A brave British widow goes to Siam and-by dint of her principled and indomitable character-inspires that despotic nation to abolish slavery and absolute rule: this appealing legend first took shape after the Civil War when Anna Leonowens came to America from Bangkok and succeede…
I think I could be a good woman, if I had five thousand a year, observes beautiful and clever Becky Sharp, one of the wickedest and most appealing women in all of literature. Becky is just one of the many fascinating figures that populate William Makepeace Thackeray 's wonderful…
I think I could be a good woman, if I had five thousand a year, observes beautiful and clever Becky Sharp, one of the wickedest -- and most appealing -- women in all of literature. Becky is just one of the many fascinating figures that populate William Makepeace Thackeray's nove…
I think I could be a good woman, if I had five thousand a year, observes beautiful and clever Becky Sharp, one of the wickedest and most appealing women in all of literature. Becky is just one of the many fascinating figures that populate William Makepeace Thackeray 's wonderful…
The adventures of Mary Poppins, the unusual governess whose remarkable powers transform the lives of the Banks family.
When her parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage, Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia are left in the cruel care of Miss Slighcarp. Together with Simon the Gooseboy, they make a daring escape, but they must find a way to wrest Willoughby Chase from Miss Slighcarp's evil clutche…
A wicked governess makes life miserable for Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia when Bonnie's parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage.
When her parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage, Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia are left in the cruel care of Miss Slighcarp. Together with Simon the Gooseboy, they make a daring escape, but they must find a way to wrest Willoughby Chase from Miss Slighcarp's evil clutche…
Olivia Keene is fleeing her own secret. She never intended to overhear his...
Fleeing her home after believing herself guilty of a crime, Olivia Keene stumbles upon the grand estate of Lord Bradley, who gives her a post to confine her lest she reveal a dark secret of his.
Fleeing her home after believing herself guilty of a crime, Olivia Keene stumbles upon the grand estate of Lord Bradley, who gives her a post to confine her lest she reveal a dark secret of his.
Adelaide Proctor longs to find a real-life storybook hero to claim as her own. But when a husband-hunting debacle leaves her humiliated, she interviews for a governess position on a remote Texas sheep ranch and vows to leave her silly romantic yearnings behind. Gideon Wescott le…
"Adelaide Proctor longs to find a real-life storybook hero to claim as her own. But when a husband-hunting debacle leaves her humiliated, she interviews for a governess position on a remote Texas sheep ranch and vows to leave her silly romantic yearnings behind. Gideon Wescott l…
After the destruction of the planet Beltane, survivors encounter hostile mutant creatures remaining on their planet's surface in "Dark Piper," while in "Dread Companion," a nightmare unfolds when Kilda agrees to care for two children emigrating from Chalox to the planet Dylan, i…
After the destruction of the planet Beltane, survivors encounter hostile mutant creatures remaining on their planet's surface in "Dark Piper," while in "Dread Companion," a nightmare unfolds when Kilda agrees to care for two children emigrating from Chalox to the planet Dylan, i…
