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Samantha Moore has always hidden behind the words of others-namely, her favorite characters in literature. Now, she will learn to write her own story-by giving that story to a complete stranger. Sam is, to say the least, bookish. An English major of the highest order, her diet has always been Austen, Dickens, and Shakespeare. The problem is, both her prose and conversation tend to be more Elizabeth Bennet than Samantha Moore. But life for the twenty-three-year-old...
82) Gilead
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Nearly 25 years after Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three generations, from the Civil War to the 20th century: a story about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage at America's heart. GILEAD tells the story of America and will break your heart.
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Iris Massey is gone. But she's left something behind. For four years, Iris Massey worked side by side with PR maven Smith Simonyi, helping clients perfect their brands. But Iris has died, taken by terminal illness at only thirty-three. Adrift without his friend and colleague, Smith is surprised to discover that in her last six months, Iris created a blog filled with sharp and often funny musings on the end of a life not quite fulfilled. She also made...
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Embark on a delightful journey with "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker" by Tobias Smollett. Set in 18th-century England, this epistolary novel invites you to follow the lively and eccentric Squire Matthew Bramble and his companions as they embark on a comedic and insightful expedition across the country.
Through a series of witty letters, the characters share their thoughts, experiences, and observations as they encounter a variety of people and...
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Letters from a Shuttered Country was not the first and neither the last of novels to emerge from lockdown. But it will be amond the most impacting.
It instantly resonates with readers and unfolds like a contemporary Canterbury Tales as each central character pens a short story that reveals their past. Lush descriptions combine with philosophical and psychologicl insight expressed in poetry and a powerful story of redemption.
For all those who have...
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In pre-revolutionary Paris, a young woman falls for a handsome young priest. To be near him, she dresses as a man, enters his seminary, and is invited to become a fully ordained Catholic priest-a career forbidden to women then as now. Sylvain Maréchal's epistolary novella offers a biting rebuke to religious institutions and a hypocritical society, its views on love, marriage, class, and virtue remain relevant today. The book ends in La Nouvelle France,...
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The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole: What's happening to Adrian Mole? On the one hand, he's entering the cusp of adulthood and burgeoning success as a published poet. On the other, he still lives at home, refuses to part with his threadbare stuffed rabbit, and has lost his job at the library for a shocking act of impudence: He shelved Jane Austen under Light Romance. Even worse, someone named Sue Townsend stole his diaries and published them...
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A peaceful spell falls on Hoary Plimpton following a rowdy time around Jonathan Beverly's birthday. Unfortunately for the residents of St. Grimald priory, a peaceful spell means the inevitable unleashing of ghostly drama, family drama, and culinary drama that will shake the foundation of a venerable sanctuary.As summer draws to a close, bringing with it Freddy Bisset's much-anticipated twentieth birthday, Prudence Honeysett finds herself neck-deep...
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Prudence Honeysett is a wealthy, aging widow who's also quite done with the world. A hopeless curmudgeon, she withdraws from Victorian society by purchasing an old priory reputed to be haunted, convinced that her desire for peace and quiet would be perfectly met regardless. Fortune, however, has different plans for her, her hapless servants, and her trio of monstrous cats. The sudden appearance of a heartbroken nephew at her doorstep stirs the ghostly...
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Two British masters of suspense weave a gripping tale of enduring friendship, buried secrets, and deadly revenge in this psychological thriller.
Best friends since childhood, Wendy and Nell know each other better than anyone-or so they think. When someone threatens to reveal a secret that would destroy their bond, it alters the course of both their lives. Nell leaves for France while Wendy embarks on marriage and motherhood. They keep in touch...
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Pasaje a Oriente presenta un conjunto de textos de escritores argentinos que se aventuraron por espacios a la vez extraños y fascinantes, como China, Japón, India, Argelia o Jerusalén. En ellos, el viaje configura los relatos más variados, ya sean crónicas, cartas, diarios personales o memorias. Destino inusual en comparación con Europa, Oriente ha servido para diversos fines: interpelar la identidad del viajero, proyectar el futuro nacional...
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Un homme seul choisit l'écriture pour communiquer avec les autres et se dévoiler...
Harlad souffre de solitude au milieu d'un asile. Il n'est guère en accord avec sa condition, c'est pourquoi il commence à écrire des lettres, tant pour s'adresser à ses proches et à celle qu'il aime que pour développer sa réflexion. Cela lui permettra, peut-être, de changer la façon dont on le considère.
De ses incertitudes à sa tendresse pour la folie,...
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Three generations bound together under a horrifying family secret.
Vampires exist.
Inside the personal journals of the Harrington family, watch a dark and dangerous odyssey unfold. Three members of this tormented family, Samuel, his son Edmund, and Edmund's daughter Charlotte, must come to terms with evil. Set during the 18th and 19th century in London, England, this family must struggle against horror as their lives intersect with supernatural...
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Holland and Hanni have come to Spain for two very different reasons. They have nothing in common except their mysterious travel agent Ben. But they soon discover much deeper connections. Stranded overnight because of an airport strike, Hanni and Holland come to realize they share a strange web of history and happenstance―a common labyrinth that stretches back to World War II, the Spanish Inquisition, and beyond.
A Guide for the Perplexed is a collection...
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"Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch" is an 1838 novel by Wilhelm Meinhold, originally published in German and translated into English by Lady Duff-Gordon. Initially published as a hoax claiming to be a 17th-century account of witchcraft, Meinhold eventually confessed to the deceit but encountered significant trouble when trying to prove that he actually wrote the book. Set during the Thirty Years War, the plot revolves around the story of a pastor,...
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When the Worst Happens, How Do You Move On?
Garence Leitner had it all: a meaningful career traveling the world as a writer and photographer, the quintessential cottage in Bourton-on-the-Water, England, and the love of his life, Sabina.
Now, with each passing day, the memory of her suffocates him. Even new romantic love delivers misery. Garence has sold the cottage, and can barely stand to look at what were once their prized possessions. But, one...
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Chroniques variées et décalées.
Lecteur, bonjour !
Tu viens de consulter cette fiche pour t'informer du contenu de ce livre. Je profite de ce geste qui va entamer tes dernières économies pour t'exprimer ma solidarité littéraire. Car, nous en sommes tous là : passer du temps à écumer des fiches d'application ou de livres pour deviner ce qu'ils contiennent. On lit quelques lignes, on hésite, on se dit qu'on ne connait pas le développeur...
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Sous couvert d'une œuvre plaisante, apparemment frivole, Montesquieu ose la satire et dénonce !
Les Lettres persanes sont une fantaisie littéraire et philosophique, écrite sous forme épistolaire, par Montesquieu. Publiées anonymement en 1721, elles connaissent un succès étourdissant, jamais démenti, qui ouvre à leur auteur les portes de l'Académie Française en 1727.
Dans le goût de son temps, l'histoire met en scène deux Persans...
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Isherwood's final work of fiction-an epistolary novel that explores sexual identity and Eastern mysticism
After a long separation, two English brothers meet in India. Oliver, the idealistic younger brother, prepares to take his final vows as a Hindu monk. Patrick, a successful publisher with a wife and children in London and a male lover in California, has publicly admired his brother's convictions while privately criticizing his choices.
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100) Nous-mêmes: Roman
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Une nuit vouée à l'écriture et aux égarements de la pensée...
Seul le bruit du stylo sur un lit de feuilles blanches résonnait dans cette chambre à l'atmosphère silencieuse.
Que peut-on écrire toute une nuit lorsque l'on est aussi égoïste et ingrat? avait-elle pensé.
L'histoire de Lui et Elle, mélangée à toutes les autres, flottait dans cette chambre à l'ambiance nocturne.
Cette auteur avait fini par plonger dans un sommeil profond,...
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