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Category: Romance

Far from the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy

July 1, 2018

“It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.” … More Far from the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy

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Little Women – Louisa M. Alcott

June 26, 2018

“Don’t try to make me grow up before my time…” … More Little Women – Louisa M. Alcott

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Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell

March 3, 2018

“That is the one unforgivable sin in any society. Be different and be damned!” … More Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell

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Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier

February 19, 2017

“Men are simpler than you imagine my sweet child. But what goes on in the twisted, tortuous minds of women would baffle anyone.” … More Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier

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Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy

February 14, 2016

“There are as many kinds of love, as there are hearts” … More Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy

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Lady Chatterley’s Lover – D.H. Lawrence

December 30, 2015

“A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.” … More Lady Chatterley’s Lover – D.H. Lawrence

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Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov

September 22, 2015

“I knew I had fallen in love with Lolita forever; but I also knew she would not be forever Lolita.” … More Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov

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North & South – Elizabeth Gaskell

August 30, 2015

“I wish I could tell you how lonely I am. How cold and harsh it is here. Everywhere there is conflict and unkindness. I think God has forsaken this place. I believe I have seen hell and it’s white, it’s snow-white.” … More North & South – Elizabeth Gaskell

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Pride & Prejudice – Jane Austen

August 23, 2015

“Your defect is a propensity to hate everyone.”
“And yours,” he replied with a smile, “is wilfully to misunderstand them.” … More Pride & Prejudice – Jane Austen

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