Romans i literatura obyczajowa
Edith Wharton
Set in the 1920s, Glimpses of the Moon details the romantic misadventures of Nick Lansing and Susy Branch, a couple with the right connections but not much in the way of funds. They are in love and decide to marry, but realize their chances of happiness are slim without the wealth and society that their more privileged friends take for granted. Nick and Susy agree to separate when either encounters a more eligible proposition. Their conditional marriage begins to falter as Susy grows jealous of her husbands attentions to a wealthy young woman and Nick becomes increasingly disgruntled by the moral compromises arising from his wifes social negotiations. An expertly drawn portrait of two young lovers, caught between bright-eyed passion and the bitter allure of wealth.
William J. Locke
The best novel that Mr. Lock has written since he created his masterpiece. He put all his strength into it... history is a real story with a real plot, real people, real human emotions and real character development. History keeps you from beginning to end. You cannot lay it down. And over this story there is a constant play of that light humor and fantastic fun, which Mr. Locke alone among the living novelists knows how to charm his readers.
Elle Kennedy
ODKRYJ EMOCJE NA LODZIE I MIŁOŚĆ POZA TAFLĄ W WYJĄTKOWEJ SERII OFF-CAMPUS! Ona wie, jak osiągać swoje cele... Sabrina James ma zaplanowaną przyszłość: ukończyć college, dać z siebie wszystko na wydziale prawa i dostać dobrze płatną pracę w jednej z najlepszych kancelarii. Nade wszystko chce zerwać z trudną przeszłością i w tym planie z pewnością nie ma miejsca dla niesamowitego hokeisty, który wierzy w miłość od pierwszego spojrzenia. Ona może mu ofiarować co najwyżej jedną upojną noc, ale czasami jedna noc wystarczy, by życie wywróciło się do góry nogami. ...ale zasady gry się skomplikowały Tucker wierzy w siłę drużyny. Na lodowisku nie musi być ciągle w centrum uwagi, ale gdy w wieku dwudziestu dwóch lat ma zostać ojcem, nie chce grzać ławki rezerwowych. I świetnie się składa, że matka jego dziecka jest piękna, inteligentna i trzyma go w gotowości. Sęk w tym, że serce Sabriny jest szczelnie zamknięte i ognista brunetka uparcie odmawia przyjęcia jego pomocy. Jeśli pragnie spędzić życie z kobietą swoich marzeń, będzie musiał ją przekonać, że niektórych celów nie można osiągnąć bez asysty... Ta powieść pokazuje, jak wspaniałym i pojemnym emocjonalnie gatunkiem jest romans, jeśli zostanie perfekcyjnie napisany. Allaboutromance.com
The Gods and Mr. Perrin. A Tragi-Comedy
Hugh Walpole
This is a wonderful story of English school life, depicting the driving of boys and the hungry, cramped life of the masters, as well as the tragedy that captures and leads Mr. Perrin. We are set up so as not to love the school teacher Mr. Perrin, who is falling into our eyes into some kind of paranoid delusion. Nevertheless, at every step, the author deviates from the expected result, truly not letting us understand why this was not so inevitable as he drew it up to this point.
Hugh Walpole
Children come to this world with knowledge of the world that they left, and spiritual connection with him through the satellite, which they just call their Friend. Some adults can grow up without losing their friend, and some children repel him when they are young. The Golden Scarecrow needs a childs heart and willingness to believe in something that we dont see, but I think that if you want to give him a chance.
William J. Locke
Paula Field was a woman who happily suffered from most people. Such a gift as a gift of a song or painting or a solution to acrostic. Consequently, she had many more friends around the world who loved her than it was humanly possible to love her in return. From time to time, the jealous turned around a scorpion and stung her. They called her insincere.
Edith Wharton
This is Edith Whartons earliest published collection of 8 short stories (1899). A selection consists: Muses Tragedy: Unrequited love between a poet and his muse. The Journey: A woman journeys with her ailing husband. The Pelican: A woman supports her son. Souls Belated: The pressure put on couples to marry. A Coward: A man recounts his cowardice past. The Twilight of the God: Past lovers meet under a husbands eye. A Cup of Cold Water: Redemption song. The Portrait: One of Whartons earliest short stories, when a painter paints your flaws. Like much of Whartons later work, they touch on themes of marriage, male/female relationships, New York society, and the nature and purpose of art. Give yourselves a treat, and read this short but unforgettable diverse collection!
Louise Jordan Miln
The vicar suffered almost the same way he suffered the night his wife, Elena, died and because he suffered, he put his beautiful cameo-like face in the sunniest smile. It was his path part of his daily life, an integral part of himself. A pious man, in the strongest senses of this over-used word, Philip Reynolds possessed a noble talent for the things of the earth that at the same time soften human life and give it a poignancy.