Cousins -- Romans, nouvelles, etc

Mansfield Park

by Oakley, Jacqui, Danielson, Julie, Austen, Jane

fromComplete Jane Austen collection

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Mansfield Park is a study of three families-the Bertrams, the Crawfords, and the Prices-with the isolated figure of the heroine, Fanny Price, at its center. Fanny's quiet passivity, her steadfast loyalty and love for the son of the family who regard her as the poor relation, and…

Mansfield Park

by Austen, Jane

fromBroadview literary texts

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"Mansfield Park is Austen's darkest and most complex novel. In contrast to the confident and vivacious heroines of Emma and Pride and Prejudice, its central character, Fanny Price, is a shy and vulnerable poor relation who finds the courage to stand up for her principles and des…

Little mother: a novel

by Ali Farah, Cristina, Bellesia, Giovanna, Poletto, Victoria Offredi, Di Maio, Alessandra

fromGlobal African voices

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When civil war erupts in Somalia, cousins Domenica Axad and Barni are separated and forced to flee the country. Barni manages to eke out a living in Rome, where she works as an obstetrician. Domenica wanders Europe in a painful attempt to reunite her broken family and come to te…

Book Club Discussion Kit

by Du Maurier, Daphne

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Rachel, a woman of exquisite beauty, descends on the great Cornwall estate of Philip Ashley. Despite his aroused suspicions, she soon enchants him. In this tale of good and evil, Philip must decide whether the glorious Rachel, the recent mysterious widow of his beloved cousin, i…

My cousin Rachel

by Du Maurier, Daphne

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"Tells the story of Philip Ashley, a Victorian young man whose placid life in the English countryside is turned inside-out by an older woman the beautiful, sophisticated, mysterious widow of his uncle."--Back cover

My cousin Rachel

by Du Maurier, Daphne

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Rachel, a woman of exquisite beauty, descends on the great Cornwall estate of Philip Ashley. Despite his aroused suspicions, she soon enchants him. In this tale of good and evil, Philip must decide whether the glorious Rachel, the recent mysterious widow of his beloved cousin, i…

Jinx

by Cabot, Meg

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Sixteen-year-old Jean "Jinx" Honeychurch, the descendant of a witch, must leave Iowa to live with relatives in Manhattan after the first spell she casts goes awry, but she will have to improve her skills to stop her beautiful cousin from practicing the black magic that endangers…