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Author | : Talia Schaffer |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0190465093 |
Romance's Rival argues that the central plot of the most important genre of the nineteenth century, the marriage plot novel, means something quite different from what we thought. In Victorian novels, women may marry for erotic desire--but they might, instead, insist on "familiar marriage," marrying trustworthy companions who can offer them socially rich lives and futures of meaningful work. Romance's Rival shows how familiar marriage expresses ideas of female subjectivity dating back through the seventeenth century, while romantic marriage felt like a new, risky idea. Undertaking a major rereading of the rise-of-the-novel tradition, from Richardson through the twentieth century, Talia Schaffer rethinks what the novel meant if one tracks familiar-marriage virtues. This alternative perspective offers new readings of major texts (Austen, the Bront s, Eliot, Trollope) but it also foregrounds women's popular fiction (Yonge, Oliphant, Craik, Broughton). Offering a feminist perspective that reads the marriage plot from the woman's point of view, Schaffer inquires why a female character might legitimately wish to marry for something other than passion. For the past half-century, scholars have valorized desire, individuality, and autonomy in the way we read novels; Romance's Rival asks us to look at the other side, to validate the yearning for work, family, company, or social power as legitimate reasons for women's marital choices in Victorian fiction. Comprehensive in its knowledge of several generations of scholarship on the novel, Romance's Rival convinces us to re-examine assumptions about the nature and function of marriage and the role of the novel in helping us not simply imagine marriage but also process changing ideas about what it might look like and how it might serve people.
Author | : Nikki Sloane |
Publisher | : Shady Creek Publishing |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2017-11-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
This tight end is at the top of his game. He’s good with his hands, even better with his sexy mouth, and the best at making me forget my own name. His—ahem—stats are perfect. But I can’t fall for him. He might be everything I want, all rolled into a glorious package of gridiron god, but there’s one teeny-tiny problem. The vile, loathsome team I’ve spent my entire life hating—my beloved school’s arch-rival? This guy is their star player.
Author | : Ketley Allison |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2021-01-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781954148062 |
Hardcover edition of Book 1 of the Briarcliff Secret Society Series.
Author | : Altonya Washington |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Australia |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2013-09-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1488734771 |
Sultry singer Vivian Desmond would do anything for her grandmother––anything but work with her childhood enemy, Caesar Morrison. He's all grown up, but the famous pro athlete still enjoys getting under her skin. Now their matchmaking grandmothers think handing over the family business will turn spitfire rivals into lovebirds, but the man makes Vivian's blood boil.Okay, there was definitely something...hot...under all the years of feuding, and maybe it's time Caesar did something about it. Vivian always made him lose control, and now he knows why. She doesn't care about his fame, fortune or fine looks. She just knows him too well. Now all he wants is to know her––every inch of her––for a lifetime.
Author | : Talia Schaffer |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 511 |
Release | : 2016-02-02 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0190627514 |
Romance's Rival argues that the central plot of the most important genre of the nineteenth century, the marriage plot novel, means something quite different from what we thought. In Victorian novels, women may marry for erotic desire--but they might, instead, insist on "familiar marriage," marrying trustworthy companions who can offer them socially rich lives and futures of meaningful work. Romance's Rival shows how familiar marriage expresses ideas of female subjectivity dating back through the seventeenth century, while romantic marriage felt like a new, risky idea. Undertaking a major rereading of the rise-of-the-novel tradition, from Richardson through the twentieth century, Talia Schaffer rethinks what the novel meant if one tracks familiar-marriage virtues. This alternative perspective offers new readings of major texts (Austen, the Brontës, Eliot, Trollope) but it also foregrounds women's popular fiction (Yonge, Oliphant, Craik, Broughton). Offering a feminist perspective that reads the marriage plot from the woman's point of view, Schaffer inquires why a female character might legitimately wish to marry for something other than passion. For the past half-century, scholars have valorized desire, individuality, and autonomy in the way we read novels; Romance's Rival asks us to look at the other side, to validate the yearning for work, family, company, or social power as legitimate reasons for women's marital choices in Victorian fiction. Comprehensive in its knowledge of several generations of scholarship on the novel, Romance's Rival convinces us to re-examine assumptions about the nature and function of marriage and the role of the novel in helping us not simply imagine marriage but also process changing ideas about what it might look like and how it might serve people.
Author | : Natalie Decker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2014-11-19 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780692332238 |
Skylar Fletcher is a proud Harris Academy Bulldog! She has everything she's ever wanted: a perfect boyfriend, great friends, and her dream college waiting for her in the fall. But nothing lasts forever. Skylar's world shatters when her mom decides it's time to move and drags Skylar, kicking and screaming, into Bobcat territory. At Delmont High School, home of the Bobcats, Skylar has no friends and is often bullied. To make matters worse, her home life sucks thanks to all-star quarterback Caleb Morgan, nephew of her mom's live-in boyfriend. At first, Skylar and Caleb want nothing to do with one another. But they soon discover they're not that different after all--and each is harboring a secret attraction to the other. But can a Bulldog and a Bobcat ever really be more than friends? And are Skylar and Caleb willing to risk everything to find out? Rival Love is a debut young adult contemporary romance from Natalie Decker.
Author | : Jaxon Knight |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2019-06-24 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780473484606 |
There are three golden rules for new recruits at Fairyland Theme Park:1. No breaking character, even if you're dying of heat exhaustion2. Always give guests the most magical time3. No falling in love.Nate's only been at work one day, and he's already broken all three. Fast-tracked into a Prince role, Nate's at odds with Dash, the handsome not-so-charming prince who is supposed to be training him. Nate doesn't know how he ended up on Dash's bad side, but the broody prince sure is hot when he gets mad.Dash has worked long and hard to play Prince Justice at Fairyland. Now, instead of focusing on his own performance, he is forced to train newbie Nate to be the perfect prince. Nate's annoying ease with the guests coupled with his charm and good looks could dethrone Dash from his number one spot ... so why does he secretly want to kiss him? Fairyland heats up as sparks fly between the two rival princes. Will they get their fairytale romance before they're kicked out of Fairyland for good? Find out in this standalone MM contemporary romance by Jaxon Knight, set in an amusement park where fairytales can come true.--- Rival Princes is a sweet Rivals to Lovers romance with queer characters, set in a fairy tale themed amusement park. Guaranteed HEA. Some cursing, no cheating.
Author | : Kat T Masen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2021-03-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
The Office Rivals are back and have finally said 'I Do.' Presley Malone was the co-worker every guy wanted to get their hands on. Sexy, intelligent-and entirely off-limits. So, I knocked her up during a heated one-night stand. We fell in love, had a son, and I put a ring on her finger. Now, she's mine. Marriage is supposed to be all bliss, right? For better, for worse. Till death us do part... ** This book was previously published as #B!TCH and is the follow up story to The Office Rival.
Author | : Kendall Ryan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2021-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781952036057 |
Dump my cheating ex? Check. Land an amazing job with Boston's professional hockey franchise? Check. Fall stupidly in love with hockey's favorite bad boy? Ugh. After wasting years of my life with the wrong person, I told myself all I wanted was a little no-strings fun. Enter Alex Braun-the wealthy, handsome, and notorious playboy who is equal parts charming, and dangerous as hell to my wounded heart. After enduring a very public breakup of his own, the sexy player doesn't want to be anyone's forever. Too bad he barreled his way into my heart, instead of just my bed. But this professional athlete knows a thing or two about competing, and he won't let go so easily. Warning: This romance contains one grumpy, emotionally damaged, but gorgeous-as-hell hockey player, and a whip-smart, hardworking heroine who has never quite fit in. It should only be read by those who like their men brawny and their romances red-hot!
Author | : Kat T Masen |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2021-03-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Arrogant, cocky, immature-how many ways can I describe my co-worker? I should have called in sick that day and stuck to my rule of keeping my personal life private. But like always, he got to me and pushed all the wrong buttons. Then we made one mistake. To prove just how much we hated each other... Presley Malone knew her relationship with her fiancé had run its course. The second that ring came off her finger, she didn't expect to be the pawn in an immature game played by her stuck-up co-worker. Haden Cooper enjoyed playing games, and when it came to Presley Malone, it was all too easy. Miss Know-it-all, with her over-the-top OCD, was soon going to get a taste of what it was like to live on the edge. But what starts as an innocent prank in the office soon becomes an unhealthy obsession. **This title was previously published as #JERK. It has been extensively rewritten, re-edited, and has a new cover.