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Originally published in 1778, Evelina is Frances Burney's first and most beloved novel. It was a landmark in the development of the novel of manners and went on to influence such enduringly popular authors as Jane Austen. By turns hilarious and grim, witty and lyrical, the story follows young Evelina as she leaves the seclusion of her country home and enters into late eighteenth-century London society - both its pleasures and its dangers. Life in eighteenth-century England is vividly rendered as Evelina is educated in the ways of the world and, eventually, love.

Fanny Burney's wickedly funny satire follows the trials and romantic adventures of the young and beautiful Evelina as she tries to make her way through 18th-century Britain handicapped by her three great problems: being poor, being illegitimate - and being a girl. Evelina was a raging best seller when it was first published in 1778 and is widely credited with being the first of the great British domestic novels. Burney was a direct influence on her immediate follower, Jane Austen.

Forse, per toccare il cuore della realtà, bisogna parlare di fantasmi. Forse ha senso trovare - oltre a una lingua, uno sguardo, una voce - una via diversa. È quello che ha fatto Evelina Santangelo in questo romanzo unico, feroce e contemporaneo, in cui i destini dei vivi e dei morti s'incrociano senza rumore. Cosí come le esistenze di chi cova la rabbia e di chi la subisce. Perché «il mistero dei bambini viventi» chiama in causa il nostro mondo e lo interroga con una forza politica rara: quella della letteratura quando ha il coraggio d'immaginare il presente e il futuro.

Addy is one of the lucky ones. After a final brutal attack by her ex-boyfriend, she is alive and finally free of him for good. Or so she hopes. Now she is left to pick up the pieces of her life and her heart, but recovery takes time and the lingering nightmares of her abusive ex are keeping the wolf shifter in the apartment next door awake at night. When he takes it upon himself to investigate the source of his agitation, he finds more than just nightmares might be plaguing this timid yet fiery little female. Features multiple POV, shifters, and jealous alpha males Reverse harem ...

Who are you when you've cast off the shell of who you were? Once your sense of self has been shattered, the pieces don't quite fit back together in the same way. Adira is one of the incredibly lucky few who escaped an abusive relationship with her life. She has just begun to heal the broken pieces of herself when her ex sends her new life spiraling back down into chaos. It's hard to hold it together when all you've known is falling apart, but Adira is different now and she's ready for a different ending. Features multiple POV, shifters, and jealous alpha males Reverse harem supernatural ...

This is Book 2 of the Zenaida's Balance Series and contains spoilers for Book 1. We made it to the West, finally, but this place that is supposed to be so dangerous for me feels more like a safe haven. Even though I've escaped Silyean's grasp, I'm still haunted by him. I know that he is out there watching and waiting for me. I can feel it. He's not the only one we have to worry about though. Threats new and old surround us on all sides and the whole realm might be going to war. Dark days loom ahead of us, but we'll be ready for them. There's no way I'm going to give up my demons without a ...

The rules of Blackheath: Evelyn Hardcastle will be murdered at 11:00 p.m. There are eight days and eight witnesses for you to inhabit. We will only let you escape once you tell us the name of the killer. Evelyn Hardcastle will die every day until Aiden Bishop can identify her killer and break the cycle. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest. And some of his hosts are more helpful than others....

This series is now complete! I haven’t let myself hope for so long. It’s been a devastating road of pain and haunting memories, but I might have a real chance at freedom this time. My tormentor has finally slipped up and bit off more than he can chew in the form of a gorgeous alpha-wolf demon prince. My long-time ally and I have been planning and waiting, but escape from this place won’t be easy for me even with the stupidly powerful new addition to our team. It’s hard for me to sneak around when I am watched more closely than anyone else here, though, because I’m the master’s ...

Forced into a marriage she neither anticipated nor desired, Guinevere finds herself High Queen, ruling and fighting alongside Arthur as they try to subdue the Saxons, Irish, and Picts who threaten Britain from every direction. Though her heart still longs for her lost love, Guinevere slowly grows to care for her husband as they join together to defeat their enemies.

This is the third and final book for Zenaida's Balance. Zen and her men (Rhys, Elias, and Oren) are heading into battle to face Silyean once and for all. Features multiple POV, shifters, demons, and jealous alpha males Reverse harem supernatural slow burn romance intended for ages 18+ Trigger warning for suicidal thoughts and implied non-consensual situations HEA assured

The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence. In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes listeners onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark humor, Perry vividly details his lifelong battle with the disease and what fueled it despite seemingly having it all.

This is book 3 of the Adira's Acceptance Series and will contain spoilers for books 1 and 2. Adira considers herself to be one of the lucky ones. She escaped an abusive relationship, and has been rebuilding her life and herself one small victory at a time. But of course, just when everything seems to be going well and taking a turn for the better, a new problem from her past threatens to drag her back down. Only this time, she's not alone and she knows that real heroes have scars.

Written at the request of Charles Dickens, North and South is a book about rebellion that poses fundamental questions about the nature of social authority and obedience. Gaskell expertly blends individual feeling with social concern and her heroine, Margaret Hale, is one of the most original creations of Victorian literature. When Margaret Hale's father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience she is forced to leave her comfortable home in the tranquil countryside of Hampshire....

In the war-torn world of late fifth century Britain, young Guinevere faces a choice: stay with her family to defend her home at Northgallis from the Irish, or go to Avalon to seek help for the horrific visions that haunt her. The Sight calls her to Avalon, where she meets Morgan, a woman of questionable parentage who is destined to become her rival. As Guinevere matures to womanhood, she gains the powers of a priestess, and falls in love with a man who will be both her deepest love and her greatest mistake.

Among Jane Austen's favorite novels, and a key work in the rise of Romanticism, Camilla follows the story of three young women, from childhood to young adulthood, and their pursuit of matrimony. Kind but naive Camilla is in love with Edgar Mandlebert, a handsome and noble young man. Intelligent Eugenia, destined to inherit her uncle's great wealth, is plagued with misfortune as she is left disfigured by smallpox and has men court her for financial gain only. Meanwhile their cousin, beautiful but selfish Indiana, never finds a fortune for her good looks.

Sent down from Oxford after a wild, drunken party, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly surprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at a boys' private school in Wales. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits, rascals and fools, including Prendy (plagued by doubts) and Captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk). Then Sports Day arrives, and with it the delectable Margot Beste-Chetwynde, floating on a scented breeze.

Evelyn Waugh's most celebrated work is a memory drama about the intense entanglement of the narrator, Charles Ryder, with a great Anglo-Catholic family. Written during World War II, the story mourns the passing of the aristocratic world Waugh knew in his youth and vividly recalls the sensuous pleasures denied him by wartime austerities; in so doing it also provides a profound study of the conflict between the demands of religion and the desires of the flesh.

Rising from the shame of an abusive childhood, Victoria Woodhull, the daughter of a con-man and a religious zealot, vows to follow her destiny, one the spirits say will lead her out of poverty to "become ruler of her people". But the road to glory is far from easy. A nightmarish marriage teaches Victoria that women are stronger and deserve far more credit than society gives. Eschewing the conventions of her day, she strikes out on her own to improve herself and the lot of American women.

Angel has just lost her father, and her mother's grief means she might as well be gone, too. She's got a sister and a grandmother to look out for, and a burgeoning consciousness of the unfairness in the world - in her family, her community, and her country. Set against the backdrop of the second Philippine People Power Revolution in 2001, the contemporary struggles of surviving Filipina "Comfort Women" of WWII, and a cold winter’s season in the city of Chicago is the story of a daughter coming of age, coming to forgiveness, and learning to move past the chaos of grief to survive.

Fanny Kelly (1845-1904) was a North American pioneer captured by the Sioux and held captive for five months. Her ill-fated party was attacked by chief Ottawa on the Oregon Trail. She escaped when Sihasapa people took her to Fort Sully.