Download or read book The Gentleman and the Rake written by Katherine Woodbury and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revised omnibus edition of Mr. B Speaks! and A Man of Few Words, Katherine Woodbury provides a fresh perspective on two classic works of English literature.Adaptations of Jane Austen's most beloved and well-known work have too often transformed Fitzwilliam Darcy into the stereotypical alpha male of Regency romances. In order to correct this misunderstanding, Darcy has taken the opportunity to provide a more "balanced" view of the relationship between himself and Elizabeth Bennet.Bodily yanked out of Samuel Richardson's Pamela, the novel's hero, Mr. B, must defend himself in court before a panel of skeptical literary scholars and unfriendly critics. The redeemed rake of the first true English romance, Mr. B struggles to justify his provocative behavior. Will love conquer all in the 21st century as it did in the 18th?The result is a delightful dash through the roots of the modern romance novel!
Download or read book The Accomplished Rake Or the Modern Fine Gentleman Being the Genuine Memoirs of a Certain Person of Distinction A Novel written by Mary Davys and published by . This book was released on 1756 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Accomplish d Rake written by Mary Davys and published by . This book was released on 1756 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Disgraced Rake the Gentleman Rogue the Lost Gentleman written by Margaret McPhee and published by Mills & Boon. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gentleman Rogue In a Mayfair ballroom, beautiful Emma Northcote stands in amazement. For gazing at her, with eyes she'd know anywhere, is Ned Stratham ¿ a man whose roguish charm once held her captivated. But that was another life in another part of London. With their past mired in secrets and betrayal, and their true identities now at last revealed, Ned realises they can never rekindle their affair. For only he knows that they share a deeper connection ¿ one that could make Emma hate him if she ever discovered the truth... The Lost Gentleman Kate Medhurst's days on the high seas are numbered with the fearsome Captain North on her tail. Once captured, pirate Kate knows she should fight him ¿ should hate him ¿ but she cannot. Captain North is no gentleman ¿ at least, not anymore. But his vow to regain his honour has given him a fresh start, until he confronts Kate and everything changes. Because suddenly breaking his vow seems a small price to pay to save the woman he loves...
Download or read book The Gentleman s Dictionary written by Guillet (sieur.) and published by . This book was released on 1705 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rakes Highwaymen and Pirates written by Erin Mackie and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-02-23 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the depiction and development of masculine figures in eighteenth-century British literature. Erin Mackie explores the shared histories of the modern polite English gentleman and other less respectable but no less celebrated eighteenth-century masculine types: the rake, the highwayman, and the pirate. Mackie traces the emergence of these character types to the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, when traditional aristocratic authority was increasingly challenged. She argues that the development of the modern polite gentleman as a male archetype can only be fully comprehended when considered alongside figures of fallen nobility, which, although criminal, were also glamorous enough to reinforce the same ideological order. In Evelina’s Lord Orville, Clarissa’s Lovelace, Rookwood’s Dick Turpin, and Caleb Williams's Falkland, Mackie reads the story of the ideal gentleman alongside that of the outlaw, revealing the parallel lives of these seemingly contradictory characters. Synthesizing the histories of masculinity, manners, and radicalism, Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates offers a fresh perspective on the eighteenth-century aristocratic male. “In this well-researched study, Mackie makes a strong case for the inclusion of alternative, criminal masculinities in understanding the development of the modern English gentleman and patriarchy in the eighteenth century. Situated at the nexus of gender theory and literary studies, her book adds to the study of modern and late modern cultural norms of gender and sexuality through discourse analysis of literary and nonliterary texts.” —Srividhya Swaminathan, Journal of British Studies “The topic is lively, the writing clear, and the argument persuasive. Bringing together histories of criminality, of gender, and of manners cuts across the period in a new way that promises to produce lively debate.” —James Thompson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “The central concern of this book is the transformation of the “British gentleman” from the so-called Glorious Revolution through reformulations of patriarchy as exhibited in taste, sensibility, and virtue in the 18th century and beyond.” —Choice
Download or read book Rakes Highwaymen and Pirates written by Erin Mackie and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synthesizing the histories of masculinity, manners, and radicalism, Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates offers a fresh perspective on the eighteenth-century aristocratic male.
Download or read book The Rake s Progress written by Marjorie Bowen and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Rake's Progress" by Marjorie Bowen Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long, who used the pseudonyms Marjorie Bowen and Joseph Shearing, was a British author who wrote historical romances. In this book, she follows a so-proclaimed rake, a womanizer who was perfectly set in his ways. However, even the most charming playboy isn't immune to the magic that happens when stricken by true love and the desire for romance.
Download or read book The gentleman s magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1753 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rake s Rebellious Lady written by Anne Herries and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Regency romance, a dashing rake has a wild tomboy seeing marriage in a new light. Tomboy Miss Caroline Holbrook is used to running riot and can’t imagine settling into a dull, respectable marriage. Undaunted, her aunt’s determined to see Caroline at all the best gatherings in town. Caroline’s zest for life and alluring innocence draw the attention of Sir Frederick Rathbone—who is far from dull! In fact, he’s the most exciting man Caroline has ever met. But should she resist the attentions of this rakish and most sought-after bachelor in town?
Download or read book The Gentleman s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs.
Download or read book The Rake s Vow written by Ruth Ann Nordin and published by Ruth Ann Nordin. This book was released on 2017-03-18 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thaddeus (Tad) Darkin, the Duke of Lambeth, used to be a rake. In fact, before Lord Edon was scandalizing the Ton, Tad was the one everyone was talking about. Many gentlemen secretly wished they had his charm with the ladies. All reputable ladies were warned to stay as far from him as possible, which only made him all the more attractive. Then, after a tragic event, he took a vow of celibacy, promising he would never be intimate with another lady again. Over the years, this caused him to be the most sought-after single gentleman in all of London. And even though he doesn't want to marry, his steward left him in financial ruin, so whether he likes it or not, he must take a wife. After being rejected by the gentleman she was hoping to marry, Miss Loretta Bachman is on a mission to save her reputation. She needs to marry someone who will impress the prestigious ladies in her social circle. So when she catches the leader of the group talking about the very handsome and hard-to-get Duke of Lambeth, she's determined to get him to marry her. All she needs is a little bargaining power, and fortunately for her, she happens to have the money he needs to save his estate. When she learns of his vow to remain celibate, she agrees to keep away from his bed. After all, her only reason for marrying him is to secure her social standing in London, not to have a love match. All she asks is that he pretends to be deeply in love with her when they're in public. That way she will succeed in impressing the Ton. But before long, the lines between what is pretend and what is real starts to blur, and it's hard to decide how far to push the limits of their agreement.
Download or read book The Rake s Rainbow written by Allison Lane and published by Belgrave House. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caroline Cummings, a talented vicar’s daughter, is inadvertently compromised by Thomas Mannering, rake and second son of an earl. They are forced to marry, though Thomas is obsessed with a now-married London beauty. While Caroline works to understand her tormented husband and build a life with him, he struggles to maintain his honor and their social position in Regency society. Regency Romance by Allison Lane; originally published by Signet and winner of Romantic Times Best First Regency award for 1996.
Download or read book Breaking the Rake s Rules written by Bronwyn Scott and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being bad has never felt so good! The first time Miss Bryn Rutherford meets Captain Kitt Sherard, he scales her balcony and kisses her breathless! And after years of trying to behave, she can't help but think Kitt's piratical wildness is just what she needs. So when she must venture across the Caribbean seas, only one man will do… Daredevil Kitt agrees to help—as long as Bryn plays by his rules. And that means hands off! Except, trapped aboard, the chemistry between them hits fever pitch. Now it's only a question of who'll break the rules first! Rakes of the Caribbean Sun, Sand and Sizzling Seduction
Download or read book The Rake s Progress written by Marjorie Bowen and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rake s Revenge written by Emily Hendrickson and published by Belgrave House. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charming Regina Hawthorne had thought Lord Torrington was planning to offer for her—when he suddenly became engaged to another. Rakish Lord St. Aubyn sympathized with “Rejected Regina’s” situation and solicited her assistance with a family problem, while distracting the gossips from maligning the lovely young woman. Regency Romance by Emily Hendrickson; originally published by Signet
Download or read book Behind the Rake s Wicked Wager written by Sarah Mallory and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
