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  Daddy-Long-Legs

  Jean Webster

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  When Jerusha Abbott, an eighteen-year-old girl living in an orphan asylum, was told that a mysterious millionaire had agreed to pay for her education, it was like a dream come true. For the first time in her life, she had someone she could pretend was "family." But everything was not perfect, for he chose to remain anonymous and asked that she only write him concerning her progress in school. Who was this mysterious gentleman and would Jerusha ever meet him?

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  The Picture OF Dorian Grey

  Oscar Wilde

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  "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a philosophical novel written by Oscar Wilde and first published as a serial in 1890. The story revolves around a young man named Dorian Gray who has his portrait painted by the talented Basil Hallward. Influenced by the hedonistic Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian wishes that he could always remain as young and beautiful as he appears in the portrait while the painting ages and bears the marks of his sins instead. As time passes, Dorian indulges in every form of vice and decadence, but his appearance remains unchanged, while his portrait becomes progressively grotesque. The novel delves into themes of aestheticism, moral duplicity, and the nature of beauty.

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  Jane Eyre

  Charlotte Brontë

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  “I would always rather be happy than dignified.”“There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow-creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.”From Jane EyreJane Eyre is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published under the pen name "Currer Bell", on October 16, 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. Jane Eyre is a Bildungsroman that follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall. The novel revolutionized prose fiction by being the first to focus on its protagonist's moral and spiritual development through an intimate first-person narrative, where actions and events are colored by a psychological intensity. Charlotte Brontë has been called the "first historian of the private consciousness". The work contains elements of social criticism with a strong sense of Christian morality at its core, and it is considered by many to be ahead of its time because of Jane's individualistic character and how the novel approaches the topics of class, sexuality, religion, and feminism. Jane Eyre is one of the most famous romance novels of all time.

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  Crime and Punishment

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  Part of the original Harvard Classics compendium series • One of TIME's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time  
  Crime and Punishment tells the story of Rodion Raskolnikov, an ex-student who plans to murder a pawnbroker to test his theory of personality. Having accomplished the deed, Raskolnikov struggles with mental anguish while trying to both avoid the consequences and hide his guilt from his friends and family.  
  Dostoevsky’s original idea for the novel centered on the Marmeladov family and the impact of alcoholism in Russia, but inspired by a double murder in France he decided to rework it around the new character of Raskolnikov. The novel was first serialized in The Russian Messenger over the course of 1866, where it was an instant success. It was published in a single volume in 1867.   
  This new and unabridged audiobook edition is based on Constance Garnett’s 1914 translation.

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  Bethel Merriday

  Sinclair Lewis

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  “Bethel Merriday” is a novel by Sinclair Lewis, first published in 1940. The book depicts the journey of an aspiring young actress, Bethel Merriday, and her life in a touring company. Most of the story surrounds her time in an acting troupe preparing for and performing a ‘modern’ version of "Romeo and Juliet".

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  Behind a Mask

  Louisa May Alcott

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  Jean Muir is young, charming, and talented. As she diligently works as the Governess of young Bella Coventry, the men of the house seem to fall about her, won over by her charm and mysterious air. But is she really all that she seems...?  
  Written by Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women in 1866, and considered a masterpiece in the genre.  
  Narrated by Michael Ward.

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