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Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers...
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Bestselling author Helen Simonson returns with a splendid historical novel full of the same wit, romance, and insight into the manners and morals of small-town British life as her beloved "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand." It's the summer of 1914 and life in the sleepy village of Rye, England is about to take an interesting turn. Agatha Kent is expecting an unusual candidate to be the school's Latin teacher: Beatrice Nash, a young woman of good breeding...
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Clarissa is almost seventeen when the spell of her childhood is broken. It is 1914, the beginning of a blissful, golden summer-and the end of an era. Deyning Park is in its heyday, the large country house filled with the laughter and excitement of privileged youth preparing for a weekend party. When Clarissa meets Tom Cuthbert, home from university and staying with his mother, the housekeeper, she is dazzled. Tom is handsome and enigmatic; he is also...
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"When Mordecai Tremaine arrives at the country retreat of one Benedict Grame on Christmas Eve, he discovers that the revelries are in full swing in the sleepy village of Sherbroome--but so too are tensions amongst the assortment of guests. When midnight strikes, the partygoers discover that presents aren't the only things nestled under the tree--there's a dead body too. A dead body that bears a striking resemblance to Father Christmas. With the snow...
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Lois Meade mysteries volume 9
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2009
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English
9) Cranford
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"The leading ladies of the small town of Cranford have kept the locals in line with the manners and tastes they catered for years, but when a newcomer moves into town, their rules are challenged, threatening to change the town for good. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell's Cranford is humorous slice-of-life novel that tracks the changes of a 19th century English town."--
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Thrush Green series volume 4
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Feelings are running high in the Cotswold village of Thrush Green. The rector's plan for the neglected churchyard doesn't meet with universal approval; there is a clash of personalities at the local school; and someone has returned to the village after an absence of fifty years.
11) Silas Marner
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 14
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The classic novel of hope, redemption, and the indomitable human spirit, from beloved novelist George Eliot. In this heartwarming classic by George Eliot, a gentle linen weaver named Silas Marner is wrongly accused of a heinous theft actually committed by his best friend. Exiling himself to the rustic village of Raveloe, he becomes a lonely recluse. Ultimately, Marner finds redemption and spiritual rebirth through his unselfish love for an abandoned...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 11
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A classic of children's literature, The Wind in the Willows is author Kenneth Grahame's tale of adventure, misadventure, and friendship. Grahame grew up in Cookham in Berkshire, which provided the scenery for Wind in the Willows. When Mole wanders off from his spring cleaning, he discovers a thrilling new world of boat trips, caravan rides, car crashes, and other madcap adventures with his friends Rat, Badger, and the impetuous Toad. This unabridged...
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Love is deadly. Adrian Carthallow, a dramatic and talented artist, is no stranger to controversy. But this time it's not his paintings that have provoked a blaze of publicity -- it's the fact that his career has been suddenly terminated by a bullet to the head. Not only that, but his wife has confessed to firing the fatal shot. Inspector Penross of the town constabulary is less than convinced by Helen Carthallow's story, but has no other explanation...