A Year Without a Chaperon
Author | : Elsie M. Cawthorne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : English fiction |
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Author | : Elsie M. Cawthorne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : English fiction |
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Author | : Laura Moriarty |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2013-06-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1594631433 |
Soon to be a feature film from the creators of Downton Abbey starring Elizabeth McGovern, The Chaperone is a New York Times-bestselling novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in the 1920s and the summer that would change them both. Only a few years before becoming a famous silent-film star and an icon of her generation, a fifteen-year-old Louise Brooks leaves Wichita, Kansas, to study with the prestigious Denishawn School of Dancing in New York. Much to her annoyance, she is accompanied by a thirty-six-year-old chaperone, who is neither mother nor friend. Cora Carlisle, a complicated but traditional woman with her own reasons for making the trip, has no idea what she’s in for. Young Louise, already stunningly beautiful and sporting her famous black bob with blunt bangs, is known for her arrogance and her lack of respect for convention. Ultimately, the five weeks they spend together will transform their lives forever. For Cora, the city holds the promise of discovery that might answer the question at the core of her being, and even as she does her best to watch over Louise in this strange and bustling place she embarks on a mission of her own. And while what she finds isn’t what she anticipated, she is liberated in a way she could not have imagined. Over the course of Cora’s relationship with Louise, her eyes are opened to the promise of the twentieth century and a new understanding of the possibilities for being fully alive. Drawing on the rich history of the 1920s, ’30s, and beyond—from the orphan trains to Prohibition, flappers, and the onset of the Great Depression to the burgeoning movement for equal rights and new opportunities for women—Laura Moriarty’s The Chaperone illustrates how rapidly everything, from fashion and hemlines to values and attitudes, was changing at this time and what a vast difference it all made for Louise Brooks, Cora Carlisle, and others like them.
Author | : Virginia Heath |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2021-09-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0008912998 |
'Heath is carving a name for herself in historical rom-coms.' Booklist 'Another outstanding book from Ms Heath.' Reader review 'Funny and poignant, a satisfying read.' Reader review
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 848 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Literary and political reviews |
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Author | : Sarah Mallory |
Publisher | : Harlequin |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 2015-06-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1460382919 |
"Ten thousand pounds to whoever can seduce the heiress by Michaelmas!" Even for dissolute rake Richard Arrandale, this latest bet is outrageously scandalous. But Richard doesn't care—until he meets the heiress's charming chaperon and the stakes are raised even higher! Widowed Lady Phyllida Tatham is no longer the shy, plain creature she once was. She's determined to protect her beautiful stepdaughter, but there's one suitor—with the worst kind of reputation—who seems more interested in seducing her. Who will come out on top in this winner-takes-all game? The Infamous Arrandales Scandal is their destiny!
Author | : Marion Harland |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2021-05-19 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
"Marion Harland's Complete Etiquette " is a guidebook about social ethics. The book includes: Sending and Receiving Invitations Cards and Calls Letter-Writing Introductions After Six O'clock Functions The Home Wedding The Church Wedding The Dinner Party The Education of a Young Girl The Débutante Men and Women Coeducation Socially Considered