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I address these lines - written in India - to my relatives in England.

The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins (from the Prologue)
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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Scotland, the Highlands
1746

Gwendolyn was nine years old the day she almost killed the future chieftain of Clan McCullough.

The Bride and The Beast - Teresa Medeiros
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Redlegs wrote: 03 Aug 2018, 01:32 While i was still in Amsterdam, I dreamed about my mother for the first time in years.

The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
Sounds interesting.
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He woke at first light. Thomas Jefferson; The Art of Power
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swlly wrote: 18 Aug 2018, 23:43 He woke at first light. Thomas Jefferson; The Art of Power
Sounds like it has an ancient setting.
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'Who's there? Artyom - go have a look!'

Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky, great book, would recommend!
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Redlegs wrote: 16 Aug 2018, 22:03 I address these lines - written in India - to my relatives in England.

The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins (from the Prologue)
Sounds interesting.
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The nightmare was a darkness from within, penetrating the consciousness of its victim in seeking a way out. It was the suffering soul’s cry for help.
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Deucalion seldom slept, but when he did, he dreamed.

Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Prodigal Son
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"An easterly is the most disagreeable wind in Lyme Bay"

The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
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The small white steamer, Peter Stuyvesant, that delivered the immigrants from the stench and throb of the steerage to the stench and throb of New York tenements, rolled slightly on the water beside the stone quay in the lee of the weathered barracks and new brick buildings of Ellis Island.

Call It Sleep, Henry Roth
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Embraced by stone, steeped in silence, I sat at the high window as the
third day of the week surrendered to the fourth.

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There’s a sign over the design studio at Stanford that says You Are Here.
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We are in search of happiness all the time.

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Raya raymond wrote: 19 Aug 2018, 08:39 The nightmare was a darkness from within, penetrating the consciousness of its victim in seeking a way out. It was the suffering soul’s cry for help.
Hi, you didn't put the book title.
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