A young woman is caught between two mothers in 1850s Manhattan in this novella by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Age of Innocence. Tina is a girl torn between two women. There is her adoptive mother, Delia Ralston, a member of one of Manhattan's ruling families, and then there is Charlotte Lovell, the woman who gave her up so that she could have a chance at a better life. As Tina grows up, the tensions between Delia and Charlotte begin...

"The Old Maids' Club" is an 1892 novel by British author Israel Zangwill (1864—1926). Wonderfully illustrated throughout and not to be missed by fans and collectors of Zangwill's work. Zangwill was a leading figure in cultural Zionism during the 19th century, as well as close friend of father of modern political Zionism, Theodor Herzl. In later life, he renounced the seeking of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

A Study Guide for Zoe Akins's "The Old Maid," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

In "The Outdoor Girls Around The Campfire", the four friends--Betty, Mollie, Grace, and Amy--go on another adventure, this time to the mountains. They are excited to explore and camp in the great outdoors, but soon learn about a local legend of the "Old Maid of the Mountains," a woman who was supposedly left at the altar and now haunts the woods. The girls have a fun time hiking and swimming, but strange things start to happen around their campsite....

Headstrong, beautiful Tina has nothing but disdain for her Aunt Charlotte. Tina does not think that her aunt has any understanding of a young girls heart, but Charlotte knows more than Tina thinks. For unloved, unlovable Aunt Charlotte is really Tina's mother, whose romance with a Civil War soldier who didn't return resulted in Tina's birth.

Decade looks back on Neil Young's greatest hits; including songs from Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Among the hits in this collection are Cinnamon Girl, Ohio, Southern Man, and more.

THE OLD MAID: let the fireworks begin. Miriam Hopkins poses as the mother of the child Davis bore out of wedlock ... the arrangement is beginning to fray. ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO: enchanted by governess Davis, nobleman Charles Boyer murders his wife. But is la Bette as innocent as she appears? THE GREAT LIE: friends make the best enemies. Scheming concert pianist Mary Astor and selfless Davis are entangled in secrets and lies. IN THIS OUR LIFE: homewrecker...

"In this follow-up to the bestselling Cursed: An Anthology, you'll unearth curses old and new. From a very different take on Snow White, to a new interpretation of The Red Shoes, the best in fantasy spin straw into gold, and invite you into the labyrinth"--

After selling his major's commission in the Dragoons, Lord Roman Sullivan wants nothing more than a calm, sedate life in the country where he's agreed to act as steward over his father's estate. Society is no place for a man who can't sleep without fear of attacking an innocent in the night, after all. But upon his arrival, madness lands in his path in the form of a secret-keeping pixie of a lady, a precocious boy, a lady in the throes of dementia,...

Fifty slides of paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries.