Emily: 3337 books

Like a knight of old, when Justin Fairfax, the elegant Earl of Rochford discovers the dilemma facing lovely Anne Haycroft, he comes to her rescue. Her despicable uncle is determined to wed her to a nasty peer in order to settle gaming debts. The earl places her with his aunt, then creates fictitious...

Rebecca is establishing her legitimacy as a freelance writer, while adventuring through the city’s underbelly with her best friend Simon. Once she meets Ezra, the unattainable editor of a popular underground music magazine, her escapades reach tragically absurd proportions as she struggles to find...

Watching Oksana features disparate voices, most of them speaking from the late twentieth century. The opening group of stories, “What You Do for Love,” is linked thematically, all of its protagonists in uniquely intense yet familiar parent–child relationships. “American Snapshot, 1993” is...

An insightful look at representations of women’s bodies and female authority. This work explores Edith Wharton's career-long concern with a 19th-century visual culture that limited female artistic agency and expression. Wharton repeatedly invoked the visual arts--especially painting—as a...

“First marvel; then record.” This tempered revision of Wordsworth's famous definition of poetry as a spontaneous overflow of powerful emotion recollected in tranquility serves as a useful guide to Emily Rosko's Weather Inventions. The poems in Rosko's third collection capture an enduring sense...

Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was a British novelist most famous for her historical novels. Many of her books contained Protestant themes.

Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was a British novelist most famous for her historical novels. Many of her books contained Protestant themes.

According to Wikipedia: "Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was an English novelist. She wrote about fifty books, mainly for children. Most of her work can be classified as historical novels. Her work has a Protestant religious theme."

Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was a British novelist most famous for her historical novels. Many of her books contained Protestant themes.

Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was a British novelist most famous for her historical novels. Many of her books contained Protestant themes.

Emma Lawrence is heiress to a large estate--which has attracted her bullying cousin Claude. Adam Herbert wishes to discover a wider world than his father's rectory, and presents himself to his great-uncle, the Earl of Stanwell, where he meets Emma. Though he saves the impetuous Emma from scrapes,...

Emma Cheney only appears to be a proper miss; what she really seeks is adventure. And she can't resist an invitation sent to her brother to view an ancient Egyptian mummy being unwrapped. The host, Sir Peter Dancy, suspects Emma's disguise, but pretends to accept her. Emma fears the scandal which...

Virginia Woolf's rich and imaginative use of language was partly a result of her keen interest in foreign literatures and languages - mainly Greek and French, but also Russian, German and Italian. As a translator she naturally addressed herself both to contemporary standards of translation within...

Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893) was a British novelist most famous for her historical novels. Many of her books contained Protestant themes.