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Author
Series
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[1966]
Language
English
Description
One of literature's most gripping ghost stories depicts the sinister transformation of two innocent children into flagrant liars and hypocrites. Elegantly told tale of unspoken horror and psychological terror creates what few stories in literature have been able to do -- a complete feeling of dread and uncertainty.
Author
Series
Publisher
Signet Select, an imprint of New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Lady Ivy Fenwick is desperate. Since her father's fatal duel, she and her sisters have sold off every valuable possession to make ends meet. With the manor stripped bare, Ivy has one last resort: Apply as governess to the Duke of Ellsworth's wards. James should have known better than to hire the desirable lady who had fallen on hard times-- and who tempts him at every turn. As her employer, he tries valiantly to remain noble and not let a kiss...
103) The governesses
Author
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In a large country house shut off from the world by a gated garden, three young governesses responsible for the education of a group of little boys are preparing a party. The governesses, however, seem to spend more time running around in a state of frenzied desire than attending to the children's education. One of their main activities is lying in wait for any passing stranger, and then throwing themselves on him like drunken Maenads. The rest of...
Author
Publisher
Virtualbookworm.com
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"In "Jane Eyre," the reader is told that Adele may or may not be Rochester's daughter. The premise of this novel is that Adele is indeed Rochester's daughter and that her mother Celine, who wanted Adele to have the life of an upper class English lady, had friends tell Rochester that she was dead in order to make that happen. After a year she becomes frantic for news of Adele and remembers Rochester mentioning Grace Poole, a servant he would trust...
105) Jane Slayre
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Raised by vampire relatives, Jane grows to resent the lifestyles effect on her upbringing. No sunlight, keeping nighttime hours, and a diet of bloody red meat is no way for a mortal girl to live. Things change for Jane when the ghost of her uncle visits her, imparts her parents' slayer history, and charges her with the responsibility of striking out to find others of her kind and learn the slayer ways. After trying her luck at a school full of zombies,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Titiana Editores
Pub. Date
Marzo 2013.
Language
Español
Description
Anne Wynter, a governess with some dark secrets in her past, is tempted by the dangerously handsome Daniel Smith-Smythe, Earl of Winstead, who relentlessly pursues her despite her social station.
"A Daniel Smythe-Smith le molesta bastante que lo acusen de adulterio. Y, si además está ebrio, las cosas pueden empeorar mucho. Después de un duelo en el que mutila a su rival, Daniel debe exiliarse. Cuando, por fin regresa, no da crédito a sus ojos...
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