Resultados para "Pride and Prejudice" en Contemporánea

Award-winning author Sonali Dev launches a new series about the Rajes, an immigrant Indian family descended from royalty, who have built their lives in San Francisco... It is a truth universally acknowledged that only in an overachieving Indian American family can a genius daughter be considered...

Can a handsome rocker from California and a pretty country singer from Kentucky move past their pride and prejudices and become friends, cocreators…or more? In this fun, witty, modern-day adaption of Jane Austen’s beloved Pride and Prejudice, Chaz and Darcy, two members of the hottest rock band in the country, Persuasion, are on their quest to find quiet seclusion in the middle of nowhere Kentucky, when they cross paths with sisters Jade and Elle Bennett, southern girls with a real talent for playin’ country music.

Syrah Ardani tried independence—but the call of the Napa Valley hills and rolling vineyards of her family's winery have brought her home again. She is content with her ordered world until she learns that her father's feckless management has put Ardani Vineyards into receivership. Corporate turnaround specialist Toni Blanchard's arrival is preceded by tales of her slash-and-burn techniques. Determined to meet this soulless corporate raider head on, Syrah proudly prepares to do battle for her home and family business.

On the path to love, will Elizabeth ever catch up? In this sweet modern variation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Fitzwilliam Darcy has been his usual prideful/arrogant self and Elizabeth Bennet would rather have gum stuck to her shoe than be stuck in a room with him. When the turmoil of having a pre-teen sibling reach puberty knocks Darcy off his pedestal, his only saving grace will be the one woman who confounds him, teases him, torments him, and intrigues him. They say love is blind, but is it totally insensible as well?

After a standoff in the pizza parlor, Elsie Bennet has decided Fitzwilliam "I-Throw-Fitz" Darcy is the worst customer she's ever encountered. Also the best looking, but that's beside the point. She's horrified to discover Will is not just passing through her small town, he's her new neighbor. Will Darcy has all the money and time he could ask for, and yet life never seems to meet his expectations. When his best friend, Charlie, starts dating Jane Bennet, Will becomes their unhappy third-wheel. The solution? Bring along Jane's sister, Elsie, a girl who challenges him.

Opposites attract and worlds collide when the hidden charms of a wealthy man threaten to crumble the carefully crafted walls around a young working woman's heart. As an event planner about to launch her company full-time, Ellie Connor is laser-focused on her career. Her younger sister is hopelessly devoted to romance and in love-at-first-sight with a cute girl in a local band. Impossibly, the band's lead singer is none other than Peter Williams, a philanthropic billionaire who had once rejected Ellie's business proposal. Ellie loves her sister, hates Peter, and doesn't have time for nonsense.

For listeners of Waiting for Tom Hanks and Well Met, a “gloriously satisfying” (Glamour) romantic comedy set at a Jane Austen fantasy resort from New York Times bestselling author Shannon Hale. Now a major motion picture starring Keri Russell and produced by Stephenie Meyer. Jane Hayes is a...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wonderfully tender and hilariously funny, Eligible tackles gender, class, courtship, and family as Curtis Sittenfeld reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling authors writing today. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE TIMES (UK) This version...

A sparkling contemporary retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in the tantalizing world of New York City burlesque, perfect for fans of The Kiss Quotient and The Roommate. After a betrayal derailed her interior design career, Liz Bennet found a fresh start in New York. Now an executive assistant...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘This is Pride and Prejudice 2.0 and I must confess, I liked it more than the original’ STYLIST ‘Bold and brilliant’ GLAMOUR 'Sheer joy… Giddy and glam and a hearty update of Pride and Prejudice’ JESSIE BURTON, author of The Miniaturist Liz and Jane Bennet...

Western Australia, 2019: The Bennets are a farming family struggling to make ends meet. Lizzy, passionate about working the land, is determined to save the farm. Spirited and independent, she has little patience for her mother's focus on finding a suitable man for each of her five daughters.