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A tragic affair blooms between a working-class orphan and a wealthy rake in this classic novel of Victorian England. Although Ruth Hilton is kind, life does not treat her kindly in return.

The women of an English country village star in this Victorian classic that inspired a BBC series, from the author of North and South.

A tale of love, class, and murder during the era of the trade-union movement in nineteenth-century England, from the author of North and South.

A barrister becomes a detective when his friend disappears at an English manor in this classic Victorian novel.

A married aristocratic woman succumbs to desire in this nineteenth-century English novel.

#3 in the Amber Brown series. Amber Brown has her notebook, pens and pencils, new shoes, and new clothes for the new school year. But she is not looking forward to the fourth grade.

A noblewoman travels from colonial Africa to revolutionary France in search of love in this nineteenth-century romantic classic.

This classic story of two nineteenth-century social climbers is the basis for countless films and TV series, and one of the UK's "Best-Loved Novels." Before the Real Housewives, there were Becky Sh

This precursor to the works of Jane Austen and Maria Edgeworth takes a witty look at romance and womanhood in eighteenth-century high society.

#7 in the Amber Brown series. Amber has to decide to spend Thanksgiving either with Mom and Max in Walla Walla, Washington, or with Dad in New York.

A fascinating look'first published in 1894'at two philanthropists known as the "Prisoner's Friends" and the early history of prison reform.

Secrets and scandals steer a young woman's life as she comes of age and finds love in Victorian England.

Set behind enemy lines in Burma, this New York Times bestseller is "easily one of the best novels to come out of World War II" (Los Angeles Times).

#1 in the Amber Brown series. Amber Brown and Justin Daniels are best friends. They sit next to each other in school, help each other with school work, and always stick together.

New York Times Bestseller: This groundbreaking tell-all by a mob hit man is "chilling and compelling-a must-read" (Former FBI agent Joe Pistone, aka Donnie Brasco).