v Book Excerpt a man’s card meant. His fellow-waiters, to whom he usually referred as “a lot of savages,” were unfortunately in ignorance of the social distinction implied by membership of such a club.For a time there was nothing but the usual commonplace talk, while the soup and fish were disposed of; when they reached […]
Book Excerpt oice was very real, but her brother refused to treat it seriously.He shrugged his shoulders, and smiled an easy smile. “Oh, I should rub along. I might get in a working housekeeper, or I could take a room in town. I might work better for a change of scene. If you would like […]
Book Excerpt of libertine. Woman, first and foremost, was his game. Every woman attracted him. No woman held him. Any new woman, however plain, immediately eclipsed her predecessor, however beautiful. The fact that amorous interests took precedence over all others was quite enough to make him vaguely unpopular with men. But as in addition, he […]
Dealing with political issues of the time the novel was written and concentrating specifically on feminist issues, through the course this novel the heroine matures from an innocent and naïve girl to a representative of the New Woman.
Anna is the jewel of St. Petersburg society until she leaves her husband for the handsome and charming military officer, Count Vronsky. They fall in love, going beyond High Society’s acceptance of trivial adulterous dalliances. But when Vronsky’s love cools, Anna cannot bring herself to return to the husband she detests… (Translated by Constance Garnett) […]
Book Excerpt r le souvenir des conseils de Matrona Philémonovna et par le sentiment du malaise qui régnait dans la maison. Il parcourut tout le journal, apprit que le comte de Beust était parti pour Wiesbaden, qu’il n’existait plus de cheveux gris, qu’il se vendait une calèche, qu’une jeune personne cherchait une place, et ces […]
Annabel Pellissier, for reasons of her own, allows Sir John Ferringhall to believe that she is her sister Anna. Anna lets the deception continue and has to bear the burden of her sister’s reputation which, in Paris at any rate, is that of being a coquette. Endless complications ensue when both sisters return to London.This […]
Anne grows up and proves the promise of her youth by being a lovable, sunny young woman with an infinite capacity for enjoying “Patty’s Place” at college and life in general, especially when it brings her own love story.
Book Excerpt ithdraw her head from the pane; and at the same moment he heard a sprightly tune whistle’d. Looking down the meadow he saw a tall, well-formed young white man, a gun on his back, and a dog at his heels, walking along the little path toward the cottage,”This is the lover,” he muttered; […]
“A dystopian fiction novella by Ayn Rand, first published in 1938. It takes place at some unspecified future date when mankind has entered another dark age as a result of the evils of irrationality and collectivism and the weaknesses of socialistic thinking and economics.”–Wikipedia Book Excerpt hey reach their fifteenth year. Then they go to […]