Lily Bart, beautiful, witty, and sophisticated, is accepted by "old money" and courted by the growing tribe of nouveaux riches. But as she nears 30, her foothold becomes precarious; a poor girl with expensive tastes, she needs a husband to preserve her social standing and to maintain her life in the luxury she has come to expect.
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Catherine Morland visits Bath, England for the first time with family friends Mr and Mrs Allen. Catherine is pursued by Henry Tilney, who invites her to his father's estate at Northanger Abbey. Catherine has been reading too much gothic fiction and her overactive imagination takes over.
Jane Austen's first novel but only properly published after her death. The novel is a satire of the emotionally charged gothic novels of the time.
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An Egyptologist, attempting to raise from the dead the mummy of Tera, an ancient Egyptian queen, finds a fabulous gem and is stricken senseless by an unknown force. Amid bloody and eerie scenes, his daughter is possessed by Tera's soul, and her fate depends upon bringing Tera's mummified body to life.
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