The Doves' Nest and Other Stories is a 1923 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield, published by her husband John Middleton Murry after her death.
The first part of Modeste Mignon is based on a traditional species of folktale known as La fille mal gardee ("e;The Ill-Watched Girl"e;), in which a young woman takes a lover despite the close attentions of her guardians, who are determined to preserve her chastity for a more suitable match.
"e;Mother America"e; itself is a fascinating story about a project to create a perfect specimen of American manhood: Boy America, in response to some Russian efforts.
Excerpt: "e;In Paris, where men of thought and study bear a certain likeness to one another, living as they do in a common centre, you must have met with several resembling Monsieur Rabourdin, whose acquaintance we are about to make at a moment when he is head of a bureau in one of our most important ministries.
La Rabouilleuse (The Black Sheep, or The Two Brothers) is an 1842 novel by Honore de Balzac, and is one of The Celibates in the series La Comedie humaine.
A varied group of girls at Redgarth School is sketched with great realism, showing their different lights and shades of character, while many good moral lessons are inculcated, more by example and warning than by precept.
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Carols at Woolworths is a heartwarming novella, and is the prequel to Christmas at Woolworths, by bestselling author Elaine EverestBetty, Freda and Sarah are determined to make the Woolworths Christmas party as jolly as ever.
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Él necesitaba desesperadamente una esposa…Con la reputación destrozada y huyendo, Julia Prior estaba completamente desesperada cuando conoció a un caballero que le hizo una proposición sorprendente.
Las bellezas de Bizancio eran el sueño de cualquier guerrero…La princesa Theodora de Constantinopla debía casarse con el duque Nikolaos, el comandante en jefe del ejército, un hombre a quien el emperador había elegido para ella.
