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A few books I love
The Passion (Contemporary classics)The Passion (Contemporary classics) by Jeanette Winterson
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If this book were fabric it would be velvet. A rich and extrodinary novel with a wonderful poetic twist.
House of OrphansHouse of Orphans by Helen Dunmore
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A novel about loving someone you can never have. Excellent.
Hotel WorldHotel World by Ali Smith
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This book is so clever that I was astonished for a while afterwards.
To the LighthouseTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
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Virginia's genius was to make the ordinary seem extra ordinary and this novel highlights this beautiful.
Enduring LoveEnduring Love by Ian McEwan
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I had to study this for A-Level and it's fantastic.
Oryx and CrakeOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
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A probably prophetic nightmare which Atwood executes wonderfully.
Wuthering Heights (Penguin Red Classics)Wuthering Heights (Penguin Red Classics) by Emily Bronte
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Wuthering Heights was left in our villa on holiday and saved me from what could have been a miserable time in Gozo.
Holy FoolsHoly Fools by Joanne Harris
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Joanne Harris doesn't challenge her audience much nor does she have much literary imprtantance but as far as story telling goes this is gripping.
Marie AntoinetteMarie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser
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Queen of France, Marie Antionette's life reads like it could be fiction and this is an excellent biography. Detailed but never a struggle to read.
Crowned in a Far Country: Portraits of Eight Royal BridesCrowned in a Far Country: Portraits of Eight Royal Brides by Princess Michael of Kent
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I literally had no interest in history until I read this in my teens and so now I think of it as an old friend. Prince Michael writes a history based on more traditionally feminine virtues.