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Jane Austen's classic tale of love overcoming preconceptions centers on the two eldest daughters of the Bennet family: Jane and Elizabeth. Elizabeth has to fend off an unwelcome offer of marriage from the Rev. Collins, while mistakenly falling for the charms of the dashing Mr. Wickham, before realizing that appearances are deceptive and that her prejudice against Mr. Darcy has blinded her to his real character.
3) Persuasion
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Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell.
4) Hondo
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From America's favorite storyteller comes this thrilling novel of the frontier whose timeless themes of courage, duty, and honor resonate today more than ever. In Hondo, Louis L'Amour chronicles the uniquely American drama of a plainspoken military scout who rides into the life of a strong-willed woman. This is the account of their extraordinary struggle for survival in a land of untamed beauty on the dark eve of war.... HONDO Hondo Lane was a man...
5) Emma
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"Emma, perhaps the most technically accomplished of all of Austen's novels, is also, after Pride and Prejudice, her most popular one. Its numerous film and television adaptations testify to the world's enduring affection for the headstrong, often misguided Emma Woodhouse and her many romantic schemes. Like the previous volumes in Harvard's celebrated annotated Austen series, Emma: An Annotated Edition is a beautiful and illuminating gift edition that...
6) Voyagers
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[2021]
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With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women, bred for intelligence and obedience, embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. But when they uncover disturbing secrets about the mission, they defy their training and begin to explore their most primitive natures. As life on the ship descends into chaos, they are consumed by fear, lust, and the insatiable hunger for power.
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The story of a high-born woman and the tragic fate that befalls her when she allows her passion for a handsome officer, Count Vronsky, to dominate her life. Anna's tempestuous story is contrasted with that of Konstantin Levin, who also demands something more of life than his position allows. Tolstoy uses the stories of these two characters and their different worlds to explore social, moral, and philosophical issues. He exposes the Russian aristocracy's...
9) Young women's monologues from contemporary plays #2: professional auditions for aspiring actresses
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[2008]
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This is the story of the savage, tormented foundling Heathcliff, who falls wildly in love with Catherine Earnshaw, the daughter of his benefactor, and the violence and misery that result from their thwarted longing for each other. A book of great power and strength, it is filled with the raw beauty of the moors and an uncanny understanding of the terrible truths about men and women. It is an understanding made even more extraordinary by the fact that...
11) Mulan
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When Mulan's aging father is drafted into the Imperial army to fight the invading Hun army, she disguises herself as a soldier and takes his place. Mulan's hilarious guardian dragon and lucky cricket are not enough to help her defeat the ruthless Hun leader; only by staying true to herself will she bring victory to her country and honor to her family.
12) Stoker
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[2013]
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Following the tragic death of her father on her eighteenth birthday, India Stoker meets Charlie, her charismatic uncle, whom she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with India and her unstable mother, both are drawn to his charming and calming demeanor. But it soon becomes clear that Charlie's arrival was no coincidence, and that the shocking secrets of his past could shatter India's future.
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This is one classic literature novel that is a must-read book before you die, and is perfect for any Thomas Hardy lover's classic book collection.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by Thomas Hardy. It initially appeared in a censored and serialized version, published by the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic in 1891, then in book form in three volumes in 1891, and as a single volume in 1892. Though now...
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A fascinating novel of the friendship and creative partnership between two of Hollywood's earliest female legends--screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator's Wife. It is 1914, and twenty-five-year-old Frances Marion has left her (second) husband and her Northern California home for the lure of Los Angeles, where she is determined to live independently...
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La historia comienza en Culiacán, Sinaloa cuando Teresa recibe una llamada. Le dicen que su novio, el "Güero" Dávila, ha muerto, por lo que decide huir. Pide ayuda a Epifanio Vargas, padrino de Dávila, quien la envía a Melilla, España para crear una vida nueva. Ahí trabaja en un bar y conoce a un hombre con el cual se relaciona íntimamente, Santiago López Fisterra. Él es un contrabandista de tabaco y hachís entre Marruecos y España, por...
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2011.
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La historia comienza en Culiacán, Sinaloa cuando Teresa recibe una llamada. Le dicen que su novio, el "Güero" Dávila, ha muerto, por lo que decide huir. Pide ayuda a Epifanio Vargas, padrino de Dávila, quien la envía a Melilla, España para crear una vida nueva. Ahí trabaja en un bar y conoce a un hombre con el cual se relaciona íntimamente, Santiago López Fisterra. Él es un contrabandista de tabaco y hachís entre Marruecos y España, por...
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2011.
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Español
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La historia comienza en Culiacán, Sinaloa cuando Teresa recibe una llamada. Le dicen que su novio, el "Güero" Dávila, ha muerto, por lo que decide huir. Pide ayuda a Epifanio Vargas, padrino de Dávila, quien la envía a Melilla, España para crear una vida nueva. Ahí trabaja en un bar y conoce a un hombre con el cual se relaciona íntimamente, Santiago López Fisterra. Él es un contrabandista de tabaco y hachís entre Marruecos y España, por...
19) American royals
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American royals volume 1
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In an alternate America, princesses Beatrice and Samantha Washington and the two girls wooing their brother, Prince Jefferson, become embroiled in high drama in the most glorious court in the world.
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