Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen One of the most universally loved and admired English novels, an effervescent tale of rural romance transformed by Jane Austen's art into a witty, shrewdly observed satire of English country life.
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|  | Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Delicious comedy of manners concerning two sisters, who appear to have been deserted by the young men they had intended to marry. Humor, perception, incomparable prose.
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Best Poems of the Brontė Sisters by Emily, Anne, and Charlotte Brontė, Candace Ward Careful selection of 47 poems by talented literary siblings. Twenty-three poems by Emily, 14 poems by Anne, and 10 poems by Charlotte. Reproduced from standard editions. Publisher's Note.
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|  | Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell A sensitive and moving portrait of life and manners in an English country village during the 1830s, Cranford recounts the events and activities in the lives of a group of spinsters and widows.
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Villette by Charlotte Brontė Acclaimed by Virginia Woolf as "Brontë's finest novel," this moving psychological study features a remarkably modern heroine who abandons her native England for a new life as a schoolteacher in Belgium.
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|  | Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontė Written in 1847, Jane Eyre tells the tale of an orphan girl's progress from the custody of cruel relatives to an oppressive boarding school and its culmination in a troubled career as a governess.
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Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte Drawn from Brontë's own troubled life, this novel exposes the hardships of a governess's world and offers a rare opportunity to hear the voice of a 19th-century working woman.
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|  | Silas Marner by George Eliot Classic of English literature recounts the engrossing story of a lonely and embittered old man and the orphaned child who helps him find love and hope.
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