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Edith Wharton’s 1913 novel is a devastating critique of American upward mobility, told through the journey of Undine Spragg from fictional Midwestern Apex City to New York to Paris. Undine Spragg is one of the most ruthless characters in all of literature, as selfishly unscrupulous as she is fiercely beautiful. As Undine climbs the social ladder through a series of marriages and affairs, she shows...

Adelina Gelans, młoda i atrakcyjna redaktorka wydawnictwa Get Lucky, za namową swojej przyjaciółki zakłada swoje konto na portalu randkowym. Jej naiwność styka się ze światem pieczołowicie ukrywanych erotomanów i seksoholików. Na przekór swojej Cheru, mieczonośnej anielicy, umawia się na spotkanie z Janem, który wprowadza ją w krainę grzesznej rozpusty. Możliwe, że wszystko ułożyłoby się tak jak trzeba,...

„ Pride and Prejudice ” a novel about Elizabeth Bennet, who is a witty and independent young girl, lives in England with her four sisters, her mother, and her father. When Mr. Bingley, a handsome, rich, young bachelor, arrives to stay briefly in Hartfordshire (where the Bennets live), Mrs. Bennet immediately tries to get one of her daughters to marry him. Bingley is a charming young man and quickly...

Persuasion is the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen. It was published at the end of 1817, six months after her death. The story concerns Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to lower their expenses and get out of debt. They rent their home to an Admiral and his wife. The wife’s brother, Navy Captain Frederick Wentworth, had been engaged to Anne in 1806,...