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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)

by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)

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Mela said: " Although an idea is great, I didn't go far through it. Now, I am waiting for a new adaptation. So, I am pretty sure I will not read it, at least not in the near future. ...more "

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Unequal Affections: A Pride and Prejudice Retelling

by Lara S. Ormiston (Goodreads Author)

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“But some rules are just rules. You just got to break them carefully.”
― John Irving, The Cider House Rules

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“I will never go beyond the love I have for you”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, The Irish Princess

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“Happiness is like the pox. Catch it too soon, and it wrecks your constitution”
― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

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“Tylko poprzez wędrówkę dziesiątkami możliwych światów można odnaleźć ten jeden, w którym on, pijany rodzic, nie jest chujem”
― Aleksandra Zbroja, Mireczek. Patoopowieść o moim ojcu

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“And yet sometimes I wonder if the wittiest, most resonant irony isn't just a well-brushed, well-educated coincidence”
― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

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