8 books like The Golden Bowl

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I Like What I Know Vincent Price · 1959 · 313p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Vincent Price—best known until recently for his career in the theatre and motion pictures—recounts here the delightful story of his lifelong love affair with the art world. In I LIKE WHAT I KNOW, Vincent Price writes of his early consciousness of the art around him, and of his first art acquisition—which he paid for with money earned at odd jobs. He recalls his trip to Europe at the age of… Shares: Collectors and collecting, Art

En cas de malheur Georges Simenon · 1956 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Dans la tourmente de la passionQuelque chose d'insidieux s'est glissé dans l'existence de Lucien Gobillot. Sa tranquillité, son succès professionnel et sa réputation mondaine, résultats d'un mariage ambitieux et de quelques complaisances juridiques, sont menacés. Ce qui aurait pu n'être qu'une passade sans lendemain, semblable à celles que sa femme Viviane lui consent avec une complicité… Shares: Adultery, Marriage

American Princess Stephanie Marie Thornton · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "Alice may be the president's daughter, but she's nobody's darling. As bold as her signature color, Alice Blue, the gum-chewing, cigarette-smoking, poker-playing First Daughter discovers that the only way for a woman to stand out in Washington, DC, is to make waves--oceans of them. With the canny sophistication of the savviest politician on the Hill, Alice uses her celebrity to her advantage,… Shares: Adultery, Fathers and daughters

That Churchill Woman Stephanie Barron · 1920 · 408p · ≈ 13h · Challenging The Paris Wife meets PBS’s Victoria in this enthralling novel of the life and loves of one of history’s most remarkable women: Winston Churchill’s scandalous American mother, Jennie Jerome. Wealthy, privileged, and fiercely independent New Yorker Jennie Jerome took Victorian England by storm when she landed on its shores. As Lady Randolph Churchill, she gave birth to a man who defined the… Shares: Adultery, Americans

The Sheltering Sky Paul Bowles · 1948 · ★ 3.9 · 342p · ≈ 11h · Challenging 'The Sheltering Sky is a book about people on the edge of an alien space; somewhere where, curiously, they are never alone' Michael Hoffman. Port and Kit Moresbury, a sophisticated American couple, are finding it more than a little difficult to live with each other. Endeavouring to escape this predicament, they set off for North Africa intending to travel through Algeria - uncertain of exactly… Shares: Marriage, Americans

The Quickie James Patterson · 2007 · ★ 3.9 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Lauren Stillwell is not your average damsel in distress. When the NYPD cop discovers her husband leaving a hotel with another woman, she decides to beat him at his own game. But her revenge goes dangerously awry, and she finds her world spiraling into a hell that becomes more terrifying by the hour.In a further twist of fate, Lauren must take on a job that threatens everything she stands for.… Shares: Adultery, Marriage

The Portrait of a Lady Henry James · 1881 · ★ 3.8 · 634p · ≈ 21h · Demanding Young American Isabel Archer charms European society, but falls prey to the machinations of a calculating older woman. Shares: Fathers and daughters, Americans

The Glimpses of the Moon Edith Wharton · 1922 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Challenging “The Glimpses of the Moon” is a romance story. Nick and Susy are the main characters and have no money. They belong to a society of wealthy people, and they plan to get married to better themselves financially from the wedding with the gifts they will receive.Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook… Shares: Marriage, Americans

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