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"This Thomas Hardy novel was his first major literary success, even though he never saw it published. It is set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex and is enriched with his pleasant decriptions of rural life and landscapes. In in Bathsheba Everdene, our independent and spirited heroine, moves into her position as a farmer on a large estated in Weatherbury. During the novel, she attracts three very different men: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, the...
2) The warden
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The first novel of Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire series, this work introduces the fictional cathedral town of Barchester and many of its clerical inhabitants. Originally published in 1855, the story centers on Mr. Septimus Harding who has been granted the comfortable wardenship of Hiram's Hospital, an almshouse from a medieval charity of the diocese. Mr. Harding, a fundamentally good man and an excellent musician, conscientiously fulfills his...
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IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 22
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"When Mr Henry Dashwood dies, his house, Norland Park, passes directly to his son John, the child of his first wife. His second wife, Mrs Dashwood, and their daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, inherit only a small income. On his deathbed, Mr Dashwood extracts a promise from his son, to take care of his half-sisters; John's greedy wife, Fanny, soon persuades him to renege on the promise. John and Fanny immediately move in as the new owners of...
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El joven Philip Pirrip, apodado Pip, se convertirá en aprendiz de su cuñado, un pobre herrero. Pero su destino cambia al conocer a tres personas inusuales: un convicto fugitivo, una mujer trágica y una joven cautivadora. La vida de Pip se ve alterada en un instante cuando un benefactor secreto le entrega una gran suma de dinero. Pip tiene "grandes expectativas" para su nueva vida tan exitosa y rica como un joven caballero. ¿Su vida realmente ha...