One day at the end of the 1800s, 14-year-old Lise’s life is changed forever. She is the eldest of her siblings, the first in her family to go to school and full of hope and confidence in life. But when her mother goes into labour, it quickly appears that something is wrong. As night falls and the labour progresses, Lise begins to understand that a day that began in childhood might end with her becoming the woman of the house.

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Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulga...

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Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. How...

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The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their J...

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