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The great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A young man newly rich tries to recapture the past and win back his former love, despite the fact that she has married
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Little women
by Louisa May Alcott
Jo, Beth, Meg, Amy, and their mother endure the hardships of poverty while the girls' father is away fighting in the Civil War
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A midsummer night's dream
by William Shakespeare
Two pairs of star-crossed lovers, a feuding pair of supernatural sprites, and a love potion gone awry all come together in an enchanted moonlit forest
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Persuasion
by Jane Austen
The romance between Captain Wentworth and Anne, the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, seems doomed because of the young man's family connections and lack of wealth
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The razor's edge
by W. Somerset Maugham
Leaving wealth and loved ones behind, Larry Darrell journeys to the mountains of India in search of spiritual wisdom
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Henderson, the rain king
by Saul Bellow
A middle-age American millionaire goes to Africa in search of a more meaningful life and receives the adoration of an African tribe that believes he has a gift for rainmaking
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The buccaneers : a novel
by Edith Wharton
A classic work left unfinished by Edith Wharton has been brought to a successful completion using Wharton's own synopsis, as it chronicles the fortunes of five rich New York girls who travel to England in search of titled husbands. Reprint.
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A room with a view
by E. M. Forster
The love of a young British woman named Lucy Honeychurch for a British expatriate living in Italy is condemned by her stuffy, middle-class guardians, who prefer an eligible man of their own choosing
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Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of its title character, including her growth to adulthood, and her love for Mr. Rochester, the byronic master of fictitious Thornfield Hall.
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Pride and prejudice
by Jane Austen
In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the suit of a snobbish gentleman, and the romantic entanglements of her four sisters
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Middlemarch
by George Eliot
Displays George Eliot's imaginative understanding and intelligent perception of Victorian provincial life through her subtle portrayal of middle class characters
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Out of Africa
by Isak Dinesen
In describing her experiences managing a coffee plantation in Kenya, the author provides insight into the nature of African life
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To kill a mockingbird
by Harper Lee
The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.
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The loved one, : an Anglo-American tragedy
by Evelyn Waugh
Mr. Joyboy, the embalmer at a full-service funeral home for Hollywood's departed greats, and Aimee Thanatogenos, the crematorium cosmetician, find their romance complicated with the appearance of a young English poet
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The catcher in the rye
by J. D. Salinger
After leaving prep school Holden Caulfield spends three days on his own in New York City
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Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
A nineteenth-century tale of life aboard a New England whaling ship whose captain is obsessed with the pursuit of a large white whale
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Around the World in 80 Days
by Jules Verne
Around the World in Eighty Days is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (roughly £1.6 million today) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.
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Dracula
by Bram Stoker
Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he may find new blood and spread undead curse, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.
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