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The House of Mirth
by
At twenty-nine, Lily Bart dazzles
at New York balls and soireés, but
she knows that her days as a
fascinating beauty are numbered,
as she has not yet found a
husband. But when she is accused
of an affair with a wealthy
married man, Lily is set to lose
her life of luxury, her stability,
and any hopes for the future.
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Kidnapped
by
Orphaned and penniless, young
David Balfour sets out to find his
last living relative. But in doing so
he will become caught up in the
greatest and most frightening
adventure of his life, involving
kidnap, shipwreck, murder and
a dramatic flight across the Scottish
highlands with the fiery,
swordfighting fugitive Alan Breck.
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The Secret Agent
by
Adolph Verloc leads a double life.
As well as running his seedy Soho
shop, he is also a secret agent,
operating for an underground
anarchist celland his job is
about to get far more dangerous.
When his leaders instruct him to
plant a bomb at Greenwich
Observatory, his plans go terribly
awry, with tragic repercussions
for him and his family.
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Silas Marner
by
Every day the miserly Silas Marner
works, and every night he takes his
hoard of gold out from under his
floorboards and counts it.
Then his fortunes change abruptly.
And when an abandoned child,
Eppie, finds her way into his home,
Silas is given a chance to transform
his life forever.
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Sons and Lovers
by
Paul Morel both loves and is repelled
by his mother, a good woman who
makes up for her poor marriage to a
violent, uneducated man by
lavishing all her attention on her
sons. But as Paul grows up and
takes lovers, the feelings between
mother and son will produce
only terrible conflict between
what Paul wants, and what he
truly needs.
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The Turn of the Screw
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A young governess is left in sole
charge of two charming and
beautiful orphans. As she begins
to see and hear strange things,
she grows increasingly uneasy,
and is swiftly drawn into a
frightening battle against
unspeakable evil. Forced to take
action, the governess will soon
discover terrible consequences...
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