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Mansfield Park (1814) by JaneAusten
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Fanny Price is a young girl from a large and relatively poor family, who is taken from them at age 10 to be raised by her rich uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas, a baronet, and Lady Bertram, of Mansfield Park. She had previously lived with her own parents, Lieut. Price and his wife, Frances (Fanny), Lady Bertram's sister. She is the second child and eldest daughter, with seven siblings born after her. She has a firm attachment to her older brother, William, who at the age of 12 has followed his father into the navy. With so many mouths to feed on a limited income, Fanny's mother is grateful for the opportunity to send Fanny away to live with her fine relatives.
Pride and Prejudice (1813) by JaneAusten
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The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.
Emma (1815) by JaneAusten
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Emma Woodhouse, aged 20 at the start of the novel, is a young, beautiful, witty, and privileged woman in Regency England. She lives on the fictional estate of Hartfield in Surrey in the village of Highbury with her elderly widowed father, a hypochondriac who is excessively concerned for the health and safety of his loved ones. Emma's friend and only critic is the gentlemanly George Knightley, her neighbour from the adjacent estate of Donwell, and the brother of her elder sister Isabella's husband, John. As the novel opens, Emma has just attended the wedding of Miss Taylor, her best friend and former governess. Having introduced Miss Taylor to her future husband, Mr. Weston, Emma takes credit for their marriage, and decides that she rather likes matchmaking.
Northanger Abbey (1818) by JaneAusten
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Northanger Abbey follows seventeen-year-old Gothic novel aficionado Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath. It is Catherine's first visit there. She meets new friends, such as Isabella Thorpe, and goes to balls. Catherine finds herself pursued by Isabella's brother, the rough-mannered, slovenly John Thorpe, and by her real love interest, Henry Tilney. She also becomes friends with Eleanor Tilney, Henry's younger sister. Henry captivates her with his view on novels and his knowledge of history and the world. General Tilney (Henry and Eleanor's father) invites Catherine to visit their estate, Northanger Abbey, which, from her reading of Ann Radcliffe's Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho, she expects to be dark, ancient and full of Gothic horrors and fantastical mystery.
Sense and Sensibility (1811) by JaneAusten
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Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre cottage on a distant relative's property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak.
Persuasion (1818) by JaneAusten
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More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marriage from the handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. He was clever, confident, and ambitious, but poor and with no particular family connections to recommend him. Sir Walter, Anne's fatuous, snobbish father and her equally self-involved older sister Elizabeth were dissatisfied with her choice, maintaining that he was no match for an Elliot of Kellynch Hall, the family estate. Her older friend and mentor, Lady Russell, acting in place of Anne's late mother, persuaded her to break the engagement. Now 27 and still unmarried, Anne re-encounters her former love when his sister and brother-in-law, the Crofts, take out a lease on Kellynch. Wentworth is now a captain and wealthy from maritime victories in the Napoleonic wars. However, he has not forgiven Anne for rejecting him. While publicly declaring that he is ready to marry any suitable young woman who catches his fancy, he privately resolves that he is ready to become attached to any appealing young woman except for Anne Elliot.
Lady Susan by JaneAusten
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Lady Susan Vernon, a beautiful and charming recent widow, visits her brother- and sister-in-law, Charles and Catherine Vernon, with little advance notice at Churchill, their country residence. Catherine is far from pleased, as Lady Susan had tried to prevent her marriage to Charles and her unwanted guest has been described to her as "the most accomplished coquette in England". Among Lady Susan's conquests in London is the married Mr. Mainwaring. Cover by the lovely @Austened.
Those Cool Kids by Booklover_Sara
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Charlie had it harder than most of the kids of her age, more than once. Changed from one foster home to another, finally, she manages to escape the system but it's only for a brief moment, she's sent back to hell. Again, she's introduced to a new family; The Harris. With the always so serious police officer Mr. Harris and oh-so-perfect blondie Mrs. Harris, and of course, let us not forget their handsome quarterback son; Dean Harris. Forced to coexist in the same house with the prick that keeps calling you a smurf sure sounds like fun. A humorous story about how all stereotypes can go f*** themselves.
Heaven Knows by BelleBurns
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❝ Sometimes, life gives us a story we've never been told before. And sometimes, it's a story we don't know how to start and a story that we don't want to end. ❞ Dominic Savio is a name you will usually find in a saint's handbook. Overflowed with what life has to offer, he realizes that his life has always been the same old story. But as Dominic ventures out to find what's more to see, he finds Anna. A sad piece of Heaven in a distorted earth. She carries the world on her shoulders and she lets the skies cry for her. Deep curiosity drove Dominic into knowing Anna. He wanted to know the answers-and most of all, he wanted to know her. But as Dominic unravels Anna, he realizes that there are some stories in life that no matter how hard you try to alter, they are bound to remain the same. From the creator of "Remind Me Again" and "It's All About Wednesday"; BelleBurns-comes back with another story about love, memory and loss. Heaven Knows© All Rights Reserved 2014. BelleBurns
The Decoy Date by HRB2910
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Imogen Jones is sick and tired of her mother setting her up on dates with - well let's face it weirdoes and as luck would have it on the day she finally stands up for herself, she runs into a gorgeous guy who kisses like a god. She thinks her luck is finally paying off, until he reveals his name. Charlie Ramsey had been one of many who had made her school life a living hell, she thought she'd escaped him once and for all but here he was with that amazing pair of lips asking her to be his fake girlfriend. Together they hatch a plan to fool their parents, siblings and friends into believing they are a couple in love, but have they gone so far they've fooled themselves. Or has their decoy date become something a lot more real and a lot like true love. Join Charlie and Imogen as they make their way through London learning how people can change over time and how love can change everything.