Showing results for "Heroine" in Anthologies & Short Stories

With the death of his wife still raw, Jack Connolly's mood is dark and dangerous. He's not looking for a woman - until he meets buttoned-up but beautiful Grace Spencer, who stirs his senses back to life. Yet Jack cannot act on his feelings, as Grace belongs to another!

பேரழகன் அர்ஜுன், நல்லவன். அவன் கோடீஸ்வரன் கம்பெனியில் வேலை பார்க்கிறான். அவரது மகள் மாயா, அர்ஜுனை காதலிக்க, கோடீஸ்வரனால் மீட்கப்படும் அஜிதா, அவருக்கு அடைக்கலமாக இங்கே வந்து மாயாவுடன் நெருங்கி பழகி, ஒரு கட்டத்தில் கோடீஸ்வரனை மணந்து மாயாவுக்கு சித்தி ஆகிறாள்.

Some heartbreaks hit harder than others. For Shaye Harper, the last one was so bad she swore off men for good. Wishing Tree, Washington, was supposed to be a pit stop on the road to a fresh start, but Shaye is swiftly drawn in by the quirky small town’s celebrations - and a handsome stranger she can’t resist.

"The Homely Heroine" is a short story by American author Edna Ferber. It features a writer whose heroines are generally extremely beautiful. But one day, whilst she is out shopping, a shop-keeper asks her why she doesn’t write stories about a homelier heroine. "The Homely Heroine" is followed by "A Bush League Hero," "What she Wore," and "The Man Who Came Back." - Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American author.

Who ever heard of a plain and downright homely heroine? Isn't a heroine by definition beautiful? Well, Edna Ferber, in her well known style that later produced Show Boat and Giant, tells us about just such a heroine in this special short story. It is special to me because of her insight into the deep courage and faith of 'ordinary' people, people like most of us. And of course our failings and frailties and sometimes, the prince does not marry the right person. Yep.