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'Washington Square is perhaps the only novel in which a man has successfully invaded the feminine field and produced work comparable to Jane Austen's,' said Graham Greene.
Inspired by a story Henry James heard at a dinner party, Washington Square tells how the rakish but idle Morris Townsend tries to win the heart of heiress Catherine Sloper against the objections of her father. Precise and understated, the book endures as a matchless...
Inspired by a story Henry James heard at a dinner party, Washington Square tells how the rakish but idle Morris Townsend tries to win the heart of heiress Catherine Sloper against the objections of her father. Precise and understated, the book endures as a matchless...
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Belles (Dhonielle Clayton) volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Rebellious and outspoken Edel Beauregard enters the Beauty Trials--a deadly competition to find the next Queen of Orleans.
The erratic former queen, Sophia, has been imprisoned. Peace has returned to Orléans. Her sister, Charlotte, sits on the throne and invokes the ancient tradition of the Beauty Trials: a series of tests meant to find the new ruler of Orléans. Edel Beauregard decides to enter, and promises to bind her arcana to keep from having...
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Nancy Drew and the clue crew volume 24
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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When Nancy, Bess, and George win free salon treatments from Prissy's Princess Parlor, the new beauty parlor that just opened in town, and someone sabotages their makeovers, they try to find the perpetrator.
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From Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author of Wicked, comes his much-anticipated second novel, a brilliant and provocative retelling of the timeless Cinderella tale. We all have heard the story of Cinderella, the beautiful child cast out to slave among the ashes. But what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into ignominy by the fame of their lovely sibling? What fate befell those untouched by beauty ... and what curses accompanied Cinderella's...
8) The Belles
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Belles (Dhonielle Clayton) volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"In a world where Beauty is a commodity only a few control, one Belle will learn the dark secrets behind her powers, and rise up to change the world"--
In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. Camellia Beauregard wants to be the Belle chosen by the Queen of Orléans to live in the royal palace, to tend to the royal family and their court, to be recognized as the...
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North South
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Many characters wish that they had a different appearance, from the hedgehogs who despise their prickly bristles to an old turtle who wishes he were younger, except for Uncle Nooks, who is happy with how he and everyone else looks.
11) Here's Lily!: #1
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Tommy Nelson
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Sixth-grader Lily Robbins, after receiving a compliment about her looks from a woman in the modeling business, becomes obsessed with her appearance and with becoming a model.
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Harper Design
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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MinaLima, the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise and the creators of the illustrated Jungle Book and Peter Pan, reimagine the beloved French fairy tale The Beauty and the Beast in this deluxe unabridged edition illustrated with stunning full-color artwork and nine 3-D interactive features--published to coincide with the release of the blockbuster Disney live-action musical film starring Emma Watson,...
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Goddess girls. Main series volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2013, 2010
Language
English
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"Aphrodite drummed her well-manicured, powder-pink-polished fingernails on the tabletop. Suddenly an idea came to her. A makeover! That was exactly what her friend needed to make MOA's godboys sit up and take notice."--Jacket.
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A famous, young model has her appearance forever altered and loses the people she loves most in a terrorist attack and changes the course and purpose of her life after reading a revealing letter that accompanied her mother's will.
Veronique Vincent graces the covers of magazines and walks the runways of haute couture shows across the globe, yet she prefers spending time at home or with her boyfriend. An explosion at Zaventem Airport in Brussels changes...
16) Miss Meteor
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English
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A teen who secretly arrived with the meteor that gave her small hometown its name discovers that she is turning back into stardust and teams up with her best friend in an effort to secure her human existence by entering a local beauty pageant that has always been won by thin, blonde, white girls.
Everyone knows Meteor, New Mexico got its name from the space rock that crashed into the desert nearby. Nobody knows that Lita Perez came with it-- or that...
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The eye of the beholder volume 1
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Set in a near future where good people are beautiful, and bad people are mysteriously punished with ugliness and even death"--
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