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  #137

  The Bell Jar

  by Sylvia Plath

  (8 Reviews)

  141 Points

  "It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York."

  

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  #322

  Sister Carrie

  by Theodore Dreiser

  (3 Reviews)

  68 Points

  "When Caroline Meeber boarded the afternoon train for Chicago, her total outfit consisted of a small trunk, a cheap imitation alligator-skin satchel, a small lunch in a paper box, and a yellow..."

  

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  #337

  Zazie dans le Métro

  by Raymond Queneau

  (1 Review)

  65 Points

  "Doukipudonktan, se demanda Gabriel excédé. (In English: "Howcanyastinksotho, wondered Gabriel, exasperated.")"

  

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  #397

  The Magnificent Ambersons

  by Booth Tarkington

  (2 Reviews)

  51 Points

  "Major Amberson had "made a fortune" in 1873, when other people were losing fortunes, and the magnificence of the Ambersons began then."

  

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  #43

  Rebecca

  by Daphne du Maurier

  (12 Reviews)

  333 Points

  "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again."

  

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  #220

  Froth on the Daydream

  by Boris Vian

  (2 Reviews)

  91 Points

  "Dans la vie, l'essentiel est de porter sur tout des jugements a priori.Colin finished dressing."

  

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  #145

  Lady Chatterley's Lover

  by D. H. Lawrence

  (8 Reviews)

  135 Points

  "Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.Náš věk je v podstatě tragický, a tak ho odmítáme tragicky brát."

  

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  #123

  A Room with a View

  by E. M. Forster

  (7 Reviews)

  156 Points

  "The Signora had no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, "no business at all. She promised us south rooms with a view close together, instead of which here are north rooms, looking into a...

  

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  #400

  Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

  by Haruki Murakami

  (5 Reviews)

  50 Points

  "The elevator continued its impossibly slow ascent."

  

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  #44

  The Stranger

  by Albert Camus

  (13 Reviews)

  331 Points

  "Mother died today. (Stuart Gilbert translation)Maman died today. (Matthew Ward translation)Aujourd'hui, maman est morte. Ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas."

  

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