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Peony in Love
Lisa See
Peony, the teenage daughter of a wealthy family in 17th-century China, is allowed to see an opera, but only if she hides behind a screen. Like many young Chinese women of the time,...... read more
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Schindler's List
Thomas Keneally
Based on a true incident, this is the story of Oscar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved over 1000 Jews from the Nazis. Keneally's account is taken from the testimonies of...... read more
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The Man in the Iron Mask
Alexandre Dumas
A bishop, knowing that King Louis XIV of France has a twin brother who has been imprisoned in the Bastille for eight years, schemes to place the twin on the throne. An abridged, cartoon...... read more
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The Betrothed
Alessandro Manzoni
The great Italian patriot Alejandro Manzoni wrote what is considered as one of the big novels in his language, to show, mentioning his own words: "tragedies of horrors and scenes of...... read more
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Mumbo Jumbo
Ishmael Reed
A satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, this novel juxtaposes American history with real and fictional characters, plus Ree's hilarious commentary on music, philosophy, Islam,...... read more
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The Playmaker
Thomas Keneally
In this drama within a drama, Lt. Ralph Clark is recruited by the government in 1789 to put on a play - - Farquhar's "The Recruiting Officer" - - cast with convicts. However, Clark...... read more
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The Nazarene
Sholem Asch
The story of Jesus, as told by three who were there: Cornelius, the governor of Jerusalem appointed by Pontius Pilate; Judas Iscariot; and Joseph, student of the wise and sympathetic...... read more
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Lorna Doone
R. D. Blackmore
In late seventeenth - century England, young John Ridd returns home to Exmoor and forms a forbidden but enduring friendship with Lorna Doone, the granddaughter of the head of the outlaw...... read more
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Confederates
Thomas Keneally
This novel by an Australian about the American Civil War, from the perspective of the Southern side, tells four overlapping stories: that of a poor, white Confederate soldier; his...... read more
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Family Madness
Thomas Keneally
A prosperous and paranoid businessman, self-exiled to Australia, whose parents were Nazi collaborators, tries to shield his children from the evils of society. When a young married...... read more
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The Man in the Iron Mask
Paul Mantell
A bishop, knowing that King Louis XIV of France has a twin brother who has been imprisoned in the Bastille for eight years, schemes to place the twin on the throne. An abridged, cartoon...... read more
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The Surface of Earth
Reynolds Price
Infused with the hungers and aspirations of three generations of Southerners, this breathtaking story of two families bound, then embittered, by the immoderate passions of a young...... read more
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Lorna Doone
R. D. Blackmore
In late seventeenth - century England, young John Ridd returns home to Exmoor and forms a forbidden but enduring friendship with Lorna Doone, the granddaughter of the head of the outlaw...... read more
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