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The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame

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Author: Victor Hugo Genre: Gothic Literature, Romantism, Fiction. ‘Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being.’ Set in medieval Paris, against the backdrop of the brooding Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Hugo’s take on the classic story of Beauty and the Beast tells of the…

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The Three Musketeers

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Author: Alexandre Dumas Genre: Historical, Romance, Fiction. The Three Musketeers is a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas. Set in 1625–1628, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d’Artagnan (based on Charles de Batz-Castelmore d’Artagnan) after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard. Although D’Artagnan is not…

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Pride And Prejudice

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Genre: satire, romance, fiction. Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story charts the emotional development of the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, who learns the error of making hasty judgements and comes to appreciate the difference between the superficial and the essential. The comedy of the writing lies in…

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The Phantom of the Opera

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Genre: gothic literature, romance, horror, fiction. Under the Paris Opera House lives a disfigured musical genius who uses music to win the love of a beautiful opera singer. The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l’Opéra) is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialisation in Le…

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Moby Dick

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Genre: fiction, romance adventure, epic, nautical fiction. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, published in 1851 during the period of the American Renaissance. Sailor Ishmael tells the story of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler the Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the white whale that…