The Notebook is a 1996 novel by Nicholas Sparks. The story centers on the relationship between Noah Calhoun and Allie Nelson. Spanning over five decades, their love endures an uncertain beginning, the onset and conclusion of World War II, the death of one child, and Allie’s eventual diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Sparks is also the New York Times best-selling author of A Walk to Remember (1999), Dear John (2006), The Longest Ride (2012), Safe Haven... Read The Notebook Summary

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The Old Man Who Read Love Stories, an ecological novel by Chilean writer Luis Sepúlveda, first published in Spain in 1989. Peter Bush’s English translation published in America in 1993. This story is a parable about the encroachment and ecological consequences of non-native humans, especially hunters, gold prospectors, and politicians, on the Ecuadoran rainforest. The novel won Spain’s Tigre Juan Prize. Sepúlveda has written 16 books and four screenplays, directing two of them for the... Read The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Summary

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The Other Bennet Sister (2020) is the debut novel by British author and former television executive Janice Hadlow. A work of historical fiction, the novel is an imaginative retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, focusing on the marginalized middle sister, Mary Bennet. Overlooked by her family for her plain appearance in a society that prizes female beauty, the bookish Mary seeks validation in her intellectual and musical pursuits. The story follows her journey from... Read The Other Bennet Sister Summary

The Other Boleyn Girl (2001) is a historical women’s fiction novel by British author and journalist Philippa Gregory. Gregory first reached bestseller status with her debut historical novel Wideacre (1987). The Other Boleyn Girl won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists’ Association and was adapted into a film. The novel is narrated by Mary, the Boleyn daughter whose more famous sister, Anne, has overshadowed her in the historical record. Mary... Read The Other Boleyn Girl Summary

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The Pact: A Love Story (1998) by Jodi Picoult tells the story of teens Emily Gold and Chris Harte who enter into a pact to die by suicide. Emily’s death has taken place by the novel’s opening, but Chris is swiftly charged with her murder. As the novel unfolds, the complicated dynamics of the lives of the teens—lifelong best friends who grew up next door to one another—are presented. The nature of the “pact” that... Read The Pact Summary

The Painted Veil (1925) is the 11th novel by British novelist and playwright William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965). He obtained the title from the opening lines of an untitled sonnet by British Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, posthumously published in 1824: “Lift not the painted veil which those who live / Call Life” (Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “Lift Not the Painted Veil.” 1824. Reprint. The Reader, 6 Feb. 2017. Accessed 17 Jul. 2022). The novel originally appeared... Read The Painted Veil Summary

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British author Jeannette Winterson reimagines events from Napoleon Bonaparte’s reign in her 1987 novel The Passion. The novel is a work of historical metafiction that follows Henri, a young French soldier, and Villanelle, a vivacious Venetian, as they navigate war and love in early 19th-century Europe.The Passion begins in Henri’s voice; he’s a young, bright-eyed soldier in Napoleon’s army who dreamed of being a drummer but is assigned to cook instead. After coming to the... Read The Passion Summary

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Welsh historical-novelist Sarah Waters’s sixth novel, The Paying Guests (2014), tells the tale of a mother and daughter in 1920s London who must take on lodgers to afford their house. The result of taking on these paying guests is a devastating love affair and a terrible crime. The novel was nominated for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, became a New York Times Best Seller, and was ranked as the best book of 2014 by... Read The Paying Guests Summary

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