Brides of Midsummer

Brides of Midsummer
Author: Vilhelm Moberg
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2014-02-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0873519353

The first English translation of an early and important work by Vilhem Moberg. For centuries, people have celebrated every Midsummer’s Eve at an ancient spring near a small Swedish village. On that special night, when unmarried men and women dance and some unusual activities are permitted, the Bridal Spring has special powers. Vilhelm Moberg introduces four musicians on the last day that each one will ever know: a curmudgeonly fiddler from the 1930s, a sad and conscientious key-harp player from the plague era of 1711, a ne’er-do-well who plays the flute in 1545, and a goat-horn blower from prehistoric times who, like the others, only seeks happiness with a woman. Binding their stories together is the voice of the Bridal Spring itself, tart and grudgingly compassionate—and slow to reveal its secret. Each progression backward in time reflects Moberg’s rich knowledge of folklore and shows the changes in everyday life in Sweden’s past. First published in 1946, before the Emigrants novels, The Brides of Midsummer is a complex, compelling journey through the arc of human life.

Stolen Midsummer Bride

Stolen Midsummer Bride
Author: Tara Grayce
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2022-04-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781943442324

Steal a bride. Save the library. Try not to die. Basil, a rather scholarly fae, works as an assistant librarian at the Great Library of the Court of Knowledge. Lonely and unwilling to join the yearly Midsummer Revel to find a mate, Basil takes the advice of his talking horse companion and decides to steal a human bride instead. But Basil never expected to find a human girl waiting for him, wanting to get snatched. Nor had he expected a girl like Meg, an illiterate farmgirl who has no use for books. With the barrier with the Realm of Monsters wearing thin and the chaos of Midsummer Night about to descend, will this unlikely pair put aside their differences long enough to save the Great Library from destruction? And maybe find a spark of love along the way. This is the third installment of STOLEN BRIDES OF THE FAE, a series of stand-alone short novels written by various romantic fantasy authors who share a passion for fantastical love stories.

A Midsummer-night's Dream

A Midsummer-night's Dream
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1734
Genre: English drama (Comedy)
ISBN:

National Sylvan Theatre, Washington Monument grounds, The Community Center and Playgrounds Department and the Office of National Capital Parks present the ninth summer festival program of the 1941 season, the Washington Players in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," produced by Bess Davis Schreiner, directed by Denis E. Connell, the music by Mendelssohn is played by the Washington Civic Orchestra conducted by Jean Manganaro, the setting and lights Harold Snyder, costumes Mary Davis.

Midsummer Bride

Midsummer Bride
Author: Amanda Forester
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1402271832

Heiress Harriet Redgrave resists her grandfather's intentions to marry her off to a lord until she meets Duncan Maclachlan, Earl of Thornton, who worries that her wild American upbringing has ill-prepared her for English high society.

Midsummer Magic

Midsummer Magic
Author: Julia Williams
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2013-06-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0007464487

The course of true love never did run smooth!

Midsummer

Midsummer
Author: Anna Franklin
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2002
Genre: Neopaganism
ISBN: 9780738700526

Midsummer--or the summer solstice--occurs when the sun is at the height of its power, the faeries are most active, and the future can be uncovered with ease. Shakespeare even captured the mischief of the occasion in his play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream." This book explores Midsummer customs and bears witness to their power today.

Midsummer Magic

Midsummer Magic
Author: Catherine Coulter
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1998
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780451408709

From the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Catherine Coulter comes the tale of a match made in hell that becomes a marriage made in heaven. Reissue.

A Midsummer's Kiss

A Midsummer's Kiss
Author: Meara Platt
Publisher: Meara Platt
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2016-06-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1945767030

A baron with only thirty days to marry or lose his inheritance. A hoyden who just ran him over with her horse. Trapped in bed with a broken leg, what can he do but insist she marry him? Enjoy this hilarious, bestselling Regency series. London is never the same once the Farthingales move onto Chipping Way, one of the loveliest streets in Mayfair. With five beautiful daughters in residence, the street has become a trap for unwary bachelors. Who will be next to fall? Sometimes love happens at the most unexpected times and in the most unexpected places. Sometimes it quietly sneaks up on you, and sometimes it knocks you over on a London street, just as it happens to Lord Graelem Dayne when Laurel Farthingale's horse runs him over and breaks his leg. Graelem has until Midsummer's Day, a mere thirty days from now to find a wife or lose a large inheritance. When a remorseful Laurel begs his forgiveness and promises to do anything for him, he takes her up on that promise and insists she marry him. Laurel Farthingale does not want a marriage of convenience. She has no intention of becoming Graelem Dayne’s biddable bride and is furious he's tricked her into a betrothal. She plans to marry another, her long-time friend and childhood infatuation who is now in London to propose to her, for she's a Farthingale and everyone knows that Farthingales only marry for love. But as she comes to know Graelem, she realizes he may very well be the man she's destined to love. Can he ever love her above his desire to secure his baronial fortune? Enjoy the entire series: The Viscount’s Rose A Midsummer’s Kiss Rules for Reforming a Rake My Fair Lily The Duke I’m Going To Marry Earl of Hearts Capturing the Heart of a Cameron

A Midsummer's Nightmare

A Midsummer's Nightmare
Author: Kody Keplinger
Publisher: Poppy
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2012-06-05
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0316202126

Whitley Johnson's dream summer with her divorce dad has turned into a nightmare. She's just met his new fiancee and her kids. The fiancee's son? Whitley's one-night stand from graduation night. Just freakin' great. Worse, she totally doesn't fit in with her dad's perfect new country-club family. So Whitley acts out. She parties. Hard. So hard she doesn't even notice the good things right under her nose: a sweet little future stepsister who is just about the only person she's ever liked, a best friend (even though Whitley swears she doesn't "do" friends), and a smoking-hot guy who isn't her stepbrother...at least, not yet. It will take all three of them to help Whitley get through her anger and begin to put the pieces of her family together. Filled with authenticity and raw emotion, Whitley is Kody Keplinger's most compelling character to date: a cynical Holden Caulfield-esque girl you will wholly care about.