Genre :: Romance (79 books)

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  #404

  The Sonnets

  by William Shakespeare

  (5 Reviews)

  49 Points

  "From fairest creatures we desire increase, That thereby beauty's rose might never die, But as the riper should by time decrease, His tender heir might bear his memory: But thou, contracted to thine..."

  

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  #414

  Sense and Sensibility

  by Jane Austen

  (10 Reviews)

  47 Points

  "The family of Dashwood had been long settled in Sussex."

  

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  #424

  The Pursuit of Love

  by Nancy Mitford

  (5 Reviews)

  44 Points

  "There is a photograph in existence of Aunt Sadie and her six children sitting round the tea-table at Alconleigh."

  

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  #426

  The Princesse de Cleves

  by Madame de La Fayette

  (4 Reviews)

  44 Points

  "La magnificence et la galanterie n'ont jamais paru en France avec tant d'éclat que dans les dernières années du règne de Henri second."

  

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  #443

  Noughts & Crosses

  by Malorie Blackman

  (3 Reviews)

  40 Points

  "'Honestly, Mrs Hadley,' said Meggie McGregor, wiping her eyes.'Honestly, Mrs Hadley,' said Meggie McGregor, wiping her eyes. 'That sense of humour of yours will be he death of me yet!'"

  

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  #458

  Of Human Bondage

  by W. Somerset Maugham

  (1 Review)

  35 Points

  "The day broke grey and dull."

  

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  #487

  The Sorrows of Young Werther

  by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  (4 Reviews)

  29 Points

  "I have diligently collected everything I have been able to discover concerning the story of poor Werther, and here present it to you in the knowledge that you will be grateful for it.On 30th..."

  

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  #530

  I Capture the Castle

  by Dodie Smith

  (3 Reviews)

  19 Points

  "I write this sitting in the kitchen sink."

  

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  #536

  Under the Net

  by Iris Murdoch

  (2 Reviews)

  17 Points

  "When I saw Finn waiting for me at the corner of the street I knew at once that something had gone wrong. Finn usually waits for me in bed, or leaning up against the side of the door with his eyes..."

  

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  #560

  Eugene Onegin

  by Alexander Pushkin

  (2 Reviews)

  13 Points

  "'My uncle, man of firm convictions...By falling gravely ill, he's wonA due respect for his afflictions--The only clever thing he's done.(James E. Falen translation)"

  

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