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| | 1. |  | The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)
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As people have always said, life is not fair. It's up to people to have the courage to give everyone, including the former fiancee what they have comming to them. I think everyone should be required to read this book, because quite simply its the best novel ever written.
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| | 2. |  | The Princesse de Cleves (Penguin Classics)
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The tale of a fictional woman living at the French Court during the 17th century reign of Henry II. It is a very slow read at first, but then the pace picks up. Many real historical figures make an appearance, either in person or in gossip. A nice historical romance thus far, with plenty of detailed... more info
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| | 3. |  | Therese Raquin (Penguin Classics)
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This is a short but well-written novel that explores many themes-crime, guilt, oppression, horror and judgement. The heroine of the story is an oppressed, exceedingly bored woman married to a sickly cousin not of her own choosing. They live in a dark, cramped apartment with her aunt, who dotes on... more info
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| | 5. |  | Under Fire (Penguin Classics)
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This book is Ok, but its a hard read at this late time....
Not exactly sure how to state it, but the book is dense...it does not equal "All's Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich M. Remarque, or "Storm of Steel" by Ernst Junger...
Barbusse wrote it after spending a VERY brief time at the... more info
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| | 6. |  | The Women's War (Penguin Classics)
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Price: $10.88
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Alexander Dumas pere was born in 1802 in a French Village. Before he died in 1870 he had become world famous as author of over fifty novels and short stories. In "The Women's War" one of his lesser known but fine novels he focuses on the French Civil War of the seventeenth century called the Fronde... more info
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| | 8. |  | Au Bonheur des Dames (Penguin Classics)
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"The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Au Bonheur des Dames is the eleventh novel in the Rougon-Macquart series by Émile Zola. Zola's classic centers around the bright lights of the massive department store (of which the novel is named) run by... more info
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| | 9. |  | The Drinking Den (Penguin Classics)
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Price: $13.00
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Emile Zola 91840-1902) is one of the greatest French authors of the literary movement called Naturalism. In his many works Zola explores all of French society in graphic detail using slang, profanity, degradation and vice. This 1876 work "The Drinking Den" (the title has been variously translated... more info
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