bastard

Isabel, the main character of the story, knows the charm of marriage with a worthless person. Her fate – the confluence of fatal circumstances. Being a dowry and finding herself in Europe, she refuses to quite worthy applicants for a hand, and having received a fortune, she links life with the rogue Osmond, who married her only to provide a bastard daughter, Pansy, born of a courtesan, a decent existence....

”The Secret of One Night” tells about the life and love of three young women: Cyril Hendrick, daughter of a handsome, beggar, bastard; her best friend Sidney Owenson, a naive heiress; and Dolly De Courcy, an energetic actress. Both Cyril and Sidney are engaged, although everything is not as it seems in any case. Sydney’s gold miner is stupefied by Dolly, and Cyril is satisfied with her aunt, whom Cyril...

Książkowe wydanie kultowej rubryki "New York Timesa", na podstawie której powstał znakomity serial "Modern Love". Kolekcja najlepszych tekstów z kultowej rubryki " The New York Times". Młoda kobieta przeżywa pięć etapów żałoby po odrzuceniu. Obiecująca czwarta randka pewnego mężczyzny kończy się na pogotowiu. Prawniczka z chorobą afektywną dwubiegunową doświadcza wzlotów i upadków randkowania....