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A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by CharlesDickens
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The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a former French aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated English barrister who endeavors to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife. Cover art done by @orangedusk
Persuasion (1818) by JaneAusten
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More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marriage from the handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. He was clever, confident, and ambitious, but poor and with no particular family connections to recommend him. Sir Walter, Anne's fatuous, snobbish father and her equally self-involved older sister Elizabeth were dissatisfied with her choice, maintaining that he was no match for an Elliot of Kellynch Hall, the family estate. Her older friend and mentor, Lady Russell, acting in place of Anne's late mother, persuaded her to break the engagement. Now 27 and still unmarried, Anne re-encounters her former love when his sister and brother-in-law, the Crofts, take out a lease on Kellynch. Wentworth is now a captain and wealthy from maritime victories in the Napoleonic wars. However, he has not forgiven Anne for rejecting him. While publicly declaring that he is ready to marry any suitable young woman who catches his fancy, he privately resolves that he is ready to become attached to any appealing young woman except for Anne Elliot.
The Last Lie She Told by Thomaser56
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Somewhere Between the Truth and Her Smile... They say the most dangerous lies are the ones that are closest to the truth. She was beautiful, but not in the way that made you stare. She was the kind of beautiful that made you remember her when you were alone in the dark-long after the lights were out and the door was locked. I kept the journal she left behind, bound in cracked leather and perfumed with lavender and decay. Its pages are riddled with riddles, inked in looping cursive that bleeds like veins across the paper. It starts with a confession. It ends with a warning. What was the last lie she told- and why did I believe it?
Emperor's Lunatic Luna | Taekook by jeontaephoria
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[Completed] Emperor Jeon Jeongguk, the most glorious ruler the dynasty has ever known, has waited seventeen years for his destined mate and Luna to complete his reign. But what will he do when his mate turns out to be a lunatic? And worse, what if this mate claims to be mythical creature-a human. ──────────⟆⧫────────── A Royal, reincarnation, werewolf, parallel space travel fic・゚*。
Pride and Prejudice (1813) by JaneAusten
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The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.