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The Scarlet Letter (Oxford World's Classics)
1.  The Scarlet Letter (Oxford World's Classics) by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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  "In the early days of Puritan Boston, Hester Prynne braves the stigma of adultery and bearing an illegitimate child, by wearing the embroidered scarlet "A" for adultry on her clothing. Brilliant!"
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Persuasion
2.  Persuasion by Jane Austen
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  "Ms. Austen's most heartfelt novel & her last. Anne Elliot was persuaded to refuse Mr.Wentworth's proposal of marriage 9 yrs. before. Now she may have a 2nd chance to recapture his love. Simply superb!"
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Jane Eyre (Penguin Popular Classics)
3.  Jane Eyre (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charlotte Brontė
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  "Charlotte Bronte's unconventional love story & much more. Jane Eyre is a passionate, intelligent & independent woman, who refuses to be satisfied by her place in society -& then there's Mr. Rochester!"
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Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics)
4.  Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics) by Emily Brontė
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  "An intense, brooding Yorkshire tale of a love that is stronger than death - of Heathcliffe & his Cathy. Fiercely passionate; mystical, with a timeless appeal. A classic of English literature."
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The Mill on the Floss (Oxford World's Classics)
5.  The Mill on the Floss (Oxford World's Classics) by George Eliot
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  "Ms. Eliot's best novel. Appealing Maggie Tulliver's story explores the conflicts of love and loyalty, & the friction between desire and moral responsibility. Evocative depiction of English rural life."
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Lorna Doone (Wordsworth Classics)
6.  Lorna Doone (Wordsworth Classics) by R.D. Blackmore
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  "Set in late 17th century Exmoor, John Ridd maintains his love for the beautiful and aristocratic Lorna Doone who was kidnapped as a child by an outlaw family. Lorna holds on to her identity & honor."
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Washington Square
7.  Washington Square by Henry James
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  "A psychological study of an unattractive, shy, lonely heiress who finds herself being ardently wooed by a handsome opportunist. She adores him; doesn't care about the fortune- but her father says no."
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Ethan Frome (Oxford World's Classics)
8.  Ethan Frome (Oxford World's Classics) by Edith Wharton
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  "Set again a bleak New England winter landscape, a poor farmer, lonely and downtrodden, lives with his unhappy wife and her enchanting cousin.This powerful & engrossing drama will haunt you."
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Anna Karenina (Wordsworth Classics)
9.  Anna Karenina (Wordsworth Classics) by L.N. Tolstoy
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  "A rich and complex masterpiece charts the disastrous course of a love affair between Anna, a beautiful married woman & Count Vronsky, a wealthy army officer. A great romantic tragedy."
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Dr Zhivago
10.  Dr Zhivago by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
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  "Pasternak's classic evokes the life and loves of the poet-physician Zhivago during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. And, of course, the great love he feels for his beloved Lara, his muse."
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
11.  The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
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  "In this Victorian-style novel, Charles Smithson, a nineteenth-century gentleman falls in love with enigmatic Sarah Woodruff, who has been jilted by a French lover. An artfully told, mysterious tale."
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A Farewell To Arms
12.  A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway
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  "The unforgettable WWI story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front & his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Hemingway's portrayal of their love simply glows in its intensity."
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Lady Chatterley's Lover
13.  Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
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  "Constance Chatterley, trapped in an unhappy marriage to an aristocrat whose war wounds have left him paralyzed and impotent, has an affair with Mellors, the gamekeeper. Beautifully written& complex."
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The Great Gatsby (Penguin Popular Classics)
14.  The Great Gatsby (Penguin Popular Classics) by F Scott Fitzgerald
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  "A great classic - Set in the the roaring 20s, fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby is obsessed by his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. Fitzgerald's prose is spare & elegant. An extraordinary work!"
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Love in the Time of Cholera
15.  Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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  "With humor, wisdom and consummate craft, G. Garcia Marquez traces an exceptional half-century story of unrequited love. Gorgeous prose; excellent translation"
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Justine (FF Classics)
16.  Justine (FF Classics) by Lawrence Durrell
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  "Book #1 of "The Alexandria Quartet," all 4 are magnificant novels. "Justine" focuses on the beautiful Jewish wife of a wealthy Copt. Her story is told by Darley, her English lover. Set in Alexandria."
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The End of the Affair
17.  The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
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  "Set in London during, and just after World War II, Greene's novel is an agonizing examination of a three-way collision between love of self, love of another, and love of God. Moving & beautiful."
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Like Water For Chocolate
18.  Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
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  "A pure sensual delight of romantic love & love of food set in 1900 Mexico. Magical, earthy, very bittersweet - like chocolate!"
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A Town Like Alice
19.  A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
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  "A young woman miraculously survives a Japanese "death march" in WWar II. A gallant Australian soldier, also a prisoner of war, offers to help her at the cost of his life. Surprises, adventure & love."
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The English Patient
20.  The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
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  "Near the end of WWII 4 damaged people gather in an Italian villa-a nurse; a maimed thief; the wary sapper- each haunted by the riddle of the English patient, the nameless burned man dying of memories."
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Eva Luna (Essential Penguin)
21.  Eva Luna (Essential Penguin) by Isabel Allende
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  "Set in Latin America , (probably Chile), Eva's escapes the world by inventing magical, surreal stories when life becomes too painful to bear. She loves a German film maker. Lyrical, poignant, moving."
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Possession: A Romance
22.  Possession: A Romance by A S Byatt
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  "A literary mystery cum romance - 2 English couples, one in the 20th century, the other in the 19th...& all that connects them. Beautifully written. A joy to read!"
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The Fountainhead
23.  The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
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  "Architect Howard Roarke and socialite Dominique Francon love intensely, while exploring the strength of the individual, the tug between good and evil, the threat of fascism. There's romance too!"
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
24.  The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
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  "Set during the Prague Spring, later in Switzerland.Tomas, a liberal Prague surgeon loves his wife deeply, while he also maintains a longtime liason with another woman. Conflict between love & freedom."
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Moon Tiger
25.  Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
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  "Claudia Hampton, unconventional historian & former war correspondent is dying of cancer. Her thoughts move randomly across time &place to reconstruct  her life & remembers, with intensity, an old love"
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