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In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the suit of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters.
3) Frankenstein
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A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
5) Emma
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Presents the story of a young woman who devotes her energies to matchmaking and finds herself unprepared when romance finds her.
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A collection of twelve of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories of Sherlock Holmes, the brilliant detective, and his devoted friend, Dr. Watson. Includes "The Speckled Band," in which a woman pleads for help in investigating her sister's death, and "A Scandal in Bohemia," in which a European king is being blackmailed by his mistress.
7) Persuasion
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Shortly after Anne Elliot and naval officer Frederick Wentworth get engaged, Anne's friend Lady Russell tells her that Frederick does not deserve her. Anne rejects Frederick and he goes away for eight years, returning a wealthy man. They still love each other after the separation, but their past decisions may keep them apart.
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Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
13) Bleak house
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Esther, the illegitimate child of Lady Dedlock and Captain Hawdon, is the ward of Mr. Jarndyce and lives with him at Bleak House. Meanwhile, Jarndyce is involved in a lawsuit over an inheritance that is dwindling because of legal costs.
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A seemingly typical man wakes up one morning to discover that he has been transformed into a gigantic insect, and must deal with the depression over his new physical alteration, as well as the rejection of his family. Includes a glossary of terms and notes for modern readers of this classic which was first published in 1915.
17) The jungle
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A young Lithuanian immigrant arrives in America filled with dreams of wealth, freedom, and opportunity, but soon learns the truth of the workingman's lot at the turn of the century.
18) Ulysses
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Follows two Dubliners' rambling lives on a typical day in the spring of 1904.
20) Dubliners
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A collection of fifteen stories by James Joyce that cover childhood, adolescence, maturity, and the political chaos in Ireland around 1891.
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