coûter la vie, notre héroïne se réveille chez Nayden, en Haute République, où l’opulence et l’excès règnent en maître. En compagnie de son nouveau protecteur, elle prend connaissance de ce qui lui...
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Author:Sutton, MalcolmSummary:My slow adaptation is to her a sign of my being ‘outside life.’An unemployed man, losing his ability to imagine a future self, disappears into the shadow world of an ambitious millennial. His wife, an idealistic artist at the turning...
- Author:Roth, VeronicaSummary:
Un choix peut vous transformer — ou encore vous détruire. Mais chaque choix comporte son lot de conséquences, et alors qu’elle est entourée d’une vague de mécontentement au sein des factions, Tris Prior doit encore essayer de sauver...
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