Résultats pour "Polly" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Polly was a bewitching young girl, that pretty Polly Marsh, and she knew it. She also knew that beauty could be her passport into the castles where she had always known she belonged. So she set her sights for a duke and joined the firm of Westerman's as a stenographer. Surely one of that noble family would notice her and then all of her dreams would come true!

‘I love Robert Thorogood’s writing’ Peter James An original story from the creator and writer of the hit BBC One TV series, Death in Paradise, featuring on-screen favourite detective, DI Richard Poole. Supermodel Polly Carter was famed for her looks and party-girl lifestyle. Now she's dead...

Sie suchte nach ihrer Vergangenheit – und fand eine Wahrheit, die sie zerstören könnte ... Der fesselnde Psychothriller von Bestsellerautorin Rebekah Stoke jetzt auch als Hörbuch! Ihr Name ist Polly. Mehr verrät die schöne junge Frau nicht, die David O’Brian an einer Tankstelle mitten im Nirgendwo trifft. Sie ist seit Tagen allein unterwegs und hat kein Ziel. David weiß nichts über sie, nur, dass er sie wiedersehen muss. Eines Tages taucht Polly in Oakdale, Louisiana, auf, wo David in einer Autowerkstatt hart für seinen Traum schuftet.

Herodotus Shapiro has had an unbelievably bad week. His wife left him. The IRS is after him for thousands of dollars. His home/bookstore burned down. On his way to take refuge at his brother's place, he got a speeding ticket. And now his car has broken down in the middle of the desert in front of a large mansion. What more can go wrong?

London, 1941. Polly Hope is bravely working as an air raid warden during the Blitz when she saves the life of the charming Freddie Fairbank. Over a thank-you breakfast at the Ritz, he asks Polly to help requisition a sprawling English country house for the war effort. Petherbridge Hall has grand rooms, lovely views and will be a perfect nursing home for injured troops, if they can only persuade the family to give up their house. But then they find the lord of the manor dead behind the gardener’s shed.

Based on H. G. Wells’s own life experience in the drapery trade, this comic novel presents our anti-hero, Alfred Polly, miserable, timid, and without direction, but with a gift for creating incomprehensible conversational “epithets” to express himself. No one quite understands what he has just said to them … Was it a compliment? An insult? Was it profound or absurd?

Five fun cozy mystery books with pet-sitter Polly Parrett.

1936. Polly's guardian angel has to work overtime when her large family is forced to move from the countryside they love into central Liverpool. Money is desperately short, and with her mother working and her father sick, Polly is easily led astray by the handsome Sunny Andersen. But soon war looms, and Sunny joins the navy to train as a signaller. After the horrors of the May Blitz, Polly, too, decides she wants to help her country and goes into the WRNs. She hears that an old pal, Tad Donoghue from the Dublin slums, is now in the Royal Air Force.

Polly Bane After Dark is a seductive escape into the filthier corners of the imagination — kink-driven stories inspired by Polly Bane’s bestselling underground erotica.Expect forbidden fantasies, ABDL themes, power play, humiliation, and soft domination — all delivered in smooth, immersive audio episodes.These aren’t just erotic stories. They’re confessions, rituals, and whispered punishments for the late-night listener.New episodes every week.Come curious. Leave changed.

Dive into the whimsical and heartfelt journey of Mr. Polly, a man who, feeling stifled by the monotony of his conventional life, decides to take a bold leap and transform everything. H.G. Wells, drawing inspiration from his own early experiences as the son of a struggling shopkeeper and a draper’s apprentice, paints a vivid picture of the lower middle class in his novels. Works like The Wheels of Chance (1896), Kipps (1905), and The History of Mr. Polly (1910) capture the frustrations of those trapped in tedious jobs, while showcasing their courageous attempts to break free. H.G. Wells (1866...

The story of Polly is a gripping tale of love and betrayal, set against the backdrop of the pioneer West. The author has taken family history and spun it into a story you won't be able to pause. The book's trailer won three Telly Awards in 2014 for Entertainment, Editing, and the "People's Choice". Based on stories passed down over generations, this remarkable novel is an easy-to-listen-to adventure encompassing over 150 years of legend.

The second installment in the breathtaking Kershaw Sisters series. There is no love like a mother's for her child . . . Little Billy, Polly's son, is the light of her life. It's for his sake that she puts up with an unkind mother-in-law and life on an isolated farm. When Billy is knocked down by...

“Delightful. . . funny and poignant.” --People With a kick like the best hot sauce, this is the laugh-out-loud story of a girl determined to keep up with her aging, crazy-as-a-fox mother "If you ever pined for a mother who would take a hunting falcon as her wingman to a parent-teacher...

"This is a history and not a glorification of Mr. Polly, and I tell of things as they were with him.” So writes H.G Wells toward the end of his story of Mr. Polly, and indeed, the narrator’s voice throughout the book leaves us altogether ambivalent about his protagonist. The diminutive Everyman of the story is neither fully hero nor villain.

A viscount is enraptured—but gossips might get in the way of romance—in this Regency tale by an author acclaimed for "absorbing storytelling" (Booklist). Despite having proposed to more than a dozen women, Viscount Frederick remains one of London's most eligible bachelors. The debutantes...

Mr. Polly is an ordinary middle-aged man who is tired of his wife's nagging and his dreary job as the owner of a regional gentleman's outfitters. Faced with the threat of bankruptcy, he concludes that the only way to escape his frustrating existence is by burning his shop to the ground, and killing himself. Unexpected events, however, conspire at the last moment to lead the bewildered Mr. Polly to a bright new future - after he saves a life, fakes his death, and escapes to a life of heroism, hope and ultimate happiness.

Polly McClusky ist elf und eigentlich zu alt für den Teddybären, den sie überallhin mitnimmt, als überraschend ihr Vater vor ihr steht. Nate ist aus dem Gefängnis ausgebrochen, um Polly das Leben zu retten. Denn auf Polly ist ein Kopfgeld ausgesetzt. Nate hat sich im Knast einen mächtigen Feind gemacht: die Gang Aryan Steel hat ihn und seine Familie zu Freiwild erklärt. Nates Exfrau wurde bereits getötet, Polly ist die nächste auf der Liste.

Join Polly Pepper as she weaves enchanting tales for her beloved Five Little Peppers in the cozy warmth of their Little Brown House. This delightful collection of stories, born from the heartfelt requests of mothers and fans of the Pepper Family, brings to life the charming adventures that Polly loves to share. So snuggle up by the fire and immerse yourself in the whimsical world of Polly Peppers storytelling!

Amy has recently given birth to her first child, Evie, but, while utterly besotted with her daughter, she can't quite manage to get her own life back on track. She feels overweight, unattractive, and incapable of holding a conversation beyond the lines of breast pumps and feeding times. She wants her figure, her sassiness, her LIFE back. And on top of that, she suspects her partner, Joe, is having an affair. Then her friend Alice decides to give her a makeover.

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