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Reading takes you to new worlds, here is a suggested reading list of a few of my favorites!

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Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare


...misunderstandings, love and deception.
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The Rivals
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan


...Lydia Languish courts penniless Beverley to satisfy her romantic ideals, not realizing that he is secretly wealthy,  pretending to be poor
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Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer


...consists of the stories related by the 29 pilgrims on their way to Saint Thomas Becket's shrine in ...
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The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas

...D'Artagnan's goal is to become a musketeer. While in Paris, he meets Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, musketeers who quickly become his friends, and Constance Bonacieux, who steals his heart. .

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Romeo & Juliet
by William Shakespeare

...A vendetta between two powerful families erupts into bloodshed.  A young lovesick Romeo Montague falls instantly in love with Juliet Capulet.
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Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
by Howard Pyle

...The life story of the legendary archer who 'steals from the rich and gives to the poor. ' He stands for the strength and dignity of the poor to rise up.
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Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes

...a middle-aged gentleman from  La Mancha in  Spain. Obsessed with the chivalrous ideals from books he has read, he decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless and destroy the wicked.
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Ivan Hoe
by Sir Walter Scott


...Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favour with his father for his allegiance to the Norman king Richard the Lionheart.
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The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey


...a modern police officer's investigation into the alleged crimes of King Richard III of England
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Henry the Navigator - The World's Great Explorers
by Charnan Simon

...The Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460) launched the first great European voyages of exploration.
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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
by Mark Twain


...recounts the life of Joan of Arc. ... Twain felt this was his greatest work
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, satirical novel by Mark Twain
...a commonsensical Yankee who is carried back in time to Britain in the Dark Ages, and it celebrates homespun ingenuity and democratic values
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Princess Bride
by William Goldman


...A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love ....  extremely clever dialogue.
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Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare

....a brother and sister pair that are shipwrecked off the coast of Illyria and are separated. Viola, the sister, must assume the identity of a man to earn a living in the home of Duke Orsino,

Happy Reading!

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