The Gilded Lily: A NovelSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2016. szept. 13. - 320 oldal The elegant and passionate Nina De Bonnard lives life by her own rules, changing beaus as often as she does gowns, in this delightful novel from award-winning author Helen Argers. Set in America's Gilded Age, The Gilded Lily moves from opulent Fifth Avenue parties to ostentatious summer mansions. |
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... began to see the want in their lives and question their own excesses. Having too much is often very much like having too little, for when the core of life is at either edge, existence is unbalanced and leads to rebellion. One such ...
... began to see the want in their lives and question their own excesses. Having too much is often very much like having too little, for when the core of life is at either edge, existence is unbalanced and leads to rebellion. One such ...
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... began, there it ended. A small, tight set with gossip its main source of sustenance. A shell like that was too confining for his larger horizons, Jordan had decided, and he had taken off for Europe. He had an inkling the lady with the ...
... began, there it ended. A small, tight set with gossip its main source of sustenance. A shell like that was too confining for his larger horizons, Jordan had decided, and he had taken off for Europe. He had an inkling the lady with the ...
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... began to set, gilding the entire affair. It was now permissible to remove one's hat, and Nina, being private, quickly did so, shaking out her burnished gold curls. Her hair was free, as she was free of that gentleman with the knowing ...
... began to set, gilding the entire affair. It was now permissible to remove one's hat, and Nina, being private, quickly did so, shaking out her burnished gold curls. Her hair was free, as she was free of that gentleman with the knowing ...
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... began. Time grew walls of an increasing thickness about that happening until it seemed as if it had never happened. And Nina gilded the walls and insulated herself with laughter and admiration and compliments. Dick's shaking had rattled ...
... began. Time grew walls of an increasing thickness about that happening until it seemed as if it had never happened. And Nina gilded the walls and insulated herself with laughter and admiration and compliments. Dick's shaking had rattled ...
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... began to revive Nina, who was finally seeing him as just another admirer, but one who had twice insulted her. Not forgetting his remark that he hoped she had “conversation,” Nina decided to give him a healthy dose of it. “How prophetic ...
... began to revive Nina, who was finally seeing him as just another admirer, but one who had twice insulted her. Not forgetting his remark that he hoped she had “conversation,” Nina decided to give him a healthy dose of it. “How prophetic ...
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