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3) Persuasion
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Eight years ago Anne Elliot bowed to pressure from her family and made the decision not to marry the man she loved, Captain Wentworth. Now circumstances have conspired to bring him back into her social circle and Anne finds her old feelings for him reignited. However, when they meet again, Wentworth behaves as if they are strangers and seems more interested in her friend Louisa. In this, her final novel, Jane Austen tells the story of a love that...
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[2014]
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English
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Le Divorce, a dazzling meditation on the mysteries of the "wispy but material" family ghosts who shape us. Growing up in the small river town of Moline, Illinois, Diane Johnson always dreamed of floating down the Mississippi and off to see the world. Years later, at home in France, a French friend teases her: 'Indifference to history--that's why you Americans seem so naive and don't really know where...
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[2015]
Language
English
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"Actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy discovers his ancestry in a compelling narrative that combines 26 intriguing and heartfelt stories about discovering home and roots with tips and recommendations on how to begin your own explorations. Addressing the explosive growth in ancestral travel, actor and travel writer Andrew McCarthy recounts his own quest to uncover his family's Irish history, along with 25 other prominent writers whose...
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Wuthering Heights is one of the most famous love stories in the English language. It is also, as the Introduction to this edition reveals, one of the most potent revenge narratives. Its ingenious narrative structure, vivid evocation of landscape, and the extraordinary power of its depiction of love and hatred have given it a unique place in English literature. The passionate tale of Catherine and Heathcliff is here presented in a new edition that...
15) The shining
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Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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When a couple takes a job as hotel caretakers for the winter, their young son's psychic powers bring out the evil in the old hotel.
17) The shining
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Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
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A young boy and his parents spend the winter in a resort hotel which is possessed by ghosts.
18) Le divorce
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[2003]
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Full screen and widescreen versions.
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English
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When Isabel Walker receives word that her pregnant stepsister Rosy has bee left by her philandering French husband, artist Charles-Henri de Persand, Isabel travels to Paris to offer her help and moral support.
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