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• Wolf Hall

  a Novel

  Mantel, Hilary, 1952-2022

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  In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII’s court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the king’s favor and ascend to the heights of political power. England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wolf Hall

  Mantel, Hilary, 1952-2022

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  In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII’s court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the king’s favor and ascend to the heights of political power. England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Scots Quair

  Gibbon, Lewis Grassic

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  Written by one of the all-time greats of Scottish literature, truly revolutionary, "A Scots Quair" is a trilogy of novels: "Sunset Song" (1932), "Cloud Howe" (1933) and "Grey Granite" (1934). At each book's core is the heroine Chris Guthrie, as she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mary Barton

  a Tale of Manchester Life

  Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865

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  Mary Barton is the daughter of a good and upright trade unionist, John Barton. She attracts two men, Jem Wilson, a fellow worker, and Henry Carson, son of her father's employer. When the union men decide upon murder John Barton is the chosen…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sons and Lovers

  Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930

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  Sons and Lovers is one of the landmark novels of the twentieth century. It was immediately recognized as the first great modern restatement of the oedipal drama when it appeared in 1913 and is widely considered the major work of D. H. Lawrence's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Possession

  a Romance

  Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-2023

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  Winner of England's Booker Prize, Possession is a novel of wit and romance, at once an intellectual mystery and a triumphant love story. Roland Mitchell has devoted his life to studying the life and works of 19th-century writer Randolph Henry Ash.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Doctor Thorne

  Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882

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  Doctor Thorne adopts his niece Mary, keeping secret her illegitimate birth as he introduces her to the best local social circles. There she meets and falls in love with Frank Gresham, heir to a vastly mortgaged estate; yet Frank is obliged to find a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Longbourn

  Baker, Jo

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  Sarah, the orphaned housemaid, spends her days scrubbing the laundry, polishing the floors, and emptying the chamber pots for the Bennet household. But there is just as much romance, heartbreak, and intrigue downstairs at Longbourn as there is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Longbourn

  Baker, Jo,

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  Sarah, the orphaned housemaid, spends her days scrubbing the laundry, polishing the floors, and emptying the chamber pots for the Bennet household. But there is just as much romance, heartbreak, and intrigue downstairs at Longbourn as there is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

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