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Old 09-29-2011, 04:24 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by MeiLin View Post
I like social commentary, comedies, fantasy, ripping yarns (to a degree), domestics. My fave 19th century writers are Trollope, Dickens, Austen and Alcott; I've dipped a toe in Gaskill and Hardy and intend to dip further.
If you like "ripping yarns", you really must try Sir Henry Rider Haggard. His complete works are available here at MR in 16 volumes. I'm sure you've heard of "King Solomon's Mines", "She", etc.
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