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Quote, ""At a dimly remote period in the history of Brabant, communication between the Island of Cadzand and the Flemish coast was kept up by a boat which carried passengers from one shore to the other. Middelburg, the chief town in the island, destined to become so famous in the annals of Protestantism, at that time only numbered some two or three hundred hearths; and the prosperous town of Ostend was an obscure haven, a straggling village where pirates dwelt in security among the fishermen and the few poor merchants who lived in the place.""
Price: 5 - Updated: 04/11/2007
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Colonel Chabert is the story of a French military hero of the Napoleonic Wars who's been living in asylum after being left for dead. Returning to Paris he discovers the changes in his absence, Napoleon overthrown, the French aristocracy in power and his wife now remarried. Colonel Chabert then hires a lawyer to recover his pension meanwhile trying to convince everyone who he is.
Price: 5 - Updated: 04/11/2007
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Quote, ""A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one's own benefit and in the interests of a passion. Is it not giving ourselves the pleasure of a thief and a rascal while continuing honest men? But there is another side to it; we must resign ourselves to boil with anger, to roar with impatience, to freeze our feet in the mud, to be numbed, and roasted, and torn by false hopes. We must go, on the faith of a mere indication, to a vague object.""
Price: 5 - Updated: 04/11/2007
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Quote, ""An awful destiny! Juana, who felt neither esteem nor love for Diard, was bound to him forever, by a rash but necessary promise. The man was neither handsome nor well-made. His manners, devoid of all distinction, were a mixture of the worst army tone, the habits of his province, and his own insufficient education. How could she love Diard, she, a young girl all grace and elegance.""
Price: 5 - Updated: 04/11/2007
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Quote, ""La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours. At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scattered green islands, flows between two lines of cliff, where country houses built uniformly of white stone stand among their gardens and vineyards. The finest fruit in the world ripens there with a southern exposure.""
Price: 5 - Updated: 04/11/2007
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The Guilty River by Wilkie Collins is a haunting tale about two men and their love for the same woman. This relationships threaten to erupt in violence and murder.
Price: 5 - Updated: 04/11/2007
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The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum is an underwater fantasy tale that features sea monsters, mermaids and other colourful characters that make this book exciting to read.
Price: 5 - Updated: 04/11/2007
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