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Sense and Sensibility (Oxford World's Classics)Sense and Sensibility (Oxford World's Classics) by Jane Austen
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Beautifully written! Time and time again, I cry, I laugh. Superb.
Bleak House (Oxford World's Classics)Bleak House (Oxford World's Classics) by Charles Dickens
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Utterly amazing. Was so pleased by the recent adaptation by the BBC, they got the feeling of the book perfectly. What a rollercoaster of emotion!
Pride and Prejudice (Collector's Library)Pride and Prejudice (Collector's Library) by Jane Austen
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Although its hard to read this without picturing Colin Firth in all his soaked glory, the imagination and humour of Austen is wonferfully captured.
Mary Barton (Oxford World's Classics)Mary Barton (Oxford World's Classics) by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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From the Dickens school of social rollercoasters, no one could fail to be moved by the harrowing depiction of the lives of the 19th century poor.
Nineteen Eighty-FourNineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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I only read this recently, but how terrifying to think that we are almost at that stage now!
Moll Flanders (Broadview Edition)Moll Flanders (Broadview Edition) by Daniel Defoe
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In my opinion, one of Defoe's better novels in which his revolutionary writing style really comes to the fore.
Jane Eyre (Collector's Library)Jane Eyre (Collector's Library) by Charlotte Bronte
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Feminism on paper! What a read.
"Emma" (York Notes Advanced)"Emma" (York Notes Advanced) by Jane Austen
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Not that I'm an Austen-phile or anything, but Emma is such a warming read. A book for a cold winter day!
Little Women (Collector's library)Little Women (Collector's library) by Louisa M. Alcott
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Not on many people's lists I'd imagine, but the pain felt over the death of one of the sisters is shared by all who read it.
Tom Jones (Oxford World's Classics)Tom Jones (Oxford World's Classics) by Henry Fielding
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Thoroughly good romp! Certainly one to read when you're in need of a laugh!