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1) Emma
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IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 30
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As daughter of the richest, most important man in the small provincial village of Highbury, Emma Woodhouse is firmly convinced that it is her right--perhaps even her "duty"--To arrange the lives of others. Considered by most critics to be Austen's most technically brilliant achievement, "Emma" sparkles with ironic insights into self-deception, self-discovery, and the interplay of love and power.
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The three generations of the Harte family are loyal, but their enemies want to tear them apart. Meet four remarkable women: India Standish is the traditionalist in the family who falls for an artist from a working-class background. American-born Evan Hughes, great-granddaughter of Emma, is trying to integrate into the Harte family. Evan's cousin, Tesse Longden, is battling for custody of her daughter Adele. And Linnet, the most brilliant businesswoman...
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"The prequel to Barbara Taylor Bradford's New York Times bestselling and dazzling saga A Woman of Substance. Opening five years before the start of A Woman of Substance, A Man of Honor begins with 13-year-old Blackie O'Neill facing an uncertain future in rural County Kerry. Orphaned and alone, he has just buried his sister, Bronagh, and must leave his home to set sail for England, in search of a better life with his mother's brother in Leeds. There,...