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81) Evelina
Author
Series
Publisher
Digireads Publishing
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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Description
"First published in 1778, this novel of manners tells the story of Evelina, a young woman raised in rural obscurity who is thrust into London's fashionable society at the age of eighteen. There, she experiences a sequence of humorous events at balls, theatres, and gardens that teach her how quickly she must learn to navigate social snobbery and veiled aggression. Evelina, the embodiment of the feminine ideal for her time, undergoes numerous trials...
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Sheila wedded earls and barons, befriended literary figures and movie stars, bedded a future king, was feted by London and New York society for forty years and when she died was a Russian princess. Vivacious, confident and striking, Sheila Chisholm met her first husband, Francis Edward Scudamore St Clair - Erskine, a first lieutenant and son of the 5th Earl of Rosslyn, when she went to Egypt during the Great War to nurse her brother. Arriving in London...
Series
Doris Day collection volume 2
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Company
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Musical about a singer, Georgia Garrett, who takes the place of a socialite on a cruise and finds herself embroiled in the plots and counterplots of a suspicious husband and wife.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Ent
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Fallen Greek bride: "Infamous Morgan Copeland has graced the tabloids as America's Sweetheart for years. Until scandalous family allegations change the headlines overnight to Socialite in Disgrace! Her reputation in tatters and holding on to the last shreds of her pride, Morgan seeks her estranged husband's help, knowing that to convince merciless Drakon Xanthis, she will have to get down on her knees and beg ... . At first Morgan had merely been...
86) The walker
Publisher
Distributed by Thinkfilm
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
Washington, D.C. Carter Page is a popular socialite who serves as confidant, companion and card partner to the wives of the most powerful men in America. When Carter's dearest friend finds herself on the brink of a scandal, he covers for her. Suddenly, he finds himself the chief suspect in a criminal investigation and this well-connected man-about-town becomes an outcast, hounded by the police and forced to hunt down the true culprit in order to clear...
Series
Criterion collection volume 736
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Opposites attract with magnetic force in this romantic road-trip delight, about a spoiled runaway socialite and a roguish man-of-the-people reporter who is determined to get the scoop on her scandalous disappearance. The first film to accomplish the very rare feat of sweeping all five major Oscar categories (best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best screenplay), is among the most gracefully constructed and edited films of the...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
1940. A train carrying exiled German prisoners from a labor camp arrives in southern France. Within moments, word spreads that Nazi capture is imminent, and the men flee for the woods, desperate to disappear across the Spanish border. One stays behind, determined to ride the train until he reaches home, to find a woman he refers to simply as "her." 1937. Leonora Carrington is a twenty-year-old British socialite and painter dreaming of independence...
89) Good mourning
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the wealthy socialite and patron of the arts details her marriage to railroad heir Frank Jay Gould and her role in creating a luxury hotel and casino empire before becoming a Nazi collaborator in World War II Paris.
91) French exit
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Sixty-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite Frances Price had a plan to die before the money ran out, but things didn't go as planned. Her husband Franklin has been dead for twelve years and with his vast inheritance gone, she cashes in the last of her possessions and resolves to live out her twilight days anonymously in a borrowed apartment in Paris. She is accompanied by her directionless son Malcolm and a cat named Small Frank, who may or may...
Author
Series
Map of time volume 2
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When a New York socialite challenges her millionaire suitor to reproduce the extraterrestrial invasion featured in Wells' War of the Worlds, three fantastical adventures in time travel and mystery ensue, replete with cameos by such figures as a young Edgar Allan Poe, Captain Shackleton and Charles Winslow from "The map of time.".
93) 666 Park Avenue
Author
Series
666 Park Avenue volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Darkness lurks behind the gilded halls of New York high society, and the elite Upper East Side Witches who rule Park Avenue.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Comedy drama based on the true story of the American opera singer. World renowned as a virtuosic pianist, Florence Foster Jenkins has a new dream: to become a famous opera singer. Her voice, however, leaves a lot to be desired and she becomes famous for her lack of talent. Despite the constant critisicm from her peers and audiences which Florence's manager and partner St. Clair Bayfield (Hugh Grant) endeavours to keep from her, Florence battles on...
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The London Season is ushered in with a thrilling flurry of invitations, gowns, and parties. But despite her status as belle of the ball, lovely socialite Emma Drake simply cannot fathom becoming entangled with any gentleman of her acquaintance. For, in truth, since childhood, her heart has belonged to Captain Sidney Fletcher, a man of the sea, and her brother's best friend. Emma knew Sidney's directive to free the Spanish city of Cadiz from French...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"At the turn of the twentieth century, American women began to reject Victorian propriety in favor of passion and livelihood outside the home. This alarmed authorities, who feared certain "over-sexed" women could destroy civilization if allowed to reproduce and pass on their defects. Set against this backdrop, THE UNFIT HEIRESS chronicles the fight for inheritance, both genetic and monetary, between Ann Cooper Hewitt and her mother Maryon. In 1934,...
Author
Language
English
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"Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy was the incandescent life-force of the fabled Kennedy family, her father's acknowledged "favorite of all the children" and her brother Jack's "psychological twin." She was the Kennedy of Kennedys, sure of her privilege, magnetically charming and somehow not quite like anyone else on whatever stage she happened to grace. The daughter of the American ambassador to the Court of St. James's, Kick swept into Britain's aristocracy...
Author
Series
Pinnacle Hotel mystery volume 2
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"New York, 1958. Even though Evelyn Murphy has made progress conquering her agoraphobia by leaving the Pinnacle, she still feels most comfortable in her father's hotel. With Malcolm Cooper, her new boyfriend and fellow employee at the hotel, Evelyn feels prepared for whatever happens next. In this case, it’s throwing a big fundraiser with the who’s who of New York City. The night is a success, and Evelyn finally takes up Malcolm’s offer to finally...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The author, journalist, television commentator, and longtime Washington insider reflects on the spiritual quest that has brought deeper meaning to her life--and kept her grounded within the high-powered political world of Washington, D.C.'s elite--her renowned writing career, her celebrity marriage, and her legendary role as doyenne of the capital's social scene. In this emotionally involving, illuminating memoir, the legendary Washington Post journalist,...
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