The Legacy of Cain
By: Wilkie Collins
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
When a condemned woman asks the local Minister to take her daughter home, the childless man is touc…
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1. The Moorland Cottage (Hesperus Classics)
By: Elizabeth Gaskell
3.73
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
Maggie Browne, the daughter of a deceased clergyman, is encouraged to give up her own life and pass… read more
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- 19th century
- victorian
- fiction
- historical fiction
2. East Lynne
By: Mrs. Henry Wood , Elisabeth Jay
3.73
Format: 704 pages, Paperback
When the aristocratic Lady Isabel abandons her husband and children for her wicked seducer, more is… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- 19th century
- victorian
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
"Shakespeare calls jealousy yellow and green; I think it may be called black and white for it most assuredly views white as black, and black as white. The most fanciful surmises wear the aspect of tru…"-Mrs. Henry Wood, East Lynne
3. Partners in Crime (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, #2)
By: Agatha Christie
3.78
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are restless for adventure, so when they are asked to take over Blunt'… read more
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- mystery
- classics
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- british literature
"And you do dance so nicely, Tommy dear." "Gently with the butter, Tuppence."-Agatha Christie, Partners in Crime (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, #2)
"You do think you know about everything," said her husband. I do," said Tuppence."-Agatha Christie, Partners in Crime (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, #2)
"Tommy, why did they put Maldon Surrey on the telegram?" "Because Maldon is in Surrey, idiot."-Agatha Christie, Partners in Crime (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, #2)
"As the visitor left the office, Tuppence grabbed the violin and putting it in the cupboard turned the key in the lock. "If you must be Sherlock Holmes," she observed, "I'll get you a nice little syri…"-Agatha Christie, Partners in Crime (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, #2)
4. Jude the Obscure
By: Thomas Hardy
3.83
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Jude Fawley's hopes of a university education are lost when he is trapped into marrying the earthy … read more
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- classics
- british literature
- 19th century
- victorian
- fiction
- english literature
- historical fiction
- novels
"Always wanting another man than your own."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
"But no one came. Because no one ever does."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
"Love has its own dark morality when rivalry enters in."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
"We ought to have lived in mental communion, and no more."-Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
5. Curtain (Hercule Poirot, #39)
By: Agatha Christie
4.16
Format: 84 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The house guests at Styles seemed perfectly pleasant to Captain Hastings; there was his own daughte… read more
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- mystery
- classics
- fiction
6. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
By: Anne Brontë , Stevie Davies
3.52
Format: None pages, Paperback
Note: Editions of The Tenant that start with: "You must go back with me..." are incomplete. Actual … read more
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- 19th century
- historical fiction
7. Third Girl (Hercule Poirot, #35)
By: Agatha Christie
3.78
Format: 377 pages, Paperback
Poirot is approached by a girl who shared a flat with two other girls in London. She is convinced s… read more
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- mystery
- classics
- fiction
8. The Woodlanders
By: Thomas Hardy , Patricia Ingham
2.84
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
In this classically simple tale of the disastrous impact of outside life on a secluded community in… read more
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- classics
- british literature
- 19th century
- victorian
- fiction
9. Uncle Silas
By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu , Victor Sage
4.26
Format: 91 pages, Paperback
One of the most significant and intriguing Gothic novels of the Victorian period and is enjoyed tod… read more
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10. The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)
By: Agatha Christie
3.80
Format: 375 pages, Paperback
A practical joke goes chillingly, murderously wrong in Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie’s classic d… read more
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- mystery
- classics
- fiction
- british literature
"It's a rotten job, but somebody's got to do it."-Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)
"To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness."-Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)
"You've brought out your best butter." [you're laying on the flattery thickly]"-Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)
"What I think is a different matter. Maybe I think some rather curious things—but until thinking's got you somewhere it's no use talking about it."-Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery (Superintendent Battle #2)
11. Sparkling Cyanide (Colonel Race, #4)
By: Agatha Christie
3.78
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Six people reunite to remember beautiful Rosemary Barton, who died nearly a year before. The loving… read more
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12. Quartet in Autumn
By: Barbara Pym
3.90
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more
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- classics
- fiction
- british literature
13. N or M? (Tommy and Tuppence, #3)
By: Agatha Christie
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
This novel, set during World War II, sees Tommy and Tuppence Beresford appointed as spies by the in… read more
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14. The Return of the Native
By: Thomas Hardy , Alexander Theroux
3.57
Format: 307 pages, Paperback
The Return of the Nativeis a work by Thomas Hardy now brought to you in this new edition of the tim… read more
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15. The Mayor of Casterbridge
By: Thomas Hardy , Keith Wilson
4.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
'I've not always been what I am now' In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and… read more
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16. Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple, #13)
By: Agatha Christie
4.02
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts t… read more
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17. Traitors Gate (William Warwick, #6)
By: Jeffrey Archer
4.18
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
THE TOWER OF LONDON… Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on ear… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
18. The Glassmaker
By: Tracy Chevalier
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
19. Where Angels Fear to Tread
By: E.M. Forster
3.60
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
Chaperoned by her young friend Caroline Abbott, free-spirited, recently widowed Lilia Herriton jour… read more
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- british literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
"We were mad - drunk with rebellion."-E.M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread
"In Rome one had simply to sit still and feel."-E.M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread
"Pretty things pack just the same as ugly ones."-E.M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread
"Mr. Herriton, don’t – please, Mr. Herriton – a dentist. His father’s a dentist."-E.M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread
20. The Legacy of Cain
By: Wilkie Collins
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
When a condemned woman asks the local Minister to take her daughter home, the childless man is touc… read more
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- british literature
- 19th century
- victorian
- fiction
- english literature
- mystery
- historical fiction
- novels
21. La maledizione
By: Mrs. Henry Wood
3.46
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
Pubblicato postumo nel 1890 a Londra, La maledizione appartiene alla produzione matura di Ellen Woo… read more
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