The Inner Shrine  |
| Basil King (1859 - 1928) |
Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller for 1909.
This story of a French Irish girl whose husband is killed in a duel was originally published anonymously.
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| The Marriage of William Ashe |
| Mary Augusta Ward (1851 - 1920) |
Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller for 1905.
The appearance of a new novel by Mrs. Humphrey Ward is always a literary event of the first magnitude. -- New York Times, 1905
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| Dombey and Son |
| Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) |
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| Floor Games |
| H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946) |
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| Going into Society |
| Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) |
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| Little Dorrit |
| Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) |
The writings of Charles Dickens were often critical of society and government. This satire, Little Dorrit was also an outlet for Dickens' opinion of prison, particularly debtor's prisons. There people (including Dickens' own) who failed to pay their debts were imprisoned, paradoxically unable to work, until the debt was repaid. The story of Little Dorrit (whose father is imprisoned for debt) tells of the courtship between herself and Arthur Clennam and demonstrates the grim effects of imprisonment on those within as well as those beyond but whose lives are inextricably intertwined. |
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| No Name |
| Wilkie Collins (1824 - 1889) |
When published in 1862 it was condemned by critics as immoral, today it is regarded as a novel of outstanding social insight. It is the story of two sisters, Magdalen and Norah, who discover that their parents were not married at the time of their birth and that they are, therefore, illegitimate. They are disinherited and expelled from their family estate. They either adapt to their new station in life, or attempt to recover their wealth by any means... |
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