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An Englishwoman falls for an older man who takes her to France where she discovers he is already married. When she leaves him, he pursues her and confines her to a lunatic asylum in Germany. But she will escape. The novel was written in 1866 and was rejected by the publisher as too sensational.
85) Morvern Callar
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When her boyfriend commits suicide, Scottish supermarket clerk Morvern Callar disposes of his body by chopping it to pieces, then heads for warmer climes to spend his money. The money gone, she returns home to learn--oh, joy--he had even more money and he left it all to her. So it is back to the sun.
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A novel on 16th century Jews who escaped the Spanish Inquisition by converting to Christianity. It is told through the eyes of two New York sisters, researching their roots in Europe to please their dying grandmother. In the process, the women discover their heritage and each finds love with a man.
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Three works deal with a concentration camp survivor, a hostage holder in Palestine, and a recovering accident victim. Presents Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel's account of his experiences as a young boy with his father in the Auschwitz concentration camp, and features two novels, including "Dawn" in which a young man, living in Palestine after World War II as a member of a Jewish underground movement, has misgivings when ordered to execute a British...