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Having done several Seasons without, so to speak, a matrimonial nibble, Lady Plackett had accepted the son of an undistinguished chartered accountant and set herself to advancing his career. It had not been easy. Desmond, when she met him, did not even know that Cholmondely was pronounced Chumley, but she had persevered and now, after twenty-five
... See moreEva Ibbotson • The Morning Gift
Lady Duff Twysden, a character right out of a very good English novel who had lost her way. Her look was original, her chic was original, and God knows her speech and her capacity for drink were all original.
A. E. Hotchner • Hemingway in Love: His Own Story
undaunted. But at his layover in Paris he meets his match: a surprise
Andrew Sean Greer • Less (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Novel (The Arthur Less Books Book 1)
No mates exist for countless miles around, and a chestnut, though both male and female, will not serve itself.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
grandmother, Gertrude’s,