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Passing

Nella Larsen

4.2(11)~3 h book1929

Discover the intricate dynamics of race and identity in 'Passing' by Nella Larsen, as two mixed-race women navigate societal norms in 1920s America.

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    Great Expectations

    Charles Dickens

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    Gertrude Stein

    ~4 h book1909

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    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

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    Ethan Frome

    Edith Wharton

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    A concise summary of Edith Wharton's tragic novella Ethan Frome, exploring themes of isolation, duty, and forbidden love in a bleak New England winter.

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    Tess of the d'Urbervilles

    Thomas Hardy

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    bram stoker

    4.0(244)~10 h book1897

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    jane austen

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    The Scarlet Letter

    Nathaniel Hawthorne

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    Anna Karenina

    Leo Tolstoy

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    Charles Dickens

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    Fyodor Dostoevsky

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald

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