Résultats Éditeur "Spoken Realms" dans Romance

A poignant tale of love and loneliness takes place during the 'White Nights' of St. Petersburg: a time in the summer months when the nights do not darken beyond twilight due to the city's northern location. The story is told by an unnamed narrator, a young man of 26, a self-professed dreamer and introvert, who lives alone in St. Petersburg. Wandering the streets at night he meets a young lady, lonely like himself, and they strike up a friendship. Meeting on successive nights the friendship develops and begins to show signs of love.

R. D. Blackmore’s enduring masterpiece Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is renowned for its beautifully descriptive writing, the cleverly woven plot, and the powerfully drawn portrait of true love. Set in Devon in the late 17th century, it is an enduring masterpiece. First published in 1869, the novel revolves around the story of Devonshire farmer, John Ridd, his family, friends, and community. John tells the story in the first person beginning when he is just a boy and his father is murdered by the Doones.

First published in 1910, this classic tale of three very different and socially distant families, whose lives intertwine through chance encounter, still has the power to move and entertain us. The passionate and artistic Schlegels, with their idealism and compassion find themselves inextricably linked with the pragmatic and capable Wilcox family, through a series of events which change the course of their lives forever.

First published in 1909, A Girl of the Limberlost is a novel by American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter. This classic of Indiana literature is a sequel to Stratton-Porter's earlier novel Freckles. Wholesome, sensible, and beautiful, the heroine, Elnora, is also compassionate, self-reliant, and intelligent. Neglected by her mother, Elnora reaches through this hardship toward education, friendship, and love. There are no shortcuts and her hard work brings joy to herself and all those she loves.

L’embarras d'être la seule fille qui n’a jamais été embrassée du lycée est une chose que Sandy Cardington refuse d’accepter. Le projet du premier baiser est son plan infaillible pour enfin se débarrasser de ce statut lors de la fête qu’elle organise pour son 17e anniversaire pendant que ses parents ne sont pas en ville. Avec plusieurs garçons potentiels à embrasser sur sa liste d’invités, cela devrait être une promenade de santé. Mais elle n’avait pas prévu que son frère aîné reviendrait de l’université et chamboulerait ses plans.

Lady Chatterley's Lover is D. H. Lawrence's last novel. First published privately in 1928, Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned from wider publication in the UK until 1960 and was the subject of censorship and book banning in the United States and elsewhere. Its erotic subject material, colorful language, and discussion of interclass relations were deemed obscene.

Lucy Honeychurch is a young English girl abroad in Italy for the first time and is ready to experience all the beauty, art, and romance it has to offer. She is hampered by the oppressive attentions of her chaperone, her prim cousin Charlotte, as well as the presence of a substantial British expatriate and tourist community in Florence.

Released in France anonymously in 1678, The Princess of Cleves is a terse, fictional account of unconsummated love set in the court of Henri II. Regarded as a pivotal piece in the history of women's writing, this tragic tale sees the life squeezed painfully out of the young, female protagonist as she struggles to abide by confusing moral mores amidst a world of complex, amorous intrigues and the fierce grip of her own—disastrous—passion.

The only survivors of a shipwreck off a Pacific island are Cambridge professor Edward Bowden and an orphaned baby girl. When Valentine Ryven is discovered 20 years later, Edward has recently died, and she is relieved and excited to be taken to England, where she believes her loving family awaits. Valentine is sure of a warm welcome because among the papers retrieved from the wreck is a letter from her Aunt Helena saying so. But in 20 years things change ... especially when money is involved.

Jenny is the story of Jenny Winge, a talented Norwegian painter who lives a free and independent life in Rome. Betraying her own ideals, she has an affair, resulting in a child out of wedlock, and decides to raise the child on her own. Undset gives a gripping portrayal of a woman struggling towards fulfillment and independence, who at the same time wrestles with mental problems. It is written with unflinching honesty, which makes her story as compelling today as it was nearly a century ago.

"They've lost the sense of right and wrong." This is the verdict of Chester Thornton, successful man of business, who is shocked to find that while he has spent years amassing his fortune, his five children have been breaking all the lessons of the Bible. His solution is to move to the Vermont farm where he grew up: no electricity, no friends to lead them astray, and a reacquaintance with Bible teachings. Very quickly, they adapt: skating, sledding, shared chores, and family time around the fire work its magic. But there is one holdout.

Anne Elliot knows a lot about making the best of a bad situation. Babysit her sister’s rowdy boys during their family vacation? Sure. While camping? Sounds great. She’s a little less prepared when the hunky cabin neighbor everyone’s talking about turns out to be Eric Wentworth. Eight years...

Freedom was the goal. Falling on an elf was just a side quest. Princess Esther Valedara didn’t mean to set her life (or half a forest) on fire. But when her “escape for freedom” spell drops her face-first into a band of adventurers—featuring one brooding elf, one chaotic half-elf, and...

In "A Cathedral Courtship", Kitty Schuyler is laboriously touring Europe's great cathedrals under the strict supervision of her Aunt Celia. When Jack Copley spies the lovely Kitty and accidentally discovers their itinerary, he pops up at each destination. Told from both perspectives, Kitty and Jack's love blooms under the nose of Aunt Celia, who proves more devoted to architecture than her duties as a chaperone.

Ewan Torringford is the last unattached member of Manifold, and as far as he's concerned, that's advantageous. A Nephilim, he cannot love as he is denied the emotion that created him. Knowing it wouldn't be fair to a woman that is looking for it (because he just can't fake it), he spends his time searching for the one thing that can keep him even and from going dark side, the essence of the pure. A chance meeting with a one-night stand from his past could mean the difference between staying in the band or having a complete lifestyle change.

Isobel MacNeil has grown up a simple village Lass and craves adventure, knowledge, and love. Laird Jamie Murray is looking for a woman who will bring a strong alliance and run his keep. Love is not required. When the two encounter each other in a loch, her bathing and him grievously wounded, sparks fly and passions ignite.

The dramatic romance was a poetic form particularly favored by Robert Browning. This collection of 25 poems includes many of the poet's most celebrated efforts in this genre. Each of these poems is essentially a monologue or imagined conversation by a character recalling a life-changing event. The particular occurrence may be related to war (Incident of the French Camp), love (The Last Ride Together), murder (Porphyria's Lover), or even a humorous fable (The Pied Piper of Hamelin.)

A successful young executive meets a beautiful woman; falls in love, and then strange things begin to happen. He loses his job, his car is repossessed, and no matter how hard he tries he can't seem to be hired anywhere. He has just signed up for his final unemployment check when he finally makes eye contact with the "Are You Ready Willing and Able to Work Sign Up Here Please Girl". She slips a note warning him that he is in danger and to meet her after work.

Not happy with your body and its appearance? Imagine being given the gift of complete personality projection. That's right, you become the person you imagine to be by just imagining. Of course, like any gift from a genie or demon, there is a catch.

One night is all it took. Passion ignites when a laird who has sworn off love meets a chambermaid in disguise at a masquerade ball. But can there be a happy ending for two people from such different worlds? A heartwarming rags-to-riches romance set in Medieval Scotland.