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84, Charing Cross Road

by Helene Hanff

5,985 members

354 reviews

½ 4.3

18 Members: gennyt, Minthe, bleuroses, Heaven-Ali, tiffin, Nickelini, europhile, rainpebble, mmignano11, Soupdragon, Candiss, merrystar, errata, souloftherose, kayclifton, ahef1963, elia1168, Korrick,starbox

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The Age of Innocence

by Edith Wharton

14,227 members

304 reviews

4

18 Members: gennyt, Minthe, bleuroses, Nickelini, VivienneR, europhile, Ygraine, rainpebble, Soupdragon, merrystar, errata, brenzi, souloftherose, elkiedee, starbox, elia1168, kara.shamy, NinieB

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by Winifred Holtby

947 members

41 reviews

4.1

15 Members: gennyt, Minthe, lauralkeet, bleuroses, Heaven-Ali, juliette07, tiffin, thorold, VivienneR, Ygraine, Soupdragon, errata, brenzi, souloftherose, elkiedee,kayclifton

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by Daphne Du Maurier

21,279 members

618 reviews

4.2

16 Members: gennyt, Minthe, Heaven-Ali, juliette07, Nickelini, CDVicarage, VivienneR, errata, brenzi, souloftherose, starbox, ahef1963, elia1168, NinieB, mrsshe, ManWithAnAgenda

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Excellent Women

2,797 members

127 reviews

4

15 Members: gennyt, juliette07, tiffin, thorold, VivienneR, rainpebble, evelyncasper, Soupdragon, merrystar, alexdaw, errata, brenzi, souloftherose, elia1168, NinieB

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I Capture the Castle

9,378 members

296 reviews

4.1

11 Members: gennyt, Minthe, Nickelini, CDVicarage, europhile, merrystar, souloftherose, elkiedee, kayclifton, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Elizabeth and her German Garden

by Elizabeth von Arnim

1,123 members

55 reviews

3.8

10 Members: lauralkeet, VivienneR, europhile, rainpebble, evelyncasper, merrystar, alexdaw, errata, souloftherose, NinieB

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by Antonia White

931 members

24 reviews

3.9

9 Members: gennyt, Minthe, lahochstetler, europhile, rainpebble, errata, souloftherose, elkiedee, starbox

9

Our Spoons Came from Woolworths

by Barbara Comyns

744 members

29 reviews

3.9

9 Members: tiffin, thorold, VivienneR, europhile, Soupdragon, errata, souloftherose, elkiedee, starbox

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All Passion Spent

by Vita Sackville-West

1,207 members

57 reviews

4

8 Members: gennyt, lauralkeet, VivienneR, rainpebble, errata, brenzi, Liz1564, souloftherose,kayclifton

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344 members

15 reviews

4

8 Members: Heaven-Ali, tiffin, CDVicarage, VivienneR, Soupdragon, errata, kayclifton, NinieB

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Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont

by Elizabeth Taylor

1,289 members

60 reviews

4.1

8 Members: Minthe, Nickelini, VivienneR, rainpebble, Soupdragon, brenzi, souloftherose, elkiedee

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919 members

21 reviews

3.9

9 Members: Minthe, lauralkeet, europhile, Soupdragon, errata, brenzi, elkiedee, starbox, NinieB,kayclifton

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The Diary of a Provincial Lady (Omnibus)

by E.M. Delafield

620 members

19 reviews

4.1

6 Members: lauralkeet, bleuroses, Heaven-Ali, CDVicarage, errata, souloftherose

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The Land of Spices

by Kate O'Brien

328 members

7 reviews

4

7 Members: gennyt, lahochstetler, juliette07, CDVicarage, europhile, rainpebble, starbox

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Lady Audley's Secret

by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

2,751 members

85 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: gennyt, lahochstetler, Nickelini, CDVicarage, VivienneR, Soupdragon, starbox, NinieB

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The Custom of the Country

by Edith Wharton

2,460 members

68 reviews

4

7 Members: lauralkeet, bleuroses, errata, brenzi, souloftherose, starbox, kara.shamy

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The Weather in the Streets

by Rosamond Lehmann

568 members

21 reviews

3.9

7 Members: gennyt, Minthe, Heaven-Ali, rainpebble, Soupdragon, errata, souloftherose

19

The Return of the Soldier

by Rebecca West

1,590 members

78 reviews

3.9

6 Members: gennyt, inge87, Nickelini, VivienneR, europhile, brenzi

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A View of the Harbour

by Elizabeth Taylor

593 members

33 reviews

4

6 Members: lauralkeet, rainpebble, Soupdragon, errata, brenzi, souloftherose

21

Pride and Prejudice

83,021 members

1,379 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: Minthe, europhile, merrystar, elia1168, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

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29,480 members

531 reviews

4.2

6 Members: Minthe, europhile, merrystar, elia1168, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

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Lolly Willowes, or The Loving Huntsman

by Sylvia Townsend Warner

1,582 members

74 reviews

3.8

6 Members: tiffin, rainpebble, Soupdragon, errata, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

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39,046 members

514 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Minthe, europhile, merrystar, elia1168, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

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Sense and Sensibility

39,156 members

525 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Minthe, europhile, merrystar, elia1168, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

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In This House of Brede

by Rumer Godden

1,460 members

34 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: inge87, brenzi, souloftherose, elkiedee, NinieB

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At Mrs Lippincote's

by Elizabeth Taylor

401 members

26 reviews

3.9

5 Members: gennyt, Minthe, rainpebble, Soupdragon, souloftherose

28

The Brontes Went to Woolworths

by Rachel Ferguson

498 members

47 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: tiffin, VivienneR, Soupdragon, errata, elkiedee

29

Loitering with Intent

by Muriel Spark

866 members

29 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Nickelini, VivienneR, Soupdragon, errata, elkiedee

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182 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: tiffin, VivienneR, europhile, Soupdragon, errata

31

A Pin to See the Peepshow

by F. Tennyson Jesse

237 members

7 reviews

4.1

4 Members: rainpebble, souloftherose, kayclifton, starbox

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Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead

by Barbara Comyns

571 members

31 reviews

3.9

4 Members: lahochstetler, errata, elkiedee, starbox

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The Crowded Street

by Winifred Holtby

260 members

10 reviews

4

4 Members: juliette07, VivienneR, Soupdragon, errata

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Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

53,502 members

712 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Minthe, merrystar, elia1168, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

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Northanger Abbey

22,211 members

418 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Minthe, europhile, merrystar, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

36

Nightingale Wood

by Stella Gibbons

433 members

14 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, elkiedee, NinieB

37

A Touch of Mistletoe

by Barbara Comyns

130 members

1 review

4.1

4 Members: VivienneR, Soupdragon, errata, starbox

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A Diary without Dates

by Enid Bagnold

82 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: sqdancer, juliette07, brenzi

39

The Magic Toyshop

by Angela Carter

1,949 members

48 reviews

3.9

3 Members: thorold, rainpebble, starbox

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by Angela Thirkell

365 members

9 reviews

4

4 Members: inge87, merrystar, souloftherose, NinieB

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23,026 members

360 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Minthe, merrystar, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

42

by Willa Cather

13,903 members

285 reviews

3.9

4 Members: europhile, merrystar, elkiedee, NinieB

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by Edith Wharton

9,707 members

217 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: Minthe, europhile, merrystar, NinieB

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Novel on Yellow Paper

by Stevie Smith

517 members

5 reviews

3.8

3 Members: tiffin, thorold, errata,kayclifton

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by Edith Olivier

143 members

4 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Soupdragon, souloftherose, starbox

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by Nadine Gordimer

184 members

2 reviews

3.9

4 Members: juliette07, rainpebble, Soupdragon, errata,kayclifton

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A Wreath of Roses

by Elizabeth Taylor

289 members

17 reviews

4.1

3 Members: rainpebble, Soupdragon, brenzi

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by Anne Brontë

5,253 members

170 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: europhile, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda

49

A Fine of Two Hundred Francs

by Elsa Triolet

147 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: juliette07, VivienneR, errata

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The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories

326 members

8 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, elkiedee

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by Angela Thirkell

696 members

42 reviews

3.8

3 Members: inge87, merrystar, NinieB

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The Hearing Trumpet

by Leonora Carrington

1,168 members

44 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Candiss, NinieB

53

The Glimpses of the Moon

by Edith Wharton

1,032 members

28 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

54

Emily of New Moon

by L. M. Montgomery

4,178 members

75 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, elkiedee, NinieB

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Wild Strawberries

by Angela Thirkell

543 members

25 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, NinieB

56

The Vet's Daughter

by Barbara Comyns

608 members

21 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Candiss, starbox

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Illyrian Spring

212 members

9 reviews

4.1

2 Members: inge87, souloftherose

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by Mollie Panter-Downes

358 members

16 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: inge87, brenzi

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159 members

4 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lahochstetler, elkiedee

60

The Semi-Attached Couple, and The Semi-Detached House

417 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: inge87, europhile

61

by Winifred Holtby

211 members

9 reviews

3.8

3 Members: VivienneR, errata, elkiedee,starbox

62

At the Still Point

63 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: inge87

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by Angela Thirkell

308 members

9 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

64

Thank Heaven Fasting

by E.M. Delafield

182 members

7 reviews

4

2 Members: VivienneR, Soupdragon

65

by Louisa May Alcott

2,766 members

33 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

66

Rilla of Ingleside

by L. M. Montgomery

6,623 members

70 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

67

by Antonia White

141 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Soupdragon, errata

68

Anne of the Island

by L. M. Montgomery

11,159 members

120 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

69

by Willa Cather

1,649 members

39 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Minthe, merrystar

70

by Louisa May Alcott

4,716 members

58 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

71

by L. M. Montgomery

3,046 members

36 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

72

by L. M. Montgomery

2,888 members

35 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

73

Invitation to the Waltz

by Rosamond Lehmann

619 members

25 reviews

3.9

Member: Minthe

74

The Lacquer Lady

by F. Tennyson Jesse

185 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: alexdaw

75

The House of Mirth

by Edith Wharton

9,921 members

205 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

76

149 members

6 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Minthe, NinieB

77

by Angela Thirkell

391 members

24 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

78

Jane and Prudence

1,208 members

59 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

79

by Louisa May Alcott

27,264 members

408 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

80

Crampton Hodnet

879 members

39 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, NinieB

81

149 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: inge87

82

The Land of Green Ginger

by Winifred Holtby

219 members

8 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: bleuroses

83

A Suppressed Cry: Life and Death of a Quaker Daughter

by Victoria Glendinning

50 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: inge87

84

The Face of War

by Martha Gellhorn

383 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: juliette07

85

The Way of an Eagle

by Ethel M. Dell

88 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: inge87

86

In a Summer Season

by Elizabeth Taylor

494 members

21 reviews

3.9

Member: Minthe

87

by Ella Maillart

191 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: juliette07

88

A Train of Powder

by Rebecca West

162 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: inge87

89

by Elizabeth Taylor

415 members

10 reviews

3.8

Member: Minthe

90

The Devastating Boys

by Elizabeth Taylor

178 members

5 reviews

4

Member: Minthe

91

by Elizabeth Taylor

161 members

4 reviews

4

Member: Soupdragon

92

The Persimmon Tree and Other Stories

by Marjorie Barnard

97 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: inge87

93

The Tortoise and the Hare

by Elizabeth Jenkins

436 members

11 reviews

4

Member: Minthe

94

by Naomi Mitchison

499 members

22 reviews

4

Member: inge87

95

by Lettice Cooper

200 members

6 reviews

4.1

Member: souloftherose

96

by Enid Bagnold

151 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: inge87

97

by Bridget Boland

69 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: inge87

98

A Note in Music

by Rosamond Lehmann

201 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Minthe

99

The Wedding Group

by Elizabeth Taylor

264 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Minthe

100

Jonah's Gourd Vine

by Zora Neale Hurston

451 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Minthe

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