207 Results with the "Literary Fiction" genre


    • Chapter XV Tom Towers, Dr Anticant, and Mr Sentiment Cover
      by LovelyMay Chapter XV centers on a quiet but intense conversation between John Bold and Tom Towers, one that captures the tension between personal conscience and public advocacy. Bold, having seen firsthand Mr. Harding’s quiet dignity, arrives with a changed heart. He no longer believes the lawsuit serves justice and hopes Towers will help reverse the damage through the same press that helped ignite the controversy. Towers, poised and composed, listens but does not concede. He reminds Bold that journalism answers…
    • by LovelyMay Chapter XVII – Dawn O’Hara, The Girl Who Laughed Trashed opens with a quiet triumph quickly shadowed by doubt. Dawn has just sent her completed manuscript to the publisher, a culmination of effort and late nights. Yet instead of relief, she feels exposed, replaying every word, certain she could have made it better. Only a few people even knew of her book, making her vulnerable in a strangely private way. Blackie, ever her confidant, teases her gently, their banter a soft reprieve from the…
    • Chapter I‑Derrick Vaughan–Novelist Cover
      by LovelyMay Chapter I – Derrick Vaughan–Novelist opens with Sydney Wharncliffe’s personal account of a man the world sees as an overnight literary success. Wharncliffe aims to correct this misconception, explaining that Derrick Vaughan’s path was not marked by sudden fame, but by years of steady, passionate work. Public admiration, though sincere, often misses the quiet perseverance behind his rise. Newspaper sketches and magazine features may capture his likeness, but they fail to convey the depth of…
    • Chapter 2‑The tenant of wildfell hall Cover
      by LovelyMay Chapter 2–The Tenant of Wildfell Hall introduces a moment of quiet reflection for Gilbert Markham as he resumes his narrative, eager to share the peculiar events that unfolded after the last Sunday of October, 1827. On a brisk Tuesday morning, he ventures into the rugged countryside near Linden-Car, hunting rifle in hand, but finds little success with game. Turning his attention to carrion birds instead, he gradually makes his way toward the more remote and forbidding landscape of Wildfell Hall. The…
    • Chapter 34-The tenant of wildfell hall Cover
      by LovelyMay Chapter 34–The Tenant of Wildfell Hall begins with Helen reflecting on the internal transformation that has reshaped her feelings toward Arthur Huntingdon. What once was love has gradually been replaced with contempt, and now a settled hatred—one not born from rage but from pain and repeated betrayal. She makes no plans for vengeance; instead, she hopes only that one day Arthur will fully recognize the harm he has caused. In her eyes, this realization would be punishment enough. The emotional numbness…
    • Stage One: Active Labor — Ruth 1 Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The chapter opens with a poignant account of a baby born with severe facial deformities, described as "the most beautiful baby" despite his condition. The mother, unaware of the deformity due to inconclusive prenatal ultrasounds, delivers at a smaller hospital. The delivery room falls into stunned silence when the baby is born, and a student nurse's horrified reaction highlights society's discomfort with physical differences. The obstetrician delivers the devastating news that the baby's condition is…
    • Wish You Were Here: Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In Wish You Were Here, best­selling author Jodi Picoult deliv­ers a grip­ping and emo­tion­al­ly res­o­nant nov­el set against the back­drop of a glob­al pan­dem­ic. The sto­ry fol­lows Diana O’Toole, a young art spe­cial­ist on the brink of her dream career and a planned roman­tic get­away with her sur­geon boyfriend. But when the pan­dem­ic upends their plans, Diana finds her­self strand­ed alone on the Galá­pa­gos Islands—a…
    • Chapter V — Winter on the Moors Cover
      by LovelyMay Chapter V – Winter on the Moors settles into a time of stillness, but the quiet is not without tension. The landscape seems frozen, yet emotions stir beneath the surface like roots under snow. Archie, in speaking with Kirstie, touches on her complicated feelings about the family at Cauldstaneslap. She answers plainly, implying that love and loyalty are not decisions, but conditions of the heart—unchosen and unavoidable. When asked whether she would like to see the others more often, her response is…
    • The Little Wretch Cover
      by LovelyMay The Little Wretch begins with Mrs. Hilary Musgrave sternly condemning young Johnny Tompkins, labeling him with disdain for his past indiscretions. To her, Johnny represents wasted potential and a dangerous flirtation with crime, especially after he embezzled nearly a thousand pounds. The fact that he wasn’t prosecuted, thanks to Hilary Musgrave’s influence, unsettles her more than she lets on. Mr. Carter, however, adopts his usual inquisitive charm, prodding gently at Mrs. Musgrave’s harsh…
    • CHAPTER III ‑Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed Cover
      by LovelyMay CHAPTER III – Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed opens with the slow, sun-drenched comfort of summer wrapping itself around Dawn’s newly reawakening spirit. No longer confined by illness, she finds quiet joy in spending time outside, lounging in the backyard and watching life in its small, natural details—ants crossing her lap, wind rustling the trees, the gentle buzz of ordinary life. Where once she would have scoffed at idleness, now she embraces it, recognizing rest not as weakness but as…
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