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FAVORITE JANE AUSTEN NOVELS : Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion (Complete and Unabridged), Jane Austen. Three of
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LADY SUSAN , Jane Austen. Edited by R. W. Chapman. A beautiful, flirtatious widow seeks an
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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY , Jane Austen. Delicious
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EMMA , Jane Austen. In one of Austen’s finest nov-
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MANSFIELD PARK , Jane Austen. Dependent on
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PERSUASION , Jane Austen. Thwarted romance
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE , Jane Austen. One of the
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NORTHANGER ABBEY , Jane Austen. Spirited com-
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THE VOYAGE OUT , Virginia Woolf. A moving depiction of the
thrills and confusion of youth, Woolf’s acclaimed first novel
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MONDAY OR TUESDAY : Eight Stories, Virginia Woolf. Features “A Haunted House,” “A Society,” “An Unwritten
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JACOB’S ROOM , Virginia Woolf. Brief impressions and con-
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THE HAUNTED HOUSE Charles Dickens
The popularity of A Christmas Carol excited demand for more tales of
ghostly visitation, and the great Vic-
torian storyteller happily obliged. A
Yuletide gathering in an eerie coun-
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A TALE OF TWO CITIES , Charles Dickens. Against
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DAVID COPPERFIELD , Charles Dickens. Based on
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS , Charles Dickens. Orphaned Pip is apprenticed to the dirty work
of the forge but dreams of becoming a gentle-
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THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP , Charles Dickens. Heart-wrenching tale of Little Nell and her doting
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OLIVER TWIST , Charles Dickens. The tale of a
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HARD TIMES , Charles Dickens. Classic 1845 novel
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endures as readers revel in the warm humanity and rollicking humor of his
tales of self-discovery.
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Written by a leading Dickens scholar,
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL , Charles Dickens. This
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journeys through Christmases past, present, and
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WIT AND WISDOM FROM POOR RICHARD’S ALMANACK , Benjamin Franklin. Hundreds of delightful aph-
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G. K. CHESTERTON
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