The Merry Spinster

Author : Daniel M. Lavery
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1250113423
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Merry Spinster written by Daniel M. Lavery and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales. Adapted from the beloved "Children's Stories Made Horrific" series, "The Merry Spinster" takes up the trademark wit that endeared Ortberg to readers of both The Toast and the best-selling debut Texts From Jane Eyre. The feature has become among the most popular on the site, with each entry bringing in tens of thousands of views, as the stories proved a perfect vehicle for Ortberg's eye for deconstruction and destabilization. Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster updates traditional children's stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and a keen sense of feminist mischief. Readers of The Toast will instantly recognize Ortberg's boisterous good humor and uber-nerd swagger: those new to Ortberg's oeuvre will delight in this collection's unique spin on fiction, where something a bit mischievous and unsettling is always at work just beneath the surface. Unfalteringly faithful to its beloved source material, The Merry Spinster also illuminates the unsuspected, and frequently, alarming emotional complexities at play in the stories we tell ourselves, and each other, as we tuck ourselves in for the night. Bed time will never be the same.

Author : Daniel M. Lavery
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982105232
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Something That May Shock and Discredit You written by Daniel M. Lavery and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of our smartest, most inventive humor writers, Ortberg combines bathos and the devotional into a revelation.” —Jordy Rosenberg, The New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of Texts From Jane Eyre and Merry Spinster, writer of Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column, and cofounder of The Toast comes a hilarious and stirring collection of essays and cultural observations spanning pop culture—from the endearingly popular to the staggeringly obscure. Daniel M. Lavery is known for blending genres, forms, and sources to develop fascinating new hybrids—from lyric rants to horror recipes to pornographic scripture. In his most personal work to date, he turns his attention to the essay, offering vigorous and laugh-out-loud funny accounts of both popular and highbrow culture while mixing in meditations on gender transition, family dynamics, and the many meanings of faith. From a thoughtful analysis of the beauty of William Shatner to a sinister reimagining of HGTV’s House Hunters, and featuring figures as varied as Anne of Green Gables, Columbo, Nora Ephron, Apollo, and the cast of Mean Girls, Something That May Shock and Discredit You is a hilarious and emotionally exhilarating compendium that combines personal history with cultural history to make you see yourself and those around you entirely anew. It further establishes Lavery as one of the most innovative and engaging voices of his generation—and it may just change the way you think about Lord Byron forever.

Author : Rebecca Connolly
Publisher : Phase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781943048533
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Merry Lives of Spinsters written by Rebecca Connolly and published by Phase Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spinster is as spinster does... Georgiana Allen is a spinster and everybody knows it. She also happens to be one of the writers for the Spinster Chronicles, and everybody knows that as well. She's accepted her lot in life, and, along with the other spinsters in her circle, takes great pride in the articles she writes and the influence she has. Then Captain Anthony Sterling infiltrates their group, and her life, and Georgie impossibly begins to hope once more. Tony Sterling had no idea what to expect when he agreed to break up the Spinsters for his cousin, but he certainly did not expect Georgie Allen. From the very first meeting, she upends everything he thought a spinster would be, and her beauty and wit keeps him on edge in thrilling ways. The more he gets to know the Spinsters, the less he wants to break them up. And the more he wants Georgie in his life. Permanently.

Author : Rebecca Connolly
Publisher : Spinster Chronicles, Book
ISBN 13 : 9781943048984
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God Rest Ye Merry Spinster written by Rebecca Connolly and published by Spinster Chronicles, Book. This book was released on 2019-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas is here, and Elinor Asheley's entire family has gathered at their country estate to celebrate. But when her arch nemesis arrives at the estate by chance, warm wishes and the holiday spirit are the last things on her mind. Elinor is determined to protect her family from him no matter how changed he claims to be. When the winter weather strands Hugh Sterling at the estate of the woman who hates him most in the world, his only wish is to escape the place unscathed. He is not the man he once was, and he will do everything he can to prove that to Elinor. But nothing can prepare him for the changes that spending his holiday with her will bring.

Author : Daniel Mallory Ortberg
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1472150740
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Texts from Jane Eyre written by Daniel Mallory Ortberg and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mallory Ortberg presents... Texts from Jane Eyre is a whimsical collection of sharp, satirical and side-splittingly funny text message conversations from your favourite literary characters. Of course if Scarlett O'Hara had an unlimited data plan, she'd be sexting Ashley Wilkes at all hours; and if Mr Rochester could text Jane Eyre, his ARDENT MISSIVES would be in ALL-CAPS; and Daisy Buchanan would text you from behind the wheel - and then text you to come pick her up after the car crash. Texts from Jane Eyre is a witty, original and very clever kind of mashup that brings your favourite authors and literary characters right into the twenty-first century. Mallory Ortberg is a genius.

Author : Rebecca Connolly
Publisher : Spinster Chronicles, Book
ISBN 13 : 9781943048885
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Fair Spinster written by Rebecca Connolly and published by Spinster Chronicles, Book. This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spinster next door... Grace Morledge is a failure. Or so her father believes, as she is unmarried despite her many advantages. In his mind, Grace must have significant flaws to be a spinster, and something must be done about them. To her mortification, he demands she be fully examined and all her flaws recorded. And the man he chooses is the worst possible candidate of all. Aubrey Flint, Lord Ingram, has known Grace since childhood, but he never anticipated Lord Trenwick demand he examine her for flaws. How can perfection have faults? Reluctantly, he accepts the assignment and finds far more than he bargained for, as perfection becomes more and more tempting.

Author : Rebecca Connolly
Publisher : Phase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781943048700
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spinster and I written by Rebecca Connolly and published by Phase Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poor, unfortunate Spinster... Prudence Westfall, spinster, has unexpectedly had the greatest misfortune of all: she has inherited a fortune, and is now an heiress. But as a Spinster, and a stammering shy one, nothing could be worse than having a bevy of suitors pay her attention. Opportunity strikes at a house party when the most unlikely person offers the perfect solution. Camden Vale is no gentleman, and he's not prone to saving anyone, but something about Prue changes all that. When his offer to befriend her extends beyond the house party, and his feelings extend beyond expectation, no one is more surprised than he. Except, perhaps, for the other Spinsters, and they have much to say on the subject.

Author : Abraham Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law Notes written by Abraham Williams and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Highland Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harleian Society
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Publications of the Harleian Society written by Harleian Society and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: