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Classics
by R.C. Sherriff
Every September the Stevens family of Dulwich takes the train to Bognor for two weeks at the same guesthouse by the sea. Nothing dramatic happens, and that is the point: Sherriff's 1931 novel finds quiet grandeur in an ordinary family's holiday. A gentle, much-loved classic.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A lonely young dreamer wanders St. Petersburg during the city's pale summer nights and meets Nastenka, a young woman waiting for a lover who promised to return. Over four nights they share their stories, and he falls quietly in love. A short, tender classic about loneliness and hope.
ClassicsHistorical
J.L. Carr
In the summer of 1920, Tom Birkin, a survivor of the trenches, arrives in a Yorkshire village to uncover a medieval wall painting in its church. Over a few golden weeks the work, and the people around him, begin to heal him. A short, luminous classic.
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Paulo Coelho
Santiago, a young shepherd in Andalusia, dreams of treasure and sets out across the desert to find it in Egypt. What he learns on the way matters more than what he is looking for. A short fable that has sold well over a hundred million copies.
