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Listopia > Agnes Ross's votes on the list 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (14 Books)
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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"This story is heartrending, and tugs on your heart strings, and makes you remember the innocence and beauty of children and the end of innocence and growing up."
Agnes
rated it 5 stars
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Pride and Prejudice
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"Classic love story. Charm, amusing. A model for all times."
Agnes
rated it 5 stars
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The Lord of the Rings
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"Excitment, adventure, being taken into another world where good and right win out in the end."
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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"A beautiful, fascinating, charming world to visit."
Agnes
rated it 4 stars
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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"The kind of love and caring that's makes up families."
Agnes
rated it 5 stars
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Memoirs of a Geisha
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"A tale of another culture, another world it behooves us to become acquainted with."
Agnes
rated it 4 stars
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Gone with the Wind
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"Catches you up in the world of the Old South and the war which started sweeping it away, and vivid and distinctive characters you never forget."
Agnes
rated it 3 stars
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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"Lovely book which helps you learn something more about people who seem different from the rest of us."
Agnes
rated it 3 stars
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Rebecca
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"A haunting romance that shows you how far off your "logical" assumptions can be."
Agnes
rated it 3 stars
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Sense and Sensibility
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"Another classic love story, and perfect photograph of life and manners at the time."
Agnes
rated it 5 stars
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A Prayer for Owen Meany
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"This book taught me things about the larger culture as its characters did and said things that I thought only someone like me thought about."
Agnes
rated it 4 stars
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The Color Purple
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"This was a vivid journey to a world that was a part of my larger world that I did not know was something other people could write about and share."
Agnes
rated it 3 stars
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Emma
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"Another timeless romance by Jane Austen which was one of my precursors to what romantic fiction could be like. Vivid world that takes you there, and makes you enjoy your visit."
Agnes
rated it 3 stars
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The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
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"Enthralling entertainment of a world and culture which has help shape the larger culture."
Agnes
rated it 5 stars
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