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Type: fiction

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Author: Jane Austen

Tags: fiction romance classic sisters austen jane_austen

Description: Even though I watched the movie three times before reading the book, I still enjoyed it quiteEven though I watched the movie three times before reading the book, I still enjoyed it quite much, and it has definitely become one of my favourite books.

From Amazon: "Few have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet. Her early determination to dislike Mr. Darcy is a prejudice only matched by the folly of his arrogant pride. Their first impressions give way to true feelings in a comedy profoundly concerned with happiness and how it might be achieved."...

2006-07-25

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Authors: Louisa May Alcott Susan Straight

Tags: women american classic alcott march

Description: From Amazon:
"The four March girls - tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, andFrom Amazon:
"The four March girls - tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy - live in genteel poverty with their mother Marmee; their father is away in the Civil War. Despite having little money, the girls keep their spirits up with writing, gardening, homemade plays, and the occasional romp with wealthier pals. Their pal, "poor little rich boy" Laurie, joins in and becomes their adoptive brother, as the girls deal with Meg's first romance, Beth's life-threatening illness, and fears for their father's safety."

This is my favourite book by far! It's a great children's book about family and life. The March family is picture perfect....

2005-09-23

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Author: Amy Tan

Tags: women postmodern american chinese

Description: From Amazon:
"Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift withFrom Amazon:
"Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money. "To despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable." Forty years later the stories and history continue."

This is one of my favourite books. It's so honest and real that you can't help but be touched by the stories told....

2005-09-23