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    Any suggestions on a good romance novel??please!

    Why don't you try Ripening Seed by Colette? It's a slim story, no epic of desire and destiny, but very evocative of young love, set in 1920s France. For a bigger story, I'd go for Madame Bovary. Or the story of Colette's own life.
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    Do you read 'literature'?

    Hello Jenn and Novella, I'd go for a similar description to Novella for my preferred reading: modern literary fiction. However, I think that you can find both the great and the ghastly in every genre. Historical fiction is not my natural grazing ground but I would give Balthazar's...
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    Do you read 'literature'?

    Hello. I'm new. My first post on The Book Forum in fact. So I can't imagine that my view will carry much weight, but The God of Small Things is one of my favourite books. I agree that the 'protaganist's voice' is an issue. I took against the childspeak quite strongly in the opening pages...
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