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  Cranford

  Elizabeth Gaskell

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  Step into the quaint village of "Cranford" by Elizabeth Gaskell, where tradition and charm rule the day. This delightful novel chronicles the lives of the village's predominantly female inhabitants, led by the endearing and resilient Miss Matty. Through a series of vignettes, Gaskell captures their small triumphs, cherished routines, and subtle resistances to change. With gentle humor and deep empathy, "Cranford" offers a nostalgic and touching portrait of community, friendship, and the enduring strength of women in a rapidly evolving world.

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  All Quiet on the Western Front

  Eric Maria Remarque, A.W. Wheen...

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  Paul Bäumer is just 19 years old when he enlists in the German army during World War I. What starts as a journey full of optimism turns to horror as he encounters the grim reality of trench warfare.  Amid the mud, blood, and chaos of battle, Paul forges deep bonds with his fellow soldiers, but these friendships only heighten the sense of isolation he experiences among civilians. 
   
  This 20th-century masterpiece immerses listeners in the violence of the trenches, the tenderness and tragedy of comradeship, and the lasting impact of war.

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  Browdean Farm - From their pens...

  A M Burrage

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  Alfred McLelland Burrage was born in Hillingdon, Middlesex on 1st July, 1889. His father and uncle were both writers, primarily of boy’s fiction, and by age 16 AM Burrage had joined them.  The young man had ambitions to write for the adult market too.  The money was better and so was his writing. 
  From 1890 to 1914, prior to the mainstream appeal of cinema and radio the printed word, mainly in magazines, was the foremost mass entertainment.  AM Burrage quickly became a master of the market publishing his stories regularly across a number of publications. 
  By the start of the Great War Burrage was well established but in 1916 he was conscripted to fight on the Western Front. He continued to write during these years documenting his experiences in the classic book War is War by Ex-Private X. 
  For the remainder of his life Burrage was rarely printed in book form but continued to write and be published on a prodigious scale in magazines and newspapers.  In this volume we concentrate on his supernatural stories which are, by common consent, some of the best ever written.  Succinct yet full of character each reveals a twist and a flavour that is unsettling…..sometimes menacing….always disturbing.

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  The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

  Anne Brontë

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  A mysterious woman arrives at a crumbling mansion—and nothing in the quiet village will ever be the same.
  When Helen Graham moves into Wildfell Hall with her young son, rumors swirl. She is guarded, secretive, and unwilling to explain her painful past. But as one man grows closer to her, the truth slowly emerges: a story of a toxic marriage, personal courage, and a daring escape in an age when women had no right to choose their own fate.
  
  Celebrated today as "one of the earliest and most powerful feminist novels," Anne Brontë's masterpiece still shocks with its honesty and inspires with its strength. Readers praise its emotional depth, gripping suspense, and unforgettable heroine.
  
  If you love dramatic character journeys, forbidden romance, and classics that feel ahead of their time, this novel will captivate you from the first page to the last.
  
  Open the door to Wildfell Hall—start reading now and witness a woman's fight for freedom.

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  Champagne

  Anton Chekhov

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  Champagne is a short story by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, written in 1887.
  The story is written in the first person. The young head of a remote railway stop lived with his wife and without children in solitude, amusing himself with vodka and watching passing trains.
  Life was boring. One day before celebrating the New Year, he sat with his wife at the festive table, drank enough and thought about boredom. We waited for the clock to show the arrival of the New Year. At five minutes to twelve he uncorked the bottle, the cork flew out, and the bottle slipped out of his hands and fell to the floor. The wife greeted Happy New Year with frightened eyes. She knew that the falling bottle was a bad omen and meant that something bad would happen in the new year.
  After arguing with his wife, the narrator left the house thinking that this had already happened to them, that the worst could not happen. He remembered his dead parents, how he was kicked out of the gymnasium, how he wandered around with nothing to do and friends. He did not love his wife; he married when he was still a boy.
  Returning home, he saw his wife cheerful - "good aunt" Natalya Petrovna, the wife of the hero's wife's uncle, a woman of free behavior, came to them for three days. At dinner, "aunt" and "nephew" drank well, they became dizzy, and their romance began (a terrible, mad whirlwind). In this whirlwind, the hero loses his wife, mistress, and job. He asks "what else bad could happen to me?"

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  Wolf and the Seven Little Kids...

  Brothers Grimm

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  A mother goat leaves her seven children at home while she ventures into the forest to find food. Before she leaves, she warns her young about the Big Bad Wolf who will try to sneak into the house and gobble them up. The wolf will pretend to be their mother and convince the kids to open the door. The young children will be able to recognize their true mother by her white feet and sweet voice.

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