A wonderfully entertaining riches-to-rags story with the glitz of a celebrity mag expose, mixed with an old-fashioned tale of comeuppance & self discovery. Meet Charlotte Williams! Rich, gorgeous, blonde & a talented singer, she has everything going for her. Spoiled & indulged, her life has always revolved around fashion, gossip, partying & men. When Charlotte's father -- her only family since her mother's tragic death years ago -- is arrested on fraud charges, her glittering world shatters around her. Alone & penniless, she must make her own way for the very first time. Harassed by paparazzi & the outraged victims of her father's crimes, Charlotte flees to New Orleans to escape the scandal. But what happens when a Park Avenue Princess is forced to fend for herself? How will she adapt to the Big Easy's bohemian lifestyle? & in the face of anonymous death threats, can she keep herself out of danger? From the stylish avenues of Manhattan & dark clubs of the French Quarter to the bright lights of Los Angeles, Nicole Richie's scintillating tale shows that the very life you run from is the one that won't let you hide. ...

At two international auction houses, fine art experts vie to get the world's most fabulous & expensive paintings into their salerooms. At Ludbrooks of London, Lizzy Duffy does her best get ahead as an auctioneer, while her boss Nat Wilde takes advantage of her in more ways than one. Meanwhile Carrie Klein, number two fine art expert at Ehrenpreis in New York has been charged with opening Ehrenpreis's new operation in London, & she's determined that it's going to make her name. & in a draughty farmhouse in Cornwall, impoverished artist Serena Macdonald struggles to support her young daughter by painting family pets. Until a mistake leads to a cottage industry in 'old masters'
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When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant & conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks & lively mind. When she discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley & her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions & superbly evokes the friendships, gossip & snobberies of provincial middle-class life. ...

A highly imaginative P&P sequel set in Egypt by an award-winning, bestselling author with over 150, 000 copies sold. In this romantic & adventurous Pride & Prejudice continuation by bestselling author Amanda Grange & Egypology expert Jacqueline Webb, ...

Adaptation of the classic novel by Jane Austen starring Keira Knightley & Matthew Mac Fadyen. When wealthy Mr Bingley (Simon Woods) & his friend, the dashing Mr Darcy (Mac Fadyen) arrive in a small Hertfordshire town, Mrs Bennett (Brenda Blethyn) sees i ...

Adaptation of the classic novel by Jane Austen starring Keira Knightley & Matthew Mac Fadyen. When wealthy Mr Bingley (Simon Woods) & his friend, the dashing Mr Darcy (Mac Fadyen) arrive in a small Hertfordshire town, Mrs Bennett (Brenda Blethyn) sees i ...

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant & conceited. When she later discovers that Mr Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Mr Bingley & her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. ...

Pride & Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners.



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It is a truth (almost) universally acknowledged that a person interested in good literature must be in want of this book...



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