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The works of George Eliot volume 9-10
Complete Works of George Eliot in 6 Vols volume Vol. 5
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Complete Works of George Eliot in 6 Vols volume Vol. 5
Modern Library classics
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Gwendolen Harleth gambles her happiness when she marries a sadistic aristocrat for his money. Beautiful, neurotic, and self-centered, Gwendolen is trapped in an increasingly destructive relationship, and only her chance encounter with the idealistic Deronda seems to offer the hope of a brighter future. Deronda is searching for a vocation, and in embracing the Jewish cause he finds one that is both visionary and life-changing. Damaged by their pasts,...
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Halvard Solness is a successful master builder who has acquired both fame and fortune, yet he's convinced his greatness will fade with the younger generation. He is committed to retaining his success, despite its negative effect on others.
Halvard Solness is an established architect who is well-known throughout his town. Over the years, his professional life has thrived at the expensive of his family. Despite the consequences, his career has become...
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Mommyville: On the Road To A Ph.D. in Parenthood Captures The Essence Of Irish Humor And Is Part Romantic Comedy and Part Funny Parenting Mishaps
Do you often wonder how other households and other mothers manage to deal with their busy routine? Enter Mommyville, a story about the much loved wacky mum who endures wonderful chaos that seems to follow her where ever she goes. Sounds familiar, right?
Meet the cast:
Firstly, meet the sensible Tim, the...
4) Sam
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When Sam the eldest son of Jim and Violet Pryce decides to follow in the footsteps of Michael Gill, his dream takes him to America.
The roaring twenties were upon them, a time of change.
With the dying having been done in the great war it was now the turn of the young to seek a life far removed from the men who had fallen in the trenches, and the women who had shed the tears of their generation.
Sam, who had never been further than the horizon...
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The characters that walk the pages of this book are fictitious, but their stories will be, told many times and by many, who have lived their nightmares, shared their joys and felt their pain. To those ends, the word consequence was a word that they eventually understood.
Bill.
With his friends stood on foreign ground under a foreign sky. Their purpose, to fight in a war that would bring them honour, glory and the right of passage to a mind that was...
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For Anthony and Rosemary, introverted misfits straddling forty, love seems unlikely. In this very Irish story with a surprising depth of poetic passion, these yearning, eccentric souls fight their way towards solid ground and happiness. Their journey is heartbreaking, funny as hell, and ultimately, deeply moving. Set in the Irish countryside, Outside Mullingar has been dubbed the "Irish Moonstruck" and will premiere on Broadway in 2014, starring Debra...
7) Ae Fond Kiss
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Craig Stebbings is no longer a strikingly handsome young pilot due to facial burns when his spitfire was shot down. Suffering loss of speech due to PTSD he becomes unsociable, even towards the beautiful nurse who has fallen in love with him. He takes his problems home with him to a loving mother who is coping with her own problems, unable to marry the man she loves.
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Rachel Bower's accomplished debut collection seeks to recover the lived experiences of women who have often appeared only fleetingly in official histories. The poems push towards a more expansive concept of motherhood, including our collective responsibilities for lives, environments and natural worlds.
With heartfelt lyricism, Bower weaves stories of labour and love. In moments of fear and determination for survival, this collection is a hymn to...
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Agnes Meadows, poet: "Leaving Traces " is Mary Pargeter's second collection, and one which fully embraces life's tragedies, sorrows and regrets, as well as some of the things that amuse or remind us of nature's bounty. It is a collection packed with poignant, emotional images that haunt, staying with you long after you've read the poems. Evocative and nostalgic are words that spring to mind over-and-over again when reading Mary's exquisitely crafted...
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The love affair between Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett is one of the Victorian era's most famous romances. It was one of passions, tragedy, illness, and ultimately, endurance.
The beginning of their relationship was luckily documented and preserved via their letters, which have been archived at Wellesley College since 1930. While these exchanges are some of the most popular reads for Victorian literature enthusiasts, Robert had more to say...
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Jane Austen left an indelible mark on the world of literature. Her novels set a benchmark for her era and have entranced readers ever since. In Jane Austen on Love and Romance, Constance Moore proves how well Austen understood the human heart and why her work, filled with genuine emotion and wit, has continued to touch romantics. So, if you want to live happily ever after with a dashing man who owns half of Derbyshire, then arm yourself with this...
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