Author: Sarra ManningPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0008291144
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
A hilarious contemporary retelling of the classic society novel, VANITY FAIR, featuring the irrepressible Becky Sharp
Author: Sarra ManningThe Rise and Fall of Becky Sharp
Author: Sarra ManningPublisher:
ISBN: 9781444840902
Category : Fame
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Beautiful, brilliant, ruthless - nothing can stop Becky Sharp. She has big dreams, and no connections to pull her down. Determined to swap the gutters of Soho for the glamorous, exclusive world behind the velvet rope, she will do anything to achieve fame, riches and status. Whether it's seducing society's most eligible bachelors, or befriending silly debutantes and rich old ladies, Becky Sharp is destined for great things. Because it might be tough at the top, but it's worse at the bottom. From London to Paris and beyond, Becky Sharp is going places - so get the hell out of her way...
Author: william makepeace thackeray The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale in British Literature, 1790–1910
Author: Heather L. BraunPublisher: Fairleigh Dickinson
ISBN: 1611475635
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale: From Gothic Ghosts to Victorian Vamps explores the femme fatale’s careerin nineteenth-century British literature. It traces her evolution—and devolution—formally, historically, and ideologically through a selection of plays, poems, novels, and personal correspondence. Considering well-known fatal women alongside more obscure ones, The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale sheds new light on emerging notions of gender, sexuality, and power throughout the long nineteenth century. By placing the fatal woman in a still developing literary and cultural narrative, this study examines how the femme fatale adapts over time, reflecting popular tastes and socio-economic landscapes.
Author: Vanity Fair
Author: William Makepeace ThackerayPublisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 0735253595
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
Book Description
“I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year.” –Becky Sharp Becky Sharp is a poor orphan when she first makes friends with the lovely Amelia Sedley at Miss Pinkerton’s Academy for Young Ladies. She may not have the natural advantages of her companion but she more than makes up for it with her wit, charm, deviousness, and determination to make a success of herself whatever the cost. Vanity Fair is the story of Becky’s rise and fall as she gambles, manipulates and seduces her way through high society and the Napoleonic wars. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.
Rescue Me
Author: Sarra ManningPublisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1529336562
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Margot doesn't have time for love. Will is afraid to love. And neither of them are expecting to fall in love with Blossom: a gentle Staffy with a tragic past, a belly made for rubbing and a head the size of a football. After their first meeting at the rescue centre, both Margot and Will want to adopt Blossom so reluctantly agree to share custody. But Will's obsession for micro-managing and clear-cut boundaries and Margot's need to smother Blossom with affection, means that soon they have a very confused and badly behaved dog on their hands. Can they put their differences aside to become successful "co-pawrents" and maybe even friends? And meanwhile, does Blossom have plans of her own?
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Author: Alexander Saxton