Sense and Sensibility - Jane AustenGenre: Classic fiction, romance, historical fiction Pages: 448 Blurb: Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her.

my petals curling inward as I tip my face from the sun

and even Jo

Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - shipwrecks

When Emerson Blackwell discovers a secret library in New York City where the books are doorways into magical worlds

For in a land where stories repeat themselves

Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth

But as she hunts for a killer

When his procrastination lands him in a difficult class with his least favourite professor

A huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s

I’m the town loner

Or at least I was

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