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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.

They are ours to do with as we please. Those are our direct orders: to make her, them, ours. And by the time we're done with them, they'll do anything and everything we ask. In twenty-four hours, Delilah's life took an unexpected turn. When she and her best friend Cora decided to have a night of fun with four hot masked men, they never expected what would come next. Now? The two women wake to everyone's worst nightmare. They're being held captive by the very men they met the night before.

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 ...

For nearly two centuries, Fanny Alger has existed in Mormon history as little more than a footnote. A name. A rumor. A whispered controversy attached to Joseph Smith and the beginnings of plural marriage. She is often introduced with one phrase: the dirty, nasty, filthy affair. Then the story moves on. But who was Fanny Alger? In Fanny Alger: The Dirty, Nasty, Filthy Affair, Bill Reel pulls Fanny out of the margins and places her at the center of her own story. Drawing on original documents, church records, journals, letters, disciplinary minutes, newspaper accounts, and family histories, ...

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 ...

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 ...

On seeing Mr. Darcy frowning at this pronouncement, Elizabeth plucked up her courage and continued firmly, “If said woman desires a second proposal, she must disregard the indignity so abhorrent to his feelings and propose herself. Mr. Darcy, will you accept my hand in marriage?” Prologue, Such Novel Notions What has induced Elizabeth Bennet to do something so shocking just three weeks after her vehement and cruel rejection of this same man’s offer of marriage in Hunsford? While she is still reeling from the indisputable truths disclosed in the letter Mr. Darcy handed to her the ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is the now-classic novel of two women in the 1980s; of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women--of the...

If you've ever picked up a hymn book, the chances are that you've sung a song written by a blind girl - and not just any blind girl. As a young child, Fanny Crosby knew nothing of the sighted world around her but that didn't stop her interacting with nature, experiencing the thrill of God's creation. She held her grandmother's hand, but she thought that was because Grandmother needed her help not the other way around.

Fanny Stenhouse married her husband, T. B. H. Stenhouse, in England and arrived in Utah in 1857. Stenhouse was a missionary and elder of the Mormon Church and a polygamist. Fanny's book was a sensational expose of Mormonism and a criticism of the institution of multiple marriage.

Ella solo buscaba empleo, pero encontró el amor esperándola a su puerta... Arabella Weaver, hija del difunto lord Weaver, tras haber perdido a sus padres años atrás, vive una vida tranquila con sus parientes, alejada de las críticas de la sociedad. La pérdida de sus padres casi la destrozó, pero Arabella se promete ser lo bastante fuerte para valerse por sí misma. Al verse en la necesidad de encontrar un empleo, trata de conseguir el puesto de cuidadora en casa de un duque. Pero, para sorpresa de Arabella, el duque no le es ningún desconocido...Graham Evans, el marqués de ...

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.

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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.