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  An Egyptian Princess

  Georg Ebers

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  Egypt under Amasis, 525 BC, on the eve of the Persian conquest: a Greek merchant's daughter is sent as a bride to the court, and the intrigue that follows brings Cambyses's army down the Nile. Ebers was a working Egyptologist — he found the medical papyrus that still carries his name — and wrote his novels to teach the period; every ceremony and title in it is sourced.

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  Night and Day

  Virginia Woolf

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  Katharine Hilbery keeps house for a famous grandfather's memory, does mathematics in secret, and is engaged to a poet she does not love. Woolf wrote her second novel while recovering from a breakdown, deliberately in the old shape — Katherine Mansfield called it a lie in the soul, and Woolf never wrote a conventional novel again. The suffrage office and the mathematics are the tell.

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  The King in Yellow

  Robert W. Chambers

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  There are books that haunt. The King in Yellow is one of them.
  First published in 1895, this cycle of four interlinked stories—The Repairer of Reputations, The Mask, In the Court of the Dragon, and The Yellow Sign—offers a view into a world just a shade off from our own. Beneath the surface of elegant prose and civil order lies something broken, something touched by madness, art, power—and something unspeakably strange.
  A book within the book, a play that should never be read, threads through each tale, leaving behind not answers, but echoes. With quiet menace and disquieting beauty, Chambers sketches a fictional universe that lingers like a fevered dream.
  Not quite horror, not quite science fiction, not quite fantasy—The King in Yellow is a singular work. A whisper from the shadows. An invitation to look too long at the thing you cannot name. 
  Contents
  • The Repairer of Reputations
  • The Mask
  • In the Court of the Dragon
  • The Yellow Sign

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  Persuasion

  Jane Austen

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  Persuasion is Jane Austen's moving final completed novel, a refined story of lost love, social pressure, regret, and the possibility of a second chance between Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth.
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  Eight years ago, Anne Elliot was persuaded to reject the man she loved.
  Young, gentle, and dutiful, Anne accepted the advice of her family and friends and broke off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a naval officer with little fortune and uncertain prospects. Now, years later, Wentworth has returned from the wars wealthy, successful, and still wounded by Anne's decision. Anne, meanwhile, remains unmarried, overlooked by her vain father and selfish sisters, and quietly burdened by the memory of the life she might have chosen.
  When circumstances bring Anne and Captain Wentworth back into the same social circle, old feelings rise beneath the surface of polite conversation. Wentworth appears determined to forget her, while Anne must endure the pain of seeing him admired by others. Yet beneath restraint, silence, and misunderstanding, the past is not as settled as it seems.
  Set among country estates, fashionable Bath society, and the naval world of early nineteenth-century England, Persuasion is one of Jane Austen's most mature and emotionally rich novels. It explores the consequences of social influence, the quiet strength of constancy, and the difficulty of recognizing happiness when it returns after long disappointment.
  More introspective than Pride and Prejudice and more autumnal than Emma, Persuasion offers a heroine of deep feeling, intelligence, and moral grace. Anne Elliot is not dazzling or loud, but her patience, insight, and emotional courage make her one of Austen's most beloved characters.
  A novel of memory, forgiveness, and enduring love, Persuasion remains a timeless portrait of second chances and the heart's ability to remain faithful even after years of regret.

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  At "Lehmann's"

  Katherine Mansfield

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  In At Lehmann’s by Katherine Mansfield we have the theme of innocence, vulnerability, appearance, confusion and desire. Taken from her In a German Pension collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and from the beginning of the story the reader realises that Mansfield may be exploring the theme of innocence. Sabina believes Hans’ story about why his hands are so dirty even though the story is exceptionally far-fetched and borders on the impossible. What is also interesting about Hans’ story is that because Sabina believes Hans she pities him which may be important as it highlights how good natured Sabina is. She is unable to see any bad in Hans even though he is lying.

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  The Life Everlasting - A Reality...

  Marie Corelli

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  Marie Corelli's novel set in Scotland unfolds as an unnamed heroine embarks on a soul-searching journey aboard a yacht exploring the Western Isles and Hebrides. The narrative navigates the scenic landscapes of Scotland as the heroine seeks happiness and her elusive twin soul. Corelli weaves a tale of self-discovery and romantic exploration against the backdrop of the picturesque Scottish isles, inviting readers to join the protagonist on a voyage that transcends the physical and delves into the mysteries of the heart and the soul.

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