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Discovered on the doorstep of a country estate in Wiltshire, England, the infant Fanny is raised to womanhood by her adoptive parents, Lord and Lady Bellars. Fanny wants to become the epic poet of the age, but her plans are dashed when she is ravished by her libertine stepfather. Fleeing to London, Fanny falls in with idealistic witches and highwaymen who teach her of worlds she never knew existed. After toiling in a London brothel that caters to literati, Fanny embarks on a series of adventures that teach her what she must know to live and prosper as a woman.

Fanny Hill, one of the most popular novels of the 18th century, traces the rise of its heroine from prostitution to middle-class respectability. Condemned in its own time on grounds of indecency, the book was the subject of several lawsuits until as recently as the 1960s. For today's audience, the work holds as much fascination as when it was first published, not only as the foremost example of English erotic fiction but as a literary classic in its own right.

The hilarious story of Fanny Hill and her erotic exploits in London shocked the religious and literary hierarchy, who condemned the book, thus immediately increasing demand for it. The story chronicles the life of an 18th-century maiden who, left without parents, journeys to the big city to try life on her own. Despite its highly charged erotic content and vehement criticism from the Bishop of London in 1749 as "an open insult upon religion and good manners", this romp through societies high and low contains not a single obscene word.

It seems everyone at Mansfield Park is blind to Fanny Price's great potential except Henry Crawford, who falls in love with Fanny and wishes to marry her. Despite her uncle's disapproval, Fanny declines Henry's proposal, and her uncle sends Fanny to stay with her own family, in much reduced circumstances, in Portsmouth. Henry visits Fanny there, and asks her advice - should he go to Everingham and work, or to London and play - and Fanny, in this reimagining of Jane Austen's classic, gives her advice and changes everything.

Healing people is her purpose in life, but she would never imagine she could mend a broken heart… When a horrible disease spreads like wildfire in Falmouth, Bridget Garvey cannot stand aside and watch people die. Her knowledge in medicine is vast, thanks to her doctor of an uncle, and her resolve to help the ill is even greater. But as the daughter of the Earl of Exeter, she cannot do so openly. Instead, she hides her identity underneath a mask, a necessary precaution these days… When the Dowager Duchess of Falmouth gets sick, no one seems to want to tend to her. Rumors of her son, the ...

One of Edna Ferber’s most important early novels. Meet Fanny Brandeis—sturdy, alert, and endlessly determined. Edna Ferber’s Fanny Herself (1917) follows a Jewish-American woman in a small Wisconsin town who dares to dream beyond her circumstances. With wit, grit, and piercing brown eyes that see the world too clearly, Fanny struggles to balance duty, ambition, and her own individuality in a society that resists women’s independence.

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.

Fiction. "Fanny Howe's novel [based on a true story] has the clarity and concision and the narrative force of a fable.... And like all good fables, it's endlessly complicated, a deceptively simple story wrapped in racial, historical, and economic ironies.... It tells us that America's originating sin is the profit-making entanglement of race and slavery, whose tainted return, both economic and spiritual, is still being paid out today." (Russell Banks)

She tried to gain her own voice, signing with a man's name. Maeve Felton, daughter of the Earl of Nightburn is moving to London, to live with her older brother, Leo, who is a lawyer, as her family suffers a financial crisis and hopes that Maeve will find her suitor there. Her passion is writing and her secret goal is to find a way to publish her work. When she finds out that there is a writer's community, that accepts only men in its circles, Maeve won't hesitate to dress like a man and attend those gatherings in secret. Benjamin Strikley, Duke of Lestenmeer, is attending too. He is a book ...

Une véritable lady a le pouvoir d’enfreindre toutes les règles de la société! Rosaline, fille de tailleur, sans titre ni fortune, a conquis le cœur du comte Simon et s'apprête à devenir sa femme, peu importent leurs différences de statut. Rosaline n'est plus une simple couturière. Elle est comtesse. Mais son histoire ne s'arrête pas au mariage. Ce n'est que le commencement. Cependant, le ton - et en particulier la mère de Simon - fait preuve d'une grande amertume, même le jour des noces. Un comte et une roturière, une telle union est inconcevable !Simon fait de son mieux pour...

She fought for her dream with needles and pins! Leo Felton, son of the Earl of Nightburn and a capable lawyer, has seen his sister finding true love in the face of the Duke and managing to become a published author, as well. Leo couldn't be more proud as a brother and as an uncle - than he is now. This happiness is what he also wants for himself. But his dream Lady will probably remain nothing but a dream... So capable! So witty! So beautiful! Chloe Green, his sister's best friend is the most astonishing woman he has ever met! However, he will always be the clumsy, fanny brother of her ...

Elle s'est battue pour son rêve avec des aiguilles et des épingles !Leo Felton, fils du comte de Nightburn et avocat compétent, a vu sa sœur trouver le grand amour auprès du duc et réussir à devenir une autrice publiée. Leo ne pourrait être plus fier, en tant que frère et oncle. C'est ce même bonheur qu'il désire pour lui-même. Mais la femme de ses rêves ne restera probablement qu'un rêve... Si talentueuse ! Si pleine d'esprit ! Si belle ! Chloe Green, la meilleure amie de sa sœur, est la femme la plus étonnante qu'il ait jamais rencontrée !Cependant, à ses yeux, il ne ...

She was only looking for employment, but she found love waiting for her at his doorstep... Arabella Weaver, daughter of the late Lord Weaver, having lost her parents years ago, lives a quiet life with her relatives away from society’s critical ways. Losing her parents years ago nearly broke her, but Arabella promises to be strong enough to fend for herself. Finding herself in need of employment, she seeks to secure the job of a caretaker in a Duke’s home. But to Arabella’s surprise, the Duke is no stranger to her... Graham Evans, the Marquess of Bolingbroke, is soon to relieve his ...

Sixteen-year-old Fanny Gardiner is shaken and mortified when the significantly older Thomas Bennet stalks her and compromises her, claiming her as his future wife. Unlike the average young woman, Fanny engages in chess, invests in her brother's business, and secures her own dowry. Now wed, she must endure her husband's disdain for her intellect and his relentless cruelty when she bears five daughters without providing an heir for Longbourn. As Thomas receives a knighthood and delves into his mathematical gambling theory, Fanny must learn to manage Longbourn with the assistance of the ...

Delilah has always played it safe. Not that it was her choice. Her father, a formidable figure and power-hungry businessman, always seems to cast a long shadow over her decisions. No matter what she does, Delilah can never seem to escape her father's control. When Delilah's best friend Cora drags her out of her house to attend a costume party, she doesn't plan for what will happen next. Always the responsible one of the duo, Delilah spent her entire life living up to her father's name and keeping his business under the radar.

Read Her exists to promote books written by Christian women. Women throughout history have written inspiring and insightful books that glorify Christ, and it's time they are heard! One way Read Her seeks to make these books more accessible is by producing audiobooks available on all major audiobook distributors. Fanny Crosby’s Life-Story, written by herself, is one of those works we want to bring back to the listening ear of the Christian community.

He will see past her scars; she will look past his fear to the brave soul inside…But are their hearts strong enough to seize their one chance at happiness? A terrible accident left Lydia Stanley in charge of her younger siblings and a Duchy to boot! Two years later, the scar on her face is the only reminder of the day she lost everything: her parents, her innocence, and all marriage prospects… As the new Earl of Somerset, Humphrey Berkeley is expected to know everything about running an estate. But his father’s indifference towards his youngest son has left Humphrey not only ...

Elle tenta de faire entendre sa voix, en signant d’un nom d’homme.Maeve Felton, fille du comte de Nightburn, s’installe à Londres pour vivre avec son frère aîné, Leo, un avocat, alors que sa famille traverse une crise financière et espère que Maeve y trouvera un prétendant. Sa passion est l’écriture, et son objectif secret est de trouver un moyen de publier ses œuvres. Lorsqu’elle découvre l’existence d’un cercle d’écrivains qui n’accepte que les hommes en son sein, Maeve n’hésitera pas à s’habiller en homme et à assister à ces réunions en ...

Il saura voir au-delà de ses cicatrices ; elle devinera, par-delà sa peur, l’âme courageuse qu’il abrite… Mais leurs cœurs seront-ils assez forts pour saisir leur unique chance de bonheur ?Suite à un terrible accident, Lydia Stanley s’est retrouvée avec la charge de ses jeunes frères et sœurs, et d’un duché par-dessus le marché ! Deux ans plus tard, la cicatrice sur son visage est le seul souvenir du jour où elle a tout perdu : ses parents, son innocence et toute perspective de mariage… En tant que nouveau comte de Somerset, Humphrey Berkeley est censé tout savoir ...

I'm not someone my mother would be proud to have given her life for. I've killed. Maimed. Hurt people far beyond the scope of what the human mind can imagine. Because that's what I was told I was. Destruction. And that's all I was good for. That's all I want to do right now. Breaker is a complicated man with many dark secrets. He's the breaker of rules, of codes, of men... He's also the only one who dares to defy Fallon, the powerful man who raised him and his brothers. The same man who stands between Breaker and everything he's ever wanted.