Anthony Adverse (Anthony Adverse, #1-3)
By: Hervey Allen
4.02
Format: 1120 pages, Paperback
Child of fortune. Conceived in France, born in an Alpine village, reared in a great house of Italy,…
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1. The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)
By: Marcel Proust , None , Terence Kilmartin , D.J. Enright
4.39
Format: 957 pages, Paperback
The Modern Library’s fifth volume of In Search of Lost Time contains both The Captive (1923) and Th… read more
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"...every social class has its own pathology..."-Marcel Proust, The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)
"Love is space and time made perceptible to the heart."-Marcel Proust, The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)
"Let us leave pretty women to men with no imagination."-Marcel Proust, The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)
"There are optical errors in time as there are in space."-Marcel Proust, The Captive / The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6)
2. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
By: Raymond Chandler
3.95
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troubleso… read more
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"Parecía más muerto que muchos cadáveres"-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
3. Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)
By: Louisa May Alcott
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Rose Campbell, tired and ill, has come to live at "The Aunt Hill" after the death of her beloved fa… read more
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"Let the girl run and shout as much as she will- it is a sure sign of health, and as natural to a happy child as frisking is to any young animal full of life. Tomboys make strong women"-Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)
"It is apt to be so, and it is hard to bear; for, though we do not want trumpets blown, we do like to have out little virtues appreciated, and cannot help feeling disappointed if they are not."-Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)
"But he will be all the better fitted for business, because of the help it [sport] gives him. Polish is easily added if the foundations are strong, but no amount of gilding will be of use if your timb…"-Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)
"It is my opinion that this day will never come to an end," said Prince, with a yawn that nearly rent him asunder. "Read and improve your mind, my son," answered Archie, peering solemnly over the pape…"-Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)
4. The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
3.18
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more
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"My soul abhors a falsehood"-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"This life is but a pilgrimage."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
5. In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (In Search of Lost Time, #2)
By: Marcel Proust , Christopher Prendergast , James Grieve
4.35
Format: 26 pages, Paperback
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Floweris Proust's spectacular dissection of male and female adolesc… read more
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6. The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4)
By: T.H. White
4.67
Format: 48 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Once upon a time, a young boy called "Wart" was tutored by a magician named Merlyn in preparation f… read more
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7. Cousin Bette
By: Honoré de Balzac , Francine Prose , Kathleen Raine
4.67
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Poor, plain spinster Bette is compelled to survive on the condescending patronage of her socially s… read more
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8. Cranford
By: Elizabeth Gaskell
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Paperback
'It is very pleasant dining with a bachelor...I only hope it is not improper; so many pleasant thin… read more
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9. Little Men (Little Women, #2)
By: Louisa May Alcott , James Spanfeller
3.50
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the informal school at Plumfield, … read more
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10. Rose in Bloom (Eight Cousins, #2)
By: Louisa May Alcott
3.83
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose Campbell returns to the "Aunt Hill" after two years of travel… read more
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11. The Trial of Elizabeth Cree
By: Peter Ackroyd
3.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The year is 1880, the setting London's poor and dangerous Limehouse district, home to immigrants an… read more
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12. The Man in the Iron Mask (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3)
By: Alexandre Dumas , Francine du Plessix Gray , Joachim Neugroschel
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
A swashbuckling novel of political intrigue. In the concluding installment of Alexandre Dumas's cel… read more
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13. The Magus
By: John Fowles
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
This daring literary thriller, rich with eroticism and suspense, is one of John Fowles's best-loved… read more
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14. Lolly Willowes
By: Sylvia Townsend Warner , Alison Lurie
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
In Lolly Willowes, an ageing spinster rebels against her role as the universal aunt, at everybody's… read more
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15. The Monk
By: None
4.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, this is a violent tale of ambition, murde… read more
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16. The Alteration
By: Kingsley Amis
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
In Kingsley Amis's virtuoso foray into virtual history it is 1976 but the modern world is a medieva… read more
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17. Pippi Longstocking
By: Astrid Lindgren , Louis S. Glanzman , Florence Lamborn
4.41
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
The beloved story of a spunky young girl and her hilarious escapades. Tommy and his sister Annika h… read more
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18. The Speckled Band (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #8)
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
4.07
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
The Adventure of the Speckled Band is one of 56 short stories & 4 novels written by Arthur Conan Do… read more
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19. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1)
By: Douglas Adams
3.69
Format: 47 pages, Mass Market Paperback
What do a dead cat, a computer whiz-kid, an Electric Monk who believes the world is pink, quantum m… read more
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20. Behind a Mask: The Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott
By: Louisa May Alcott , Madeleine B. Stern
3.74
Format: 646 pages, Paperback
Six years before she wrote Little Women,Louisa May Alcott, in financial straits, entered "Pauline's… read more
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21. Anthony Adverse (Anthony Adverse, #1-3)
By: Hervey Allen
4.02
Format: 1120 pages, Paperback
Child of fortune. Conceived in France, born in an Alpine village, reared in a great house of Italy,… read more
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