Résultats pour "Fanny" dans Fiction

Quand sa fille et son gendre décident de placer Fanny, 82 ans, en maison de retraite et de la déloger de la rue Dante, c'est toute son existence qu'elle doit ranger : les haïkus de son grand amour Pierre, les Bulletins de l'Institut des Petites Sœurs où est née sa relation incandescente avec Maud, La Vie illustrée de Thérèse d'Avila qui fascinait les deux adolescentes, et l'impensable secret qui n'a cessé de l'habiter…

A Woman's Quest to Become a Doctor in the 1890s Seventeen-year-old Fanny Wheeler-a bright, small-town girl from Kansas-cannot fathom a life of cooking, cleaning, washing, and sewing. She needs more. She dreams of curing illness and preventing suffering. Without telling her family-or Matt, her...

L'initiation de Fanny et de son épanouissement érotique. Après avoir quitté le village de son enfance, Fanny l'orpheline a bientôt fait commerce de son corps. Ses Mémoires racontent son initiation au plaisir puis la félicité d'un véritable épanouissement érotique.

Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure was one of the most banned and censored books in the history of literature. John Cleland (a contrary man of letters, prone to boasting and getting into trouble with the law) wrote it while he was in Fleet debtor’s prison. First published in 1748 and withdrawn within a year, it was not legally republished until a hundred years later. Widely considered to be the first example of literary erotica and a stylistic tour de force, with its combination of charm, daring and love of pleasure.

The story revolves around Fanny Brandeis, starting with her childhood in Winnebago, WI, where her parents run a shop. After Fanny's father dies, her mother Molly must make extremely difficult choices about Fanny's and her brother Theodore's educations. These choices set the course for the entire family throughout their lives. Rather than rely on dialogue to advance the plot, noted American author Edna Ferber is an exceptional storyteller who delights the listener with narrative. Fanny must decide whether to pursue wealth or follow her creative dreams.

Now that her brood had left the nest, Fanny McBride, a large, cheerful and indomitable Tyneside widow, had time to sit by her window and watch the goings-on outside. There was plenty to keep her occupied: the mystery of the new woman at Mulhattan's Hall, the tenement block (here a fortnight already and not so much as a hello); the long-standing feud with Mrs Flannagan; after-school visits from her grandson Corny. But Fanny had any intention of ending her days in lonely isolation. So when her friend Mary fell sick and couldn't work, it was Fanny who took her place.

This1854 novel focuses on a portrait of Mademoiselle de Malepeire, which hangs in Dom Gérusac's home in the countryside of southern France just before the first French Revolution. Noted for her beauty, Mademoiselle de Malepeire had been painted by her well-to-do suitor, who was enthralled with her beauty and able to disregard her cold and haughty demeanor. Her eventual love story is pieced together in Dom Gérusac's home as many unexpected guests join him, and Mademoiselle de Malepeire's dramatic new identity is revealed.