Nadia May
1) Emma
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 36
Language
English
Description
Dive into a world of romance, village life and even a little silliness in Jane Austen's timeless novel.
Despite the fact that Jane Austen set out to write a story with heroine whom she said that "no one but myself will much like," Emma has resonated with readers since its original publication in 1815 and has been retold many times for television and movies.
Self-satisfied Emma Woodhouse thinks she is above romance of any kind, but when she decides...
Author
Series
Roderick Alleyn mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
Description
On a ship traveling back to England, Miss Agatha Troy finds Inspector Roderick Alleyn tedious and dull; he thinks she's a bohemian cliché. They may be destined for romance, but there's a murder in the way: No sooner has Alleyn settled in to his mother's house, eager for a relaxing end to his vacation, than he gets a call that a model has been stabbed at the artists' community down the road. And the talented Miss Troy is one of the community's most...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audiobooks
Pub. Date
p2000
Language
English
Description
"This timeless tale of two princesses--one beautiful and one unattractive--and of the struggle between sacred and profane love is C.S. Lewis's reworking of the classical myth of Cupid and Psyche and one of his most enduring pieces of fiction."--From container.
Author
Publisher
Buccaneer Books
Pub. Date
1961.
Language
English
Description
Muriel Spark's timeless classic about a controversial teacher who deeply marks the lives of a select group of students in the years leading up to World War II "Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life!" So asserts Jean Brodie, a magnetic, dubious, and sometimes comic teacher at the conservative Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh. Brodie selects six favorite pupils to mold-and she doesn't stop with just their intellectual...