"A case study in international reception, pairing translated and adapted "foreign" material with German national popular literary production to examine the spread and power of a romance plot promising liberation, parity, and love"--
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Hoping to incite the jealousy of Lady Constance Gideon, the young woman he plans to marry, barrister Gideon Cole comes up with a scheme to pass off Lily Masters, a lovely pickpocket, as a grand society lady.
Ariana Forsythe finds herself facing romantic scandals and a man who tests both her heart and her faith in 1813 England.
A young woman takes a job as a waitress in a provincial town in 1930s France. A married man from a nearby chateau falls in love with her. They go away together and an ill-starred affair follows.
Fleeing the heat and crowds of a London ballroom, innocent Alexandra Purnell seeks refuge outside, only to be whisked away by Edmond, Earl of Amberley, who rescues her from certain scandal by offering her marriage. Reprint.