Charlie Sanderson
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When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first...
2) Emma
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"The culmination of Jane Austen's genius, a sparkling comedy of love and marriage--now in a stunning 200th-anniversary Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Beautiful, clever, rich--and single--Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to...
3) Persuasion
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Superb novel, autumnal and mellow in tone, concerns the lives and loves of the Elliot family and their friends and relatives, in particular the thwarted romance between Anne Elliot (Austen's sweetest, most appealing heroine) and Captain Frederick Wentworth. Finely drawn characters, gentle satire and wonderful recreation of genteel life in the English countryside.
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Mansfield Park is a study of three families-the Bertrams, the Crawfords, and the Prices-with the isolated figure of the heroine, Fanny Price, at its center. Fanny's quiet passivity, her steadfast loyalty and love for the son of the family who regard her as the poor relation, and who have taken her under their roof, are not appreciated until they are tried against the brilliant and witty Mary and Henry Crawford, the unfortunate consequences of whose...
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Northanger Abbey was among the last of Jane Austen's novels to be published, in 1818, but the first to be written, mostly in 1798-9. Centred on the loves and friendships of Catherine Morland, an endearing young girl extremely fond of novel-reading, it remains the most youthful and optimistic of Jane Austen's novels. During an eventful season in Bath, Catherine meets the sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney who invite her to stay at their father's...
6) Foxlowe
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"Foxlowe is a crumbling old house in the moors -- wild, secluded, and magical place. For Green, it is not just home, but everything she knows. Outside, people live in little square houses, with unhappy families and tedious jobs. At Foxlowe, Green runs free through the hallways and orchards, in the fields and among the Standing Stones. Outside, people are corrupted by money. At Foxlowe, the Family shares everything. Outside, the Bad is everywhere....
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"1765. Lady Isabella Gerard, a respectable member of Georgian society, orders her maid to take her new golden gown and destroy it, its shimmering beauty tainted by the actions of her brutal husband the night before.Three months later, Lord Gerard stands at the shoreline of the lake, looking down at a woman wearing the golden gown. As the body slowly rolls over to reveal her face, it's clear this was not his intended victim. 250 years later ... When...
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Don't miss the laugh-out-loud novel of the year!
Online, you can choose who you want to be. If only real life were so easy...
Emma Nash may be down, but after months of wallowing, stalking her ex online and avoiding showering—because, really, who's going to care?—Emma's ready to own her newly single status, get out with her friends and chronicle her dating adventures on her private blog.
But life online doesn't...
Online, you can choose who you want to be. If only real life were so easy...
Emma Nash may be down, but after months of wallowing, stalking her ex online and avoiding showering—because, really, who's going to care?—Emma's ready to own her newly single status, get out with her friends and chronicle her dating adventures on her private blog.
But life online doesn't...
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The USA Today bestseller! 'Stayed up late finishing this, just had to know what happened, brilliant final twist! Gripping page-turner with great characters'Sunday Times bestselling author B A Paris She says she's innocent.DO YOU BELIEVE HER? 2013 Melissa Slade had it all: beauty, money, a successful husband and beautiful twin babies. But, in the blink of an eye, her perfect life became a nightmare – when she found herself on trial for the murder...
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The very last thing 17-year-old Emmott Syddall wants is to turn out like her dad. She's descended from ten generations who never left their dull English village, and there's no way she's going to waste a perfectly good life that way. She's moving to London and she swears she is never coming back. But when the unexplained deaths of her neighbors force the government to quarantine the village, Em learns what it truly means to be trapped. Now, she must...
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A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy that fans of The Devil Wears Prada and Sophie Kinsella will love!
'Effing marvellous' JILLY COOPER.
'Funny and smart' INDIA KNIGHT.
'Total bliss' DAILY MAIL.
Laura Lake longs to be a journalist. Instead she's an unpaid intern at a glossy magazine – sleeping in the fashion cupboard and living on canapés. But she's just got her first big break:...
'Effing marvellous' JILLY COOPER.
'Funny and smart' INDIA KNIGHT.
'Total bliss' DAILY MAIL.
Laura Lake longs to be a journalist. Instead she's an unpaid intern at a glossy magazine – sleeping in the fashion cupboard and living on canapés. But she's just got her first big break:...
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Natalie Jackson might keep up appearances on Instagram, but in reality her fiancé has just jilted her after the birth of their baby and she's moved back in with her mum. Life isn't exactly going to plan!
So when she enters the village raffle for the holiday of a lifetime, she thinks she has no chance of winning. But her name is pulled out - and, as luck would have it, so is a ticket bought by her childhood nemesis: Will Brimble.
Surely a romantic...
13) The Bonbon Girl
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In a tumbledown Cornish cottage, with an alcoholic father, Colenso Carne works with the Serpentine stone from the local mine. When she catches the eye of the new factory manager, her father insists she rejects her beloved Kitto in order to marry Fenton. Forced to flee the village when Fenton turns nasty, she is taken under the wing of wise woman Mara and travels to local fairs, learning to make bonbons to pay her way. But she never gives up hope of...
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A Fantasy Romance about the coming of age of Britain and the young people living at that time.
Doggerland was the prosperous and powerful kingdom that connected Britain to Europe 8,000 years ago. But from great beginnings, it now lies drowned; lost forever, far below the cold waves of the North Sea. Its disappearance was caused by a great tsunami.
So what about the people who lived in Doggerland? More importantly, what about the survivors?
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15) Soldiers' Wives
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This page-turning soap opera interweaves the stories of three women trying to get to grips with military life.
Chrissie, orphaned young, finds solace in her career as a medic in the regiment, but will love for a married man prove her undoing?
Maddy, a brilliant Oxford graduate, is bogged down with a fretful baby and a super-ambitious officer husband. Will she be able to stand life as a regimental wife?
And Jenna – glamorous, bad...
Chrissie, orphaned young, finds solace in her career as a medic in the regiment, but will love for a married man prove her undoing?
Maddy, a brilliant Oxford graduate, is bogged down with a fretful baby and a super-ambitious officer husband. Will she be able to stand life as a regimental wife?
And Jenna – glamorous, bad...
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The story of two girls who, on the surface, seem to have a lot in common...
Both motherless. Both sent to the same boarding school for 'army brats'. Both, later, commissioned into the army themselves. Both desperate for their fathers' love and approval.
Samantha Lewis puts everything into being the soldier her father wants her to be. But her heart will lead her in an unexpected direction and threaten her authority over the men under her...
Both motherless. Both sent to the same boarding school for 'army brats'. Both, later, commissioned into the army themselves. Both desperate for their fathers' love and approval.
Samantha Lewis puts everything into being the soldier her father wants her to be. But her heart will lead her in an unexpected direction and threaten her authority over the men under her...
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"Alice Tonks desperately wants to make friends at boarding school but, being autistic, she's always found it hard to fit in. Then she discovers she is a "switcher" and can talk to animals. As she starts to explore her newfound abilities, to her horror she learns that creatures are going missing. Only Alice holds the key to solving the mystery and finding the culprit, but she'll need to harness her full powers first. And to do that she'll need a bit...
18) The Fallout
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The accident. The lie. The fallout will be huge . . . When Liza's little boy has an accident at the local health club, it's all anyone can talk about. Was nobody watching him? Where was his mother? Who's to blame? The rumours, the finger-pointing, the whispers – they're everywhere. And Liza's best friend, Sarah, desperately needs it to stop. Because Sarah was there when it happened. It was all her fault. And if she's caught out on the lie, everything...
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Fall in love with Magnolia Creek, the small town that draws you in and refuses to let you go... Carrie has it all: a stellar career, a gorgeous heart-surgeon boyfriend, and an apartment in the city. But when something happens that forces her to question her ability to do her job, the only way she can see through the mess is to get far away from everything. Carrie is thrust into a very different life in Magnolia Creek. She's knee-deep in renovations...
20) The Hospital
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Barbara was 12 when she was admitted to the psychiatric hospital, Aston Hall, in 1971. From a troubled home, she'd hoped she would find sanctuary there. But during her stay, Barbara was systematically drugged and abused by its head physician, Dr Kenneth Milner. Somehow, eventually, she started to campaign for answers. This is a shocking account of how vulnerable children were preyed upon by the doctor entrusted with their care.
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