Classic Love

A young woman forced into a cruel marriage faces grave danger from her despicable husband but finds love with her husband's cousin, a man who is not who he seems. “Lively narrative and rich characters make this a first-rate read.”Publishers Weekly “I didn't see that coming" happens again and again! …. a wonderful adventure!”—channice charles, Kindle Verified Purchase Julia Thomas is desperately unhappy. Her husband, Simeon Earl of St. Martin, is unimaginably cruel and she can never manage to stay ahead of his whimsical delight in inflicting pain. Chatting with her husband's ...

This curated collection of Jane Austen’s most beloved novels is read by Fawlty Towers’ and A Question of Attribution’s Prunella Scales. This collection includes: Sense and Sensibility, Emma and Persuasion.

Unlock the Secrets of Ancient Philosophy with Two Timeless Thinkers Imagine holding in your hands the keys to understanding the forces that have shaped human thought for millennia. Now, with Empedocles and Antisthenes: Love, Strife, and Cynicism, you can do just that. This powerful volume brings together the profound insights of two of ancient Greece’s most influential philosophers, offering you a journey into the heart of wisdom itself. Empedocles reveals a universe governed by the eternal dance of Love and Strife—forces that pull everything together and tear it apart. His vision ...

Valancy Stirling is a 29-year-old spinster living with her overbearing family in the small, conservative town of Deerwood. Her life is dull and predictable- until she receives a devastating medical diagnosis, which prompts her to reevaluate her life choices. Much to the shock of her family and the entire community, in response to her prognosis, Valancy decides to break free from societal expectations and her family's control. She moves out of her family's home, finds a job, and even pursues a romantic relationship with Barney Snaith, a mysterious man with a very questionable reputation. The...

Kendall Taylor examines the dalliance between the southern belle and the French pilot from a fresh perspective. Drawing on conversations and correspondence with Jozan's daughter, as well as materials from the Jozan family archives, Taylor sheds new light on this romantic triangle. More than just a casual fling, Zelda's tryst with Edouard affected Scott as much as it did his wife - and ultimately influenced the author's most famous creation, Jay Gatsby. Were it not for Zelda's affair with the pilot, Scott's novel might be less about betrayal and more about lost illusions.

The Jewel Thief and the Earl: A Regency Romance Grandison Franklyn, 8th Earl Harlow, has earned the moniker "Grandison, the Great" for a variety of reasons: his well-honed attitude of superiority; his appearance; and a string of mistresses, most notably Lady Jenest, who created a "great" row when he cut her loose. Miss Colleen Everley is the daughter of England's most notorious thief, a man called "Brook's Crook.” Colleen has been taught many of her father's skills, along with an eye for the value of each item in a room. Unfortunately, the lady does not possess Thomas Everley’s daring. ...

An interior designer swears off men only to find two good guys--each one worth risking her heart over. Brianne Collin landed her dream job and packed her bags to trade in the dry desert heat of Arizona for the humid green landscape of Oregon. As the new design assistant on the popular Tori’s Taking Over, Brianne plans to renovate and remodel alongside her mentor as she gives her life a much-needed update. Throw out the old idea that she needed a man to be happy and restore the notion that a satisfying career was enough for now. Her design was flawless—until two game changers arrived on ...

Years and distance kept the memories at bay. But back at home, the past is ready and waiting to haunt her... Eighteen years have passed since Joy's childhood best friend, Jenny, met her death in a tragic car accident just a few days after their senior prom. A broken Joy left their small Kentucky hometown shortly after - determined never to come back. But when her father's illness forces her to return, she realizes that neither time nor distance have truly healed her troubled soul.

The New Colossus is the poem inscribed on a bronze plaque within the pedestal on which stands, overlooking New York harbor, the Statute of liberty, a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata, a tablet evoking the law, upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. This excerpt has no doubt been read or heard by millions and sums up the ideals of the nation and humanity. "…Give me your tired, your poor,
 Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
 The wretched refuse of your ...

Rediscover the greatest love poetry ever written. Shakespeare’s sonnets are some of the nation’s favourite lines of verse, but the Elizabethan language can make it difficult to really understand them. Many guides offer to clarify the meaning, but lose the magic of the words by explaining them away. James Anthony has done something boldly different.

The 19th-century Russian writer Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is primarily known abroad for his poetry, particularly his novel in verse Eugene Onegin. Assembled here are three delightful samples of his prose - three tales of mischance, mayhem, intrigue, and of course, true love. This collection includes novellas The Blizzard, Novel in Letters, and The Lady Peasant.

Now that I'm the respected Don of the Kingsley Crime Family, people in the family are lined up to meet me, wondering what I'm going to do next. Others wonder if I really did what the rumors say. Others are wanting to try their luck against the new Don. But you can't be the boss without ruffling a few feathers, right? Sure, I like money, but if there's one thing I hate, it's making money off the backs of others... literally. So, when I decide to replace our trafficking business with the best sex club in New York, let's just say that not everyone is on board with my vision. Eli and I are ...

The 98-stanza meter-and-rhyme translation of "Legenda Luceafarului" - an entrancing masterpiece by Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889), the Romanian national poet - captures the essence of the original work's musicality and poetic nuance. It is the story of a young princess' longing and impossible love for the immortal star who, sharing her love, takes human form and tries to become mortal.

In 1966 Jerusalem is a sleepy backwater, but the students at the university are determined to enjoy themselves while being politically involved and benefiting from the throbbing night life. Three graduate students – Brian from Australia, Batsheva from the U.S.A., and Cynthia from England – are trying to complete their studies. Since all three are originally from English-speaking countries, they spend their coffee-breaks together and do their best to cope with life in their adoptive country. Their relations with the local population vary from fraught to friendly, as they find themselves ...

The world-class writers featured in this collection are adept at conjuring the depth of passion that surrounds all stories of love and loss. The short story form is perfect for capturing the uplift and dizzying heights that accompany a new object of affection, as well as the queasy unease and bottomless longing of lost loves.

John Donne (1572 – 1631) was an English poet, preacher, and a major representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works are notable for their realistic and sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires, and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor, especially as compared to those of his contemporaries.

A tragic accident shrouded in mystery. A family burdened with loss and debt. A woman who risks it all for love. Walter Longman is heartsick over Patience Hawthorne, but gives up his pursuit of her after her controlling mother refused his offer of marriage. He focuses on the law to drive heartache from his mind, but is interrupted when his brother is killed in a mysterious tragedy. Walter returns home to Wallingford to piece together what little information he can. Sifting through his brother’s affairs, he finds shocking discoveries that complicate the mystery of his brother’s death. ...

This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, the first of Anne Rice's elegantly written volumes of erotica, continues her explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire. Now Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince Tristan, is sent away from the Satyricon-like world of the Castle. Sold at auction, she will soon experience the tantalizing punishments of "the village".

"Annabel Lee" tells the story of young love cut short by tragedy. As the speaker (often assumed to be based on Poe himself, whose young wife died shortly before he wrote this poem) discusses his relationship with the now-deceased Annabel Lee, he presents the love between them as pure, eternal, and all-conquering. The love between the speaker and Annabel Lee may have been short-lived, but it remains too powerful to be defeated, even by death. Through describing this intensely idealized love, the poem argues that love is the strongest force on earth.

After surviving a nearly insurmountable peril, a starship captain returns to Earth with his badly distressed ship and remaining crew and passengers in hyper sleep over three hundred years after they were believed to be destroyed and finds his most perilous trial. In humanity’s drive towards individuality by being like everyone else, due to genetic manipulation there are only 33 standard female and male models and he and his crew will be made beautiful like everyone else unless he can figure out a way to stop it.