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Spinster

Author : Kate Bolick
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0385347146
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Spinster written by Kate Bolick and published by Crown. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Book Review Notable Book “Whom to marry, and when will it happen—these two questions define every woman’s existence.” So begins Spinster, a revelatory and slyly erudite look at the pleasures and possibilities of remaining single. Using her own experiences as a starting point, journalist and cultural critic Kate Bolick invites us into her carefully considered, passionately lived life, weaving together the past and present to examine why she—along with over 100 million American women, whose ranks keep growing—remains unmarried. This unprecedented demographic shift, Bolick explains, is the logical outcome of hundreds of years of change that has neither been fully understood, nor appreciated. Spinster introduces a cast of pioneering women from the last century whose genius, tenacity, and flair for drama have emboldened Bolick to fashion her life on her own terms: columnist Neith Boyce, essayist Maeve Brennan, social visionary Charlotte Perkins Gilman, poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, and novelist Edith Wharton. By animating their unconventional ideas and choices, Bolick shows us that contemporary debates about settling down, and having it all, are timeless—the crucible upon which all thoughtful women have tried for centuries to forge a good life. Intellectually substantial and deeply personal, Spinster is both an unreservedly inquisitive memoir and a broader cultural exploration that asks us to acknowledge the opportunities within ourselves to live authentically. Bolick offers us a way back into our own lives—a chance to see those splendid years when we were young and unencumbered, or middle-aged and finally left to our own devices, for what they really are: unbounded and our own to savor.

The Spinster Book

Author : Myrtle Reed
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book The Spinster Book written by Myrtle Reed and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Spinster Book', an amusing relic of a bygone era, offers a unique and entertaining glimpse into the world of courtship and dating over a century ago. While it may seem outdated in its approach to gender relations, the book provides a fascinating window into a time when dating was a highly structured affair. The chapter titles alone, such as 'The Lost Art of Courtship' and 'Love Letters: Old and New', are enough to transport readers back to a more gentle time. Despite its antiquated views, The Spinster Book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of romance and the evolution of dating customs.

The Spinster and the Rake

Author : Eva Devon
Publisher : Entangled: Amara
ISBN 13 : 1682816141
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book The Spinster and the Rake written by Eva Devon and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The marriage game is afoot in this clever blend of My Fair Lady meets Pride and Prejudice with a twist! Edward Stanhope, the icy Duke of Thornfield, likes his life in a certain order. Give him a strong drink, a good book, and his dog for company, and he’s content. But when he goes to his library and finds a woman sitting in his chair and petting his dog, a fiery battle of wits ensues—leading to a steamy kiss that could ruin them both if they were caught. Of course, that’s precisely when Edward’s aunt walks in, and introduces Miss Georgiana Bly...the future Duchess of Thornfield. Georgiana was content to be a spinster, spending her days reading and working to keep her family out of debt. But now her days are spent locked away with a growly duke and learning how to be the perfect duchess, and her nights are spent fighting the undeniable attraction to a man who was never meant for her. As their wedding day approaches, the attraction between them burns hot and fierce, but is it enough to melt the duke’s chilly facade? Each book in the Never a Wallflower series is STANDALONE: * The Spinster and the Rake * Much Ado About Dukes * The Duke's Secret Cinderella

A Tryst by the Sea

Author : Grace Burrowes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781952443909
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book A Tryst by the Sea written by Grace Burrowes and published by . This book was released on 2022-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vergilius, Viscount Summerton, has watched his wife of ten years grow more and more distant, and he's determined that this year the marriage will start moving in a better direction. Penelope, Lady Summerton, is also determined that this year will be different. She slips off to a seaside cottage, intending that to be her first step toward a new life free of marital difficulties. Gill ends up at the same seaside inn, where he hopes to plot a wooing no wife can resist.He's determined to reconcile; she's determined to pack his bags, but then the magic of the Siren's Retreat begins to steal over them both... (ISprt)

Spinster Tales and Womanly Possibilities

Author : Naomi Braun Rosenthal
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791489434
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Spinster Tales and Womanly Possibilities written by Naomi Braun Rosenthal and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spinster, once a ubiquitous figure in American popular culture, has all but vanished from the scene. Intrigued by the fact that her disappearance seems to have gone unnoticed, Naomi Braun Rosenthal traces the spinster's life and demise by using stories from the Ladies' Home Journal (from 1890, 1913, and 1933), along with Hollywood films from the 1940s and 1950s, such as It's a Wonderful Life; Now, Voyager; and Summertime, among others. Originally invoked as a symbol of female independence a hundred years ago, when marriage and career were considered to be incompatible choices for women, spinsterhood was advocated as an alternate path by some and viewed as a threat to family life by others. Today, there are few traces of the spinster's existence—the options open to women have dramatically changed—but we continue to grapple with concerns about women's desires and "the future of the family."

The Spinster and Her Enemies

Author : Sheila Jeffreys
Publisher : Spinifex Press
ISBN 13 : 9781875559633
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Spinster and Her Enemies written by Sheila Jeffreys and published by Spinifex Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation. This feminist text is released here with a revised and updated introduction. It examines the activities of feminist campaigners around such issues as child abuse and prostitution and how these campaigns shaped social purity in the 1880s and 1890s.

From Spinster to Career Woman

Author : Arlene Young
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773558489
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book From Spinster to Career Woman written by Arlene Young and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late Victorian period brought a radical change in cultural attitudes toward middle-class women and work. Anxiety over the growing disproportion between women and men in the population, combined with an awakening desire among young women for personal and financial freedom, led progressive thinkers to advocate for increased employment opportunities. The major stumbling block was the persistent conviction that middle-class women - "ladies" - could not work without relinquishing their social status. Through media reports, public lectures, and fictional portrayals of working women, From Spinster to Career Woman traces advocates' efforts to alter cultural perceptions of women, work, class, and the ideals of womanhood. Focusing on the archetypal figures of the hospital nurse and the typewriter, Arlene Young analyzes the strategies used to transform a job perceived as menial into a respected profession and to represent office work as progressive employment for educated women. This book goes beyond a standard examination of historical, social, and political realities, delving into the intense human elements of a cultural shift and the hopes and fears of young women seeking independence. Providing new insights into the Victorian period, From Spinster to Career Woman captures the voices of ordinary women caught up in the frustrations and excitements of a new era.

She I Dare Not Name

Author : Donna Ward
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760873519
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book She I Dare Not Name written by Donna Ward and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling memoir about the single life and the courage to live alone in a world made for couples and families. Astonishing. Luminous. A book about being human. She I Dare Not Name is a compelling collection of fiercely intelligent, deeply intimate, lyrical reflections on the life of a woman who stands on the threshold between two millennia. Both manifesto and confession, this moving memoir explores the meaning and purpose Donna Ward discovered in a life lived entirely without a partner and children. The book describes what it is like to live on the edge of a world built in the shape of couples and families. Rippling through these pages is the way a spinster - or a bachelor, or any of us for that matter - contends with the prejudice and stigma of being different. With courage and astounding honesty Donna uncovers the challenge of living with more solitude than anticipated and what it is like to walk the road through midlife and beyond alone. And she reveals how she found home and discovered herself within it. Funny, sharp, wise and wry, She I Dare Not Name shows how reading saved this spinster's life, and how friends and writing and walking brought a contentment and sense of achievement she never thought possible. 'With a devastatingly clear-eyed honesty, the word Ward dares to name is "spinster", and this meditative collection of essays spin their own spell, making a deep dive into the world of female solitude in all its guises. She lays it out like a calm tarot reading: feminism, courage, silence, loneliness, grief, recovery and the power of the generative idea, as well as all the labels that come with carving out your own path of self-definition and self-determination.' - Cate Kennedy, author of The World Beneath

Love for the Spinster

Author : Kasey Stockton
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781072557449
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book Love for the Spinster written by Kasey Stockton and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freya runs from her past, but trouble seems to follow her everywhere she goes. Years after discovering her parents' marriage was invalid, and she illegitimate, Freya continued to struggle with the scandal hanging over her head. When her father reappears with his real wife and daughter, Freya flees London entirely. With an inherited country house, Freya at least has somewhere to run. She looks forward to meeting her faithful steward, who writes the most diverting letters. However, Mr. Daniel Bryce is not the old gentleman she expected, but young, handsome, and eligible. Freya struggles with her growing feelings for her steward as they work together to renovate the only home she has left. When a stranger shows up and threatens to reveal Freya's past, will she find the strength to remove herself from the scandal's shadow? A clean and wholesome Regency romance, Love for the Spinster is the second book in the Women of Worth series. It can be read apart from the series but works best in proper order. Book One: Love in the Bargain Book Two: Love for the Spinster Book Three: Love at the House Party Coming July 10, 2019

Spinster Ever After

Author : Rebecca Connolly
Publisher : Phase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781952103179
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Spinster Ever After written by Rebecca Connolly and published by Phase Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a man loves a spinster... Charlotte Wright has had enough. All of her friends have now married, leaving her the lone writer of the Spinster Chronicles who is still a true spinster. So she's decided it is time for her to join the ranks and get married, groom to be determined. She's an heiress, after all. How difficult could it be to find a husband? Michael Sandford has been there by Charlotte's side from the very beginning, loving her all the while even when she turned down his proposal. When she tells him of her plans to marry and marry soon, he begins to make plans himself. He cannot stand by and watch her marry someone else, so he's decided to distance himself from Charlotte entirely while she hunts for a husband... one that is not him. And Charlotte doesn't like that one bit.

Thirty-Two Going on Spinster

Author : Becky Monson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781481128346
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book Thirty-Two Going on Spinster written by Becky Monson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia Dorning's life is turned upside down when there is a new hire at work, her instant crush on Jared nudges her to make some changes in her boring spinster life. After she has revamped her life, is she strong enough to overcome any changes that might come her way?

The King's Spinster Bride

Author : Ruby Dixon
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781982991241
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The King's Spinster Bride written by Ruby Dixon and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen years ago, Princess Halla of Yshrem saved the life of an eight-year-old barbarian boy and watched her kingdom fall to ruin, all on the same day. Now, she is a forgotten spinster in a quiet temple, living her days out in solitude. The last of her line, she exists in the hope that she has been forgotten, for to be remembered by the enemy is to be certain death. One person has not forgotten her. Mathior, now twenty-four, is the fierce warrior king of the Cyclopae. Yshrem is in turmoil and his advisors have a suggestion - kill the last remaining member of the royal line, and there will be no rivals for the throne. Mathior has a different idea. He's loved Halla for sixteen long years, and it's time he claimed her as his wife. But a barbarian's wedding customs are unlike any other...

Spinster

Author : Sylvia Ashton-Warner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (939 download)

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Download or read book Spinster written by Sylvia Ashton-Warner and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anna is a spinster, a genius and teacher of Maori children in a remote part of Hawkes Bay. A passionate woman, uncertain and gauche in her relations with men, she is at peace only in her schoolroom, her garden and the little back room where she struggles to create the works which will set her beloved children free.

The Spinster Book

Author : Myrtle Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Spinster Book written by Myrtle Reed and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Spinster's Alluring Season

Author : Tabetha Waite
Publisher : Tabetha Waite
ISBN 13 : 1393386032
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The Spinster's Alluring Season written by Tabetha Waite and published by Tabetha Waite. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What begins as a simple house party… Lady Rowena Freeham is eager for the chance to experience life. That was why she’d made a pact with her friends to leave England for America – for the freedom. Not until an invitation arrives to attend a lavish house party held by the mysterious English spy who was recently honored by the Regency with a baronetcy does she realize that maybe what she’s been missing all this time – is love. Becomes so much more. Sir Pierce Rutherford was born a commoner. He had been employed as a groom for Rowena’s family where he’d vowed to win the fair lady’s heart. But knowing that an earl’s daughter would never marry a poor servant, he set out to gain his fortune. After years of toiling in the cotton mills and being no closer to his dreams than before, he finds his salvation working for his country. This house party is his chance to prove his affection. But will everything he’s worked for fall into place? Or will Rowena’s hand still be impossible to obtain?

The Spinster Book

Author : Myrtle Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spinster Book written by Myrtle Reed and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Spinster Book

Author : Myrtle Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781490393353
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The Spinster Book written by Myrtle Reed and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-09 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before and beyond The Law of Attraction; a classic on the lost art of courtship, and the challenge of relationships.A unique cross between guidebook and entertaining social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling men and women, love letters, marriage and spinsterhood. A reader might reasonably suspect that a book originally published in 1901 wouldn't be relevant today but the reader would be wrong. Gender quandaries go on forever, men are from Mars, women from Venus, and nothing ever really changes. The Spinster Book is something akin to a satirical exploration of men, women, and love - not really in the style of an advisory guide, but closer to natural history. Reed writes of men and women as though she were neither, and merely watching them at an amused distance, and this book is the best evidence of this eternal truth.Although Reed is being tongue-in-cheek throughout, The Spinster Book is still fascinating and at times revelatory as a window on society in the early 1900s."If a man and woman who truly loved each other were cast away upon a desert island, he would tire of her long before she wearied of him. The sequence of attraction and repulsion, the ultimate balance of positive and negative, are familiar electrical phenomena. Is it unreasonable to suppose that the supreme form of attraction is governed by the same law?Strong attractions frequently begin with strong repulsions, sometimes mutual, but more often on the part of the attracting force. A man seldom develops a violent and inexplicable hatred for a woman and later finds that it has unaccountably changed to love.Yet a woman often marries a man she has sincerely hated, and the explanation is simple enough, perhaps, for a woman never hates a man unless he is in some sense her master. Love and hate are kindred passions with a woman and the depth of the one is the possible measure of the other."(cover image courtesy of Linden Laserna)