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The Forsyte Saga
Chronicles the struggles and relationships of the wealthy Forsyte family in nineteenth and twentieth century England.
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Till We Have Faces
This is the story of Orual, Psyche's embittered and ugly older sister, who posessively and harmfully loves Psyche. Much to Orual's frustration, Psyche is loved by Cupid, the god of …
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The Good Earth
ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A poignant tale about the life and labors of a Chinese farmer during the sweeping reign of the country¹s last emperor. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC …
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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
In nineteenth-century England, all is going well for reclusive Mr Norell, who has regained some of the power of England's magicians from the past, until a rival magician, Jonathan Strange, …
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Brideshead Revisited
Waugh tells the story of the Marchmain family. Aristocratic, beautiful and charming, the Marchmains are indeed a symbol of England and her decline in this novel of the upper class …
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Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy
Lise Fanshawe, a prostitute and brothel manager in post-World War II Paris, finds God while serving time in prison for murder and joins an order of Catholic nuns made up …
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Sleeping with Schubert
When her body is surreptitiously possessed by the spirit of Franz Schubert, Brooklyn lawyer Liza Durbin struggles to retain her identity in the wake of her proud parents, the media, …
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The Egg and I
When Betty MacDonald married a marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, she was largely unprepared for the rigors of life in …
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Three Men in a Boat
"I had the general symptoms, the chief among them being a disinclination to work of any kind." So begin the hilarious misadventures of a merry, but scandalously lazy band of …
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Crampton Hodnet
'A wonderfully accomplished farce beginning with the . . .unsuitabe romantic entanglements of a curate and a pretty young girl, both of whom live in the same rooming house, and …