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Jane Eyre
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Charlotte Brontë |
The novel is set somewhere in the north of England. Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where s… |
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Brown girl, brownstones
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Paule Marshall |
"Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, this is the story of a Selina Boyce, the daughter of Barbadian immigrants. She is caught between the struggles of her hard-working, ambitious … |
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Evelina
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Frances Burney,Fanny Burney |
First published in 1778, this novel of manners tells the story of Evelina, a young woman raised in rural obscurity who is thrust into London’s fashionable society at the age of eighteen. There, she e… |
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The Portrait Of A Lady
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Luther T. Smith |
Een rijke Amerikaanse jonge vrouw met een sterke drang naar onafhankelijkheid blijft, ondanks alles wat ze in de loop van haar huwelijk over hem te weten komt, haar onbekrompen maar oppervlakkige ech… |
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Fledgling
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Octavia E. Butler,Philippe Rouard,Tracey Leigh,Nisi Shawl |
Shori is a mystery. Found alone in the woods, she appears to be a little black girl with traumatic amnesia and near-fatal wounds. But Shori is a fifty-three-year-old vampire with a ravenous hunger fo… |
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The Girls in 3-B
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Valerie Taylor |
An honest, explosive novel that turns conventional ideas of 1950s feminity upside down, The Girls in 3-B reveals in page-turning detail the hidden world of mid-century America, showcasing predatory B… |
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Northanger Abbey
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Jane Austen |
Northanger Abbey is both a perfectly aimed literary parody and a withering satire of the commercial aspects of marriage among the English gentry at the turn of the nineteenth century. But most of all… |
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